"How dare you lose focus during a battle!"
Taking advantage of Elder Wang's momentary lapse in concentration, Mo Xin seized the fleeting opportunity to activate her Special Ability once again, appearing before him in the blink of an eye.
This time, she didn't hesitate in the slightest. Her dual swords slashed down fiercely, accompanied by a sharp whistle as the blades cut through the curtain of rain and aimed straight for Elder Wang's vital spots. She clearly intended to finish him off while she had the chance.
Just as the blades were about to fall, the corners of Elder Wang's mouth suddenly curled into a strange smile.
Immediately afterward, his figure swayed eerily like a phantom, allowing him to dodge the sword strike at the critical moment.
"Now that I already know your Special Ability, did you think I wouldn't have made preparations?"
Elder Wang's taunting voice drifted into Mo Xin's ears, carrying a trace of smugness. She immediately realized that the situation was turning bad.
Only then did she understand that he had deliberately exposed a flaw moments earlier to lure her into taking the bait, drawing her into a trap he had prepared long ago!
Now, her Special Ability had once again entered its cooldown period, leaving her unable to activate it again for a short time.
Even if she forcibly tried to activate her Special Ability, her opponent would undoubtedly seize on this opening. He would never let such an opportunity to drive her to her death slip away.
"Then prepare to die now!"
By the time Mo Xin realized all of this, it was already too late.
Elder Wang's "Jinghong Kick," wrapped in fierce winds, shot toward her head with devastating force.
Just as Mo Xin steeled herself to fight to the death, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared, enveloping the two of them.
"Time, stop!"
A colorful peach-shaped heart emerged out of thin air, hovering in the curtain of rain above their heads. Unfamiliar golden runes were engraved across its surface, radiating a mysterious halo.
The next second, the peach-shaped heart suddenly burst into brilliant, dazzling light. Countless pink specks of light surged out from within it, rapidly gathering in the air to form a huge pink barrier.
The barrier expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, tightly enclosing Mo Xin and Elder Wang in the blink of an eye and isolating them from the sounds of rain and the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
Immediately afterward, an incredible scene unfolded.
To Mo Xin's astonishment, everything within her field of vision seemed to have had a slow-motion button pressed, until it eventually came to a complete standstill.
The thigh that had been right in front of her, carrying a fierce gust of wind, was now frozen just a few inches from her eyes, as though imprisoned by an invisible force and unable to advance even a fraction of an inch.
"Th-This is?!!"
Mo Xin's mind went completely blank, and her reaction lagged a beat behind. Her eyes were filled with bewilderment, and she even forgot that she had just been standing at the brink of life and death.
She instinctively and tentatively took two steps backward, completely unable to make sense of the situation before her.
At that moment, a scene straight out of a fantasy unfolded before Mo Xin's eyes.
Elder Wang, who had been aggressive and wielding a fierce leg attack just a second earlier, was now frozen rigidly in midair, his entire body motionless. Even the ferocious expression on his face had become fixed in place.
What was even more magical was that, within the barrier's warm halo, the raindrops that had been falling in a steady patter were now suspended in midair, like countless sparkling crystals hanging around the two of them. Even the droplets clinging to the ends of the falling streams of rain were clearly visible.
"This is just too, too magical!"
Mo Xin's gaze fell on Elder Wang's face. Seeing his pupils fixed directly on her, she couldn't help making a strange expression.
Afterward, she instinctively turned her head to look in the other direction.
Outside the barrier, Stelle wore a faint smile as she calmly stepped into the pink halo. Her figure passed through the barrier without stirring even a single ripple.
"Rest assured, I'll make a move!"