“Okay.”

 

Although somewhat confused, once she got serious, Rene didn’t waste words. She immediately raised her staff in place, closed her eyes, and a melodious chant, akin to singing, resonated through the forest.

 

“O spirit of the sky, I pray to you in the name of the white feather. Let the breeze howl, let the torrents sweep…”

 

“Swish, swish, swish!”

 

Seemingly sensing the power contained in this spell, the mysterious entity hidden in the quiet forest, observing everyone through some unknown means, could no longer hold back.

 

The familiar sting on the skin and the sound of something cutting through the air came again, this time heading straight for Rene, who was chanting the spell!

 

“We’ve been waiting for this!”

 

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

 

Sharp blades sliced through the air like dragon shadows. With the experience from last time, Leila, who was on guard beside her with a gun, immediately caught the trajectory of the attack.

 

She used her superior strength to effortlessly cut through the many transparent threads, whose material was unknown, preventing any from reaching the relatively fragile chanting mage girl.

 

Trusting her sister completely, Rene continued her chant without letting the wind’s sound distract her, maintaining a fast yet unflustered rhythm.

 

“Transform into wild wind and raging waves, surge, roar, and call out to the boundless sky…”

 

“Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!!!”

 

This time, the opponent did not retreat after a single strike but instead seemed to have exerted all their strength.

 

From an unknown source, hundreds and thousands of almost impenetrably dense threads poured down like a storm, rushing toward the two white-feathered girls standing together!

 

“Heavenly Spear Technique, 74th Form: White Feathers Fill the Sky!”

 

Four long and white wings naturally extended, Leila’s body transformed into a white shadow, and the weapon in her hand created a continuous spear formation. It was like a curtain of white feathers dancing around the other girl.

 

Accompanied by the fierce sound of countless threads being forcibly cut, a large pile of almost visible semi-transparent fluff accumulated at their feet.

 

No matter how fast and frequent the attacking threads were, Leila, with just her spear, blocked all of them within a two to three-meter radius, preventing any from disrupting her sister’s spellcasting. Eventually, realizing that it was difficult to observe the target, she even closed her eyes, choosing to use her hearing to sense and judge the position of the threads.

 

Not far away, Theresa, who had retreated to a safe distance, was stunned.

 

“Wait, Leila is this strong?! Oh my, I can’t even see these things clearly, and she can cut through every single one without missing? And the spell Rene is chanting, I read about it in a book. It should be a high-level combined spell, but she’s doing it alone…”

 

Similarly observing from the sidelines, Violet also nodded slightly.

 

“Yes, to be honest, I’ve always felt that having the two sisters follow me is a bit of a waste of their talents. With their bloodlines and insight, if they had chosen to stay in the Azure Sky Kingdom, they would almost certainly have become the next Feathered Emperor and High Priest.”

 

“If they could break through their limits and reach beyond the pseudo-god level, they might carve out a name for themselves that future generations would sing of…. Alas, now they are just following me, acting as little servants without much chance to showcase their abilities. It’s such a waste.”

 

Watching the distant battle silently, Xiao Guang offered a different perspective.

 

“I don’t think it’s a waste at all. Serving by Master’s side is a great honor that many strong people dream of but can’t attain. Moreover, their talents and lives were granted by you, so it’s only right they serve you. What Feathered Emperor and High Priest? Mortal power is just a joke in the face of true strength.”

 

“~”

 

Violet, though not fully agreeing with the young dragon girl’s sharp remarks, did not argue. She just smiled bitterly and shook her head before turning her attention back to the battlefield.

 

Arguing with the dragon girl about these things was always pointless. In some ways, she was more stubborn than anyone else.

 

For instance, after using the 【Dominion of the Fox Mask】 to transform into 【Dawn】, Violet repeatedly emphasized not to call her “master” outside.

 

However, Xiao Guang, who usually obeyed her every word, refused to comply with this request no matter what.

 

After several disputes, Violet, who always doted on the child, could only helplessly acquiesce. Fortunately, the young dragon girl usually spoke very little and belonged to the type who would “act rather than talk.” As long as they were careful, it shouldn’t be a big problem.

 

On the other side, under Leila’s full protection, Rene’s spell was reaching its conclusion.

 

“… Soar to the heavens! Transform into a dancing storm and summon the stars of the sky! Unified Magic: Rhapsody of Gale and Meteor!!!”

 

A storm rose from the ground.

 

Centered on Rene’s position, a raging tornado surged skyward. Countless trees in the forest were uprooted, toppled, and swept away.

 

The land within hundreds of square meters turned into a chaotic expanse. The transparent threads that had attacked from an unknown source were twisted and vanished in the torrent of power, no longer posing a threat.

 

“Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!”

 

“Ugh!”

 

Theresa let out a low exclamation as the surging blast of dust-laden air swept over her. But a strange, invisible barrier had already risen in anticipation, blocking the strong wind entirely.

 

Then, directly above the massive tornado reaching the sky, a terrifying meteor with a diameter of over a hundred meters crashed down from the heavens, slamming into the ground and stirring up a cloud of dust and an earthquake!

 

“Thud!!!!!!”

 

“Hmm… It seems to have the power of a nearly 6th-level spell… It looks like this girl is already very close to that realm.”

 

The falling sharp meteor tore the ground apart, like a hard nail embedded into a wooden board, causing countless cracks to spread out with a snapping sound.

 

Such a force of near-ultimate destruction was hard to imagine coming from a young girl who usually seemed lazy and unthreatening.

 

But this is the true power of a high-level Mage, and Rene is particularly gifted among them.

 

As the dust gradually settled, the scene near the impact point reappeared before everyone’s eyes. What they saw was something continually emerging from the cracks in the earth, something that could be described as bizarre.

 

“Oh…”

 

Retracting the little trick that blocked the dust, the white fox lady’s silver-blue eyes under the mask focused on the floating, rising glowing objects, and a light, interested smile appeared on her lips.

 

“Huh? What are those… weird things? Could this be the so-called Holy Spirit?”

 

Hiding behind the magical barrier that protected her and her sister, Rene tilted her head in confusion, while Leila silently stared at the increasingly numerous, seemingly endless, strange glowing objects in front of them, slowly tightening her grip on her spear.

 

Those were… floating spheres in the air.

 

Each sphere had a diameter of about thirty centimeters, with wings that were not like the usual flesh or feather wings of ordinary creatures. Instead, they were two small metallic wings that vibrated continuously, like steel, to keep the spheres afloat.

 

In the front of the sphere was an eye, and its semi-transparent shell faintly revealed internal, flickering, multicolored lights. From a distance, in unclear visibility, they did indeed somewhat resemble the legendary form of the Holy Spirit.

 

However, the Holy Spirit, as one of the light goddess’s divine beings in legend, should undoubtedly be a living creature. But these glowing spheres…

 

Violet immediately recognized them as complex mechanical creations. Whether they operated via AI or were controlled from a remote location was not clear, but she had seen many similar things in the hands of a puppet girl named Eilush. She even had some in her backpack now.

 

But this was the Holy Empire, thousands of miles from where the Spirit Puppet Tribe lived. If not them…

 

“Rene, full defense!”

 

Suddenly, Leila shouted. Her four wings spread wide, and she swung her spear with a sharp edge before soaring into the air.

 

The spherical glowing machines emerging from the ground split in half. Some pursued her while the rest headed straight for the white-feathered girl still on the ground, bringing with them a series of thunderous explosions and heat waves!

 

They were self-destructing!