Niara's body trembled. That black blade vanished like it had turned into pure energy and invaded her body. Black lines started spreading all over her skin. She instantly coughed up a huge amount of dark blood.
Darian's eyes went wide in panic.
'I'm fine, partner... we've gotta do this...' Her pained voice echoed in Darian's mind.
She clenched her fists and pushed her will to the limit. Inside her mental sea, all her accumulated mental power burst out at once, like a dam breaking.
Darian felt everything. Her entire body and spiritual root got covered in mental power. That made the black lines stop moving... but they didn't retreat. In fact, her mental power was burning away fast just to hold them back temporarily.
20 seconds left.
Niara took a deep breath and stepped forward.
The Celestial Shadow's will was shocked when it sensed her mental power. How the hell could she have something that strong and in that much quantity inside her?
