The girl on the left stepped forward.
A wall appeared.
It wasn't merely a wall of stone or metal. It was an enormous continent-sized barrier constructed entirely from compressed Essence, and when the weapons collided with it, the resulting explosion illuminated half the planet. Thousands of weapons shattered against the barrier, only for the fragments to transform into countless smaller blades that continued forward.
The girl raised her other hand.
The barrier became a forest.
Millions of enormous vines erupted from it, each one twisting through space and wrapping around Vivi's creations. The vines tightened with enough force to crush mountains, but Vivi simply smiled and clenched her fist.
Every vine suddenly transformed into glass. Then the glass exploded. The two manifestations were immediately swallowed by a storm of razor-sharp fragments.
Yet before the explosion had even settled, Steve disappeared.
There was no warning.
