The Saintess blinked in surprise, sensing a sudden shift in his aura.
The determination in Lin Mu's eyes was that of someone who had already accepted death.
She smiled faintly... a sad, knowing smile.
'Of course,' she thought. 'A disciple of the Pillars of the Void must carry the will to defy the heavens themselves.'
"Very well," she said, her hands rising. "But you won't have long."
"Then let's end this!" Lin Mu shouted.
The Saintess pressed her palms together, her celestial light intensifying until even the clouds turned azure.
"Celestial Sylph Arts: Chains of Sylphia!"
The winds screamed as her power took form. Vast tendrils of air twisted into colossal glowing chains, each link etched with runes of restraint and Celestial will. They shot forward, binding the entire Ephemera Tree from crown to root.
Every branch, every tendril, every writhing root was seized and compressed until even the tree's distorted, mouthless form released an ear-piercing cry.
