"Don't even think about it!!!"
Without Snow Empress needing to say more, Artoria had already shot into the sky, preparing to interrupt her casting.
And she absolutely could not let Frey have a chance to escape from here.
"Grrrla la~~"
At the same time, the air temperature around Frey began to plummet, clearly Snow Empress's Time Stop: Absolute Zero.
In the frozen world, only Artoria was skipped, allowing her to move freely within it.
They had only known each other for two days, yet their tacit agreement was as if they had fought side by side for countless years.
"What?"
However, this time, Artoria had miscalculated.
Invisible spatial barriers appeared around Frey, blocking Artoria.
"Time Stop?"
Frey recovered quickly, she stared intently at Snow Empress: "After unleashing such a '257' attack, you still retained such power?"
The Sky Queen had to admit, she had lost to Snow Empress, and lost thoroughly.
By now, Frey also understood.
Snow Empress had no killing intent towards her.
If Snow Empress hadn't held back in that last move, she wouldn't have had a chance to awaken at all.
"But do you think the same trick will work on me again?"
Thinking this, Frey forcefully broke through the time lock and once again accelerated the construction of her ultimate mystery.
"A bit troublesome..."
Seeing that Frey was truly going all out this time, Artoria also began to get anxious.
With her ability, she could indeed break through the defensive magic around Frey.
But, by that time, Frey would have already unleashed her mystery.
"It's too late..."
Snow Empress looked at Frey's current magic essence output.
Even at the risk of her body overloading, Frey was determined to destroy Great Nature.
[Mystery: Collapsing Heaven]
A spatial mystery as dazzling as a kaleidoscope gradually formed above the Sky Queen's head.
Along with it, the sky turned black, like the end of the world.
Storms and lightning, accompanied by spatial collapse, descended upon this world.
"Bang!!"
The sky crumbled with a roar, and large fragments of space scattered like raindrops.
"The sky, it shattered..."
This scene caused Bai Luo, Feng, Hongye, Ice Empress, and Egui Peng to simultaneously look up, gazing at that figure, like a world-ending demon god.
"Is this the power of a Demon Lord Seed?"
"It's too much!"
The Tengu had lost their will to fight.
What should they do?
Watching the spatial turbulence swell and threaten to engulf the entire Inherent Barrier, including all living beings within it, all the Tengu panicked.
"All of you, be lost in this chaotic space!"
This was Frey's most powerful technique.
Even she could only summon spatial turbulence, not control it beyond that.
"Liya."
Bai Luo was calm, not at all surprised by the sight of the collapsing world: "It's up to you."
"Understood, my Master!"
With that, the young woman knelt on one knee, raising both hands as if holding something invisible.
Pale blue light points gathered before Artoria, forming an exquisite scabbard.
The scabbard's exterior was golden metal inlaid with striking blue enamel as decoration, and ancient fairy runes were inscribed in the center.
"What?"
Frey didn't know why Artoria would summon a scabbard at this moment.
But a growing unease warned her that the scabbard in the other's hand contained an unimaginable power.
[avalon]
This scabbard was a Treasure born from Artoria's Unique Skill, 'Solitary Existence'.
Solitary Existence allowed Artoria to gain immortality and absolute defense, making her impervious to any power except Ultimate Skills.
In her battle with Frey, Artoria had not once displayed this Unique Skill.
Because there was no need.
Artoria's own martial prowess alone was enough to stand undefeated.
But now, as Frey prepared to destroy Great Nature and all the living beings within it, Artoria summoned it.
"In the name of Arthur King, this place is avalon!"
As Artoria's words fell, the physical blue-gold scabbard instantly transformed into magic essence....
Then it expanded continuously until it encompassed the entire Great Nature.
Thus, the Inherent Barrier of Great Nature, and everyone within it, were all protected by the avalon scabbard.
"What's going on?"
"Why?"
"This, this kind of thing...."
"Impossible! This kind of thing is impossible!!"
Frey looked at the collapsing space above her head; she found that she had lost control over the spatial rifts and turbulence within it.
No, it wasn't a loss of control.
Rather, a more powerful rule-based force had overridden her secret art, forcibly fixing it in its original state.
"What exactly did you do?!!!"
Frey had never lost her composure like this moment.
She could feel her secret art colliding with some force.
But no matter how much magic essence she applied, the barrier in front of her secret art remained unmoving.
Are you kidding me!!
This was her strongest attack, unleashed with all her might!
If even 'Collapse and Ruin' couldn't break through the defense, what else could Frey do?
"Did what?"
Artoria secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everyone was fine: "Actually, it's nothing much, just sealing your power with the scabbard."
"Scabbard?"
Frey: "A mere scabbard, how could it possess such power!"
"Of course, it's not just a scabbard."
Artoria: "It is the manifestation of my Unique Skill."
0.4 "However, if the scabbard is manifested, although it can protect more people, I will also lose this power."
Yes, avalon is a large barrier-like absolute blessing.
But just as Arthur King lost her scabbard.
By taking out and releasing the scabbard, Artoria would lose the protection of the 'Solitary Existence' Unique Skill.
In other words, she could now be killed.
No Ultimate Skill was needed; as long as her inherent resistance and defense could be broken, she could truly be harmed.
"You mean..."
Frey was not foolish; she heard something terrifying in Artoria's words: "You were fighting me with such a Unique Skill active just now?!"