Chapter 430: [428] Appears!
'Buzz—'
As Yukina Himeragi slumped to the ground in resignation, closing her eyes as if accepting her fate of being riddled with holes, a strange realization struck her moments later: nothing had happened.
Cautiously, she opened her eyes. What she saw froze her in shock. Surrounding her on all sides were countless weapons.
Swords, spears, halberds—every kind imaginable—all hovered ominously within a meter of her, as if suspended in time.
'Step. Step.'
August strode forward with an air of nonchalance, bending down to casually pick up the Snowdrift Wolf spear.
He could feel its potent core—powerful beyond measure.
The core of Snowdrift Wolf, known as the "Sacred Spear of Demon-Slaying," was a weapon whose full power could only be wielded by the descendants of "Methuselah." It was precisely for this reason that the Lion King Agency had long focused on cultivating suitable adaptors, with Yukina Himeragi being one of them.
However, despite its formidable power, the Snowdrift Wolf carried a fatal flaw.
As its user continued to swing the spear, their spiritual energy would gradually transform into divine essence. When this divine essence reached a critical threshold, the user would undergo a process similar to the "artificial angel" phenomenon—ascending to a higher state of being and vanishing from the mortal realm entirely.
The previous wielder of the Snowdrift Wolf, Touka Fujisaka, had met exactly such a fate. Excessive use of the spear had ultimately led her to ascend and disappear as an artificial angel.