Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Winter’s Valkyrie. Ice Lotus Burial
Naledi POV
Naledi caught Cat’s body and gently placed her on the ground then smiled at her. She had used that ability again knowing very well how much strain it put on her body.
The she took a few steps forward and faced the envoy. She held her sword infront of her with both hands and pointed it at the ground.
" Vessel Awakening Second Phase: Winter’s Valkyrie" her sword exploded and a cyclone of snow spun around her, when it disappeared she appeared different.
Her hair had grown into long blue curls that ended in white tips, her eyes were shining blue and she was covered in tight blue armour.
Her tight armour had a huge white snowflake on it chest and a pure white cape danced in the wind behind her.
Even her sword had changed thought not by much, it still looked the same except the lotus had turned into two vines that intertwined around the handle with smaller lotuses growing on them.
She looked like a goddess that descended on the mortal realm, her beauty had transcended all known standards of beauty and her cold eyes made her even more so.
She raised her head and her cold eyes landed on the envoy. A blue haki appeared around her sword and they both moved.
Her speed had grown even faster, their swords clashed and sparks flew but there were so shockwaves.
Their bodies became two streaks of light and sparks flew everytime they clashed. She was not losing out in terms of speed or strength infact she had an advantage.
But she knew this would not last, she couldn’t maintain the second phase for long, at most she could only last 3 minutes before running out of energy.
And at this rate she couldn’t defeat it in time even though she was stronger, she was just wasting her energy and if it continues like this she was certain to lose at the end.
’ I guess I should use that, but then I won’t be able to last even 30 seconds.’ she seperated from it and retreated.
In just a few seconds they had exchanged hundreds of moves, a layer of ice had grown on it body and seeped inside it but overall it had not suffered much demage.
She breathed out cold mist and closed her eyes. Something appeared behind her, an image but the image looked indistinct and incomplete.
One could tell from the outline that it was an image of woman but her features could not made out and she was missing a hand and parts of her body had holes.
This was her image projection, it should be mentioned that image projection was the signature move of a rank 5, the amount of will needed for it was insanely huge.
Even though her image was only around 8-12 percent complete and was also indistinct, shifting between existence and nonexistent it was still placing a tremendous pressure on her soul.
It was the reason she could only do it after achieving second phase and even then she couldn’t maintain it for long without damaging her soul.
After the image appeared the envoy growl, a bone spear appeared on it hand and it threw it like a javelin, the air exploded as it broke the sound barrier.
The spear moved so fast the air friction ignited it. She slowly raised her hand and pinched the spear tip, the flames dissipated like smoke.
And the spear stopped dead on it track, it shattered into fragments. Everybody’s eyes opened wide. The envoy attacked again.
It body became a blur and it moved so fast it disappeared and appeared above her, she did not react to this and it swung it giant sword like a guillotine.
She raised her sword to block, her sword looked like a toothpick compared to the giant blade of the envoy, any sane person would expect it lose out.
But when the two swords collided her tiny sword cut through the giant blade like it was butter and continued unimpeded and cut the envoys left arm off.
The giant muscular arm flew through the air and when it hit the ground it shattered into ice fragments, the wound was frozen solid and did not bleed.
This prevented the envoy from regenerating it arm. It screamed so loud it shook the earth and sky.
Her expression did not change and continued looking at it with indifference like it was nothing, this seemed to anger it even more.
But she was not doing it on purpose, she was incapable of showing any emotions in her Valkyrie form, even right now she wanted to grit her teeth from the pain on her soul but she couldn’t.
It created another sword and it body became a streak of light as it attacked from all sides, she did not take a single step and only used her sword to casually deflect it attacks then it retreated.
It created thousands of bone spears in the air behind it then with a loud roar the spears flew at her like arrows, the air exploded and the sky ignited, the temperatures in the surroundings rose to hundreds of degrees.
She raised her sword slowly and pointed it at the rain of bone spear then whispered two words " Dying Snow" a single tiny snowflake floated slowly in the air to meet the rain of flaming spears.
It touched the tip of the spear infront and then nothing, what followed was a deafening silence and the thousands of bone spear all at once turned into snow and disappeared in the wind.
The place grew silent, even the envoy stood still not understanding what had just happened, even her friends looked at her like she was a monster.
But she knew she was wasting time she didn’t have, but the feeling of power was too addictive and she wanted to flex a little ’ Alex would’ve enjoyed this ’
She remembered how much he loved anime, moves like this would’ve driven him insane. Then she pointed her sword at the sky and shot a blue ray to the clouds.
Snow fell but hidden in the white snow were millions of tiny blue snowflakes, one of the snow flake touched the ground and immediately exploded into a small blue ice lotus.
More and more followed, in only a few moments thousands of ice lotuses covered the ground. The envoy swung it sword to blow away the snow to no avail.
The lotuses grew on it sword and in only a few moments it had lost control over it. The sword shattered into ice dust and disappeared.
Fear grew on it eyes and it roared but a snowflake landed on it shoulder and an ice lotus grew on it.
It roars of anger turned into screams of fear, it destroyed the lotus but it grew back and more and more lotuses grew on it body.
Another terrifying thing about this ability was that the snowflakes were like magnet, once one touches you it will draw in more and the only way to destroy them is through will.
But her current will was countless times stronger than it. Even her friends were terrified afterall they were within the range of this ability as well.
But when the snowflakes touched them their regeneration increased instead, they all breathed a sigh of relief. " Is..is this the power of a divine grade vessel?" Asked Siri in a shaking voice.
Aira fixed her glasses, " Yes, the conditions for a vessel to become divine are very strict, it makes sense for it to be beyond the reach of all others. You know how the difference in power between grades grow the higher the grades are right? Well the difference between a mythical and divine grade is greater than the difference between sky and mythical."
" What?" Cried the others, " That the difference between four grades" " That what makes it divine. To tell you the truth, even without using the second phase she might not have been necessarily weaker than this thing."
She heard them and Aira was right, but even if she didn’t lose she might not have been able to win either, afterall legendary grade was a special grade as well unlike those lower grades.
Legendary is when ones energy reaches a qualitative change, gaining a hint of divine energy, so it was normal for this thing to be so powerful.
The ice lotuses continued growing on it body until it was fully covered in them then she stretched out her hand towards it" Ice Lotus Burial" she clasped hard as if crushing it then the ice lotuses shattered into fine ice dust along with it body.
The image behind her flickered and disappeared, her Valkyrie form disappeared as well, her mind became groggy and she stumbled and fell. Then her mind went blank.