"Because you are a Transcendent. Your soul is too vast and powerful, that was what I meant."
He took a step forward and placed two of his four hands on the shoulders of the speechless Sleepers.
"Anyway... time is of the essence... so, I'd better go."
A moment later, the three of them dissolved into shadows, leaving Nephis alone in the small clearing.
'A spatial movement Ability.’
She remained motionless for a second, then looked at herself again.
A quiet mumble could be heard: f𝗿𝚎eweb𝗻o𝐯𝐞l.𝚌om
"...Did I gain muscle?"
Sure, she was not as delicate and pretty as Cassie. And not as elegant and graceful as Seishan. But Nephis was pretty confident in her figure... granted, it wasn't as generous as Effie's...
‘What am I even thinking about?'
Just at that moment, the jungle around her exploded, and seven ghastly golems lunged at her from all sides, the world groaning in agony from the violent force of their passing.
Nephis was still looking down.
Before they could reach her, though, her body exploded with a brilliant radiance, and their towering figures were consumed by blinding light.
***
Nephis had transformed into a spirit of light.
In that state, her graceful body seemed to be woven out of immaculate white radiance. That radiance contained an unfathomable ocean of furious flame instead of flesh and bone, and was a beautiful vessel for her fiery, titanic soul.
She was like a brilliant star that had taken the form of a human,
The moisture permeating the humid air instantly evaporated. The rotten leaves blanketing the ground turned to ash. The remains of the dead tree blackened and caught fire, being consumed at startling speed.
But the speed with which the mystical wood was being consumed by the white flame was nothing when compared to the speed with which Nephis moved.
Unconstrained by the limitations of mundane flesh, her power exploded.
The whole clearing was flooded with blinding light, and the towering figures of the asuras dissolved in that light. They weren't destroyed, but the red moss covering their cracked armor was immediately incinerated. The mummified flesh within the stone carapaces blackened and smoldered.
The seven diamond weapon fell in unison, but Nephis effortlessly danced out of the way.
Almost at the same time...
She was suddenly in front of one of the abominations, her radiant fist brushing lightly against its stone breastplate.
The massive creature was thrown back. The armor on its chest cracked and melted, and the thick armor plate on its back exploded, shards of stone turning into molten rain as they fell to the ground.
The world was stark and clear, awash in annihilating pain.
'Three more seconds...'
Nephis wondered how many of these Nightmare Creatures she would be able to kill before the Lord of Shadows returned.