Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. The flying corpses swooped down from the dark sky like evil angels. Sis Cannon instantly tore open her collar, while Xue Gie suddenly waved her arms before Sis Cannon in a dancing motion. Pointing to the sky with her right index finger, she pronounced in a low voice with her face hung low, “Rainstorm! Please give me strength!”

I stood at the city gate dumbfounded. Would, would this be…?!

After that declaration, Xue Gie remained standing in her original spot without moving an inch, like a robot that had run out of battery. I could not see any signs of her superpower at work, whatever it was.

Normally, those who would stand on the frontlines would be the...