Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

As soon as the remark came out of Raven's mouth, the crowd widened their eyes, some in realization and some in fear.

Seeing that the giant phantom didn't comment, Raven sighed lightly and let go of the Lightning Halberd.

"Try again," she instructed while looking the giant phantom in the eyes. "This time, try to hit slightly harder than a little girl!"

Hearing that, the giant phantom grit its teeth in anger and raised its weapon upwards. To the crowd, it seemed that the Lightning Halberd was covering the entire sky.

Mana was crazily drawn from the siblings as pink lightning and cyan energy coalesced on the surface of the giant's halberd.

"Die!" A deep cry sounded inside the training hall as the Lightning Halberd fell down like a meteor.

Everyone shuddered once more! 

It has its own wisdom!

Even the siblings were frightened. "This thing has its own consciousness and wisdom!"

Raven smiled as she watched the skies falling down on her head, however, contrary to last time, she clenched her first and launched a simple fist upwards, meeting the giant's strike.

But behind that tiny fist, there was a power that was enough to destroy the heavens!

A look of panic appeared on the giant phantom's face as the two strikes finally met in the air. It suddenly felt its arm going numb as it lost its grip on the halberd.

With a loud bang, the Lightning Halberd smashed against the barrier and then across the arena grounds. 

Contrary to the giant phantom's panic, Raven appeared calm as she raised her eyebrows and looked at her fist. 

Seeing a faint cut mark on her black gloved fist, she showed a soft smile and nodded at the giant phantom.

"It's so-so," Raven said.

Hearing that, a proud and smug look appeared on the giant phantom's face as it looked down on Raven.

The siblings were left speechless with wide eyes!

Seeing the smug smile on the giant's face, Raven jumped up into the air in front of its face and solidified the mana under her feet, appearing to be floating midair.

The giant suddenly stiffened and its smile collapsed as the look of panic returned to its face.

Watching Raven's narrow gaze, it could not help but swallow loudly.

"You will be responsible for their safety," she said while pointing at the two of Aella and Zeru underneath. "Do you understand?"

The giant phantom nodded its head instantly while smashing its fists against its own muscular chest, producing loud bangs and frightening shockwaves, as if saying "you can depend on me!".

'Oh, it appears that it's still hard for it to really speak…' Raven thought in disappointment even though she looked the same on the surface.

"Good," she finally said in response to the giant's action. "Then if something happens to them in the future, I'll come looking for you, hehe!"

Although she chuckled normally, the crowd could not help but suddenly feel bad for the poor giant phantom who shuddered in fear.

Without giving it a chance to say any more, Raven flicked its forehead, prompting it to turn into colourful rays of fluorescent light as it retreated back into the siblings' shadows.

Aella and Zeru breathed a sigh of relief after watching all of that, but confusion was still obvious in their eyes. Both looked at Raven in an inquiring manner.

"I don't know," Raven replied helplessly. Even though she felt like it's not the first time she sees something like this, she couldn't quite recall any information about it. "But I know that it'll be protecting you whenever it's summon "

"Uhm," Aella nodded. "How much time was it by the way?" 

"Just a little bit more than thirty seconds," Zeru replied indifferently, although a hint of disappointment was apparent in his eyes.

"Don't feel discouraged," Gaia's voice was suddenly heard. "She used one of her super powerful skills! Didn't you see her eyes turn white? That thing is no good, I'm telling you! Also, she stole a portion of my power!"

As the last word left her mouth, Gaia looked at Raven while seething in anger. 

"Hehe, what she said," Raven confirmed while approaching Gaia and patting her on the head. The latter slapped her hand away, leaving Raven with a sad smile. 

"Wait, so we did good?" Aella asked, reluctantly.

"Of course you did!" Raven replied. "Such power is enough to rank you amongst the very top of people in this world, so you can be proud about it, you did awesome, hehe!"

Smiling from ear to ear, Aella rushed towards Raven and hugged her hard, not caring about the noisy crowd.

"Well then, go see the rest, we'll be ready for tomorrow!" Saying that, Aella grabbed her younger brother and rushed away.

Smiling softly, Raven snapped her fingers and finally dispersed the translucent barrier.

"By the way, what type of barrier is this?" Gaia asked curiously. "It can let people in and out, but the attacks or even auras can hardly shake it."

"It's a barrier of Brilliant Primordial Radiance, you can't use it," Raven replied knowingly.

Gaia sighed as though she had already expected it. 

Smiling lightly, Raven turned around as she looked at a person who was looking at her with big silver eyes. 

No words were spoken between the two people, or rather, no words needed to be spoken.

Axane, with her big silver eyes, walled calmly towards Raven and gave her a deep hug.

Raven appeared helpless, but she hugged her back with a smile. "How are you doing?" She asked, her voice akin to a whisper.

"I'm ready to get Maia back!" Axane replied resolutely, determination visible in her eyes.

"Good!" Raven replied and nodded.

Letting go of Raven's small body, Axane seemed to subconsciously look at the former's neck. 

Tracing it down towards her collarbones and the top of her chest, she sighed heavily. 

There, between and under Raven's collarbones, a black tattoo of a sun surrounded by two torches. Although they were static, they gave the illusion of being life-like, trying to burn Raven's snow-white skin.

"Does she need help?" Raven, who noticed Axane's gaze, asked in concern.