Chapter 176

The emotional instability indeed caused her to unconsciously emit a more intense chill.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

The area of frozen seawater on the sea surface became even larger.

One could feel that the resentment on Kaguya Shinomiya was a bit heavier.

And at this moment, Nagi Sanzenin, Maria, and Isumi Saginomiya slowly descended from the cruise ship.

Faintly visible, there was some cyan wind around the bodies of the three.

"Defend!"

Maria's elemental power instantly covered the three of them, and rock-like crystals floated around their bodies.

Because they knew their own abilities were insufficient, they chose to provide support from the rear?

Kaguya Shinomiya's gaze then shifted to Isumi Saginomiya.

Listening to classmate Amamiya, the main force is Miss Saginomiya.

Then, I won't be polite.

A sharp ice flower instantly exploded on the frozen sea surface.

Isumi Saginomiya retreated quickly, but Nagi Sanzenin and Maria were both caught in it.

"Boom!"

The two retreated rapidly, only the crystalline rocks on their outer perimeters had dimmed significantly.

"That was a ruthless strike!"

Nagi Sanzenin couldn't help but complain.

"That guy, she got angry over there, and now she's taking it out on us?"

"Nagi, don't say such things."

Maria sighed.

As for the issue of Kaguya Shinomiya being angry, they could naturally all see it, and the reason for it lay with Ren Amamiya.

After all, only Ren Amamiya and Fujiwara Chika were interacting just now, and it had even reached Kaguya Shinomiya's face; who couldn't see that?

Well, perhaps only the two parties involved didn't understand.

Maria's attention was focused on Kaguya Shinomiya.

"The frozen sea surface is all within Miss Shinomiya's sphere of influence; pay special attention to the ice spikes rising from the ground."

Just as Maria said this, she saw Kaguya Shinomiya condense an ice bow.

"Nagi, watch out!"

Maria immediately understood Kaguya Shinomiya's target.

The emotional fluctuation caused Maria to quickly condense elemental power, forming a long rock spear.

"Boom!"

The ice arrow and the rock spear collided, erupting with extraordinary fluctuations.

"Eight Leaves Six Styles: Destruction and Extinction!"

The moment Isumi Saginomiya landed, countless paper charms shot out from the sleeves of her kimono.

"Boom!!!"

The paper charms exploded immediately after nearing the target.

It even blew a giant crater into the frozen ice surface of the sea.

After the ice dust dissipated, what appeared was Kaguya Shinomiya's shattered body.

"!?"

Even Isumi Saginomiya was stunned for a moment by this scene.

But immediately after, she felt that something was wrong.

Kaguya Shinomiya's physical condition was not right.

Elementalization could avoid all physical attacks; the technique she used just now was more of a probe and shouldn't have achieved such an effect.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from under the ice and grabbed Isumi Saginomiya tightly, causing her to stumble.

Just as she looked up, what she saw were ice spears rising from the ground, piercing toward her without any mercy.

Isumi Saginomiya tightened her brow and hurriedly took out paper charms to construct a barrier to block the attack.

"Ding, ding!"

Countless ice spears were blocked the moment they touched the barrier.

"Crack, crack!"

But the barrier shattered under the high-frequency collisions.

It wouldn't last long.

The frequency of the attacks was too high.

Just as Isumi Saginomiya was thinking about how to escape, the hand that was grabbing her foot from the ice surface sprouted another hand, which suddenly appeared before her eyes.

That hand emitted a cold white light.

Oh no!?

Subconsciously, she raised both hands, pouring spiritual power into them.

"Boom!"

Isumi Saginomiya was knocked flying out of the barrier as if hit by a truck.

The knocked-away Isumi Saginomiya quickly recovered in mid-air and looked back at where she had been.

Even the barrier had been completely frozen.

"This chill, it really is powerful."

This was the first time she had encountered someone stronger than herself.

Her hands were already a cyan-purple color, and the sleeves of her kimono were already completely frozen.

"Ha!"

Nagi Sanzenin, who had been flying in mid-air, condensed a large amount of elemental power into the shape of a sword and slashed fiercely at the floating ice on the sea.

The moment the wind sword fell, the floating ice on the sea was cut directly open.

However, the cut floating ice had already refrozen before it could drift away.

"This, this is too cheap..."

Nagi Sanzenin, floating in the air, couldn't help but complain.

The floating ice on the sea was simply the most advantageous terrain for Kaguya Shinomiya; as long as she had that astonishing chill, she could maintain the frozen sea surface indefinitely.

"It's completely a one-sided situation."

Sakuya Aizawa really hadn't expected such a situation.

In her eyes, Nagi had already become very terrifying; the floating ice on the sea was cut in two with a single strike.

But what was cheap was that the severed floating ice started to freeze again.

Even she could see that Kaguya Shinomiya occupied the geographical advantage in this situation.

"Even though Shinomiya's abilities are already so strong, she was actually allowed to occupy the geographical advantage."

"So, this isn't a morning exercise prepared for classmate Shinomiya, but one prepared for Sanzenin and Miss Maria."

Ren Amamiya pointed at the two who were still struggling desperately.

"If it weren't for a near-desperate state, the Vision, as an external magical organ, wouldn't be able to extract elemental power according to the wishes of Sanzenin and Miss Maria."

"How to convert external power into elemental power through the Vision to a greater degree is one point that Sanzenin and Miss Maria need to master."

"Additionally, long-term conversion and use of elemental power will also manifest in physical fitness."

"It will make their bodies more accustomed to elemental power."

The reason why Vision-bearers are called candidates for godhood in that world is precisely because of this.

Every Vision-bearer can grow accordingly, rather than being characters who rely on star ratings like in a game.

And what promotes the growth of Vision-bearers is elemental power.

More precise control, more massive elemental power, and a more adapted body—these are the factors that contribute to Vision-bearers transcending into candidates for godhood.

And what drives the growth of Vision-bearers is the power of desire.

The reason Vision-bearers exist is precisely because the wishes of mortals have received the gaze of the gods, which is why Visions exist.

— Author's Notes —

PS: The temperature dropped today, my physical state is much better, starting to resume updates.