Without the spell formation’s force field, the Martello Celio naturally came down slamming.

In that instant, Jade shrieked in a whistle register pitch.

It was blank!

She waited!

But she did not hear the expected loud boom, nor did she see the entire Rockefeller Manor getting razed to the ground.

Jade touched her own body. It was complete and warm, indicating that... she wasn’t dead.

‘What’s going on? Why didn’t anything happen?’

Jade looked at Alex, only to find that he was standing right there while maintaining a raised-hand posture. The Martello Celio didn’t crush him.

However, in the next second, Alex opened his mouth and spat a mouthful of blood.

“Alex!”

Jade was stunned, rushing over to grab his waist from behind. “Are you okay? What the heck were you doing? Why did you remove the force field all of a sudden? Did you intend to resist it with your physical body without using the force field of the spell formation?”

Alex took a deep breath, and his lips curled into a char