Damn you... Mortal...!!!

As Mai awakened her soul power, standing right beside Ram, she immediately felt the disturbance in her observation field. The spiritual power around them shifted, growing unstable. 

Her eyes narrowed, sensing something dangerous closing in. "Wait, something's—"

Before she could finish, Ignara's soul force struck Ram's mind like a hammer, sudden and violent. Ram barely had time to register the danger. 

One second, he was standing there, observing the battlefield, and the next moment, an intense pressure bore down on his mind.

"What the hell—" Ram gasped, clutching his head where the light had struck. But this wasn't just a regular attack. 

It felt disturbingly familiar—just like the soul attack the Mechanical Apostle had used on him before. 

Yet, this time, his soul body didn't crumple under the force.