Gaara's Resistance

Rasa looked at the people before him with a grim expression.

The pressure around him slowly rose.

"Thump, thump."

Violent heartbeats rang out continuously. They were everyone's own heartbeats, and their bodies were completely unable to move.

Forget alchemy—moving at all was already a problem.

"What is this?" Edward struggled to his feet. He was the only one present who had not been affected.

"What's happening? What's happening?" Alphonse looked around in complete confusion.

Well, there was one more.

Because his body was not a living organism, he was not affected.

This was...

The intimidation of a higher life-form toward lower life-forms.

Edward stared at Rasa in the distance. The man had completely surpassed life itself; he was a higher life-form.

"Hostages?" Rasa sneered.

"We have no need to take anyone hostage."

Gold dust began gathering around his body, gradually forming a massive giant behind him.

What was that!?

Everyone stared at the giant ahead in shock.

The golden giant was half-kneeling on the ground, its hands resting at its sides.

It slowly rose from the ground.

Its Dharma Body manifested externally.

Rasa lightly flicked a finger.

With a crisp snap of his fingers,

a vast amount of gold dust rapidly spread outward from the golden giant's body.

It soon filled the entire hall.

"As long as I am here, you will submit."

"Alchemy Release!" Edward roared, cutting off Rasa's words as he slammed his arm fiercely against the ground.

A massive circular Alchemy Array appeared on the floor, constantly flashing with arcs of electricity.

"This is!?" Rasa frowned at Edward.

There were actually Chakra fluctuations inside the other man's body.

A large amount of steel began emerging from the ground, intending to enclose everyone within it.

"Magnet Release."

Rasa's expression darkened further.

Magnet Release was once Sunagakure's closely guarded