The moment Bone King Ulrich rose, the air in the cavern grew a hundred times heavier.
It was no longer mere pressure, but an erosion born of the Death Law itself.
The cracks in the cavern walls stopped spreading. That power forcibly stabilized the collapsing Demiplane.
On the ground, scattered bone fragments trembled faintly, as though paying homage to their king.
"Angering me was the last mistake you made on this journey."
The Bone King's voice no longer sounded old. It rang out with the force of a judgment.
He raised a skeletal hand and aimed it at Dawn, who still had his blade tip braced against the ground.
The power of his Divine Authority—the same power that had twisted Sword Master in the Snow's wrist and broken Senior Brother En-En's wings—enveloped Dawn again, ten times stronger than before.
This time, it was more than Stillness.
It was destruction.
The Bone King meant to crush Dawn's skeleton to powder.
Sword Master in the Snow started forward, but Evergreen grabbed him.
"Don't! You can't get near him right now!"
Evergreen's Holy Light barrier was dissolving rapidly under the wash of Death Aura, but he kept his eyes fixed on the Bone King.
He could sense that all of the Bone King's power was focused on Dawn.
Anyone who interfered now would be torn apart in an instant by the backlash.
Everyone's heart leaped into their throat.
They watched helplessly as Dawn's body began to warp under the invisible force.
His shoulders, arms, and legs bent at unnatural angles.
Yet Dawn made no sound.
Held motionless by the Bone King's power, he produced a different sound from deep within his body.
Humm—
It was not the Mekong Jaw Blade vibrating. It was Dawn himself.
From the depths of his body, every particle