Han Dong, who had entered the battle as a "spectator," was stunned.
Staring at the stone wall beneath him, pierced through by a "water line," he followed the trajectory of the puncture. His magic eye could trace it across several buildings... More importantly, there was not a trace of residual magical energy in the holes pierced by the water line.
In other words.
The "water line" fired by Hyde Darius was not propelled by magical energy at all. It was simply a stream of water shot outward.
High pressure.
The fired water line had been infused with indescribable pressure. When it pierced a living body, part of that pressure seeped into the body and caused an explosive effect.
Thus, when it penetrated Chairman Philson's right forearm, it directly blew apart his entire right arm.
At the same time.
Because his flesh had been injured, Hyde exposed part of his true form in fury... a gigantic arm covered in iridescent fish scales, reaching out to seize his target.
The key was not the arm's strength. After all, there were even more terrifying beings among the Primordial Essences in terms of raw power.
The crucial part was the "iridescent fish scales."
Han Dong had never seen scales like these before. He could sense a kind of "magic negation" within them—scales completely immune to magic, ignoring the corrosive tar along the way as they bore down on Chairman Philson.
If Pope had not blocked it in time, Chairman Philson would likely have been killed.
"The scales on Hyde's body might even be immune to my Death Magic... It seems that although the Primordial Essences have ranks, aside from freakishly powerful figures like Green, the gap in strength among the others isn't all that great.
"Besides, the Primordial Essence Game clearly doesn't rank people