With Shen Yi at the center, endless, profound, deathly darkness—darkness that seemed capable of devouring all light and heat—spread out in an instant!
This darkness was not a simple absence of light, but the material manifestation of the very concept of shadow.
It flowed like a living thing, swiftly covering the area of the stone stele before Shen Yi and spreading farther beyond. In the blink of an eye, the entire majestic stele and everything within several dozen meters around it seemed to have been dragged into a pure night of shadow. Light, color, and even the faint fluctuations of other rules were rapidly devoured, assimilated, and suppressed within that dense darkness!
The intensity of the power radiating from Shen Yi was so great that it nearly submerged the stele itself within that area. Only an incomparably vast dark outline could be vaguely seen.
Beside him, Alvin was visibly startled.
"Hm? This power... has he already awakened the ability to externalize the rules of his authority and form a stable 'domain' characteristic?"
A strange glint also flashed through Gor's steady eyes.
The faint smile on Lilith's face deepened slightly, as though she had seen something within her expectations.
Alvin explained to Winnie and Xilos beside him, "This ability to highly condense one's authority power, externalize it, and form a domain or force field with stable characteristics and a certain range of influence is not something an Authority Holder is born with."
"Usually, an Authority Holder must fully integrate and comprehend the rule power they control, then go through a considerable period of honing, insight, and experimentation before they can gradually master it."
"It represents a more refined and more essential level of understanding and application of one's own authority. I didn't expect that Shen Yi, not long after obtaining the