The brief clash in the depths of space was carried clearly into the senses of every spectator.
Alvin's massive body suddenly froze, and the magnetic fluctuations he gave off carried obvious shock.
"He replaced himself with rules inside the domain? Turned his whole body into rules? Isn't Shen Yi being far too reckless?!"
Then Winnie noticed Alvin's unusual reaction. Confusion flashed through her golden eyes. She looked at Alvin, then at Shen Yi, who had re-formed in the distance without a scratch, and asked in a low voice, "Why is Alvin so surprised? The way Shen Yi handled that just now doesn't seem like it should warrant that kind of reaction from him."
Beside her, Lilith's gaze wavered, and the severity in her eyes eased slightly. She began to explain in an unhurried voice.
"Alvin is surprised because, judging by common combat experience Beyond the World, what Shen Yi did just now is an extreme measure with extremely high risk, one usually used only by Authority Holders who are cornered or supremely confident."
She paused, her gaze sweeping over the battlefield.
"When two Authority Holders clash head-on, especially in a close-range surprise attack like that, the vast majority of Authority Holders will choose to use their physical bodies to carry their power in order to resist, dodge, or withstand it with rule defenses constructed in advance."
"They generally won't casually abandon their relatively stable physical shell, much less temporarily transform their physical body into a pure Authority rule form at a moment like this."
"This kind of physical rule conversion, or rather deeply assimilating one's own existence with the rules of a domain, can indeed produce miraculous effects when facing pure physical or energy impact. Just like Shen Yi did just now, it can make an attack pass through or