Ronan withdrew his hand in time, but Death Witch's shriek still spread violently across both the mental and material layers. The mental layer moved faster, with the physical sound waves close behind, forming a two-stage shockwave that swept through every part of Lakeside Hotel almost instantly.
She truly was one of the Inner World's most senior Mental Side practitioners. Both her methods and her scheming were exceptionally ruthless.
The shriek was not purely meant to repel or attack. Instead, it rapidly disseminated her current state throughout the relevant area through mental-material interference, both dissipating and transferring it.
Ronan even suspected that Death Witch had developed this method specifically for him after studying his personality and conduct.
The desired effect was simply, "If I go down, everyone goes down with me."
Of course, things would not go that far today.
Ronan understood that, but the others did not. The instant Death Witch's indiscriminate shriek began, multiple forces rose within Lakeside Hotel to counter it, including Extraordinary Species-level beings. After that, it became difficult for them to pretend ignorance, and they all rushed toward the waterside pavilion.
If things were like that outside, there was no need to mention the pavilion itself.
Yuan Wuwei's head spun, and he fell backward. If he had not grabbed Long Qi's wheelchair in time, he would have gone down alone.
Amid Long Qi's curses, the two crashed into each other and fell in a tangled heap, utterly disoriented.
As the world spun around him, Yuan Wuwei vaguely saw that those Extraordinary Species were still where they had been, though their bodies were taut with tension—something even a nobody like him could see.
Moreover, the pavilion's very structure was on the verge of tearing apart.
In fact, Yuan Wuwei could see light filtering through the pavilion's roof.