Hannibal widened his eyes as he looked at the smooth cut surfaces on the five fingers of his right hand, then at Yi Chen, who had just descended from the sky dozens of meters away.
"Hmm? A conceptual slash? No... I think I really was cut. And killing intent sealed off my body's regeneration.
"How did he make that slash so fast? I couldn't even see it. I'll try it again."
Creak~
It was as if a certain display cabinet behind Hannibal had opened, sacrificing one of the preserved palms inside.
At the same time, Hannibal bit off his entire right palm, trading it for ultra-fast regeneration that ignored all conceptual slashes and seals.
To confirm how his fingers had been severed just now, he raised his right hand again and made the exact same beckoning motion.
Of course, Hannibal focused all his attention on the path between himself and Yi Chen. Even his pupils narrowed to a single point.
"Here it comes!"
Whoosh!
The five beckoning fingers were severed again, while Yi Chen remained standing in his original position.
But Hannibal had also seen the entire process clearly. His pupils trembled faintly, as if the status of an Apex Predator was beginning to shake.
It truly wasn't a conceptual slash.
When the movement of Hannibal's fingers reached a certain threshold, Yi Chen suddenly moved. He closed the distance almost instantly, moving so fast it was unbelievable.
The killing intent permeating the area around Yi Chen tugged at the blood filling the cavern, forming a plain, unadorned butcher's knife in his hand that severed the fingers performing the "action."
Once the fingers were severed, the attack ended.
There was no follow-up slash, no beheading, nothing else.
The temporary butcher's knife formed from killing intent returned to a liquid state, and