Just a moment ago,
Hundreds of Skin Puppets, all sharing Limit Release and having fully awakened the potential of Gentleman's Skin, had surrounded Sleeper Galon, leaving most of the audience unable to even see him.
Under such dire circumstances,
Half of the Skin Puppets and half of Jessica's body suddenly vanished, as if they had been subjected to Spatial Stripping.
Yet Jessica's wounds and the few scattered fragments of Skin Puppets on the ground all bore uneven "tooth marks," as though they had been bitten apart in one snap by some kind of saw-toothed monster.
Because the Skin Puppets blocked their vision, and because everything had happened in an instant,
Very few people had seen what actually happened. Even the written reports sent out only described Galon's method as "some kind of technique."
No more than five spectators at the scene could roughly make out what that "some kind of technique" was.
One of them was Yi Chen, who had enabled Little Grape to activate Ash Eyes.
His gray-white vision remained locked onto Galon throughout. Any Skin Puppet that blocked his view was seen through by the Ash Eyes, ensuring that he never lost track of his target.
In that instant, the Ash Eyes captured an unbelievable scene. Just as Sleeper Galon was about to be overwhelmed by the Skin Puppets, something crawled out of his body.
It was a creature Yi Chen had never seen before—or rather, merely a creature's mouth.
With just one instantaneous bite, the mouth enveloped half the Skin Puppets and Jessica.
If Jessica's instincts had not kicked in and made her dodge to the side at the first opportunity, her entire body would likely have been swallowed, killing her outright.
Once the devouring ended, the creature vanished.
Everything returned to normal.
Sleeper Galon looked as