"Boom!!"
As Xiao Ran bowed, a deep, muffled bell tolled through the void.
The bell was deep and sonorous, yet it carried an overwhelming sense of desolation, as if all things would perish beneath its toll.
A profound sorrow and grief seemed to fill heaven and earth. Everyone felt their noses sting, and some even felt as though they had been reborn.
The art of suppression was named for its most important feature: the word "suppress."
It wielded malevolent energy as a technique, then used that technique to crush its target.
Cassia was a walking iron fortress. She couldn't be hurt by punches, and no blade could cut through her. With 200 points of Stamina and her golden holy-light armor, Xiao Ran couldn't cut her down even with [Dragon Abyss] in hand.
But Cassia had one weakness: her mental power was too low. She had only 80 points. That might have been an impressive number for most beginners.
But against Xiao Ran, it was nowhere near enough.
So Xiao Ran naturally played to his strengths and avoided his weakness. He bowed sharply toward Cassia as she charged at him.
He wasn't bowing to Cassia, but to the unseen power of suppression.
In an instant, Cassia, who had already reached Xiao Ran, felt her heart race wildly. It was as if her heart were about to leap out of her throat.
"Kill him!! Hurry, kill him!!"
The ominous feeling sent Cassia into a frenzy, desperate to kill Xiao Ran as quickly as possible.
But when her fist was less than half a meter from Xiao Ran, a force stopped her in midair.
Then a great door appeared behind Cassia, its aura entwined with hers.
In the blink of an eye, a massive ancient tree appeared upon the door.
The bell tolling