As these thoughts raced through Benjamin's mind, his hands never stopped moving, though his motions suddenly became much gentler.
The clone hesitated only slightly at Benjamin's words before continuing its attack.
The clone drove Void-Step at full force, its afterimages carving long phantom trails between the mirrors.
But the clone's energy level was ultimately insufficient. Whenever Benjamin's true body appeared behind it, it always took half a beat too long to turn around.
With both sides possessing the same knowledge and skills, the disparity in raw power made dealing with the clone before him exceptionally easy for Benjamin—easier, even, than dealing with other Catastrophe Level anomalies.
Even while responding to the other's attacks, Benjamin still had the leisure to block every aftershock.
After effortlessly crushing the clone's resistance once more, Benjamin raised his right hand and spread his five fingers. A miniature array surfaced in his palm.
The array's light flared around the clone. Blue rune-lines emerged from the void, shrouding it at the center like a spiderweb.
However, this was not for sealing—it was merely an ordinary Restraint Array.
The clone sensed the shift in Benjamin's intentions. On that face identical to Benjamin's, its hateful expression twisted even further.
Its body moved rapidly around Benjamin. The mirrors lining both sides of the passage shattered on their own wherever it passed, their fragments sharp as blades as they spun through the air toward Benjamin.
Benjamin ignored those fragments. The empowered shards of glass left not even a white mark as they skimmed across his skin.
His hands moved rhythmically through the air, confinement runes spilling from his fingertips and weaving into an impenetrable net within the maze's narrow confines.
The instant the clone was caught in the net, it struggled violently. Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light fired wildly in every direction,