A [Soul] Awakened who had lost his weapon was bound to struggle against the physical attacks of a top-tier five-star Mutant Remains.
Especially when its master was [Doom], who possessed the power of multiple Pinnacles.
Yan Yan lowered his head and shakily gripped the black spear that had pierced through his chest.
As a sixth-tier Awakened, his body was already far beyond that of an ordinary person.
But the instant the spear struck, he felt as though something had severed most of his life away.
He looked toward the two people approaching him, his lips trembling as he tried to say something. Under Jiang Mian's gaze, however, he crumbled into ash.
Not even his soul remained.
The shaft of [Heaven's Punishment] glowed with a strange black light. Then the light receded completely, and it returned to its original, clear ice-blue color.
Jiang Mian lifted the spear. In perfect sync with Ye Chenyang, she withdrew her domain.
The surroundings shifted, and they were back in the original office.
Aside from Yan Yan having been put down, nothing had changed.
A closed domain was a phase space created by the Awakened themselves.
It was, one could say, the perfect skill for killing someone—or, well, dragging them off for a one-on-one.
Generally speaking, though, it took a considerable toll.
An open domain, on the other hand, drew upon some of the world's own power to aid the user,
or spread an invisible "net" to restrain an opponent.
Simply put, closed domains prioritized explosive power, open domains prioritized endurance, and semi-closed domains... were a little harder to judge.
Ye Chenyang extended his mental power and "looked" at the state of the office lobby.
Things were orderly enough, and there were no casualties.
Before coming, he had already informed the higher-ups, who had also sent