The immense pressure slammed the old man toward the ground. The woman in the black windbreaker who had launched the attack raised a hand and drew a circle in the air. Two spatial passages formed by arcs of light appeared, one before her and the other beside the old man. She didn't pass through either passage; she only reached one hand inside, greatly reducing the time required. As her fingers emerged from the other side of the circle, a speck of light shot from her fingertip and pierced the old man's throat!
In the eyes of both those involved and the onlookers, the speck of light had indeed passed through the old man's throat. Blood had even sprayed out. But what happened next went against everyone's expectations. The old man, blood running down his neck, turned to look at the woman in the black windbreaker not far away... or, more precisely, at the space behind her.
A shocking sight appeared. Another old man had materialized behind the woman in the black windbreaker, staring at his counterpart across the way. But the five fingers that had just displayed their strength now thrust without hesitation toward the woman, who was only inches away!
The woman in the black windbreaker's expression finally changed. An Artifact pulled her away from the old man, whisking her hundreds of meters away in an instant. Before she could catch her breath, the skin on her neck began to shrivel!
She raised a hand and touched it, her expression darkening. Unlike Lili, she had no chance to replenish her Self-Healing Agent, because the old man had no intention of letting her go. The old man who had attacked her vanished, while the other, injured one appeared before her. He raised a hand and stripped away all the Artifacts