One Finger Shatters Time

The power of order surged from the Dao Fruit, spreading a layer of light around him.

The light barrier was gray-gold and translucent, its surface flowing with densely packed order runes.

Those runes spun rapidly across the barrier. With every rotation, the barrier thickened by a fraction.

From one finger's breadth to two, from two fingers' breadth to three.

The barrier shut the chaos outside. Gray mist flowed across its surface like water running over glass, leaving murky traces behind. The spinning runes wiped those traces away, and the barrier remained clean and transparent throughout.

He stepped into the turbulent zone.

The instant he entered, the vortex's suction surged at him from every direction.

Those gray-white eyes seemed to come alive, all locking onto him at once.

The pulling force did not come from a single direction, but from every direction simultaneously.

Power from all directions pressed against the barrier at once, like countless hands tearing at a piece of cloth.

The light barrier warped slightly beneath the suction.

It changed from a sphere into an ellipsoid, then from an ellipsoid into an irregular polyhedron.

The order runes accelerated as it distorted. With each rotation, the barrier recovered a fraction.

The distortion came quickly, and so did the recovery.

Distortion and restoration completed countless cycles in an instant, like a spring compressed to its limit before rebounding.

Chu Ming advanced steadily.

Every step he took was firm. As his foot landed in the chaos, the power of order poured from beneath it, carving out a temporary path underfoot. The path was only one step long and one step wide, but it was stable.

The membrane of light beneath his feet was as solid as a stone slab, producing the faintest "tap" when he stepped on it.

Blood Butcher followed behind