"Your eyes."
Devil Abyss spoke, his voice low and slow, every word seeming to be squeezed from the depths of his throat, carrying a battle intent that had been utterly ignited.
"The Spiritbright Monkey Clan's Fiery Golden Eyes."
"I had heard of them. Today was the first time I saw them with my own eyes."
"Your eyes can see through the essence of all power. Before you, any attack is a process whose structure has been dismantled."
"Even if I trained my staff techniques to be wilder, madder, and more erratic, in your eyes they would still be a blueprint marked with every current of force."
"So..."
His hands loosened from the staff and slowly rose above his head.
"I won't compete with you in staff techniques anymore."
"I'll compete with you in strength."
With that, Devil Abyss violently spread his hands to either side.
In that instant, the entire Arena floor shook violently as his arms opened.
Centered on him, a massive dark-purple demonic energy vortex exploded beneath his feet.
The vortex spun wildly as it spread in all directions, and wherever it passed—
The Gold-Patterned Restrictions on the Arena's stone surface dimmed layer by layer, went out, and were completely covered by demonic energy.
As that demonic energy covered the Gold-Patterned Restrictions, it gave off dense sizzling sounds, as though something were continuously corroding those golden law patterns.
As it spread, the vortex continued to swell and rise.
It transformed from a flat vortex into a constantly rotating dark-purple demonic energy tornado.
The tornado stretched from the ground all the way to the Sky Vault, shrouding the entire Arena in a surging dark-purple storm.
The laws within the Coiling Dragon Pillars gave off a continuous, low hum beneath the scour of that demonic energy.
Fine dark-purple patterns surfaced