Aldric did not turn around. He focused all his strength on maintaining the alchemy array that was still barely functioning.
The cracks in the array patterns continued to spread, covering an ever-widening area until they reached the array's primary nodes.
Aldric stood still as the alchemy array beneath his feet shattered into several separated fragments around him.
Before slowly fading away, the fragments of array patterns briefly retained their independent shapes, then shattered one after another, dimmed, and dispersed into the mist.
He twisted aside to evade the Space Blade Lynn fired from his flank, but lost his balance in the process and dropped to one knee.
Aldric tried to rise again, but pure chaotic mist rapidly closed in around him, forming a cage.
Lynn gave him no time to recover.
Myriad Phenomena bound him tightly, the Chaos Dragon pressed in from the front, and the Netherworld Wolf lurked behind him, its eyes fixed intently on Aldric's pert backside.
Godspawn flanked him from the side, while the domain of chaos constantly wore away at the remaining alchemy patterns.
The Demon Eye's Spatial Anchoring once more covered the entire area beneath his feet, completely sealing off every route of escape.
Aldric was forced to remain in place as he tried to condense one final alchemy pattern for defense.
But the moment the array pattern emerged, its outline was swiftly dismantled beneath the unceasing shroud of chaotic mist. It broke apart into specks of light, lingering briefly before his eyes before vanishing completely.
His final method had failed.
And Aldric had few useful methods left.
As Aldric made one last attempt to reconstruct an alchemy array, Lynn tightened the edges of the Stigmata Domain, trapping him within a space only a few steps wide.
The other underlings also surrounded him from all