Huang's headless corpse fell soundlessly, kicking up a small cloud of metallic dust.
Inside the rocky hollow, time seemed to have frozen. The wind carried the stench of blood and ash as it swept over everyone's rigid bodies.
The savagery on Captain Rhino's face had not even fully turned to shock before it froze completely. His pupils dilated as he stared fixedly at the corpse on the ground, rapidly losing its warmth, its blood seemingly instantaneously evaporated by some force.
The arms of the two Viscount Rank team members gripping their weapons began to tremble uncontrollably, their teeth chattering. The way they looked at Neji was as though they had seen a fiend crawl out from the depths of hell.
Xuan abruptly covered his mouth as nausea churned in his stomach. Jiqiao simply collapsed to the ground, face utterly pale.
Too fast.
Too bizarre.
There had been no eruption of energy, no earth-shaking spectacle, not even the trace of a tangible attack. Just a raised hand, a wisp of nearly imperceptible gray vapor, and a powerful Peak Viscount with tenacious vitality had been erased by an invisible eraser, his head reduced to ash and his life extinguished in an instant.
What kind of technique was this?!
This was absolutely not any eye technique or ninjutsu known to the Ōtsutsuki Clan!
Neji slowly withdrew his finger. The wisp of gray vapor at his fingertip had long since vanished. His expression remained unchanged as his Dual Pupils turned toward Captain Rhino.
That gaze was calm, yet it made Captain Rhino feel even more bone-deeply cold than the killing intent from before. It was as if an ancient colossal beast were looking down at him indifferently, his life and death dependent on a single thought from the other side.
"Captain," Neji said. His