What?!
That clear, slightly hoarse yet utterly cold declaration exploded in Basaka's heart like the final decree of Judgment!
It was Yue Xiaofei's turn?
Fear unlike anything he had ever known, enough to freeze his soul, seized Basaka's heart!
His mountain-like body lurched back a step beyond his control!
The ground cracked beneath his feet!
Run!
He had to run!
That thought spread like wildfire, consuming all his fighting spirit and arrogance!
The boy before him had become something he could neither comprehend nor withstand!
He was no human!
He was a monster wearing human skin! An ancient god or demon newly awakened!
"Anna!"
Basaka let out an earth-shaking roar. Instead of charging, his massive body retreated, putting dozens of meters between them as he assumed a purely defensive stance.
"Drop Raven's Cage! Now!"
"Something's wrong with this monster! We have to get out of here!"
His roar echoed through the twisting, collapsing illusion.
Anna, sprawled on the ground with one arm severed, finally snapped out of her terror.
She understood even better than Basaka how terrifying Yue Xiaofei had become!
Enduring the agony of her severed arm, she prepared to spend the last of her strength to end her illusion.
But it was too late.
In the distance, Yue Xiaofei slowly raised his right hand and pointed a finger at the blood-red sky.
"Pop!"
A sharp snap of his fingers.
It was a tiny sound, yet it seemed to flick the switch on something terrifying.
A halting declaration, like a child learning to speak yet filled with supreme authority, echoed throughout the space.
"Domain... unfold!"
BOOM!!!
The instant the words fell,
an invisible wave, a hundred times more terrifying than the unconscious backlash of King's Domain, erupted from Yue Xiaofei and swept outward!
It came without any earth-shattering spectacle.