Earlier...
Even without Overclocking, Gabriella could easily beat me if she got serious. Fusion summons are her specialty, after all.
Mo Bai kept searching for a way to win from within the shadows.
He was hardly arrogant enough to think he could beat Gabriella head-on with his bare hands.
Even if I find a chance to summon Etu for a surprise attack, she can summon Tacet Discords too...
Mo Bai thought of the Tacet Discords she had taken in.
Unlike his Shikigami, which required Cursed Energy to summon, releasing a Tacet Discord cost Gabriella nothing. It was like letting a monster out of prison for some fresh air.
Far from consuming her Resonance, those Tacet Discords might even thank her for it.
If she stops my first attack, she'll hit back even harder. Worst case, she'll use Overclocking against me...
After weighing it all, Mo Bai abandoned his initial plan to take Gabriella down in one strike with Etu.
Right... I can't hold anything back. Domain Expansion is my best option.
That was the answer he finally settled on.
Fortunately, everything that followed went as he had hoped.
In the end, Etu knocked Gabriella and Chimera out of the sky and into his domain's range.
"Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden."
Splash!
Mo Bai formed the hand sign, channeled his Cursed Energy, and spoke the domain's name. Shadows surged like a tidal wave, engulfing both him and Gabriella.
As for Chimera, it had returned to the Tacet Discord space after blocking the water jet Mo Bai had fired.
Clack, clack!
Whoosh!
The familiar, misshapen skeleton emerged from the boundless darkness once more. This time, ghostly flames flickered throughout the domain as well.
The domain was complete.
The moment darkness swallowed her surroundings, Gabriella knew what had happened.
This was the