The true essence of Malevolent Shrine lay in the union of a guaranteed hit and a guaranteed kill.
Qi Wu stood at the center of the domain, his arms hanging naturally at his sides. He did not even need to form a hand sign.
He simply snapped his fingers.
Snap!
The crisp sound stood out sharply in the silent night.
Then.
The world filled with slashes.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!
Countless sounds of cutting rang out at once.
Two types of slashes.
[Dismantle] and [Cleave] came from all sides.
No trajectories.
No warning.
Not even a direction.
Because they came simultaneously from-
Every direction!
The dozens of prisoners charging at the front all froze.
In an instant.
Blood sprayed!
A hulking man who stood two and a half meters tall, whose ability turned his body to steel, suddenly bore dozens of wounds deep enough to expose bone.
"Impossible! Not even missiles can pierce my skin!"
Before he finished speaking, his head flew high into the air.
A speed-type Awakener had already sprinted over a hundred meters away.
"As long as I'm fast enough, your slashes can't hit me!"
Slice!
His legs were severed at the hips.
He looked down at his missing lower body, his eyes filled with bewilderment.
"My... my speed..."
Then his upper body was sliced to pieces.
The slashes kept falling.
Everything within the domain was repeatedly slashed until only small chunks remained.
Even denser slashes cut those chunks smaller still, grinding them into powder!
Blood stained the sky red.
Shredded flesh fell like rain.
Screams pierced the heavens.
"Aaaaaah!"
"No! Impossible!"
"My defenses! I strengthened my defenses!"
"Why can't I block it? Why?!"
Qi Wu stood at the center of the domain, watching the screaming prisoners.
There was no mercy in his