Outside Lake Heart Island.
Following Qi Wu's earlier instructions, Jiang Qingyue and Gale had already retreated to the safety of the lakeshore.
They watched in the direction of Lake Heart Island nervously. Though they had faith in Qi Wu's strength, the aura of that goddess's projection was simply too terrifying.
Suddenly, they saw the space around all of Lake Heart Island seem to warp!
The next instant, a soul-shaking terror descended without warning!
Before their eyes, Lake Heart Island seemed to be swallowed by an enormous pitch-black sphere.
That blackness was so profound that not even moonlight could illuminate the slightest part of it. A single glance left them dizzy, their thoughts almost grinding to a halt!
"Wh... what is that?!"
Gale's pupils contracted sharply, his voice dry and strained. The hand gripping his blade trembled slightly. He had never seen anything so strange and terrifying.
The enormous dark sphere radiated immense, oppressive energy, carrying a sense of nothingness that seemed capable of devouring even light.
Jiang Qingyue's pretty face turned deathly pale, her eyes filled with shock and horror.
"A domain... it's Mr. Wu's domain!"
"But isn't its range far too vast?!"
The two were utterly stunned by Qi Wu's Unlimited Void, which was large enough to cover all of Lake Heart Island.
Inside Unlimited Void, meanwhile.
An indescribable sense of paralysis instantly engulfed every member of the Blood Knife Team!
The scarred captain's savage, frenzied expression froze instantly, as though someone had pressed pause.
He and all the Blood Knife members charging behind him suddenly stiffened in place.
They remained poised mid-charge, blades swinging, yet could no longer move an inch!
Every trace of life vanished from their eyes, leaving them utterly vacant.
Their pupils trembled wildly, reflecting terrifying torrents of information racing past!
Their brains, and even their souls, were completely drowned in an endless flood of information.
All consciousness ultimately faded into blankness.
Im... pos... sible...
Before Scarface's thoughts were completely obliterated, only this final shred of despair managed to flicker through his mind.
He could not understand it, no matter how he tried. What kind of power was this?
A domain that covered the entire island?
Such a thing was utterly unheard of!
All their schemes, all their ruthlessness, all their struggles became nothing more than a laughable, pitiful footnote before this absolute power.
The immense volume of information shattered the consciousness within Scarface's mind.
"Your brains have completely shut down. You can't even muster any anger anymore?"
Qi Wu slowly approached the vacant-eyed Blood Knife Team, his azure eyes filled with sorrow.
"It's because of scum like you, who turn on your own kind."
"That we humans suffer such a crushing defeat."
Qi Wu spoke in an icy voice.
In the future, the Demons would breach the empire's defenses and invade its territory.
When that happened, plenty of human scum would turn around and join the Demons.
The destruction those scum inflicted on humanity would be no less than that wrought by the Demons.
Qi Wu had no doubt that people like Scarface.
Once the Demon legions invaded.
Would be the first to betray their country for personal gain.
He loathed such utterly selfish people and felt no pity for them.
He swept his right hand sideways, pressing two fingers together like a sword.
Qi Wu stood before the immobilized members of the Blood Knife Team.
Using his fingers as a sword.
Whoosh-!
A blue blade of light flashed past.
Five heads flew high into the air.
The B-rank Blood Knife Team was wiped out!
On the other side of Unlimited Void, meanwhile.
The Goddess of Night's projection knelt on one knee, her ethereal form on the verge of dissipating. Enveloped by this absolute domain, her remaining consciousness seemed to waver.
Qi Wu approached the Goddess of Night's projection and gazed at her face, formed from moonlight.
She raised her head.
She looked at the world of Unlimited Void around her, within "Limitless."
A trace of bewilderment crossed her stunning face.
With a voice as frail as a candle flickering in the wind, the Goddess of Night spoke weakly.
"...The aura... of the 'void'...? Thou... who art thou...?"
Qi Wu raised an eyebrow, a flicker of genuine surprise crossing his eyes.
"Oh? You can actually recognize a little of what my domain is?"
"As expected of a 'god.' Even a mere projection has considerable insight."
He murmured to himself, but his hands did not hesitate.
He placed one hand atop the goddess's projection's head and abruptly clenched it.
Countless cracks appeared across that body formed from faint divinity. In the end, it was silently annihilated, leaving not a single trace.
The domain slowly dispersed.
Qi Wu reappeared on Lake Heart Island.
The moonlight was soft, the altar lay in ruins, and the Full Moon Heart gem still hovered in the air.
Only now, the island held five headless corpses, and a faint scent of blood spread through the air.
Qi Wu stood in the center of the altar, holding the smooth, warm Full Moon Heart gem.
Moonlight flowed over his face, yet could not dispel the lingering chill in his eyes.
He glanced down at the gem in his hand, then at the Blood Knife Team's corpses on the ground, and murmured indifferently.
"Humanity's vile nature... sometimes, it's more revolting than the Demons."
He looked with disgust at the corpses of the Blood Knife traitors on the ground.
At the same time, he recalled what the goddess's projection had said to him inside the domain.
That so-called "god" did know what she was looking at.
She had actually recognized the rules governing his domain.
That gave Qi Wu a sense of danger.
"Gods really aren't simple."
"After the Spiritual Energy Revival, I should have a chance to meet them face-to-face."
"When that time comes, let me see whose power is greater-yours or mine."
Qi Wu murmured.
He had to grow stronger.
When the Spiritual Energy Revival came, he would kill gods in direct combat!
At that thought.
Enormous pressure rose within him, accompanied by fierce ambition.
He now had an even more urgent drive to become stronger.
"Abyssal Grand Prison, next template-wait for me!"
Qi Wu's eyes shone with anticipation.
"Mr. Wu!"
Jiang Qingyue's call reached his ears.
He put away the gem, swept his gaze across the lake, and looked toward the opposite shore.
Jiang Qingyue and Gale were watching anxiously. Clearly, the terrifying sight of his Domain Expansion had left them shaken.
The chill on Qi Wu's face vanished instantly, replaced by his usual faintly lazy smile.
He waved toward the opposite shore and called out casually.
"Hey-it's done! Come over and wrap things up!"
On the opposite shore, Jiang Qingyue and Gale heard his call and saw Qi Wu standing there unharmed.
Only then did they let out long sighs of relief. They hurried across the water and returned to Lake Heart Island.
The moment they stepped ashore, they saw the five headless corpses.
Seeing that Qi Wu had actually wiped out the entire enemy team alone.
Jiang Qingyue's face filled with admiration.
"That's Mr. Wu for you!"
"He wiped them out, even fighting one against five!"
Gale crouched down to examine the heads that had rolled onto the ground.
Their expressions were vacant and despairing.
He said gravely, "Before they died... they seem to have experienced something very frightening."
Qi Wu shrugged.
"Nothing much. I just poured a hundred years' worth of memories of brutal torture into their heads."
At those words, Gale jolted.
Cold sweat drenched his back.
Not only were Qi Wu's abilities terrifying, but his character was also...
Mr. Wu, compared with the Blood Knife lot...
Why do I feel like he's more of a villain...?
Gale thought, chilled to the core.
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