[Azure Moon True Person clearly felt how terrifying the strength gripping her ankle was, as heavy and solid as a mountain.]
[At the same time, a vast, surging tide of mana began pressing down on her through that grip.]
[Her escape art, which had already begun burning her blood essence, was forcibly interrupted. The backlash struck, and her lovely face abruptly paled.]
[Whoosh!]
[Dark mana rippled around Azure Moon True Person's captive, snow-white right foot. Space faintly distorted, and she slipped free of the grip in an utterly unnatural fashion, shooting backward.]
[A spatial secret art? Or a secret treasure?]
[You withdrew your right hand, inwardly regretting the missed opportunity.]
[You had hidden in the shadows, letting the third-tier puppet, Little Black, and Blood-Sea True Person attack first, then shaken her sea of consciousness with a divine soul attack-all to create this moment for your ambush.]
[You had not expected Azure Moon True Person to slip free in the end.]
[Still, this was within your expectations. As a Golden Core Grand True Person who had schemed for years, how could she have no trump cards at all?]
["Mountain Sea Mana? You're Azure Origin True Person?"]
[Azure Moon True Person's chest heaved as she stared at you, disbelief creeping into her voice.]
[She had not recognized Blood-Sea True Person's attack. After all, he had become a ghost cultivator, and even his mana's aura had changed.]
[You were different. When you attacked, your vast mana surged and rolled outward. Azure Moon True Person could hardly fail to recognize it.]
[And in the Primordial Origin Domain and the neighboring great domains, you were the only Golden Core True Person connected to her who possessed the mountain sea legacy.]
["You only entered the Core Formation Stage a few decades ago. Even with a flawless