Bzz-
The instant that Sequence activated, her gaze condensed into a pitch-black line of death. In a split second, it crossed space and pierced Lin En's eyes with a hum.
Even the sky over the entire area darkened at the same moment.
It was as though all light had turned into this pitch-black curse, carrying an overwhelming resentment that converged in this lethal strike.
At that moment.
Even time seemed to freeze.
Thud-
Lin En's body swayed from side to side, then, as though he had lost control of it, pitched forward onto the ground, lifeless.
"Haa-"
All the surrounding tentacles drooped limply to the ground.
She gasped in pain, clutching her shattered body, and struggled out of the barrier one step at a time.
At that very moment.
She, too, had suffered a tremendous backlash. The once jade-white porcelain covering her body was now almost completely riddled with cracks. Fragments kept flaking off with every step, while the left eye exposed through her broken cheek revealed that she was still a being of flesh and blood.
Gritting her teeth, blood dripping steadily from her eyelids, she walked toward the young man's corpse one step at a time.
This was her strongest Sequence, the very foundation that had allowed her to protect this place for so long. No one had ever seen this move, either, because everyone who had witnessed her use this Sequence was already dead.
But activating [Instant Death] also inflicted a lethal backlash on her.
Because whether it succeeded or not.
The moment she used it, the Origin Substance housing this Sequence would immediately be sealed, leaving her unable to use any of its abilities for at least the next ten days.
It could even be said that, without the support of the immense resentment