Given a choice, Puxien would not have stayed here. It would have fled.
Even though it knew that refusing to cooperate with the Selection would activate the Restriction embedded in its body, causing it to disintegrate on the spot.
All the Phantom Beasts that had appeared earlier actually had Restrictions embedded in their bodies beforehand. These Restrictions were connected to the Formation in the square, and a separate Formation Master was responsible for each squad's Barrier.
Phantom Beasts that defeated the squads inside their Barriers could gain their freedom.
Phantom Beasts that refused to cooperate with the Selection would be executed outright.
Each Formation Master could judge for themselves whether the squad inside their assigned Barrier had lost any chance of winning, ending the Selection early. The Formation would restrain the Phantom Beast to prevent further casualties.
In principle, Puxien's mental domain-its Soul Blessing-made souls "boil," thereby raising the target's Soul Wall with extreme realism in a "false" state.
It did not transmit any soul energy itself. It acted as a catalyst.
But now, this catalyst was trapped firmly within the reaction.
Puxien would rather have died now than continue. Some things in this world were more terrifying than death.
Especially the scene "before its eyes."
Was this something it was allowed to see?
Damn it.
I agreed to enter the trial grounds and help your Order God Church conduct the Selection Test to gain my freedom;
but,
do you even know who you're selecting?
No,
does even he need to undergo your Selection?
"These are all fake. Fake. All fake. This is... an Illusion."
Kallen gradually emerged from his initial panic. He had ample experience dealing with Illusions, and he had sufficient means to rely on against soul-based attacks.
But as Kallen gradually regained clarity and his self-awareness