“This is... What is this...”

A powerful force enveloped everyone—a strange force beyond description...

Under the light array’s glow, for some reason, even though I’m far stronger than he is, I still feel afraid...

Is this his Authority?

What Phoebe had heard was... his Authority was extremely weak. And no one had seen him use it in all these years. He was incredibly prideful and wouldn’t embarrass himself in front of others, so everyone assumed his Authority was weak, and that was why he’d never used it.

But now...

This overwhelming pressure was bearing down on everyone.

“Your Authority... what is it, exactly?!”

“I don’t avoid using my Authority because it’s too weak. It’s the opposite... it’s too powerful. I can’t control it. My master, the Ripple-Eyed Witch, and I tried to unleash my Authority once, but something unpleasant happened. Ever since then, I’ve never used this power unless I absolutely had to... Rank Three, Tier Seven, Sequence Number One. That’s my Authority... Hmm... It’s a very lazy one, but if I really get serious...”

Li clenched his hand.

“Ugh!!! What’s going on?!”

A powerful pressure instantly left Phoebe and her subordinates unable to move.

“I can’t kill you. I still can’t control this power—I can only let it run wild. I know what happens when it runs wild, and the thing inside me knows too. Right now, it’s frantically yelling at me to stop, saying I’ll die and all that... Sigh... But unfortunately, there’s no stopping me now.”

Li held out his hand, and a black Pal piece slowly emerged from his palm.

“What are you going to do?!”

“There’s nothing I can do... You can give up. I’m only planning to take you all down with me. I’ve come this far, and I can’t stop now. I can’t control this power, like I said. So...”

He raised his hand. The black Pal piece spun on the tip of Li’s finger.

“How about it? If I detonate my power, we’ll all die. And even if we don’t, we’ll fall into the Abyss of the Underworld... Why do you think I ran toward this dead end when you were hunting me? I knew I couldn’t get away. I also had to avenge my old friend. So even if I die, none of you are getting out alive!”

“You’re insane! What are you doing?! Stop!”

“Stop it! You bastard! This is the Abyss of the Underworld! Anyone who falls in is dead for sure! You bastard! Stop it already!”

Phoebe’s subordinates, the Apostles of Authority, started shouting like a bunch of fools. Li couldn’t help but laugh to himself. They were all powerful Apostles of Authority, famous throughout the Zerul Empire, yet here they were, shouting in such an undignified way.

Because they could feel it...

It was high noon!

“Stop? There’s no stopping now... Before you killed me, did you really not prepare yourselves for the chance that I’d kill you? That’s... such a shame!”

Li grabbed the Pal piece and raised a finger!

“Teacher... Teacher, please don’t! Teacher... Please stop!”

Li gave a savage grin. It was all too late! He wasn’t going to give these people another chance! His finger came down without the slightest hesitation!

Boom!!!

The pitch-black Pal devoured everything!

Everything within the domain—including Li himself—was swallowed by the savage, pitch-black Pal.