Aaron felt a wave of confusion wash over him.
He didn't understand how he was seeing without sight, nor why the expanse had been paralyzed.
But the word "Extinction" drifted away from his mind, floating toward the frozen form of Chen Mo.
Without Aaron's conscious command, the word settled into Chen Mo's chest, sinking directly into his heart.
Time resumed with a violent jolt.
But the world that returned was empty.
Chen Mo was gone.
There was no body, no blood, no lingering soul.
It was as if he had never existed, not just killed, but erased from the very record of reality, driven into absolute extinction.
"What... What was that?" Aaron whispered, his voice shaking as he stood alone in the silence.
Far beyond the void, those who had been watching the struggle shared his bewilderment.
Among them, Aegon's face was pale, his hands trembling with a newfound terror.
"Aaron is a threat.
