Chapter 269: Clashing Against a Tier 5

Julius didn’t let the man make the first move.

He had already experienced what that was like and did not want that to happen again. That was why he blitzed toward the Tier 5 with nothing held back.

There was no hiding his skills or conserving his mana. He went all out from the very start. Huge spikes that more closely resembled a spear the size of a tree trunk soared toward the man.

The Tier 5 didn’t flinch as the missiles struck him. The man used some sort of green defensive skill to block the constructs. The resulting explosion created a massive crater in front of the man.

As the smoke billowed out, Julius closed the distance, charging as much mana and aura into his fist as he possibly could.

It didn’t matter that his ruinous aura was damaging his own body, he was more concerned about whether or not it would be enough to even scratch the man.

He swiftly found out that he was still too arrogant.

Instead of worrying about injuring the man, he should have been more concerned about getting close enough to even hit him.

Just as Julius got within several feet, he felt the man’s Domain collapse onto him like a tidal wave of pure power.

He had felt people’s Domain’s before. He had experienced Richard’s on many occasions, which was why he felt prepared to face this man’s Domain.

How wrong he was. Why did he ever think that overcoming a Tier 5’s Domain would be easy or even possible for a Tier 3 like him? It was hubris to the extreme.

It didn’t matter how strong or resolved his aura or willpower were. It didn’t matter if his Emblem was already powered by four strong Concepts.

In the face of a fully powered Domain, he wasn’t even allowed an inch to move as he was held in place by pure mana. Somehow the man was able to use just simple mana to surround his body and immobilize it.

There was no need for any fancy skills, it was just a demonstration of how the man was able to use an extraordinary amount of mana to suffocate him.

All of his mana was wiped away and dismantled like kicking down a child’s sandcastle. It was humbling and terrifying at the same time.

The Tier 5 casually closed the short distance and gave Julius’s body a quick examination. Going so far as to send a pulse of mana that traveled through his body and exited it just as swiftly.

“Very interesting,” the man said with two fingers placed on his chin in thought. “Very interesting indeed.”

The Tier 5 finally stopped examining him and looked him directly in the eye. “Why?”

Even Julius was surprised at the man’s question. What did he mean by ‘why’? What was he talking about? He wanted to talk, but man’s Domain was still in the midst of strangling him.

“Sorry about that.”

The man seemed to realize this as well because he released the pressure of his Domain slightly, allowing Julius some freedom in his throat, enough to talk at least.

The man looked at him again. “Why?”

Julius gave the man a confused look in return. “Huh?”

He saw the man’s brows furrow in thought. “I guess it doesn’t matter that much. Either way, I changed my mind. I don’t care if you surrender willingly, you are coming with me,” he said to Julius like there wasn’t any other choice.

Julius’s anxiety spiked a little bit as he didn’t like the tone the man was talking with. It sounded like he thinking of Julius more as an interesting toy rather than a person. He attempted to say something in response but found himself once again unable to speak.

The man had reactivated his Domain to restrict his voice.

Like hell I am going to just let myself get kidnapped, he angrily thought to himself.

Therefore, even if he was stuck in the man’s Domain, he focused as deeply as he could.

If he was going to have a chance of escaping the man’s Domain he was going to have to use his Emblem to do it.

He already had a good idea of what an Authority was. Although Richard or Rebecca didn’t tell him directly, he figured out that one’s Authority was simply an extension of their will. He also knew that in order to gain an Authority, he needed to use his Emblem to do so.

Thus, he did the most obvious thing he could think of. He gathered everything he could and started to compress them into his Emblem.

He didn’t even fight against the man as he was dragged by the feet like a sack of potatoes. He simply stayed concentrated on his task.

All of his willpower, aura, and even his Concepts swirled around and started to come together. He couldn’t help but notice that the process came together more easily than he expected. It wasn’t until he took a closer look that he found the reason why that was.

It was the man’s Domain. Nothing was able to leave its boundaries. Not a single piece of mana and not a wisp of aura.

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However, it also meant all of Julius’s willpower, aura, and Concepts had nowhere else to go but where he directed them.

He didn’t have to worry about keeping tight control of them. The man’s Domain did that for him.

It was quite ironic. He was only attempting this because the Domain was oppressing him but the reason he might be able to break out of it was because it was there.

With that being said, it still wasn’t easy. His willpower and aura were a little difficult to shove into his Emblem but feasible. He had done similar things in the past, so it wasn’t that different. The real issue was trying to put his Concepts into his Emblem. That was a much harder task. One he doubted would be impossible without the ‘help’ of the Domain.

Using one Concept in his Emblem was something he had already accomplished. But integrating more was another beast altogether.