Ethan was just about to trigger another system scan—
But the little girl had already stepped up to the man.
No shouting.
No punches.
She simply raised her hand and gently placed it on his shoulder.
In that instant—
The world went still.
No explosions.
No energy shockwaves.
It was like the entire realm held its breath.
Then Ethan saw it.
Not with his eyes.
But with something deeper—an instinctive, almost primal perception.
The man's power was being stripped away.
Forcefully. Irrevocably.
Energy, laws, even his very presence—
And along with it, a blurry but unmistakable outline of his soul—ripped clean from his body.
The next moment—
The man froze.
His skin turned ashen, muscles petrified.
Hairline cracks spread across his body like dry earth in a drought.
Crack.
His entire form shattered like a weathered statue, crumbling into dust.
Not even a trace remained.
The girl pulled her hand back, beaming with innocent delight.
