As for the lesser geniuses below that level...they were utterly paralyzed with primal terror. Such a domineering, tyrannical force rendered them smaller than ants, unable to even tremble as every limb went numbly rigid with fear.
Throughout it all, Yun Liao remained utterly unfazed, not even blinking despite being ground zero for that malicious torrent of world-ending power. His hands calmly moved, azure runes swirling to life as they condensed the shining form of a True Ranking spirit sword. In that same instant, mesmerizing swirls of azure lightning suddenly manifested around Yun Liao's statuesque form, crackling with rising intensity.