A wave of Qi

"Were you the one to claim the life of my child?!"

I gritted my teeth, for there was hardly anything else I could do at this point. 

This wasn't the physical restraint that forced me to eat dirt before while leaving me a whole lot of options beyond just movement. 

This, however, was different. 

Despite how furiously it bounced against the wall of the Qi-rich air, the domain I've controlled through my scythe, the bubble of influence… just couldn't force its way through this man's power. 

And that left me with what meager Qi I could accumulate within my body alone. 

'What do I…"

"Were you the one…" just as this oppressive being attempted to speak again, some sort of wave cut through the zone. 

It wasn't a physical pressure, not of the kind I've experienced before at the very least. 

It was as if… 

The quality… No, the intent within the Qi in the air had changed…