The battlefield trembled.

  In a single flash of light, Kairyuuha appeared at the heart of the chaos—his figure poised, his expression unreadable.

  No magic.

  No commands.

  Just raw, unrestrained might.

  With a sharp breath, he lunged forward. A tornado-like kick crushed through three armored warriors, sending shockwaves through the earth. He ducked a blade, swept low, and punched the air with such force that it created a concussive burst, reducing a squadron of controlled mythical beasts to dust.

  Stone ruptured. Trees bent. Screams were drowned in the roaring winds he created.

  “Let’s test the limits of this domain,” he muttered.

  His hand raised—and from the void, he summoned a single orb.

  “Kyōmei no Hazama Tama.”

  The orb pulsed, silent and ominous—then exploded with a 360° wave of sonic destruction. A radiant sphere of force erupted, flattening the terrain and vaporizing scores of mind-controlled foes, their bodies reduced to flickers in the air.

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  But Kairyuuha didn’t stop.

  He closed his eyes for a moment, whispering, “If this truly is a domain… then it has limits.”

  Spreading his mana in a layer so impossibly thin it slipped beneath even divine detection, he shaped it into a semi-dome that expanded outward. Quietly. Invisibly.

  As it grew, a pulse resonated—he detected a boundary. The domain was containable.

  He grinned.

  Still dodging and striking with the grace of a god, he conjured three new orbs, each hovering behind him in rotating formation. These weren't just weapons—they were judgment itself.

  They released beams of light in all directions, cutting down enemies like fire through parchment, vaporizing thousands in an instant.

  But Kairyuuha’s eyes weren’t filled with cruelty.

  Only cold efficiency.

  “I can't kill them. They're just tools… but you”— his voice turned to steel, “you custodians are mine.”

  A human lunged. Kairyuuha’s kick tore his head clean off. A demon rose—he crushed its ribs with one punch. A beast roared—its legs shattered from a flick of his finger.

  Then, with all three orbs pointed downward, they fired a converging ray of energy into the earth. A radiant outline traced itself into the ground, like glowing veins across a vast map.

  “There.”

  The domain’s structure revealed itself—beautiful, complex, delicate.

  Kairyuuha extended his hand.

  The world trembled.

  CRACK.

  The outline fractured like glass. The false sky above them glitched, shattered, and then collapsed entirely—like a mirror crushed by truth.

  A rush of wind, mana, and soul-shattering clarity washed over the battlefield.

  All at once—

  The white and gold vanished.

  People gasped. Beasts howled. Demons clutched their heads in confusion.

  Consciousness returned.

  They looked to the center of the battlefield.

  Kairyuuha stood there, alone.

  Breathing heavily, his body scorched by energy, but his aura—unshaken.

  “Round one’s over,” he said, glancing toward the heavens.

  “Come down, Custodians. Let’s finish what you started.”