Chapter 322: Luke Finally Realizes How Powerful His Wife Is! [GOLDEN TICKET BONUS]

The moment the final word was completed, the purple symbol suddenly ignited.

Purple flames consumed it within an instant before the entire magical inscription vanished.

Yet the disappearance lasted for less than a breath.

The next moment, a gigantic purple magic circle suddenly manifested beneath Selene and her Crimson Throne, its intricate patterns spreading across the ground in an instant.

"This!"

The spectators were left baffled.

The magic circle stretched for one hundred meters, and the fact that Brynessa had created something of that scale instantly without any prior preparation was enough to shock even the experienced members of the audience.

Normally, an Arcane Mage at B-rank couldn't simply construct a gigantic magic circle of this size and complexity in an instant.

That was precisely why B-rank mages often prepared their larger spells beforehand and stored them within their Arcane Hearts, allowing them to release the prepared formations when necessary rather than constructing them from nothing during battle.

Brynessa, however, had created hers effortlessly.

Even Luke, despite everything he had already witnessed during this battle, sensed that something about the situation wasn't right.

'Why isn't Selene attacking?'

The same question naturally emerged within the minds of many spectators.

Brynessa had spent all this time preparing her spells, yet Selene had done almost nothing to interfere with her.

Still, Selene's turn had finally arrived.

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Selene watched Brynessa carefully and gradually realized that the serpent had become quiet, no longer continuing her preparations.

It was as though everything she needed to place into position had finally been completed. And now she was simply waiting.

'Since I am already trapped inside her setup, I'll just overpower her.'

Selene settled on the decision without hesitation.

She couldn't undo what had already been done, so rather than wasting time attempting to unravel an unknown curse, she would simply overwhelm Brynessa with superior power before those curses could become a true threat.

Her crimson eyes became sharper as she called upon the full power of her Origin Skill.

'S-RANK ORIGIN SKILL!'

'Crimson Throne, ULTIMATE ABILITY!'

Then she spoke the final words.

"WORLD OF CRIMSON"

Unlike the strange conceptual words Brynessa had used, Selene's voice wasn't as heavy or incomprehensible, yet the words she spoke were still different from the ordinary language of Valtharion.

And the moment Brynessa heard them, the expression on her gigantic serpent face changed completely.

'A World Skill!'

Her pupils narrowed.

'Domain!'

Brynessa felt a strange bitterness spread through her heart as she looked at Selene, because the appearance of a domain at this stage was something that shouldn't have been possible for an ordinary Early B-rank.

Domains belonged to higher-tier existences, and even an A-rank being couldn't necessarily create one unless they possessed sufficient talent and understanding of their power.

Yet Selene had done it.

An Early B-rank had formed a domain. And the reason was simple.

Valtharion itself had granted her an Origin Skill capable of allowing such a thing to happen.

'Valtharion really is unfair.'

Brynessa could only sigh internally when she thought about her own situation, because while she had struggled to awaken her true Origin inheritance, Selene continued receiving one extraordinary advantage after another.

But Selene's World of Crimson didn't stop merely because Brynessa felt bitter about her fate.

The instant her words were completed, the Crimson Throne released its full authority.

*Blood Authority.*

Crimson energy immediately spread outward from the throne, flowing across the battlefield like veins spreading beneath the surface of the earth, while the sky above slowly transformed into a deep crimson color.

At the same time, every trace of blood left behind by the previous battles throughout the arena began responding to Selene.

Blood that had previously belonged to the wounded, blood that had been scattered across the ground, and blood that had soaked into the earth were all connected to her authority, forming a network that allowed Selene to manipulate the entire battlefield as though every drop were an extension of her own body.

The Blood Throne Dominion expanded toward its maximum range.

For Selene's current strength, that range reached a diameter of ten kilometers.

Within that territory, her perception expanded through the blood contained inside every living creature, allowing her to sense their presence while simultaneously granting her the ability to manipulate the blood spread throughout the entire domain.

The transformation continued until the full ten-kilometer area had effectively become a crimson world of its own.

Brynessa's enormous serpent body floated within the blood-red sky as the entire battlefield fell under Selene's control.

Then, beneath her, the earth began to bleed.

The ground had been wounded by the battles that had taken place across the arena, and now those wounds became sources of fresh blood as crimson streams began emerging from beneath the soil.

One stream became another, and another joined it, until countless currents of blood rose upward and flowed through the air, converging around Selene's Crimson Throne.

"A domain!"

Zeyr and the other Empyrean representatives fell silent as they stared at the transformation, because they understood exactly what it represented, just as Brynessa did.

"No one can defeat her in the B-rank anymore, even if they're at Peak B-rank, unless they possess something capable of countering her domain or have a domain of their own."

The words came naturally from one of the spectators who had already learned about the terrifying superiority domains could provide.

The streams of blood continuously rising from the ground served as undeniable proof of what had happened.

Inside her domain, Selene's authority was supreme.

Even if an opponent possessed an extremely powerful blood-manipulation ability of their own, Selene could potentially force control over the blood within that opponent's body, turning their own blood into another weapon under her command.

That was the true horror of a domain.

"And unless another element can overpower her Blood Element while inside that domain, they won't even be able to damage her body effectively."

The explanation continued as everyone watched the crimson environment surrounding Selene.

"Even if someone manages to do that, they still won't necessarily be able to fight her properly, because her innate ability also seems to be forming perfect synergy with her Origin Skill."

Hearing that, the surrounding spectators nodded one after another as they finally understood how terrifying Selene's current state had become.

Even Luke looked surprised.

'My wife is this strong, and nobody even told me.'