The girls present, including Mary, were not experiencing Duanmu Huai's aura of destruction for the first time. They merely overlooked one point: most of the time they were standing behind Duanmu Huai, not facing him directly.
Mary felt like she had been punched in the chest, unable to catch her breath. The ultimate terror completely seized her body at this moment, her heart pounding so violently it seemed it would jump out of her throat. Lorena and Alicia beside her were not much better off, all struck without the slightest preparation, their entire bodies flying backward and crashing into the wall.
Meanwhile, the black puppet binding Duanmu Huai shattered and exploded, vanishing entirely.
