The Vice-Captain didn't stop at breaking Ethan's body. From a black wooden chest, he withdrew a jagged piece of dark, cursed metal: the Iron Mask of Suppression. It was an artifact designed for the most dangerous criminals of the higher realms, those above the Spiritual Core stage.
Without a word, he slammed the mask onto Ethan's face.
Internal spikes, thin as needles and coated in a paralyzing, spirit-sealing venom, drove deep into Ethan's flesh. They pierced strategic acupuncture points, not only causing excruciating pain but severing his connection to the world. His sight, his hearing, and his spiritual perception were plunged into a void of absolute sensory deprivation and agony.
