Each strike with her quantum blade cost energy. Each dimensional fold required power. Each quantum superposition state drained reserves. Each timeline manipulation taxed her spiritual sea.
She was strong. But she was bleeding energy like a broken dam.
The surviving five hundred Hierarchy Sovereigns recognized this. They'd been thrown into chaos by her initial overwhelming assault, but these were experienced cultivators, veterans of countless battles. They adapted.
"She's burning through energy faster than she recovers!"
"Defensive formation—force her to expend more power breaking through!"
"Exhaust her, then capture!"
The remaining Sovereigns pulled together, abandoning individual combat in favor of coordinated group tactics. They formed a massive defensive array—five hundred cultivators pooling their Infinity Law energy into a unified barrier that blazed with combined power approaching low-level Infinite strength.
