Absorption.

"[Obliterate]."

The instant this word left Lucius' mouth it seemed to strangely resonate with the world around him and infinitely multiplied. Lucius' soft mutter had turned into an earth-shattering roar.

A deluge of chaotic energy appeared out of nowhere and gathered at the edge of his scythe's blade. The turbulent energy then started to coalesce and increase in density.

The movements of the crowd of Rule Guardians who were previously banging away at the invisible barrier around the final step suddenly came to a pause as their soulless, artificial bodies seemed to tense up with dread.

Their translucent, golden bodies built from the world's energy wavered in and out of a solid form as they seemingly teetered on the verge of total collapse.