Mike's Death

Remember when he earlier asked for proof that the youth can kill and he then demonstrated his Space-time Disintegrator?

The evil spirit was in reality making an effort to check from which position the Great Immortal attacks would be sent, as he knew that from such an absurd distance and having some realms in between them, he can't freely attack him from any place.

After he verified the direction and spot of his attacks, he used his broken sword's last drop of power and froze time for a split of a second to grab Mike by the neck and then kill the young Divine Phoenix so he stirs up trouble inside of the immortal world.

Yeah indeed, the kid that was currently held by the neck inside of space was indeed Mike, but he could still breathe as the mysterious being made a bubble around them for the mortal kid to not die.

While all the time, he was positioning himself right behind Mike that was facing the only direction that the Great Immortal could strike from.