After Kaze rifted through the spatial barrier, he assessed the situation with vibrant green eyes that looked demonic. His characteristic genial expressions were gone, and only icy resolve remained.
"Thank God; I'm glad my faith in you was well founded." He whispered, looking at Evalyn. She was mortally wounded but wouldn't die that night without further injury, "You above all else."
When he waved his hand, Mary's perplexion turned into anxiety as the blonde radiated with golden light, illuminating the area. She watched in real time as her wounds disappeared, as if they had reversed time.
With the Ice General fully healed, the emperor activated a paragon-grade Spirit Qi technique to slow time. The closest translation for the technique was the German word [Zeitgeist], directly translating to [Time Ghost]. It slowed the world to the point that the world seemed frozen.
Remember that the Killian cultivators sent him through hell five millennia before, dragged him into a war, and then killed Crux and others he loved. He also knows who Mary Emerson is. So his [cruelty] in forcing her soldiers to eat her soul stems from history far beyond the present.
A/N: Kaze stated there were other ways for him to kill a cultivator without Elemental Qi. He prepared that attack; thus, he returned to collect the Soul Qi. I didn't want to info dump that in the middle of the moment.