The bone fragments scattered around the throne dissolved completely into flowing, ghostly green liquid.
Two clusters of soul fire floated above it, like ghostly eyes in the dark.
From the swirling, contracting pool poured a malice more purely devoted to death than anything Bone King Ulrich had radiated in his skeletal form.
Water God's muscles, which had only just relaxed, tightened again. Instinctively, he dragged the weakened Senior Brother En-En another step back.
"I take back what I said." Water God looked at Evergreen beside him, his voice dry. "This thing seems even harder to deal with."
Evergreen did not answer.
The Holy Light Divinity within him recoiled fiercely from this new energy.
It was not merely an Undead aura, but the manifestation of some older law that devoured all life.
Sword Master in the Snow tightened his grip on his long blade, but did not rush in.
The enemy before him no longer had a solid body, bones, or even a form he could cut.
No matter how fast his blade was, he could not sever a pool of liquid.
At last, the whirlpool stopped spinning.
Rather than taking shape, it spread outward like molten wax.
The ghostly green liquid swept across the cavern floor like a living carpet.
The moment the liquid touched the rock, it gave a faint hiss. The stone silently dissolved into it, widening the sea of death.
The two clusters of soul fire floated over the green surface, one on either side.
"Bones are nothing but a prison for the soul."
The Bone King's voice no longer came from any one place. It boomed from the entire green sea.
"Now I am free."
As soon as he spoke, the ghostly green sea crept toward the five of them like a rising tide.
"It's devouring