"What is it trying to do?" Evergreen swallowed, clutching the Holy Scripture tightly.
"It's compressing energy to an extreme degree." Mirror's expression darkened. "It's preparing to detonate this entire space."
"We can't let it explode!" Tiga Lingyu raised the Giant Shield again. "A blast that powerful will kill us all!"
"Everyone, focus fire on the core!"
Night Cherry Tangle charged first, his sword aimed straight at the dark-purple heart.
Water God, Dawn, and Song Ling unleashed everything they had.
Ice spikes, water bolts, sword energy, and flashes of blade light.
Multicolored attacks slammed into the heart's core, bursting into blinding light.
Cracks appeared in the crystal shell around the heart.
They spread rapidly across the entire core.
"It's about to break! Push harder!" Water God shouted.
Crack!
With a sharp snap, the enormous heart core shattered.
There was no world-ending explosion, only a storm of impossibly pure energy sweeping outward.
The energy storm dissipated.
Everyone stared at the spot where the core had been.
Something floated there.
It was neither a Divinity Fragment nor a piece of extraordinary equipment.
It was a pitch-black seed the size of a fist.
Twisted dark-red runes covered it, and it radiated an ancient aura that made everyone's heart tremble.
That aura was even purer, even deadlier, than the Gluttony Law they had just faced.
Night Cherry Tangle stared at the seed, his pupils contracting sharply.
He sensed an instinctive fear rising from his Judgment Godhead in the seed's presence.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Dawn stepped closer for a better look.
Just then, a crack split the black seed.
A bloodshot eyeball squeezed through and fixed its gaze on the seven people before it.
When that gaze swept over him, Water God felt like a roast suckling pig laid out on a platter.