Qin Chuan took out the Chaos Chalice, then the four hundred Pure Chaos Crystals he had just collected.
The chalice hovered in midair, its mouth facing down.
"Myriad Creation."
Qin Chuan pressed his hand against the Chaos Law Crystal.
Fine patterns surfaced across the crystal. The Chaos Beasts in the Black Sea grew restless at once, the Rule Fragments inside them stirring and shifting toward Qin Chuan.
A three-thousand-meter-long One-Horned Chaos Beast suddenly reared up. Black liquid still dripped from its belly. Its maximum health, reduced by the Rain of Era's End, had not recovered, but its aura had grown far stronger than before.
"Outsider."
It forced out a muddled syllable.
"Put down... the Commander Core."
Qin Chuan looked up at it.
"The one with six wings was your commander?"
The One-Horned Chaos Beast did not answer. Gray-white light was already gathering on its horn.
The remaining Chaos Beasts around it stopped struggling too.
Rifts in their bodies peeled open, and dense masses of tendrils reached from within, all aimed at the crystal in Qin Chuan's hand.
Qin Chuan smiled.
"If you want it, come get it."
Qin Chuan held the Chaos Law Crystal in his palm. The Chaos Chalice hovered above his head, with four hundred Pure Chaos Crystals slowly circling it.
Above the Black Sea, hundreds of Chaos Beasts came to a halt.
Gray-white light flickered at the tip of the One-Horned Chaos Beast's horn. More tendrils emerged from the rift in its belly.
It did not charge right away. Its massive body lowered slightly, and broken words squeezed from its throat.
"Commander... Core."
"Return it."
Qin Chuan weighed the crystal in his hand.
"Your commander attacked first. I cut it down, so this is mine now."
A muffled rumble sounded inside the One-Horned Chaos Beast, and the