Purple Radiance filled the space between heaven and earth. He Ao gently extended his palm forward and slowly grasped the void.
Fine strands of Gray-Purple Radiance spilled from his fingertips, and the dim void began to tremble slightly with his movements.
The dense, surging darkness roiled violently at that instant. It not only covered Medala, but also surged toward He Ao like a tide engulfing heaven and earth.
However, He Ao merely pulled his hand back lightly. Brilliant strands of Purple Radiance suddenly appeared in the void, connecting into an enormous purple network.
They were runes and lines, densely interwoven like an illusory net. They covered every direction and sank deep into the surrounding dense darkness.
He Ao gripped the purple net and pulled backward with force.
The entire twisted darkness began to tremble violently.
A terrifying, twisted aura surged from within the darkness. The face emerging from it trembled slightly at the sight. "You're courting death!"
Strands of Purple Radiance surged from the darkness, cutting across the foundation of the world and sweeping over where He Ao stood.
An invisible, terrifying aura swept through the surroundings.
Fine black spots appeared across He Ao's flame-wrapped skeleton, then rapidly spread and connected.
An aged, decaying aura also seeped out from those spots.
It was as though the towering skeleton had become a corpse buried in the earth, rapidly rotting away and vanishing.
"No one in this world can escape death. It is the eternal end of all things," said the face emerging from the darkness as it stared at He Ao. Its voice was like a howling wind, hoarse and devout. "Even bones are no exception."
As it spoke, the black spots flowed, stretched, and spread like spilled ink, swiftly covering He Ao's ribs and spreading further outward.
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