The gigantic golden head that emerged from the Illusion Demon Hoop opened its mouth and swallowed the Heart Demon Ring, then abruptly snapped open its eyes.
Within pupils as vast as mountains, a speck of ink suddenly spread outward, tracing an arc until head met tail, forming a... ring.
In the blink of an eye, the cores of both eyeballs had been replaced by circular rings.
The Illusion Demon Hoop's Weapon Master was both furious and alarmed. He raised a hand to grab the giant head, intending to crush and compress it into a needlepoint.
This was his customary killing move. Whether it was a grandmaster's fleshly body or an unparalleled divine weapon, nothing—not even powder—would remain beneath this all-crushing ultimate technique.
But his ultimate move suddenly failed.
The rings where the giant head's pupils should have been began to turn. Then it opened its mouth and let out a thunderous roar, shaking all four directions.
Splat!
The Illusion Demon Hoop lowered his head to look at his lower abdomen. A curved wooden staff had pierced through from his back to his belly, extending into the distance along his line of sight. Isn't this merely one segment of some enormous ring?
The Fierce Demon Spear and Demon Trapping Umbrella suffered the same fate. Even the Qi Demon Gourd, whose flesh had fused into its demon weapon, was pierced through its gourd mouth by a segment of the ring. Its features twisted as it writhed across the gourd's surface, yet it could never break free.
Looking around again, flat rings rose one after another from the bottomless abyss beneath the pitch-black sky, turning into isolated islands.
"Ring World! The Weapon Master is transforming this space into our own territory!"
One weapon slave spotted the opportunity and leaped onto a ring. With