Past Events of Ten Thousand Years

The inhuman monster Lin Ji had transformed into clenched the Black Crystal Ball floating in the air tightly in its palm with a giant claw covered in dull scales.

The instant its fingertips touched the crystal ball's surface, it did not feel cold. Instead, it felt a tremor and faint resistance, as though it had touched the heart of a living creature.

In that flash of lightning, Black Shadow darted into the crystal ball like a venomous snake that had found its nest.

Then, a sudden change occurred!

The entire Black Crystal Ball seemed to have been infused with violent life force and began trembling at a horrifying frequency. The profound ancient runes on its surface flickered wildly, emitting shrill cries like scraping metal and wailing resentful souls.

It was as though an ancient beast trying to tear apart its cage had been trapped inside the sphere. Torrents of energy crashed wildly within it, swiftly covering its surface in dense, spiderweb-like cracks. Light spilled from them, flashing between bright and dim, heralding imminent total collapse.

A hint of instinctive vigilance flashed through the monster Lin Ji had become's scarlet vertical pupils, but what filled them more was the savagery driven by its violent will.

It let out a roar that shook the entire underground palace. The sound wave, mixed with a bloody and brutal aura, battered the ancient stone walls around it and stirred countless echoes. With that roar, its five fingers—powerful enough to crush metal—suddenly tightened, its muscles bulging as its scales ground together with a teeth-aching screech—

"Bang!!!"

A deafening explosion unlike any ordinary blast suddenly erupted!

Unable to withstand the terrifying force attacking it from both within and without, the Black Crystal Ball finally disintegrated in an instant.

It did not simply shatter. It turned into countless