Beneath the nine-colored Void crystal, half of the Grand Prince's body had fallen to the ground, while the other half had been blasted into thousands of pieces and was desperately fusing back together.
Malthus's injuries were lighter, but he had consumed too much divine power, even using up half his origin. This was his first battle after transforming from a holy spirit into a physical entity, yet he had been injured so badly.
"Can you still hold on?" Lu Yang landed beside them and asked.
Malthus instantly sensed that Lu Yang was in even worse condition than the two of them. He asked anxiously, "What happened over there?"
Lu Yang sat on the ground. While the Void God King, Nine Flames, and the others helped the two of them search for their body fragments, he recounted his battle with the Saint Demon Emperor. "I got the Void Heart. How did things go here?"
Malthus's expression darkened. "I'm sorry. The Void Moon-Slaying Sword was taken by the Mystic Fire God King. Kuning has two divine artifacts now."
Lu Yang patted both of them on the shoulders. "Surviving is already a blessing. Besides, we got the Void Heart. The mission can be considered complete."
If Malthus and the Grand Prince had not fought the Mystic Fire God King and delayed his reinforcements, allowing the Mystic Fire God King to bring the Void Moon-Slaying Sword to Kuning, Lu Yang would not merely have failed to restrain his opponent—he might not even have kept his own life.
Xia Yuwei comforted them, "We also stole so much of the Saint Demon Emperor's origin."
Malthus had thought everyone would blame him, but all they gave him was comfort. That only made him feel even more guilty.
The Grand Prince felt even more guilty than Malthus. Lowering