"I'm truly sorry, Lord Azathoth. If there's any problem, come find me in the Five Evil Realm."
During this time, Yu Ming had already transmitted the Corrosive Heart Water he had obtained away from this place through some method. Massive tentacles descended upon his body, allowing him no resistance or struggle as his entire flesh was crushed into minced meat and absorbed by the tentacles.
Crack!
From where Yu Ming's body had shattered, a damaged, malformed skull fell to the ground. It bore some resemblance to the treasure Yu Ming had held, Abhoth's Skull.
"A True Soul Clone! You actually sacrificed a body cultivated over a thousand years in exchange for a divine artifact and Corrosive Heart Water. You're still as insane as you were thousands of years ago, but you won't escape."
Azathoth crushed the cracked skull beneath his foot. The enormous tentacles filling the sky withdrew into his lower body, and he vanished from the Blood Realm Great Dao.
Meanwhile, at the center of the Five Evil Realm, in the Evil God Palace.
Yu Ming, seated cross-legged atop a lotus pod in a room where Yin Qi gathered at the center, opened his eyes. However, his current condition appeared extremely weak.
Just as Azathoth had said, Yu Ming's true form had remained within the Evil God Palace from the very beginning. The one acting outside had merely been a True Soul Clone nurtured over a thousand years through the vitality Yu Ming continuously secreted from his body.
Its soul was connected to Yu Ming's body, making this clone a part of Yu Ming's true form.
However, in Yu Ming's eyes, the Evil God's Scythe was even more valuable than the True Soul Clone. On top of that, he had acquired a bottle of Corrosive Heart Water secreted from