Screening Ends

In the chessboard space, Immortal in Stone tightly clutched a strand of white hair in his hand, utterly motionless.

However, Immortal in Stone's arm had already separated from his body and fallen to the ground. At the center of the chessboard, the head formed from Stone Source Material remained alone. The life force within it was as faint as a candle flame, seeming ready to quietly go out at the slightest breeze.

"You... I have truly never seen a creature like you. This form of life has truly opened my eyes! Having fallen to such a state, even if I reconstruct my Stone Source body here and manage to escape this place of confinement, my chances of returning to Ling are less than ten percent."

"Dead... so be it!" Immortal in Stone finally raised his gaze and stared at Zhang Chen before the light in his pupils faded away. His body then collapsed into dust and vanished completely with the wind.

Zhang Chen, standing far away on the chessboard, merely watched the scene in silence.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Chen would certainly have devoured the man to restore the energy his body had consumed during battle.

But now, let alone devouring him, Zhang Chen no longer even had the ability to close his own mouth. Compared to Immortal in Stone, Zhang Chen was even more like a candle flickering in the wind.

The reason Zhang Chen's body had managed to retain its form was his willpower.

The Level 2 Jailer shell he occupied had already exceeded limits of one hundred, two hundred, even five hundred percent during the battle just now.

"Before the Stone Realm disappears, if this shell of mine shatters, my consciousness may not be able to transfer back to my true body. That would make things extremely