"What?"
His action left the latter stunned. The Illusory Demon Lord watched blankly as the figure struck by the whip's shadow was sent flying, his face filling with wild delight.
"I see, so that's how it is!"
He was overjoyed. "I was wondering why someone like you, who just broke through to become a Sovereign, was so strong—why fighting you seemed to consume nothing. So that's it."
"Without laws, there is no world. Without a world, all your energy can only be stored within your body. Naturally, your upper limit is higher than ours, but every bit you use is permanently lost at the source. You can't replenish it at all!"
"So you don't dare take attacks head-on!"
"Hahahaha! The truth was that simple? I really was an idiot!" he laughed arrogantly.
"Why bother competing with you in laws? Pure energy suppression is enough!"
Lowett still did not know how great the gap in energy between himself and the Great Emperors was. Even among Sovereigns, there were stronger and weaker ones.
As the Sovereign of the Sea of the Dead, someone who had existed in the same era and stood in the same tier as the Mother of the Abyss, the Illusory Demon Lord undoubtedly possessed equally vast, boundless energy.
With that thought, the Illusory Demon Lord did not evade the black star Lowett sent at him. As the Dark Law automatically transformed his body into a Great Light Body, he swung the python whip of his right arm—freed from the restraints of bone—in every direction.
Whoosh...
Crack!!
The void was lashed apart and shattered. The vast might of a Sovereign erupted without end, further accelerating the collapse of the Cosmic Pedestal.
Faced with such terrifying, boundless destruction, charging in again was clearly not a wise choice.
Lowett immediately halted,