The two could only set aside their differences, banish distracting thoughts, and refuse to dwell on the tangled, impossible-to-distinguish relationship between enemy and ally that lay between them.
They focused every shred of attention on absorbing the Yellow Crystal Fruit, letting the purest Spiritual Energy slowly circulate through their bodies and mend the countless dense wounds.
Who knew how long passed before the two limp figures sprawled on the ground regained the ability to speak.
Then Meng Chao heard the Wolf King's laughter.
"Jackal" Kanus seemed to be utterly immersed in the joy of surviving a great calamity.
Or perhaps, during that overloaded burst just now, in order to drive the Sixfold Massacre Battle Blade and Sixfold Massacre Armor into their strongest forms, his brain had been eroded by Totem Power, exposing his truest personality—the face of the "Doomsday Wolf King."
Or perhaps, through his fierce battle with the Fusion Beast, he had confirmed certain things and strengthened the deepest convictions in his heart.
"I knew it, I knew I wouldn't die here! I wouldn't die in the mouth of this bug!
"I am destined to change this world. No one can stop me, nor can any being that calls itself Gods and Devils!
"You're not bad. I truly never expected that, at the most critical moment, you would save me!
"Don't worry. You have made the most correct choice of your life. You have no idea what exactly you have saved. I guarantee it—believe me—you will never regret pulling me out of the abyss today!"
The Wolf King's wild laughter carried the arrogance of a petty man drunk on success, the confidence of one certain victory was already in his grasp and everything lay under his control, and an infectious force that was impossible to refuse.
At this moment,