Though it was powerful destructive energy born in the universe, it was a heavy destructive weapon aboard Ronan's Dark Star, even the Dark Star's ultimate killing move.
Faced with the bright-black destructive energy that could directly corrode and destroy large amounts of matter in the universe, Leo actually withdrew the defense around his hand and reached his entire arm out.
The Golden Light Shield over his arm gradually grew thinner, then a section disappeared.
The already-dimmed destructive energy still surged mercilessly toward his bare hand.
The black destructive energy, resembling crackling lightning, instantly licked across Leo's palm.
A chunk of flesh instantly vanished from the fair, delicate hand, while a patch of charred black appeared at once.
Intense pain shot from his palm to the brain's center. Acting on instinct, he withdrew his hand and clenched it into a fist, then the Golden Light Shield covered it again.
Looking again, dozens of tiny scorch marks had appeared across his right palm, as if red-hot iron wires had lashed it dozens of times, nearly covering all the flesh.
At the same time, more than a dozen charred-black pits, each about the size of a soybean, appeared in his palm, their blood already devoured completely.
It had only taken an instant, less than half a second, to reach this state. If he left it exposed, all the flesh would probably be melted away in less than ten seconds.
Yet when Leo looked at the charred-black state of his hand, aside from a slight frown, his eyes were still filled with curiosity.
On the charred palm, the wounds quickly recovered, turning back into a fair, tender hand.
The terrifying pain from that instant still lingered in Leo's mind.
But after clenching his hand again, his keen senses immediately noticed that the flesh in