23: The Purified Declared the Future Path-Bonus Chapter [25

Chapter 655: 23. The Purified Declared the Future Path—Bonus Chapter [25]

(Bonus chapter for brother "Book Sea Rolling Search" [2/5])

After the Devourer of Worlds went all out and "swallowed him whole," Diakum struggled as he fell into Dymus's legendary stomach sac, said to be connected to a black hole.

Sure enough, once he entered the stomach sac and was cut off from the outside world, unable to sense any other life, the Ancient Fury keeping him alive instantly dissipated. But the endless devouring that followed forced Diakum into an extremely dangerous struggle.

His light and heat were constantly draining away. After being swallowed by the Devourer of Worlds, that fellow was practically exerting himself to the utmost, constantly "sucking" away the Vigilant's energy.

Dymus was only doing two things right now.

Blocking the stomach sac's exit so Diakum could not escape, and then sucking, sucking, sucking like mad.

Dick felt as though he had fallen into a terrifying centrifuge spinning tens of thousands of revolutions per second. His light and heat were constantly being stripped away as the Glutton exerted its power. Already far from his peak condition, his sunlight rapidly dimmed.

Just as he was about to be transformed into Voidform for the second time, the grimacing but clear-minded Vigilant hurriedly pulled out the Shadowed Heart.

This thing had drained quite a bit of energy while executing those Void Lords that had been eagerly trying to steal his kill earlier. It could hold things off for now and buy Diakum some time.

Of course, with the Devourer of Worlds currently using every ounce of strength to "feast," one Shadowed Heart would probably only buy Diakum enough time to write a last will.

That had already been proven earlier.

His attainments on the Glutton's Path were utterly no match