A moment later, even an attack from a Supreme God King could not last forever. Yet the tribulation clouds gathering overhead began unleashing bolts of purple lightning in scattered, disorderly succession, striking the gray-white and charred earth.
It seemed the God King of Destruction's attack had completely altered the laws of this region. Without anyone's intervention, these lightning bolts containing the laws of destruction would rage on forever.
Amid this deathly silence, like the aftermath of an apocalypse, the ground suddenly began to tremble faintly. A giant hand formed from purple-black sludge slowly surged out from the horrifying crater left by that terrible attack.
Before long, the God King of Destruction had reassembled his humanoid body. But the arrogance that had once filled his eyes was now replaced by indescribable desolation.
"Xiao Lu... I avenged you," the God King of Destruction murmured softly.
Though he had completed his revenge, the loss of his beloved had become a pain that could never be erased from his life.
The God King of Destruction, who had only just managed to stand, involuntarily fell to his knees again. His expression twisted with pain and anguish.
"Xiao Lu, I really am an idiot. I really am.
I clearly already possessed enough strength to live securely. Why did I still exhaust myself over external matters?
If... if... if I hadn't stubbornly insisted on making things difficult for that damned Han Hai for the sake of the God Realm, I wouldn't be suffering these bitter consequences today."
The God King of Destruction howled in agony, but his realization had come far too late.
As his emotions spiraled out of control, lightning infused with the laws of destruction gradually began to emerge around him once more, relentlessly ravaging the scarred land.
But the God King of Destruction's repentance