Cao Yuan's True Nature

"Is that Cao Yuan?" Jiang Er frowned as she looked at the illusory figure emerging from the black flames, her voice uncertain. "How did he become like this...?"

"After that divine punishment descended, two-thirds of his body had already melted away. Important organs like his brain and heart had all turned to ash. By all logic, he should have had no chance of surviving, much less destroying an entire city." An Qingyu adjusted his glasses and calmly analyzed, "The black pillar of fire shooting into the sky is identical to the Malevolent Qi Flames released when his Black King Annihilation goes berserk. The reason he was able to survive under those circumstances and rapidly repair his body is probably also because of this Forbidden Ruin..."

"Cao Yuan is that strong?" Jiang Er could not help asking. "He destroyed an entire city and killed so many Oracle Envoys. That is already close to the strength of a Human Apex, isn't it?"

"That was not Cao Yuan." An Qingyu spoke with certainty. "Cao Yuan has no memory of what happened after the divine punishment descended, and I have repeatedly examined his body. There is no power of that level within him at all... That power came from Black King Annihilation itself."

"A Forbidden Ruin? But isn't that just an ability? How could it possess its own consciousness?"

"A Forbidden Ruin is indeed just an ability, but the facts prove that Black King Annihilation is not as simple as merely an ability." An Qingyu looked at Jiang Er. "Don't you find it strange? If Black King Annihilation were merely an ability, why would its activation condition be drawing the blade? Why can't Cao Yuan activate the Forbidden Ruin by his own will? Why does Cao Yuan lose control of his body whenever he