"This is impossible!"
Usok screamed madly. Unconcealed terror showed in its furious bear eyes—it had lost control of the Creator's Altar!
He had clearly just seen Vordashir behind the Portal, and his temple was still fine. It hadn't come under attack.
There had been no disturbance from the Loa Temple, either.
How had he suddenly lost control?
In his fury, Usok sensed his power declining. His hundred-meter-tall body rapidly shrank, and in the blink of an eye, only half of it remained.
For more than a thousand years, it had constantly sensed the immense energy permeating everything. In the past, it could call upon it with a thought, but now it had completely vanished, leaving it with an intense sense of insecurity. It was extremely uncomfortable, and its heart felt empty.
"It was you!"
The giant bear glared at Corsaro, the last of its rationality slipping away. "You deliberately stalled for time and attacked my Creator's Altar!"
Corsaro spread his hands. "If you change your mind now and submit to me, I may consider sparing your life."
"Don't even think about it!"
"Once I kill you, my power will return, and everything you have will belong to me!"
Usok roared and leaped into the air.
Boom!
The forest trembled as the giant bear's hind legs stamped two enormous craters into the ground. Its heavy body shot into the air at astonishing speed, its forelimbs extending razor-sharp claws. Each claw was several meters long and shimmered with bloody light as it lunged straight at Corsaro in the sky.
Its claws crossed in a single strike, erupting with countless invisible blades as fine as hair and covering a hundred-meter radius.
10th-level Rend!
Cracks suddenly appeared all around Corsaro, densely packed like a fishing net. It was the sight of the Void being