Banuklak was startled to discover that he had fallen into a state he had never experienced before: with nowhere to stand and nothing to rely on, floating in a vast, empty void, while countless streams of powerful energy surged into his body from every direction, tearing at the fragile tissues beneath his carapace. He felt suffocated—but suffocation was not much of a problem for a demon of his level. What was truly lethal was the incredible radiance behind him, carrying scorching, bizarre energy that made him feel his flesh dying away in patches every second.
His heavy carapace and demonic shield both seemed to have failed. The body of this Demon Monarch was rapidly breaking down into a mass of polymer sludge.
Banuklak struggled desperately. Blinding light surged from behind him, and he frantically waved his limbs, trying to see what it was. But such actions were useless in a vacuum. He then tried to use his demonic spells to escape this strange place, only to discover that an unprecedentedly powerful force was gripping him tightly from behind. It was an unimaginable gravitational pull, dragging him rapidly into the light while preventing him from casting any spatial magic.
Feeling his life rapidly fading away, the ancient Demon Monarch finally grew afraid. He saw the strange man who had sent him here just ahead of him and immediately tried desperately to make himself heard. "Stop... stop now... I don't want to be your enemy! I was deceived by Seradon! I can swear allegiance to the Mad Demon King again... or even directly to you! Stop at once! Get me out of here..."
His voice was swallowed by the vacuum. Other than feeling his carapace tremble, he made no sound at all.
Hao Ren was "standing" in the void not far ahead