Within the Ringwater Altar, red and black auras eroded each other with thunderous roars. Water droplets flying through the air hung motionless, and even the waterfall had stopped flowing. Fine cracks appeared across the surrounding ring-shaped rock walls.
Under the shroud of black aura, Rogesh raised his hand at an unhurried pace and pointed toward Su Xiao. A black sphere several meters in diameter appeared, then was compressed to the size of a grain of rice in the next instant, gathering at Rogesh's fingertip.
A black ray shot out without a sound. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao turned his head aside. The pressure of the wind lifted his black hair, and a bloody mark appeared on his cheek.
Boom!!
The rock wall behind Su Xiao exploded, leaving a hole several meters in diameter. It was so deep its bottom could not be seen. Its speed and destructive power were both impeccable.
Sizzle~
The sound of corrosion came from behind Su Xiao. Black liquid dripped around the hole in the rock wall behind him. The stone had been corroded and melted by Primordial Soul Energy.
Dozens of meters away, Rogesh looked somewhat surprised when he saw this. He was not surprised by Su Xiao's reaction speed, but by the fact that although Su Xiao had clearly been wounded by Primordial Soul Energy, the wound had not been corroded.
"Byakuya, don't you feel it? Humans... are simply too fragile. A single accident is enough to take away everything a person worked for over a decade, or even decades. Their families will weep, mourn, and eventually forget, then continue laughing. This is... how foolish."
Rogesh looked at his own hand. A black branch grew from his palm, sprouted tender leaves, and bore fruit. A caterpillar crawled out of the fruit, ate it, grew, spun