A pitch-black Devour Core appeared above the Emperor. The instant it appeared, an irresistible suction force spread outward from it as the center.
Boom!
Everything within the royal palace trembled. Layers of walls and floor were torn away, like millions of stone blades converating from all directions.
The black sword plowed through the air, leaving a string of sparks before crashing down. This slash grew stronger with every moment and was impossible to block.
Su Xiao had just neutralized the Emperor's furious frontal slash when he felt his body being uncontrollably dragged forward. The moment he saw that Devour Core, he sensed trouble. He did not need to perceive it; the instant that thing formed, he knew it was a different type from the Devour Core he possessed.
Su Xiao's Devour Core was geared toward support, allowing him to grow stronger faster. His current blood aura and ability to plunder soul energy would have been impossible without it.
The Emperor's Devour Core, on the other hand, had no supportive properties. It was pure offense. If his guess was correct, it belonged either to Green Gillian's faction or Akas's faction. Among the Law-Destroying system, only those two factions possessed purely offensive Devour Cores.
The Emperor was only three meters away. Su Xiao was certain that if he were dragged over, he would either die or suffer injuries severe enough to lose most of his combat strength.
A black-and-blue orb appeared in Su Xiao's palm. It emitted a sharp wind howl. This was the Devour Core he had materialized. He planned to use the Devour Core he had constructed to resonate with the one above the Emperor and make both shatter simultaneously.
He was still unsure whether it would work, but he had no choice. If he were caught in the offensive