"What, what?"
The Degarder's six pairs of compound eyes flashed wildly.
A strange, bewildered, and incredulous emotion spread from within him.
Luo Nian covered the place where his arm had been severed with one hand, his face equally strange.
Although every punch he threw had unleashed his full strength, he had never imagined that he could defeat the Degarder.
Going all out had not even been enough to break through the Degarder's most basic defense, let alone beat him into this state...
"You, you... what did you do?"
The Degarder staggered several steps toward Luo Nian. His entire body was overtaken by black ink, cracks multiplied across it, and layer after layer of material began peeling from its surface.
"I didn't do anything. I just hit you," Luo Nian said as he backed away.
Behind Luo Nian, Luo Yan, Luo Xiao, Hua Tianming, and the others were all speechless when they heard him say that.
Nuwa studied the Degarder. Her fine brows lifted slightly. As if sensing something, she looked around in every direction. With that glance, she truly found something: a faint figure was quietly taking shape. It was none other than Luo Zheng.
The Degarder also noticed Luo Zheng. His confusion lessened somewhat, but he still asked, "How did you do it?"
"Looks like you aren't omniscient about Extreme State Energy after all. You don't even recognize the power of crystal dissolution." A faint smile floated across Luo Zheng's face. "Since I couldn't beat you, I could only turn myself into a poison pill and let you swallow it."
Only then did the Degarder release an emotion of sudden understanding. "The power of crystal dissolution... so that's how it is..."
This was a poisonous energy formed by combining several types of Extreme State Energy. It was extremely lethal,