One minute earlier. William's perspective
His flesh had been completely stripped away by the Tenth Abyss,
William's consciousness, stored within the mask, completed its final pilgrimage and fell into the deepest depths,
Although he had lost all perception of the outside world, William's consciousness could still receive the images below.
There were two images.
One was the true form of the Tenth Abyss standing before him. The so-called "audience" would be completed here, and William was the first outsider in history to officially obtain the right to an audience.
The other was a door—a door as pitch-black as the abyss, yet not entirely belonging to the abyss. Clear traces of bonding could be seen along its edges.
The door appeared extraordinarily clear within his consciousness. Even with his body gone, he could still open it in his mind.
William, who had accidentally encountered the Skin Door while dealing with the Apostle Skin Pouch, knew exactly what this door represented. It was the entrance to the pathway he had pursued for so long.
A choice lay before William.
Should he meet the abyss first and then complete the pathway, or complete the pathway first and then meet the abyss?
Even without his mad brain, William completed his final deliberation in a short time... Or rather, his instinctive intuition made the decision for him in an instant.
Open the door first.
Now that even his body no longer existed, although he had condensed an extremely perfect mask,
his posture for the audience was still far from perfect. He did not even possess the qualifications to negotiate with the Tenth Abyss face-to-face.
If he could complete the pathway and condense a body, then meet the abyss in a higher-order form, he would have a better chance of obtaining a favorable result.
Before making