After the Black Flame Skeletonized Being fell, the flank battlefield of the entry zone fell briefly silent.
Not because the fighting had stopped.
But because every low-level lifeform that had approached that area had been erased by the previous eruption of black flames.
Across the shattered Black Continent, only vast numbers of still-burning fragments of rule-bone remained.
These bone fragments varied in size.
Some were no bigger than knuckles, while others resembled broken sections of mountain ranges.
Faint black-flame patterns flowed across the surface of every bone fragment.
The Mechanical Civilization's recovery devices swiftly began operating.
Beams of recovery light pierced through the Destruction Crystal Tide, dragging back those bone fragments that had not yet been assimilated or swallowed into containment chambers.
Star Mark and Agulos each collected a portion of the Spoils of War as well.
It was only what they deserved.
They had contributed to killing the Black Flame Skeletonized Being.
Vegeta had contributed as well.
But he had little interest in these bone fragments.
He merely stared at the deep black flame still floating in midair where the Black Flame Skeletonized Being had fallen.
This mass of black flame was tiny.
It was only the size of a fist.
Yet it resembled a bottomless well of black fire.
Whenever the surrounding Destruction Crystal Tide drew near, it was silently swallowed within.
Yet the black flame did not expand.
It simply burned quietly.
As though all the Origin Rules of the Black Flame Skeletonized Being had ultimately condensed into this single spark.
"Dimension Supreme Treasure-grade Destruction Black Flame?"
The Limitless Golden Emperor watched the scene from afar, a trace more interest entering his gaze.
This was unquestionably top-tier Spoils of War.
And it was no ordinary material.
It possessed immensely powerful potential for growth and rule integration.
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