"I have the Tree of Time's soul. Next are the souls of the King of Negativity and the Life Great Tree. The Life Great Tree should be easy enough—my arrangements are inside him too. I should be able to get it."
Chthon pondered in secret. There was no need to obtain the souls of Black Dragon and Zeus, because they belonged to the King of Abilities and would not die. He would let them remain hidden beside the King of Abilities, then activate his arrangements when the time was right and turn them into puppets.
The truly troublesome one was the King of Negativity. Chthon had failed to make any arrangements on Xiu and could only watch helplessly as he sacrificed himself.
That was right, the King of Negativity had begun sacrificing himself as well. His massive body and soul swiftly transformed into motes of light that flew into the Rune Formation. He did not want to sacrifice himself, but he had no other choice now. He could only take a gamble.
In fact, the Life Great Tree was sacrificing himself too. Like the Tree of Time, once his sacrifice was complete, a wisp of his soul fell into Chthon's hands.
"The Life Great Tree is mine. Unfortunately, I can't transfer this one to The Intermediary. Reviving him with the King of Negativity's resources will require me to invest resources myself. Besides, the Life Great Tree's main body is outside, so this avatar must stay hidden."
Chthon was delighted. "But those are all minor problems. Obtaining Compound V Big Trees is more important than anything else. Besides, all my resources were swindled from other people anyway."
If Demon had known what Chthon was thinking, he would have cursed him viciously, because Chthon's resources had basically all been conned out of