Smack!
The last wisp of darkness was drained away. In Ji Jue's hand, only a crystalline mask remained, the corners of its mouth slightly upturned, neither sorrowful nor joyful, overflowing with countless colors.
Casting aside all the scraps that were utterly insignificant compared to the essence...
The Sin Demon Soul was finally in hand!
Only now did Ji Jue finally sigh in relief. Holding the light yet immensely heavy mask in his hands, he nearly danced with joy.
"Server, server, server!!!"
He raised the mask in his hand, beaming. "Isis, we've got a server!"
And it was the Heart Pivot Unending Combined Unit—the most compatible, most suitable, highest-ceiling, most complete of all Superior Virtue Great Evils!
Unfortunately, the occasion was wrong. It truly was not the time to pop champagne.
Ji Jue glanced at the time on his wristwatch.
Five and a half minutes had passed since the beginning.
Too short to leave, yet far too long to stall.
Outside, Sky Rail and the Association were still locked in a life and death struggle with Spider. Though Triple Station had fallen into his hands, the barrier leading deeper inside still stood like an insurmountable chasm. Spider had spent heavily to protect its true capital.
It would probably be difficult to bore through it anytime soon.
"What now?" Fan Gan asked. "Keep fighting, or pack up and go home?"
The initiative was in Ji Jue's hands. Whether to advance or retreat was his choice.
Yet a certain... eager-to-try smile emerged on Ji Jue's face.
Seeing it made Fan Gan's vision blacken.
Years of experience told him that whenever a canine creature wore that expression, the job ahead was definitely going to be huge!
"Since Lord Spider is so ambitious and wants to accomplish something grand... we're already here, so why not