"Master, spare me, Master!" the Nether King Banner cried out in anguish. "If you refine and devour me, you won't be able to use the Nether King Banner anymore."
"So what if I can't use it? The Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda is already broken. What use are you to me now?" Lei Dong's eyes blazed with killing intent as he roared, "Besides, I'm not completely clueless about refining artifacts. I can put a new artifact spirit into the Nether King Banner, like Mei Xiang."
The Nether King Banner was truly desperate now. She couldn't hear the slightest trace of reluctance in her master's voice. It was as if the peerless treasure, the Nether King Banner, wasn't worth a single coin in his eyes. She howled inwardly, Damn it, I must have been cursed for eight generations to end up with such an unreasonable, domineering master! Every person who'd possessed her before had treated her like a queen, terrified she wouldn't lend them her strength. But this master actually thought that she, the renowned Nether King Banner, wasn't even as good as some little girl who hadn't grown all her hair yet? What a tragedy! What a damn tragedy! How was she inferior to that girl?
"Master," Mei Xiang said weakly, "the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda may be broken, but it seems to have merged with you. I... I can sense it. So please, for now, spare Sister Nether King Banner."
"Hmm? It merged with me?" Lei Dong was baffled. How could the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda have merged with him? His divine sense relaxed slightly.
Seeing a sliver of hope for survival, the Nether King Banner dared not act arrogant in the slightest. Afraid Mei Xiang hadn't explained clearly, she hurriedly sobbed and shouted as she recounted everything that had