The instant the battleship appeared, countless black shadows split off from its hull and surged toward the two humans and two beasts like a swarm of bees, blotting out the sky!
"Roaaar—"
Yet before they could draw near, Xuanhuang on the flank let out a deep, muffled roar.
As though drawn by invisible gravity, the farther they advanced, the closer they were pulled together.
In the end, those "swarms" became clusters of black spheres, unable to move, and were wiped out in a single blow by Torrent!
Zhong Chang raised his sword and pointed it at the flesh-and-blood battleship in the distance.
The [Humanity] Authority had been catalyzed to the extreme, even stirring the human souls within the battleship that had been completely fused and unified.
They seemed to split apart once more into living individuals, howling amid the chaos and begging for death.
"It hurts... it hurts so much!"
"Kill us, please... kill us..."
Through the feedback of his Authority, Zhong Chang could clearly hear countless overlapping voices, and a nameless fury suddenly rose in his heart.
In a sense, they had not died after being devoured by [Formless].
But in this state, could they still be considered alive?
Life had already been difficult enough for them; even after death, they had to endure a century of torment. There was no crueler punishment in the world.
The only way to free them was to annihilate them completely!
Zhong Chang's gaze sharpened. Using the Authority's perception, he guided them to gather together of their own accord.
But whatever controlled them was clearly extremely resistant to this external force. Hidden deep within the hull, it secretly wrestled with Zhong Chang for control.
The internal conflict made the battleship convulse violently, leaving it unable to move for the moment.
A tumor-like bulge