Amos lay on the ground, bleeding from every orifice, his breath barely perceptible.
"Huff... huff..."
Su Ye was breathing hard too.
He had worked himself up, ready to give it everything he had.
Then Amos had collapsed. Pulling back all that power just as he was about to unleash it had been hard work, all right?
No one appreciated Su Ye's humblebrag.
Su Ye took a deep breath.
Amos was down, but... there was something more important he had yet to do.
First, he checked his panel.
[Slaughter Value]: 1220529
Excellent. Over a million again.
Su Ye spent the points without hesitation.
[Law Embryo]: Other Shore Heart Lamp · 0% → Other Shore Heart Lamp · 99% [Slaughter Value]: 1220529 → 230529
At the center of Su Ye's brow,
an illusory ancient bronze lamp slowly emerged. Its flame grew from a tiny flicker into a fist-sized Golden Light Cluster.
Where its light fell, even the air turned clear and transparent, as though it could illuminate every falsehood in the world.
"Other Shore Heart Lamp: Guiding Light!"
The ancient lamp shone on Amos.
Gravely wounded and near death, Amos did not even put up a token resistance. His soul was easily dragged into the Other Shore Illusion Realm.
Inside the Illusion Realm, Su Ye took the form of a judge and sat high upon a Throne.
Amos's soul knelt below him, its eyes vacant.
"First question,"
Su Ye said, his voice booming like a great bell.
"Who are you? Whose orders do you follow?"
"I... I'm Amos... the Seventh Walker under the Third Demon God... the Destruction Demon God... Amos..."
The answer came mechanically.
"The Third Demon God?"
Su Ye frowned.
"The madman ranked third among the Demon Race, the one they say can 'destroy an entire