However, the altar did not shatter as Su Ming had expected.
The black runes on its surface blazed with light, forming a black barrier that blocked his strike.
Although a dense web of cracks appeared across the barrier, it had ultimately held.
"Oh? Interesting."
Su Ming raised an eyebrow. He had not expected the altar to have its own defenses.
But that was all it amounted to.
He had only used eighty percent of his strength in that last strike.
The space rift was still expanding.
The roars from within grew increasingly distinct, and a second Nether Soul Imp was already about to crawl out.
Su Ming's gaze sharpened. Holding nothing back, he gathered all his strength into his right fist.
Gray return-to-silence power compressed and condensed around his fist.
Finally, it formed a pitch-black sphere of energy containing such terrifying power that even the surrounding space warped slightly.
"Return-to-Silence Blast."
Su Ming softly uttered the words and slammed his fist into the altar's barrier.
Crack-
The barrier broke instantly, shattering like glass.
The gray energy sphere smashed into the center of the altar, then exploded with a thunderous blast.
Terrifying energy engulfed the entire altar in an instant.
Before this power, the hard black stone was as fragile as tofu, instantly disintegrating into powder.
The ever-expanding space rift also began to warp and contract under the force of the explosion.
Several furious roars came from within, but as the rift shrank, the sounds gradually faded.
A few seconds later, the energy dispersed.
Only a massive, deep crater remained where the Living Soul Altar had stood.
Every stone had been reduced to powder, and the space rift had vanished completely.
Most of the lingering living soul aura and sinister yin energy in the air had also been devoured and purified