Klaus walked over and crouched on the other side of the skeleton, studying it for several seconds. Its pupils had gone dark, its gears had stopped turning, and the core in its chest cavity was indeed empty, as though something crucial had been extracted from within. The metal skeleton was nothing but an empty shell.
Klaus straightened up, his expression darkening.
A Fourth Order Transcendent had died here. Whatever the Great Ascendant had done before this, he was still the Ascension Society's representative and one of the core members of this joint operation.
How would the Ascension Society react after receiving the news? Would they still cooperate afterward? All of those questions had been laid bare before them.
"Did the Person on the Wall do this?" Klaus's voice carried a trace of gravity.
Lu Yuan nodded.
Klaus fell silent for several seconds and said nothing more.
After the initial shock, everyone went to verify the parts under their responsibility. Arthur quickly walked to the Great Ring, pressed his fingers against the Inscription at the edge of the groove, and traced it along the pattern.
The Inscription resumed its dim golden pulse, returning to the state it had been in when they first entered the tower.
"The head is normal. The Inscription circuit is intact. No residual contamination." After Arthur said that, his gaze swept over the Skull's left eye socket, and he paused. "The Seed is gone."
The left eye socket was completely clean. The black sapling that had previously been rooted inside had vanished, roots and all. Only a faint gray ring remained at the bottom of the Inscription groove.
Klaus turned toward Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan took something from his clothes. The little black sapling in his palm had completely withered, its bud drooping and its surface covered