The Chaos Hound at the very center of the desert was almost wholly unprepared when the divine restrictions across the entire sealed land were reactivated. Li Wei, successively empowered fivefold by the Great Arcanist Karsus, the Goddess of Wealth Waukeen, and the Triad, crushed it flat with a Bigby's Crushing Hand that nearly accorded with the fundamental laws of force itself. Other than a stone basin ground completely level, not a trace of it remained.
This meant that at least the consciousness Kozf had leaked out from the Maddened Void Tunnel had been temporarily sealed back in. This undoubtedly reduced the Ancient Evil that had emerged from Iron Fortress to a mindless beast for the time being.
At the same time, Xia Lan Veloss and Garvin had destroyed all of the black soul steles, which should likewise have greatly limited the recovery of its power.
This was the utmost limit of what Li Wei and the others could achieve after exhausting everything they had. What came next was no longer something minor characters like them, who had yet to advance to Legend, could take part in.
Yet he still firmly believed that, at the very least, their efforts had not been in vain.
But at the thought of Tyr, who was destined to become a sacrifice, an indescribable guilt suddenly welled up in Li Wei's heart.
Aijiasun, positioned above, stared in disbelief at the figure in the center of the basin, then seemed to come to a realization as he looked at the golden chains that had likewise been crushed into the ground. He revealed a somewhat hysterical smile.
"Aklam, you really haven't let me down. Wouldn't it have been better to obediently accept your fate?"
After saying that, he cast a deep look at Li Wei, then closed the