After closing the portal, Li Wei immediately transformed into his Silver Dragon form. He plunged his smoking snout into the relatively cool treasure pile and panted, trying to cool down his overheated "barrel."
Seeing Li Wei so listless, Remlu grew worried. Puffing out her cheeks, she joined him in blowing cold air over his head.
Perhaps because he'd emptied all his Void Umbral Energy in one go, Li Wei felt like a drained, salted fish. All he wanted was to collapse and sleep.
If nothing else had happened, that was exactly what he would have done. After all, he'd promised to visit Dishana, the current Matriarch of Jadier, three days later. That meant tomorrow, and after a night's rest, he'd be able to breathe fire again—an ace up his sleeve for self-defense.
But just as his eyelids began to droop, the corner of his eye caught sight of the Abyssal Demon Egg he'd risked so much to obtain after traveling through seven planes across the Inner and Outer Layers.
He had no idea that his reckless action had opened a whole new world for Graz'zt, the Dark Prince who ruled the 45th, 46th, and 47th layers of the Bottomless Abyss, when it came to exploring the depths of pleasure. From then on, Graz'zt would be utterly unstoppable.
And with that glance, Li Wei suddenly noticed something was wrong with the Abyssal Demon Egg nestled among his many protective arrays.
It lay completely still, like...
A flower withering away.
Only then did Li Wei remember the sight in that magnificent palace: the Abyssal Demon Egg pulsing in a blood pool, nourished by countless demon larvae.
Without sustenance, it was dying.
"Could it be because I took it before it finished developing? Damn it, no! You're the SSR I got after spending