After hearing Ye Chen's question about whether he could be destroyed, Kuize answered evenly, his expression kind:
"Yes, I can."
"Even without the Abyss Core as a weakness, your flesh still requires a source to serve as the nexus of its energy, and that source is precisely your own soul hidden within your body, along with the other soul."
"And I just so happen to be an expert in the field of 'souls.'"
"So long as both of your souls can be destroyed and eradicated together..."
"Then this body of yours will naturally fade away into nothingness as well."
Hearing this, Ye Chen sensed that Kuize seemed to understand his condition extremely well, and his expression immediately filled with disbelief.
"Mr. Kuize."
"How can you look so calm? It's almost as if you already know my secret?"
"Could it be that you were not only able to hear the conversation I just had with that other consciousness inside my heart, but listened to all of it?"
Kuize nodded calmly.
"More or less."
"After all, communication of the mind also falls within the domain of the soul."
So, child, I already know of your origins.
At this, Ye Chen's eyelids twitched twice, and shame instantly welled up in his heart over his ugly origins, leaving him almost too embarrassed to show his face.
And yet, even so, Kuize's gaze toward Ye Chen remained full of kindness and goodwill.
In that instant, not the slightest trace of negative emotions such as contempt, hatred, disgust, or revulsion could be found in the old man's single eye.
With his calm and composed expression and manner, he looked as though he did not care about Ye Chen's origins in the slightest.
Seeing that Kuize did not seem to despise him, the tension in Ye Chen's