"Devour..."
The sound of ten thousand mouths shouting at once echoed and surged through every drop of liquid beneath the lake's surface!
The Devourer's enormous phantom abruptly froze. Then, like a sloth that had just spotted a predator, it began to flee clumsily and slowly.
But, it was already too late.
The part of the phantom submerged in the lake was quickly seized and tugged by twisted tentacles, dragging it—together with everything it had swallowed—toward the bottom of the lake!
Black Star had very little lifespan remaining, and it was still being rapidly depleted.
At this moment, he had no time to feel the divinity gradually filling his body.
Having barely pulled himself free from the mass-taunt effect of [Pride], he struggled to maintain [Wander Far and Wide]'s immunity to reality as he made his final approach toward Ilya.
Twenty meters, ten meters, five meters...
With less than three meters left between them, Black Star's peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of the scene beneath Ilya.
It was the bottom of the artificial lake.
It clearly was not very deep, yet all he could see was darkness!
For a moment, Black Star felt as though he was not inside the Devourer, but had returned to the starry sky.
Because the glowing eyes of various sizes that entered his vision looked exactly like countless stars in the universe, flickering with lights bright and dim.
Excruciating pain!
A bursting pain suddenly tore through Black Star's eyes!
It was similar to when he had stared directly at the divine phantom that had appeared behind Lu Li, except this sensation was clearly far more intense!
Not only did his eyes hurt, but even his consciousness felt a powerful pull!
It was as if those speck-like eyes had turned into black holes of all sizes, desperately