"Senior..." Qin Yan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he did not know what to say.
"You needn't grieve for me." The artifact spirit waved his hand. "I have lived for several hundred years. I have lived long enough. My master's legacy has found its successor, so I can leave in peace."
Qin Yan fell silent for a moment, then bowed deeply. "Thank you, Senior."
The artifact spirit smiled. Then, with a gentle wave of his withered, ethereal hand, a fist-sized thunder orb, black as ink from top to bottom, floated out from his sleeve and hovered steadily before Qin Yan.
Faint lightning flickered within the thunder orb, and Annihilation Aura surged inside it.
Qin Yan did not understand, but he still reached out and took it.
The moment the Black Thunder Orb entered his hand, Qin Yan sensed an immense threat from it!
That threat did not come from the outside, but from within—from the depths of the thunder orb.
It was as though an ancient Fierce Beast had been sealed inside the orb. Once released, it would destroy heaven and earth.
This Black Thunder Orb was dangerous! Extremely dangerous!
"Little friend Qin Yan, the Black Thunder Orb in your hand was condensed from the Annihilation Aura that had permeated the skies above this Core Zone over the past several decades, along with the Purple Thunder Sea. I used the Formation to shatter the Purple Thunder Sea, then devoured it, before finally condensing this Black Thunder Orb."
The artifact spirit spoke slowly, his voice carrying a trace of exhaustion.
"Once this Black Thunder Orb is used, it can pose an enormous threat even to an ordinary Peak Venerable!"
There was pride in the artifact spirit's tone, along with a touch of sentiment.
This was the final thing