Taking Control of the Core

Inside the Core Center Hall.

"Hahahaha~"

A series of laughter, suppressed with excitement and bordering on hysteria, rang out. The Bald Crystal Man looked at his toys with a crazed glint in his eyes, like a madman.

"Die! Die! Die for me!"

"Anyone who dares fight me for it has to die!"

"Almost there! Almost there! Just a little longer, and I'll be free of this place. Master, I'll be able to come find you very soon!" The Bald Crystal Man suddenly grew a little melancholy and let out a wistful sigh. "Master, are you doing well?"

Meanwhile, in a Maze Junction.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Waves of scorching flames burned fiercely, rolling back and forth as they surged one after another toward the sturdy walls formed by the dark brown roots on all sides. Even those tough walls had begun to melt when the first wave of heat from the explosion surged through. They simply couldn't withstand such scorching temperatures!

Black-brown liquid, like water, melted from the walls, but evaporated from the heat before it could even fall to the ground.

Hiss, hiss, hiss~~

Suddenly, some powerful force seemed to take hold at the center of the surging heat, forming a massive vortex. All the blazing waves of heat surging through the center of the junction rushed toward its heart, eventually converging into a huge, scorching fireball.

Boom!

The enormous fireball slammed into the wall ahead. With its terrifying heat, it tore through everything in its path, blasting a passage three or four meters wide through the sturdy wall.

The passage was incredibly deep. At its far end, a kaleidoscopic Flowing Light flickered briefly into view-the very same light that shone from the "Crystal House."

At the heart of the fireball, Luo Zhe's face was deathly pale. Yet the Light