"Vmm!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
With a low shout from the capybara,
the massive black hole behind it, over sixty meters in diameter and locked in a stalemate with the Golden Horned Beast's devouring power,
suddenly reversed its rotation in an utterly jarring shift!
It had been spinning wildly clockwise, devouring everything in its path. Now, it abruptly began spinning rapidly counterclockwise!
This change in direction was no simple reversal.
It brought about a subtle yet violent change in the fundamental nature of the entire black hole's field of force!
If the clockwise rotation before had represented "devouring" and "drawing in," the ultimate form of "contraction,"
then the counterclockwise rotation now represented an instant shift to "repulsion" and "release," the ultimate form of "expansion"!
But what it released wasn't matter. It was a portion of the "properties" of the Golden Horned Beast's Devouring Law, forcibly analyzed and stripped away
when the black hole had previously devoured the beast's power.
Mixed with the black hole's own violent energy and spatial distortion,
it formed an exceedingly bizarre counterflow, one that carried powerful disruptive and retaliatory properties!
"Vmmm—!!!"
The counterclockwise-spinning black hole was like a turbine driven in reverse, instantly unleashing a chaotic, violent storm of energy!
This force didn't attack the Golden Horned Beast's body directly.
Instead, it precisely "slammed" into the Devouring Law connection between the beast and the capybara's black hole!
"Roar?!"
For the first time, clear shock and a trace of panic appeared in the Golden Horned Beast's blood-red eyes!
It felt its once-stable, domineering devouring power
crash into a vortex filled with turbulence and spikes!
Not only was the force following behind it forcibly cut off and disrupted, but a chaotic power that carried its own aura yet brimmed with hostility
surged backward along the Devouring Law connection and struck its body!
It was like two people competing with their internal energy when one suddenly reversed the nature of their power,
then sent part of their opponent's energy properties surging back at them, catching them completely off guard!
The Golden Horned Beast's enormous body shuddered. The dark golden secret patterns flowing across its surface wavered and dimmed for an instant!
The devouring power it was releasing faltered as well, its strength greatly diminished!
"Now's my chance!"
Seizing the fleeting opportunity, the capybara focused its mind once more!
The counterclockwise-spinning black hole abruptly stopped again, then... resumed spinning clockwise!
But this time, the speed of rotation and the force of its devouring
surged to almost twice their previous strength after that moment of "charging up" and disrupting its opponent!
It was as though a deep growl had risen from the center of the pitch-black vortex, from the depths of the universe!
Strike while it's down, and finish it!
The violent devouring force swept forward like a bursting flood, instantly overpowering the Golden Horned Beast's now-disrupted and weakened devouring power.
It brutally broke through the balance of their stalemate and surged toward the Golden Horned Beast itself!
"Crk, crk, crk—!"
This time, it didn't merely "scrape" away a little powder.
The black hole's tremendous pull was like countless invisible blades, tearing viciously at the dark golden scales covering the Golden Horned Beast!
The broad plates of armor trembled and twisted with a teeth-grating sound. They began to split where they joined the flesh.
They were about to be ripped off in great swathes and devoured!
The Golden Horned Beast let out a roar of pain and unbridled fury.
It desperately urged the power of its bloodline, trying to stabilize the situation and restore its Devouring Law.
But the interference and backlash caused by the capybara's counterclockwise spin were still taking effect,
disrupting the flow of energy within its body and slowing its reactions by half a beat!
When experts clashed, the smallest margin made all the difference!
That half-beat delay left it completely on the defensive!
The black hole's devouring power had already latched onto its body like an incurable affliction.
It began to plunder its flesh and energy with wild abandon!
[ Ding! Devoured the Golden Horned Beast's life essence (rich in gold and the origin of space), energy +50000! ]
[Analyzing the Golden Horned Beast's bloodline talent [Devouring]... Progress: 1%...]
[Obtained special genetic information...]
A string of dazzling system notifications flooded the capybara's mind!
"Hahaha! That's it! Keep going! Don't stop!"
The capybara was so excited it could hardly keep from dancing with joy as it maintained the black hole's devouring force with all its might.
"Roar!"
At last, the pain in its body and the feeling of being suppressed
sent the Golden Horned Beast into a panic.
This Starry Sky Behemoth had never dreamed that the little creature before it could be so powerful.
It even felt the terror of death.
But just then,
Babata's voice sounded in its mind.
"Are you crazy? It'd be such a waste to just devour a Starry Sky Behemoth!"
As it turned out, Golden Horned Beasts were so rare in the universe that they were practically unheard of.
Even Babata had seen only one or two of the creatures in all its long years.
If the one before them were destroyed just like this,
it would be absolutely heartbreaking!
"Then what do I do? You want me to let this thing go?"
Faced with Babata's question,
the capybara truly didn't know what to do.
It had really meant to devour the Golden Horned Beast,
and plunder its genes while it was at it.
That was all!
"You idiot! Why not use a Soul Seal to enslave it?"
Babata's exasperated voice was like a sudden revelation, instantly calming the excited capybara.
Right! It had been so focused on "eating" that it had completely forgotten about that!
This was a Starry Sky Behemoth!
A peak bloodline!
With limitless potential!
Devouring it would certainly be a great tonic, but if it could make the beast its Soul Slave, its value...
would be practically incalculable!
Just imagine having a Golden Horned Beast fighter at its command in the future, once it had grown up!
"You're right! I nearly wasted it!"
The capybara's eyes lit up.
It looked at the Golden Horned Beast, struggling in agony beneath the black hole's devouring force, its aura steadily weakening.
Its gaze instantly shifted from "food lover" to "slave owner."
By now, the black hole had devoured quite a bit of the Golden Horned Beast's life essence and energy.
Its scales were badly damaged, its aura feeble. More importantly, the ongoing pain and the backlash from the laws
had left huge gaps in its mental defenses. This was the perfect moment to use Soul Enslavement!
"However... the Golden Horned Beast's soul is naturally powerful, and its bloodline protects it. It'll probably be much harder to enslave than Hong and Thunder God."
Babata warned, "You'll need a more powerful Soul Seal and more precise control."
"Got it! Watch this!"
The capybara took a deep breath and withdrew most of its attention from maintaining the black hole's devouring force.
Instead, it focused all its energy on mobilizing its vast mental power, combining it with the deeper, more profound essence of the Soul Seal secret technique it had just obtained from the Yunmo Star Inheritance!
The black hole behind it slowed its rotation slightly, and it deliberately restrained its devouring force.
It kept the Golden Horned Beast suppressed and weakened without destroying it outright.
It wanted a weakened captive with a shattered mental defense, not a corpse.
"Condense!"
The capybara murmured inwardly. Within its sea of consciousness, its vast mental power began to condense, compress, and weave together!
This time, the Soul Seal it formed was no longer a simple dark golden color. At its core,
it faintly incorporated something of the laws behind its own black hole ability,
as well as a trace of the ancient aura of a Starry Sky Behemoth that it had just analyzed from the Golden Horned Beast!
A Soul Seal far more complex and profound than any it had made before
slowly took shape, shining with interwoven dark gold and black, as if it could devour souls: the "Black Hole Soul Seal"!
This Soul Seal was far stronger than the ones it had used to enslave Hong and Thunder God!
"Go!"
The capybara's eyes flashed brilliantly as the special, powerful "Black Hole Soul Seal" instantly left its sea of consciousness.
Ignoring the distance between them, it plunged straight into the Golden Horned Beast's brow, where pain and weakness had greatly diminished its defenses!
"Roar—!!!"
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