A Heavy Price

Beyond the Sky Screen, there was dead silence.

"Ruthless... truly ruthless..."

Inside the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Xu Jiawei swallowed hard and let out a soft sigh. "Huo Yuhao must have anticipated all of this from the very beginning... It was all within his calculations! Zhou Weiqing has now become a cripple. He likely poses no threat whatsoever anymore. If Huo Yuhao simply let him go with the flow, he could even display his magnanimity..."

Within the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy, the elders wore equally mixed expressions. They had both been "successors" under Tang San, yet after Tang San's departure, things had escalated to such a brutal extent.

Even knowing that Huo Yuhao had long since ceased to truly remain loyal to Tang San, they still felt an indescribable emotion in their hearts.

On the screen, Huo Yuhao slowly rose from his divine throne. With a beckoning gesture, that newly born super divine artifact floated over on its own, its pieces covering his body one by one.

Most notably, the vertical eye on the helmet directly merged into the center of his brow, perfectly fusing with the Eternal Eye.

Buzz! In that instant, the vertical eye on Huo Yuhao's forehead also became a pair of layered pupils, as though it simultaneously nurtured life and death, creation and destruction. His twin pupils overlapped, and his pressure overwhelmed the world!

He lowered his head to look at Zhou Weiqing, who lay there like a heap of mud, and remained silent for a full ten seconds.

During those ten seconds, Zhou Weiqing felt as though he had lived through his entire life.

"Forget it, forget it..."

Huo Yuhao finally let out a quiet sigh.

Huo Yuhao raised his hand and gently stroked the ascending humanoid pattern on his divine armor.

"You