Ever since Nailhead swallowed the Crossroads Badge, a source of blue light had appeared within his body.
This lightning-like light pierced through his body like radiation, shooting out from every inch of his skin and reaching into the real world.
The other Cursed Disciples were all enveloped by this source of light.
The blue glow felt tangible, like flowing water or some oily liquid, spreading within the high walls built by the Cursed Disciples.
They remained within it without discomfort. Instead, they felt as though they had returned to their mother's womb.
That was because the badge's power originated from the Origin Sea. At that moment, Nailhead Spencer was performing the ritual of the Art of Exploration.
The light within him came from the core region of the Origin Sea.
His body had become a bridge, one linking his soul to the core of the Origin Sea.
Scenes from the past surfaced in his mind one after another.
The pain Nailhead had suffered when he served as Hell High Priest, the pain he had inflicted upon others, and the painful memories of his time as a human in the expeditionary army.
At that moment, he had lost the sensory cognition that belonged to a Cenobite.
Those pains surged over him like a tide, drowning him and filling his soul with a suffocating sense of helplessness.
It was the sensation closest to death.
Under such extreme pain, Elliot suddenly saw a glimmer of blue light. The pain began to diminish, and though those torturous memories had not changed in the slightest, they now brought him pleasure.
Within the pain, he sensed something deeper.
He did not rely on sensory organs of pain like the Cenobites did, yet he still felt a profound pleasure unlike anything before.
He immersed himself in the