"—It's fucking tough!"
Crack!
An even larger expanse of purple-black crystal shattered!
The breach was forcibly torn wider, revealing a scene within like a furnace from hell.
Amid boiling dark-red and purple-black energy, countless twisted, hate-filled wills howled like vengeful spirits.
And at the center of it all, a faint yet incomparably pure, warm golden light, like a candle in the wind, was wrapped in layer upon layer of dark chains and subjected to Erosion, yet had never gone out!
It was a fist-sized blue orb, as though condensed from the purest sunlight—a Soul Bead!
"Found you! I stuffed in so many before; how could there possibly be none left?!"
A startling light burst from Yan Huan's eyes. Completely disregarding the Destruction-energy tentacles surging toward him and trying to devour him, he shot his left hand into that horrifying "furnace" like lightning!
Splurt! The Soul Steel skin and flesh on his left arm were instantly corroded and carbonized, agony piercing to the bone.
But he paid it no mind. Spreading his fingers, he firmly and precisely seized the Soul Bead!
The instant he grabbed it—
The entire Anti-Creator suddenly froze!
All attacks ceased, and chaotic, terrified shrieks erupted from throughout its body.
The Destruction energy forming its body violently boiled and spiraled out of control, as though it had lost its most vital anchor.
Seizing the opportunity, Yan Huan yanked the Soul Bead out of the chains!
The moment the golden light broke free of the darkness, it seemed to trigger a small energy storm within the Anti-Creator.
Countless dark tentacles frantically lashed toward Yan Huan, trying to reclaim it, but he swept his sword with his right hand, forcing them back for the moment as he rapidly retreated.
He lowered his gaze to his left palm.
The orb trembled