Neither Absolute Spirit Emperor nor Ling Dao and the others noticed...
When the Beast Heart Body self-destructed...
A seemingly ordinary piece of purple jade mingled with the pebbles and chunks of stone left behind by the explosion, shooting toward the Spirit Race members. By sheer coincidence, it slipped into the long sleeve of one of the Lesser Emperor Venerables.
And this Lesser Emperor Venerable was someone Sikong Jing knew—Ling Zhe's junior sister, Spirit Gull.
Shocked by the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' self-destruction, the Spirit Race Emperor Venerables failed to notice that tiny piece of purple jade at all.
As the Beast Heart Body vanished, Absolute Spirit Emperor's face turned ashen.
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack...
Absolute Spirit Emperor's fists crackled incessantly, and even the bones throughout his body seemed to be rattling wildly.
The power of his spirit shadow swept madly through the residual force left by the self-destruction, yet he found nothing useful.
"This Humanoid Fierce Beast doesn't seem to have been a real flesh-and-blood body..."
"Why didn't I realize it sooner?"
At this moment, Absolute Spirit Emperor still managed to determine from the lingering energy around him that the Beast Heart Body had not been made of flesh and blood. But it was already too late. All he could do was erupt with a boom, unleashing a terrifying Emperor aura that swept in every direction.
But it was merely an outlet for his fury.
"If I hadn't only just awakened, if my consciousness hadn't been so unclear, I never would have made such a mistake."
Absolute Spirit Emperor was making excuses for his blunder...
Meanwhile, Ling Dao and the other Spirit Race Emperor Venerables remained kneeling. As Absolute Spirit Emperor's aura surged around them, their entire bodies trembled.
Ling Dao secretly thought, *I should have known. The