"Bzzz..."
A faint hum trembled through the air. Extraction continued to take effect, black currents of energy wrapping around the Abyss Crystal and drawing out the Ant Emperor's essence, strand by strand.
"Damn it! I feel like I've been completely cornered!"
The Ant Emperor hid inside the Abyss Crystal. When he heard Jiang Xiu's words, he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
The Plane Seed was not only the source of an Abyss Plane's power; it was also tied to the Abyssal Sage King, the supreme ruler of the Abyss Plane. The Abyssal Sage King and the entire Abyss Plane were as one. If even a single layer of the Abyss Plane collapsed, it might directly affect him.
If the Abyssal Sage King learned that he had dared to detonate the Plane Seed of the 76th Layer, then even if he somehow survived, someone else would certainly take his place as Ant Emperor.
"Ant Emperor, time is almost up. If you don't choose now, you'll lose your chance for good."
"Everything, or nothing."
Jiang Xiu reached out with his slender hand and closed it around the Abyss Crystal. Blood Pupil quietly watched the Ant Emperor Mark on its surface, looking utterly unhurried.
If the Ant Emperor detonated the Plane Seed now, Jiang Xiu would certainly perish with him. But he was betting that the Ant Emperor wouldn't dare—that his desire to survive would win out.
"Were your earlier words true? Can you really preserve my consciousness and help me rise in rank within the Abyss Plane?"
The wavering Ant Emperor seemed to have made up his mind, but still made one last attempt to test him.
"Of course. All you have to do is submit, and before long, your title of Ant Emperor may well become Ant Monarch."
Jiang