The tug-of-war in his Spirit Sea had gone on for an unknown length of time.
Xiao Cheng drew his spiritual power inward inch by inch, like tightening a fishing net cast too wide. Under the suppression of his Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power, the destructive aura surging from the rampaging Child of Armageddon status retreated steadily, forced back into that gloomy corner deep within his sea of consciousness.
Fine beads of sweat covered his forehead, and his breathing was somewhat heavy, but he did not relax his grip in the slightest. That momentary lapse of control had truly frightened him into a cold sweat. Had the Eternal Angel not warned him in time, even if he had reacted afterward, that status would likely have gnawed off a huge chunk of his spiritual power.
"Whew..."
As the final wisp of destructive aura was pressed back into the status, Xiao Cheng finally breathed a slight sigh of relief. The Divine Seal Throne in his sea of consciousness shone with steady starlight once more, and the Eternal Angel's will withdrew with it, falling silent. He had forcibly suppressed the lingering dread left by those visions of the future. Now, he was mobilizing his spiritual power to impose a new seal on the status. Even if it could not stop another attack, it at least had to serve as a warning.
At that very instant.
"Heh-you reacted pretty quickly."
A voice suddenly reached his ears.
Its tone was mild, carrying a faint trace of mockery, and Xiao Cheng knew it all too well. It sounded exactly like his own voice. His back stiffened, and his spiritual power snapped into sharp focus as he looked toward its source.
The destructive aura forced back into the status had not fallen completely still. Instead, it rapidly contracted