"Shadow Void, what happened to you?" Song Wen asked.
"Master... Gu Jiuyou was too powerful. Forcing him under my control drained me too severely and damaged my essence," Shadow Void said, barely clinging to life.
Earlier, Gu Jiuyou's momentary lapse of awareness at the most critical point in the battle had been Shadow Void's doing.
Gu Jiuyou was a blood servant of the Void Demon Clan. Although Shadow Void was not the master with whom he had formed his contract, perhaps Shadow Void's kind had placed some restriction in the contract to prevent blood servants from turning on others of their race, allowing Void Demons other than his master to restrain him as well.
Shadow Void had keenly sensed this and forcibly seized control of Gu Jiuyou, taking hold of his mind.
But the gulf in strength between Shadow Void and Gu Jiuyou was immense. Shadow Void had only managed to control him for the briefest moment, and had suffered tremendous depletion in the process.
With a thought from Song Wen, the black hole above his sea of consciousness began shedding specks of silver light.
The silver light fell onto Shadow Void and immediately sank into its body.
Shadow Void's aura, which had been like a guttering candle in the wind, gradually stabilized.
Yet it showed not the slightest joy.
"Alas..." Shadow Void sighed. "Master, I was already close to reaching the peak of the ninth tier. Now, who knows how long that will take, let alone breaking through to the immortal realm."
"There's no rush. An opportunity will come."
Song Wen thought of the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo, but he was fleeing for his life at the moment. This was no time to take it out.
"Shadow Void, let's avenge you first."
As Song Wen finished speaking, a figure