Beside the Heaven-Piercing Black Flower's stem, millions of hair-thin black roots bound Mo Chen's legs tight.
His legs had already been pierced so thoroughly they resembled honeycombs.
The Three-Star Lieutenant General from the East Continent Federation was in a pitiful state, screaming as he frantically attacked the black roots.
He conjured black hole after black hole between his hands and hurled them viciously at the roots.
Each black hole blasted a circular vacuum into the black roots, but in the blink of an eye, the wildly growing roots filled the hollow again.
The black holes Mo Chen conjured grew smaller and smaller. He was clearly running on fumes.
The Forbidden Flower's devouring and the invasion of forbidden aura gradually blurred his consciousness, while madness ate away at his reason.
Just as Mo Chen thought he was certain to die, a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
"Grand-disciple, what are you doing?"
Mo Chen froze. That voice...
He looked toward its source, and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
A figure in a black-and-gold trench coat stood on a treetop, looking down at him.
"Cunning Rabbit!!"
Enemies truly saw red when they met. Being deceived by Cunning Rabbit last time was the greatest stain on Mo Chen's life, an unbearable humiliation.
He had never imagined he would see Cunning Rabbit again just before he died.
Especially with Cunning Rabbit standing high above him, teasing him so casually, Mo Chen's already irrational mind was instantly consumed by rage.
He even felt that Cunning Rabbit had come specifically to mock him and watch him suffer.
Overcome with fury, Mo Chen immediately made a mad decision.
He marshaled what little strength he had left, conjured a black hole, and slammed it into his own legs.
In an instant, the black hole erased a section