Soul Universe, Absolute Defense!

"Are you there?"

"..."

Leon greeted it as if he were visiting an old friend. The surrounding air was terrifyingly still, without the slightest ripple.

"This is no fun at all~"

A faint glow began to rise in Leon's crimson eyes. His blood-red gaze pierced through the stone disk's barrier and looked deep underground.

But...

Even after reaching the planet's core and seeing through all of Vormir, Leon found no trace of the Soul Stone, as though it was not on Vormir at all.

"I see."

After only a moment's thought, Leon understood everything.

Just as the Reality Stone had not originally existed in the form of a Scarlet gemstone, but as a mass of scarlet mist-like energy.

The Soul Stone, before receiving a sacrifice, had concealed itself even more thoroughly, transforming into an invisible, intangible soul scattered throughout this place.

As it happened.

Leon, who had mastered the "Third Magic," was highly skilled in matters of the soul as well, and due to its special nature, the Soul Stone possessed a certain degree of self-awareness.

Then,

Leon only needed to continue the soul sacrifice that the Soul Stone had been unable to complete, and he could use the opportunity to find some trace of it.

"Still not coming out?"

"Then I'll invite you out!"

The conditions for sacrificing one who deeply loved and was deeply loved had been fulfilled. You had no right to refuse!

Leon stepped into the very center of the stone disk, a cruel smile spreading across his lips. He crouched down and placed one palm over the disk's center.

Vast, abyss-like soul energy, invisible and intangible, instantly gathered in Leon's palm. Then, he brutally poured it into the stone disk.

Just as Leon had said, it had no right to refuse!

As Leon's infinite soul