Su Ming struck left and right.
A barrage of heavy slaps carrying a faint trace of Golden Core power.
Red Skull was beaten senseless, his soul form rippling.
That skeletal head visibly swelled up, turning into a pig-headed skeleton.
Several phantom teeth were sent flying.
They turned into specks of light and vanished.
"Mm... mm... I... I'll only say
...what I know..."
Red Skull had been beaten so badly that he could barely speak clearly.
He was practically crying, able only to keep repeating his eternally unchanging lines.
But now, they seemed utterly ridiculous.
Su Ming tossed him aside like garbage.
Then clapped his hands.
"Useless."
He walked to the cliff's edge, steadied his breathing, and fully unleashed Higher-Dimensional Sight.
He carefully sensed the entire area.
Sure enough, within the folds of space beneath the cliff—
He discovered an extremely concealed entrance to a sub-dimension that radiated intense soul fluctuations.
"Found it. The Soul Stone's home turf."
Su Ming's eyes lit up.
Since he was already here, he did not mind collecting another achievement.
But there was a problem.
The dimensional barrier was exceptionally sturdy.
Its rules were also strange, seeming to reject the entry of anything without a "key."
"Tch, this is a little troublesome..."
Su Ming tried spatial penetration several times.
Every attempt was blocked by a resilient soul barrier.
Just then, Purple Jewel's childish voice sounded again.
This time, it carried a hint of sudden realization and the warmth of returning home.
"Huh? Daddy, do you want to enter this old storage room?"
Purple Jewel, who had crossed space alongside Su Ming, flashed with golden light in her eyes.
A rational voice spoke calmly, as if stating common knowledge.
"Energy signature matches one created by Elder Sister,
used to store souls dispersed throughout the universe and broken