With a bloodcurdling scream,
nearly half the demon monster's body, along with one arm and half of one head,
was sliced as though by the sharpest rift in space,
then instantly severed and annihilated!
"Holy shit! I'm gonna die!
I can't stay here!"
The demon was scared out of his wits. He knew at once that something terrifying lurked here!
He abandoned everything else and frantically drove the teleportation array, which was almost complete.
Another terrifying presence swept toward him!
"Voom—!"
At the last possible instant, dark purple light flashed,
and with one last shaken roar, the demon monster's mangled body
vanished into the teleportation array.
All he left behind was another hideous section of tail, severed at the root and still twitching faintly.
Almost the moment the demon disappeared,
on the other side of the light surrounding Su Ming,
space rippled like a lake struck by a stone,
sending out rings of elegant, deadly waves.
A figure of such exquisite beauty that she surpassed mortal imagination
rapidly took shape from a faint, phantomlike shadow and appeared silently in the sky.
A thin veil of darkness shrouded her, seeming to absorb all light.
Her face was flawless,
yet she carried an eternal stillness and an air of finality that inspired awe and forbade any thought of disrespect.
It was the Death Goddess, one of the embodiments of the universe's Supreme Laws.
"Sister... you... you're here..."
Purple Jewel greeted her timidly, twisting her little hands together.
The Death Goddess did not turn around.
Her gaze, as though it held endless stellar remains and the Return to Ruin, stayed fixed on the mass of chaotic light before her.
A moment later,
she let out a nearly inaudible sigh,
then turned her head slightly and gave Purple Jewel a gentle shake of