The Heavenly Demon image spoke again. "Or perhaps... your pair of eyes!"
Su Shi'er's Primordial Spirit remained expressionless as he continued to ask, "Not the eyes, but the mind's eye! If my mind's eye is blinded, then... am I human, or demon?"
The eyeballs in the Heavenly Demon image's eyes turned, making it impossible to discern what it was thinking.
Yet its voice immediately followed. "Or perhaps, leave behind a little of your life?!"
Su Shi'er's Primordial Spirit blinked, reacting swiftly. "Leave a little life here, or... leave a little life for this junior?"
"Hehe, what a clever child! I... shall remember you!"
The Heavenly Demon image spoke again. Demonic light blazed within its pupils, and two scrutinizing gazes swept across Su Shi'er.
The instant its words fell, a powerful current of air surged outward.
Before his eyes, the Heavenly Demon image wore a wicked, enchanting smile, yet its enormous body shattered into countless fragments and exploded with a thunderous boom.
The next moment, the scene before Su Shi'er changed drastically.
A gray haze stretched before him. Where were the Heavenly Demon image and that shocking evil aura from before?
"Hm? Is this Shao Ai's true Sea of Consciousness?"
"Then what I saw just now... could it have been an illusion? Creating another illusion within the Sea of Consciousness—the Demonic God's methods truly are beyond comprehension."
"If I had been even slightly tempted just now and agreed to its deal, I fear..."
As the thought flashed through his mind, Su Shi'er's Primordial Spirit could not help drawing in a sharp breath. A chill ran down his back in waves.
Everything he had just experienced remained vivid and crystal clear.
He had no doubt that, had he agreed, he would have lost himself by now.
Fortunately, his will was fairly steadfast,