Darkness swallowed the unbearable flesh orb. Only then did Russell feel much better, silently swearing that unless someone disgusted him first, he would never use this move to scare people again.
Honestly, he had scared himself.
Suddenly, a bold idea surfaced in his mind.
His body could merge with the flesh orb, infuse it with energy and a soul, then continuously devour the sky and earth, drawing energy to strengthen itself until it swallowed the entire world.
In the end, a one-eyed flesh orb the size of a celestial body, possessing infinite gravity, would cross the void. Its telepathy would sweep across everything, driving all life mad in chaos.
The flesh orb would be endlessly greedy, wildly waving its tentacles and devouring all matter within sight, ultimately occupying the entire universe...
"Damn it, why is my brain full of such random nonsense?"
Russell hurriedly stopped his wandering thoughts. This was Lucy's fault. He never would have had such bizarre, chaotic ideas before.
Having dealt with Ares, Russell waited for the fair contract to determine the victor. Anyone with eyes could see that in this battle, he had been more chaotic—so he had won.
Yet after a long while, the contract still did not appear. Just as he wondered whether Hera had interfered, an abrupt change descended.
Surging divine power erupted, instantly raising monstrous waves in the Ocean of Darkness. The seawater rolled backward into a reverse current, while huge whirlpools appeared one after another.
Violent energy spread across the sea's surface, and even its aftershocks were enough to send towering waves charging into the heavens—though even those had been weakened.
The true terror lay beneath the black sea. Violent energy ravaged the depths back and forth, stirring surging undercurrents and turning darkness, more silent than death itself, into a complete