Clap, clap, clap!
"Clever. If a demon can't devour or control someone, it starts talking about an exchange of equal value. I've told you so much, so of course I need you to do something for me!" The figure gave a faint, wry smile.
"You're a successful Test Subject. I've waited nearly tens of millions of years for you, and now I can finally stop waiting!" The figure sighed softly, then changed tack. "I don't ask for much. I only hope that someday, when you're strong enough, you'll personally deliver this to my master. If my master is still..."
The last words were barely audible. The figure looked down at his chest, hesitated briefly, then thrust his hand deep into it!
Splurt!
Blood sprayed everywhere, staining a wide swath of the crystalline floor red!
He pulled a blood-red object from his heart!
"Cough, cough!" Spitting blood violently, the figure gazed at the object with a trace of rapture.
"The crystallization of your life's blood... What a pity..."
Whoosh!
The figure jerked his head up. Blood still spilled from his mouth as he fixed a sinister stare on the startled Er Dongsheng.
"It's yours. Take good care of it!"
Boom!
With a slight flick of his hand, the red object shot out and plunged into the depths of Er Dongsheng's mind!
"What? What did you do?"
Er Dongsheng hurriedly checked his soul space. The black orb of light that belonged to the system had been pushed aside, and a scarlet key now occupied its very center!
Scarlet light illuminated the dark soul space, seeming to stain the whole place with blood.
Waves of immense, terrifying power unlike the Abyssal Will began to ripple through it! This will was purer, and seemingly more exalted!
A scarlet mark appeared at the center of