At that moment, all the savagery on Hubble vanished, replaced by an expression unique to humans.
A smile.
That faint smile could not help but stir Li Ziran's heart. He saw relief in it, and liberation.
He had seen that look on his teacher Watt. When he had first comprehended Frog Transformation, Watt had patted him on the shoulder and smiled just like this.
Hubble seemed to feel similarly gratified that he had managed to nurture a true Devouring Serpent.
Li Ziran stopped devouring and let Hubble's incomplete soul remain quietly fixed at the center of the Double Helix. "Master!" he called tremblingly. He could no longer bring himself to inflict even the slightest harm upon this living being about to fade away.
Hubble smiled faintly. Like a statue, he gave no response whatsoever, leaving Li Ziran confused. It was as though all of Hubble's consciousness had completely dissipated. Perhaps he had never possessed consciousness in the first place and simply could not communicate.
The Memory Eye began to blink. At this moment, Li Ziran felt a peculiar impulse to see what this extraordinary master of Transformation Spells truly wished to convey.
The memories began to flow bit by bit.
In a dark world, unusual vortex-like souls drifted through the void. There was no sound here, and the silence was terrifying. Even when those souls passed through the seawater, they made not the slightest noise.
This was the bottom of the Deep Sea, the lowest layer of the Abyss. Those were Abyss Lords who controlled demons.
And Hubble was one of them—a Human Race scout, an Upper Demon, proficient in Soul-Seizing Spells and Transformation Spells. Yet what he excelled at even more was the Dispersal Spell evolved from the Light Spell.
He was no longer drifting about without purpose. He