As the mirror's surface cracked bit by bit, Jiawen's pupils tightened to the extreme. Even the so-called Baron shell began trembling uncontrollably. In the midst of that trembling, its knees gave way and it dropped straight to the ground. Beads of transparent sweat seeped continuously from its temples. After kneeling there blankly for a long while, as if recalling something, it suddenly began kowtowing toward the Bronze Mirror.
Thud, thud, thud. The impacts rang out without pause. Its head struck the Void Expanse, yet it was as though it were smashing against an iron plate. A thin crack split open at the center of its forehead, and a trickle of transparent blood flowed out, instantly covering half its face.
This abrupt reaction baffled not only the mutated creatures atop Hippo Ancient City, but Li Ziran as well.
The Baron was made entirely of souls. It should have had neither tears nor blood, yet the Baron controlled by Jiawen was as frail as a human, bleeding everywhere.
Jiawen was, after all, Christie's controller. Now, he had fused together the souls of every living being in the Void Expanse, becoming an extraordinary existence.
Yet such an extraordinary being was actually afraid.
While everyone stood stunned, Hippo Ancient City's walls suddenly grew hot. Those bricks, which had never changed before, seemed on the verge of melting in the scorching heat.
A muddled voice asked, "Has this era already passed?" It sounded vague and hazy, as though coming from a dream.
"M-Milord... n-no!" Jiawen did not dare raise his head. Only a trembling voice emerged—but it was not just one. A chaotic jumble of quavering voices spilled from that single mouth, sounding exceptionally strange.
At that moment, the Void Expanse fell into an eerie silence. It was an absolute stillness, as though even the