Dis wanted to devour the remnant soul inside the Lich Body, and the remnant soul inside the Lich Body wanted to devour Dis just as badly.
But Dis consciously wanted to devour that remnant soul, while the remnant soul inside the Lich Body wanted to devour him by instinct.
The Lich Body also held an immense amount of death magic. When it saw Dis, that magic seized control of the entire nest of bones, turning it into a giant skeletal claw that reached swiftly toward him.
On his own, Dis would inevitably have been devoured by the remnant soul inside the Lich Body. After all, he had little offensive power himself. But now he was part of Infinite City.
As the skeletal claw drew near, Hawkins willed the Curse Power Sword forward, and it cleaved the claw in two.
"Shabi, stand back a little," Hawkins told Shabi, who was in front of him.
This Lich was difficult to deal with. Otherwise, Hawkins would not have planned to use the Lich Phylactery to take it down.
He had used the Eye of Time to look into the Lich's past. He had seen it enter a strange stretch of sea, where it ate a bone. From then on, it could conjure bones out of nothing and seemed to have absolute control over them. It was a troublesome ability.
An ordinary person who gained that ability would not become too powerful. The weaknesses of a human body would still remain.
But in the hands of a Lich, the ability was extremely troublesome, because it meant the Lich no longer had any weaknesses.
Sure enough, the instant Hawkins spoke, the two halves of the skeletal claw became two enormous arms and slammed toward the three of them.
"Ah! Help!" Dis screamed in terror. He