"No!" Isaac's howl rang through the air.
But the Annihilation Energy Cannon was not something a Gold-Tier Lifeform could withstand.
Under the immense, annihilating blast, the human arms beneath Isaac crumbled to ash inch by inch.
Patches appeared across his body.
They spread and grew rapidly.
The Annihilation Energy Cannon flickered a few times and vanished. Isaac arced through the air and hit the ground, bounced twice with a thud, thud, then lay there with smoke rising from his body.
Nothing about Isaac looked like a Gold-Tier Lifeform now.
All his limbs had been annihilated, his head was damaged, and holes of every size riddled his torso.
He was in a horrific state.
Tap, tap, tap—
Yu Yuan walked over to Isaac at an unhurried pace.
"I surrender. I surrender..." Isaac's desperation to live was plain.
With his one remaining eye, he strained to look at Yu Yuan.
When he saw Yu Yuan crouch down, a glimmer of hope entered his eye.
But the next moment—
Pfft!
A beam imbued with purification and sanctity pierced his skull.
"Mm, sorry! I'm only interested in that thing you're carrying."
[Ding~~ Player death detected...]
As Isaac died, a notification of victory in the Civilization War sounded in Yu Yuan's ear.
Yu Yuan paid it little attention. His gaze had fallen on the black doll that had dropped from Isaac's body.
The black doll looked remarkably like the giant doll from before.
But not a trace of curse or corruption remained on it, and even its Spiritual Energy fluctuations were almost imperceptible.
Yu Yuan shaped Shadow Energy into a hand and picked up the doll.
Seeing a crack on its body, he understood that when he and Dawnlight had destroyed the giant doll, they had clearly dealt this one considerable damage.
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