But it was inside its body.
Blind Ancient's body trembled.
The tremor was slight, almost negligible for a creature of its size. But it had trembled.
A mental fluctuation spread outward. No words. Just an emotion.
For the first time, Chen Hao sensed displeasure in Blind Ancient's mental fluctuations.
Not anger. Displeasure. Like someone bitten by a mosquito... it did not hurt, but it was annoying.
All seven jointed limbs folded inward. Then they spread outward.
The power of a hundred Ways erupted in every direction, centered on Blind Ancient's shell. A spherical shock wave.
Within the distorted space inside the black hole, the spherical shock wave was magnified, bent, and layered over itself, becoming a net of laws without a single blind spot.
Chen Hao had no time to escape.
His entire body was immersed in the power of a hundred Ways.
Five seconds.
After five seconds, the shock wave of a hundred Ways dissipated.
Chen Hao's body broke away from the surface of Blind Ancient's shell, drifting in the black hole's "nowhere."
Not a patch of flesh on him remained intact.
From the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, every inch of skin was splitting apart. Muscle tissue turned outward. Bones lay exposed. Internal organs shifted out of place. His Dao Foundation was damaged.
The law patterns of his three Ways flickered inside him, like candle flames about to die in the wind.
But he was still alive.
The laws of his three Ways fought desperately to sustain his basic living form. The Way of Fire burned away the invading residual poison of a hundred Ways.
The Way of Water repaired his collapsing tissues. The Way of Space stabilized the meridian structure that was falling apart.
Fifty-three percent.
The fusion progress of his Way