"Nie Yun, what are you doing?"
Nie Yun's sword strike was as traceless as an antelope hanging its horns; with a flicker, he was already before Divine Sovereign. The latter had no idea what was happening. Startled, his expression abruptly changed.
He had never imagined, even in his dreams, that Nie Yun would suddenly attack him—and with such ruthless ferocity!
"Let go!"
Ignoring his rebuke, Nie Yun shouted.
Splat!
Amid the shout, Divine Sovereign's palm was severed by a single slash. The hand, still clutching the Chaos Origin Fruit, fell straight down under the immense pull of the black-hole lava.
"Divine Sovereign, forgive the offense!"
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Nie Yun sighed in relief. He put away the Nine Nether Bone-Slicing Saber and Phoenix Wings, then fell straight downward as well.
"What are you doing?"
Divine Sovereign moved, regrowing a new palm. He could not understand what Nie Yun was trying to accomplish.
Losing a hand meant nothing to someone of his strength. Nie Yun had risked creating such a misunderstanding merely to cut off his hand and make the Chaos Origin Fruit fall?
Though puzzled, he understood in an instant.
The fragrant Chaos Origin Fruit fell downward, immediately sending the Hell Dragon Crab below into a frenzied commotion.
If the fruit were allowed to keep falling, it would surely be burned to ashes by the scorching heat of the black-hole lava, wasting a treasure for nothing.
Whoosh!
The Hell Dragon Crab no longer had time to blow bubbles. It raised a massive claw, rushed straight toward where the Chaos Origin Fruit was falling, and grabbed at it.
Splash!
At the same moment, Nie Yun's falling body, wrapped in Defense Qi, plunged into the black-hole lava.
Roar!
Hearing the sound, the dragon crab hurriedly turned its head