The singularity was dim and dark, like a primordial needle that swallowed and exhaled all things, yet also like an eternal trace left after all things returned to oblivion.
Merely existing there, it warped reality and tore mountains apart, drawing countless forms of matter swarming toward it.
"It's over!" Instead of retreating, Shi Hao charged toward the singularity, using its gravity to break through that barrier in an instant.
He would settle things with Shi Yi once and for all.
Shi Yi refused to show weakness and charged toward him as well. At the center of the singularity, the two figures became entangled once more, locked in a battle to the death.
Divine power ran wild, and matter tore apart. Beneath the singularity's gravity, their flesh gradually twisted and ripped open.
Gradually, their stark white bones lay exposed. Even so, they continued fighting, continued their duel. Bones collided, and flesh flew, a sight of utter desolation and horror.
"Have they gone mad?!" Everyone who witnessed this stared wide-eyed. Some were so frightened that they shut their eyes.
A bystander sighed deeply. "This must be the fundamental reason we fall short of them!"
This was the strongest talent in the Shrouding the Heavens Trilogy. Without a vicious streak, one could not even gain a foothold in this world, let alone stand invincible within it.
Before long, the fluctuations from the Battle of the Two Stones destabilized the singularity.
The next moment, a tremendous explosion rang out. The singularity burst apart, spewing vigorous torrents of energy and matter.
Two figures were flung out of it and fell onto the arena, crushing the ground beneath them.
Neither was recognizable anymore. Blood drenched them everywhere, their muscles and blood vessels long since torn apart, revealing snow-white skeletons.
Shi Yi's desperate fight had left Shi