A low, hoarse voice echoed through heaven and earth. Though grating, it carried an exceedingly profound divinity, like Heaven demanding an answer, making even He Mu raise an eyebrow.
After several battles across different locations, the Magma Giant Face before him was not only the strongest opponent he had faced thus far, but also the most unusual.
He Mu could sense an utterly brimming spirituality within him. Indeed, the Magma Giant Face possessed something none of the other beings in the Abyss Ruins had-sentience.
This stirred He Mu's interest and made him even more curious about the truth behind the Abyss Ruins Land.
He had a premonition that uncovering that truth might bring him an unexpected windfall.
Before He Mu, after waiting a long time without receiving an answer from the intruder, the Magma Giant Face grew visibly agitated.
Yet, for some unknown reason, he did not attack He Mu directly as he had threatened. Instead, he raised his voice, once again unleashing a rumbling Dao sound that shook all directions.
"Answer my question, intruder!"
As the Magma Giant Face spoke again, the divinity that towered above all things became even more apparent. The scorched Abyss Ruins earth for a million miles around seemed affected, trembling and shaking as though answering his demand.
By now, however, anyone could have noticed that something was amiss.
For all the Magma Giant Face's bluster, opening with "speak or die," his second utterance had practically laid his meager hand bare.
And in truth, the Magma Giant Face felt deeply unsure of himself. He had no desire whatsoever to make an enemy of He Mu, the intruder before him.
As one of the few beings in the Abyss Ruins Land who had awakened sentience and even retained fragments of past memories, the Magma Giant