Just as Yun Che was about to step forward and collect the fragment, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from inside the black rock.
Immediately afterward, a liquid as thick as ink flowed from the cracks across the rock's surface. It pooled on the ground, gradually forming a black humanoid monster thirty feet tall.
The monster was covered in a hard carapace, its eyes flashing scarlet. It held a massive axe formed from black rock, radiating a heart-stopping, murderous aura.
"You've got to be kidding! All I'm doing is collecting a Godhead fragment, and even that gets me a boss encounter?"
Yun Che clicked his tongue slightly. This creature's aura had actually reached the Main Divine Realm Peak, just a step away from breaking through to Great Main God.
"Human, this belongs to me. You may not touch it!" The black humanoid monster's voice sounded like two boulders grinding together, low, hoarse, and vicious.
Its scarlet gaze locked firmly onto Yun Che. The massive black axe in its hand rose slightly, dense black mist swirling around its edge as it exuded a terrifying pressure that could make an ordinary Heavenly God Realm expert's soul tremble.
"Yours? What a joke!"
"It looks like you relied on the Divine Power in this Godhead fragment to reach your current realm. It's time it returned to its rightful owner."
Yun Che's expression remained calm, but turbulent waves were already surging in his heart. A mere Godhead fragment could let some unknown monster cultivate to the peak of the Main God Realm. Just how heaven-defying would the Pioneer's complete Godhead be?
Non-Sword on Yun Che's index finger swiftly transformed into a massive silver axe, while his eyes remained fixed on the Godhead fragment the creature had forcibly drawn into its chest cavity.
If the creature insisted