Crack! Crisp cracks rang out one after another, and the azure-black vortex abruptly stalled.
Dense deathly energy seeped madly inward along the patterns of the vortex. Wherever it passed, the azure-black demonic light collapsed and went out!
Caught between it and the Lawless Blood Seal attacking from within and without, the demonic power released by the Lion King's shattered core was dismantled and devoured bit by bit from within by this death rule. The Sea-Swallowing Divine Ability that had once swept across the Sixteen Provinces of the Southwestern Circuit finally began to collapse!
Chunks of azure-black energy peeled away from the vortex's edges and dissolved into nothingness. Its suction weakened rapidly as well, until it finally dissipated completely into the air.
Qingliao shuddered violently all over and spat out a great mouthful of dark-gold demon blood.
The sight made Qing Chen's heart ache terribly. That's all my money.
Then the backlash from the divine ability poured back into the Lion King's body through his mouth. His meridians snapped inch by inch, and his internal organs ruptured completely! Agonizing pain sent his hundred-zhang-tall beast body into violent spasms. His four thick lion legs could no longer support his massive frame, and he collapsed into the rubble with a boom.
Yet he did not lower his head.
His head remained raised.
Even though his jawbone had shattered, half his fangs had fallen out, and dark-gold demon blood kept pouring from the corners of his mouth, his eye sockets, and his ears, that enormous lion head remained held high, without bending in the slightest.
The light in his slit pupils dimmed layer by layer, but that pride never faded, like a noble refusing to bow to a mob.
Qing Chen put away the Immortal-Burying Coffin and lightly beckoned with his right hand. The