Chapter 1168 Breaking The Soul Seal (Part 1)
Once the figure of the little girl completely faded, Evan sighed in relief, his eyes lingering on the empty spot where she vanished.
"A Primordial, huh..." He muttered under his breath, feeling extremely heavy in his heart.
The power the little girl's figure had displayed was far beyond what he had imagined. Even though she was under the control of the Halberd of Destruction and was resisting it, she still managed to take down Emperor Velgoth, a Rank Five Core Evolver in just one single strike.
"What if she wasn't under the Halberd's control… or if it had been a real soul shard of that Primordial Loli, instead of something condensed by the effects of the Soul Slayer War Arts?" Evan muttered to himself, recalling the terrifying strength Azroth's soul shard had displayed in the Tomb of the Ancient.
'If it had been the real soul shard of the Primordial Loli, I would've…' His eyes shifted downward toward his lower body, and a chill ran down his spine as he remembered the last words the girl had spoken before disappearing.
"Sinister… That Primordial Loli is too sinister..." He shook his head, trying to rid himself of the disturbing thoughts and took a deep breath.
Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind and the tension in his heart eased.
"That's right. I have the Death Transfer skill. The threat that the Primordial Loli mentioned is also a type of injury. If I ever get caught by her and actually suffer that injustice, I can use Death Transfer to recover everything…" He muttered, nodding to himself.
At the same time, Evan began to think about why the soul abomination had suddenly transformed into the Primordial Loli.
"Before my race evolved into Eltharon, my form would always change when I used the Shadow Possession skill. But after evolving into an Eltharon, no matter what kind of shadow undead I merge with, my form never changes. It's as if the life essence of an Eltharon is far superior to other life forms, and even when I merge with other life forms, their essence is simply absorbed by the life essence of the Eltharon," Evan mused thoughtfully.
"The simple soul shard I captured from Valery's core must be connected to that Primordial Loli. Just like me, her life essence is extremely high. When I created the soul abomination earlier, the power left behind by her shard merged with it and because of its higher life essence, it absorbed all the other souls—just like what happens when I use Shadow Possession—and transformed into the figure of the Primordial Loli," Evan sighed and shook his head.
He looked at the Halberd in his hand and asked in a serious voice.
"Elora, all the power from that soul shard was used up in the earlier attack, right? If I use the second form of the Soul Slayer War Arts again, the soul abomination won't turn into that loli again, will it?" Evan asked, his tone laced with concern.
"Don't worry, Father," Elora reassured him. "All the souls and energy you captured before have been completely consumed in that attack. There's nothing left."
"That's good," Evan nodded, letting out a sigh of relief. The last thing he wanted was to face the Primordial Loli again before he had significantly strengthened himself.
His attention then turned toward Emperor Velgoth, and with a single step, he appeared above the fallen Emperor's motionless body.
Emperor Velgoth's eyes were still wide open, frozen in an expression of horror. But even in this state, Evan could detect faint traces of life aura coming from him, indicating that he was still alive.
Evan used his spiritual senses to scan Velgoth's body and discovered that his soul was encased in a layer of ice and when his spiritual senses came too close to the icy layer, he felt an intensely chilling aura and quickly withdrew his spiritual senses.
"Damn, if I had touched that layer of ice with my spiritual senses, it could have frozen my soul as well..." He muttered, a shocked look crossing his face and he wisely refrained from further attempts to examine Emperor Velgoth's soul with his spiritual senses.
However, in that brief moment when he had observed Velgoth's soul, Evan realized that the reason Emperor Velgoth was still alive wasn't due to his own strength or any resistance to the attack.
The real reason Velgoth remained alive was because a powerful force was shielding his soul, keeping him from dying… and Evan was very familiar with that power.
"The power of Azragoth World..." He muttered, his eyes narrowing as he gazed down at Emperor Velgoth.
'Mor'Zarak told me that Velgoth had refined the core of this world. That's how he controls Azragoth. It must be the power of that core that's protecting him from dying after taking such an attack.'
As Evan stared at Emperor Velgoth's body with a thoughtful expression, he suddenly sensed something, and without hesitation, placed the tip of the Halberd of Destruction right against Velgoth's neck.
"Come out, or I'll chop off his head," Evan said coldly, his gaze shifting to a spot some distance away from the Emperor's body.
However, despite his warning, nothing happened.
Evan's eyes narrowed when he saw this and a dangerous glint flickered in them.
"It seems you think too highly of your hiding ability…" He said with a sneer on his face and the next second, pressed the tip of the Halberd further, plunging it slightly into Emperor Velgoth's neck.
"Wait!" The moment the tip of the Halberd broke through Velgoth's skin and blood began to flow, an anxious voice called out from not far away, and Morvael's figure suddenly appeared there.
Evan looked at Morvael with cold eyes and signalled for him to move back.
Morvael didn't dare to defy Evan's order and quickly backed away, fearful that Evan might actually decapitate Emperor Velgoth if he didn't comply.
As Morvael retreated, Gobu and the other shadow undeads also arrived there and rushed forward to guard Evan, positioning themselves between him and the army of Eldritch Creatures, creating a barricade to stop them from approaching Velgoth's body.
Evan observed the thousands of Eldritch Creatures who stood alongside Morvael and fell into deep thought.
'What should I do with them?' He wondered to himself, his gaze shifting back to Emperor Velgoth's body. 'Should I kill them all, including Emperor Velgoth? Or should I…'
