——A short while earlier——
Vissen
He Ao lowered his head, gazing into the dust-choked void ahead. The space around him was gradually sinking into silence; some kind of bitter, deathly chill was seeping up from the depths of the earth, diffusing through this dim space, through this ancient city.
Twisted flesh was born out of the void, condensing into a vague shape not far in front of He Ao.
Very soon, flesh and cheeks grew upon that form, reshaping it into a towering Red Giant.
The Red Giant lowered his head, flexed his limbs once, then looked down at He Ao with a smiling, faintly mocking gaze. "Well? Denos, I didn't resist in the slightest just now. I can resurrect infinitely many times—but how many times can you kill me?"
He lowered his head to look at He Ao, raising both hands. A fierce, all-ruling might descended upon He Ao's body.
In that instant, He Ao felt his own body lose all control for a brief moment.
