A sense of foreboding filled Merle.
He wondered if the Rule Soul Avatar was going to kill him.
He couldn't understand the Rule Soul Avatar's rationale for such an extreme step, though. Both his soul and the Rule Soul Avatar's were from the real body. So if the Rule Soul Avatar attacked him, then it would be tantamount to harming himself.
Boom!
When the raging law force descended from the sky's depths, Merle's eyes widened in astonishment. The Rule Soul Avatar was indeed going to kill him.
"Humph!"
Since Merle had a body at the Celestial God Realm, he wanted to brave the attack head-on.
"You!"
But as the law descended, he discovered that his physical body was insufficient to resist that mysterious law force.
As he had no defense against it, the law force coursed through Merle's body and reached his soul.
"Xavier, do you intend to destroy me?" Merle hissed with disbelief.
The Rule Soul Avatar was silent, and his expression remained cold. He released more law force and commanded it to surround Merle.
"Ouch!"
Merle fell to his knees as agony tore through him. He felt as though his soul was being ripped.
"Damn it!"
His face twitched as the torment continued. When he couldn't bear the pain any longer, Merle grimaced and rushed toward the Rule Soul Avatar. Anguish and bitterness were evident in his expression as he readied himself to attack before he lost consciousness.
"I will kill you!"
he swore through gritted teeth just before using the last of his physical strength to attack the Rule Soul Avatar.
Bang!
The incoming blow did not faze the Rule Soul Avatar. He stayed motionless as Merle's fist neared. To Merle's astonishment, his fist stopped in front of the Rule Soul Avatar's forehead as though blocked by an invisible barrier.
"Howl!"
Merle roared as several cracks appeared in his soul.
After he struggled for a while, his soul was torn to pieces.
finally fell
who was watching from aside, was shocked. Her eyes widened, and her hand
"Did you kill him?"
in the state of silvery eyes,
Splash!
Resurrection Force began to pour into
involuntarily as he forcefully ripped a wisp of his soul and mixed it with
and the wisp of the Rule Soul Avatar's soul worked in tandem to repair Merle's broken soul. After a few tense
"Hmm."
he woke with no memory of what had happened, his consciousness returned, like
the hell have
angry, Merle's voice sounded
simply did something to reconstruct
in it, and infused a wisp of his soul with the hope that Merle's soul would evolve slowly so that he could
Merle sneered. Then, all of a sudden, he changed
is the ultimate goal of your existence?" the
orders and to
what I asked." The Rule Soul Avatar did not accept this explanation. He insisted, "Your ultimate goal. What is
"What?"
his face as he considered the Rule Soul Avatar's question.
could not help but begin to think about his
a long silence, Merle said,
to merge with stronger creatures. As the chief gods were an existence superior to anything else in this world, merging with a chief god was
Avatar was
find another more powerful existence, what will you do?" the Rule Soul Avatar asked after thinking for a while.
creature could be stronger than the chief
carefully. I
stronger creature as well," Merle answered without the least
would you do if our real body surpasses the
Merle trembled violently when he heard
was the real body? This possibility had never occurred to him. He couldn't answer because thinking about it made
Merle avoided answering. It seemed preposterous that the real body would surpass the chief gods. At best, he could reach the same level as the
Soul Avatar was dissatisfied with
figure out whether the Merging Law or the real body was more capable of guiding and restraining Merle. However, the
simple, it was very
my question," the
"No!"
pound, and his expression
The Rule Soul Avatar added the pressure of several law forces to frighten Merle into
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