The chill seemed to have limited effects, so Herag only vaguely felt the Thunder God Ancestral Power within him grow a little stronger.

Herag didn't understand why, nor did he know the principles behind it.

He could only speculate that this Divine Core was concentrated with the power of the Abyss Plane's Evil God.

And these powers could be considered supplements for the Thunder God Ancestral Bloodline.

Thinking of this, Herag reached out and grabbed the Divine Core in his hand, then slightly activated the Bloodline Mark to actively absorb the power within the Divine Core.

Once he started absorbing, the chill entered his body a hundredfold faster.

In the blink of an eye, the Divine Core had shrunk by half.

This absorption speed startled Herag; he felt that if it weren't for the Bloodline Mark absorbing and containing these powers, he might explode from absorbing too fast.

Herag was just startled, while Franz was simply dumbfounded.

"You… you…" Franz stuttered, unable to articulate.

Franz understood these things much more deeply than Herag.

What was the Divine Core? It was concentrated with the power of high-ranking entities from the Abyss Plane. Could anyone easily ingest such power?

Even beings of the same level dared not absorb the power in the Divine Core this way; otherwise, problems would easily arise.

Herag could absorb the Divine Core's power so quickly and look as if nothing happened, absorbing it without any pressure.

It could only mean that Herag's status far exceeds that of the Gods Franz believed in.

Herag, a Wizard from the Wizard Plane at the First-Level Liquid Stage.

You're saying his status is higher than the Gods of the Abyss Plane?

How could that be possible!

Franz's already sluggish mind completely froze.

He wondered if he was hallucinating; otherwise, how could he see such a scene?

This was absolutely impossible, even in a nightmare.

Just as Franz was questioning life, the power within the Divine Core was completely absorbed by Herag, disappearing entirely.

The vines spreading throughout the city immediately stopped because they lost their source of power and couldn't continue to grow.

Franz stared blankly at the scene before him, muttering, "Impossible… impossible…"

With the Divine Core fully absorbed by Herag, Franz lost the power he relied on, his gaze gradually became unfocused, seemingly about to die completely at any moment.

Just as Franz's consciousness was about to completely disappear, he suddenly roared, "Impossible!"

Immediately, a gray-white spirit body appeared in the air, glaring at Herag with resentment.

"You've ruined everything! You've ruined everything! My years of efforts! You've obstructed the world's rebirth! You've hindered the arrival of the Gods! Even in death, I will take you with me!"

Franz's eyes were filled with extreme resentment, this resentment paired with his power from the Abyss Plane forming a peculiar force.

Franz activated the means of transportation to the Abyss Plane.

But now, with the Divine Core gone, this means no longer had the ability to cross planes, only a teleportation effect.

As Franz's soul was about to shatter entirely, he sacrificed his soul by burning it completely in order to forcibly activate the transportation means buried underground.

This transportation could only send Herag alone, at the cost of Franz's soul and remaining power.

The destination was the polluted region.

Franz just wanted to hurl Herag as far away as possible, the greater the distance, the better.

The inner region of the polluted area was fraught with dangers, and Herag, if he went in, was bound to meet his doom.

Bang.

Franz's soul shattered, and Herag hadn't had time to react when he felt a large witch array beneath him.

The size of this witch array was about the size of the Mozambique Slums.

Franz's fragmented soul fell to the ground, causing the witch array to have some reaction.

Herag felt as though there was a gaze with extreme hatred watching him from somewhere unknown.

Soon, ripples surged around him.

Herag was far too familiar with this scene, realizing that things were not looking good.

But he couldn't do anything because the witch array was spread across the entire Mozambique Slums.

And he happened to be at the center of the slums, unable to escape at all.

In the next second, Herag disappeared from the spot.

...

The disturbance in the Mozambique Slums shocked everyone in Silver Moon City.

In many places across Silver Moon City, roads either had sinkholes or protruded high above.

The entire Silver Moon City had few normal roads left; all caused serious damage due to the underground vines.

Furthermore, many buildings sank, with some people buried underneath the collapsed structures.

The vines moving underground had extremely fast speeds, affecting many ground structures.

Silver Moon City quickly fell into chaos, with most people unaware of what happened, nor did they understand why.

Serlandir's people promptly deployed to investigate throughout the city.

When Pries led his people to the Mozambique Slums, he examined the traces on the scene and roughly deduced what occurred.

"Where is Herag?" Pries asked the staff beside him.

Herag had come to the slums to inspect matters related to the witch array construction, known to many.

This matter was organized by Goodwin acting as a bridge, and then Serlandir agreed.

Originally, Serlandir had its own agenda; they planned for Herag to make some moves when the time came.

After all, the witch array was designed by their own people, so implementing some strategies would be easy.

Nobody expected such a huge incident to occur.

Franz's body had already been found, with only half remaining, the other half attached to massive vines, seemingly natural.

There was also a head fallen on the ground, the face filled with disbelief and shock, one couldn't know what he witnessed before dying.

Pries searched the site for traces of Franz's soul, but found nothing; instead, he found traces of a soul being shattered.

He knew in his heart that Franz's soul was mostly shattered.

As for the other key person, Herag, was still completely unaccounted for.

No body was found, nor were any related soul traces.

Serlandir's people were eager to find Herag to understand what exactly transpired.

More importantly, Herag had achieved great merit this time, directly resolving the threat posed by Franz.

Although there was some damage across various locations in the city, such a cost was bearable.

To the Wizards, restoring some roads and housing facilities was a very simple task.

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