Chapter 598: Finally Arrived
What Aldrian saw was the horrific condition of the Pride devil. There was no trace of his once handsome, youthful face. His head was already bald, covered in severe burn wounds, and his face was disfigured in the same way.
As for his body—
He had already lost the lower half, and burn wounds covered his entire skin. Even his flesh looked cooked under the heat of the flame. He had also lost one of his arms from the shoulder.
Seeing the Pride devil’s condition, Aldrian knew the man was dying. He would die on his own soon unless he could heal himself, which he doubted.
"This man truly used everything until the end. He even resorted to his forbidden technique, breaking his limit at the cost of damaging his dantian," he thought.
He could sense that the Pride devil’s dantian had already been shattered, causing him to lose all of his cultivation. Until the end, he kept destroying that colossal rock, even though he had already used every last bit of his energy.
Just before the impact, he had activated every defensive talisman he possessed by crushing them. Those talismans were the only reason he wasn’t instantly obliterated.
The Pride devil’s closed eyes began to open, though only one managed to do so. The other had been ruined, disfigured by the burn wounds. His remaining eye gazed at Aldrian, who stood beside him, and with great effort, he opened his mouth to speak.
"Wha... what... ar... are... you?" he asked, his voice soft and hoarse, stripped of all power.
Aldrian did not answer. He simply looked at the Pride devil’s eye as it slowly closed—only to stop halfway. He had finally died, his fatal injuries and the loss of his cultivation leaving no chance for survival.
Aldrian stared at the corpse for a few moments before shifting his gaze to the surroundings. The flames that still burned across the area began to fade, gradually dying out before disappearing completely. He had extinguished the fire within his domain, intending to rest here.