Chapter 516: Absorbing the Overlord Core
The overlord core contained a large, stormy black ocean. As Jack focused on it, he saw himself growing smaller and smaller, rapped by the winds of this storm.
In the huge sphere which dominated his perception, dark lightning flashed, shedding the light of death on the water. Figures were revealed inside it—some smaller, some larger, all bloodthirsty creatures with terrifying visages. It was like every creature the overlord had ever killed was trapped in this core. They were many, they were powerful, and they were mad with anger.
Jack gulped. Facing this huge sphere of water, he felt small. He could overpower this unruly ocean—but absorbing it felt impossible.
“One step at a time,” he told himself. He could sit here and stare at it in fear for days, but that wouldn’t change what he had to do.
The reason such an ocean of power could fit inside the torso-sized core was because it was highly condensed. Jack gently extracted a string of energy, sensing it fight madly to escape his control. It was like holding onto an angry snake. He brought it to his chest and pushed it in.
The snake went wild. It hissed and snapped its jaws, rushing through Jack’s body in the most destructive rampage it could achieve. He gasped. Blood spurted out. His veins broke, his muscles and tendons tore, his bones were pierced. Thankfully, his body was extremely durable, and his regeneration effective even without the Life Drop. The snake couldn’t kill him—but it could break him and make him suffer.
Jack couldn’t hold it in—he screamed.
The overlord’s Dao of Death was different than Jack’s. Jack pursued the concept of death, its finality. This overlord had focused on the savagery which caused death, on destruction. Their energy embodied this concept. As the tiny black snake wreaked desperate havoc inside Jack’s body, its sole purpose to damage him as much as possible, all Jack could do was seal his pores so it couldn’t escape. He caged in the beast.
Flashes of burning pain. It was like he’d swallowed a maggot trying to eat him alive. Yet, he gritted his teeth and persisted. Screams left his mouth. The pain was maddening.