Chapter 1583: The Night Prince’s rebirth
Chapter 1583: The Night Prince’s rebirth
There were hundreds of millions of Gu Insects scattered across the battlefield after Cain’s assault had annihilated every single Apotheosis Master within the stronghold. Yet it took less than two minutes for all of them to vanish from the charred ruins—half absorbed into the Night Prince’s heart and the rest locked away inside the Star Sealing Runic Formation inscribed on Cain’s left forearm.
Cain narrowed his eyes as he felt the surging influx of Gu Insects within the dimensional space of his arm. Without wasting another second, he sent his A.I. Gu Insect inside to safeguard and oversee them.
Whatever had ended the Night Prince’s life and seized control over countless Gu Insects was a terrifying force. Even though Cain’s A.I. Gu Insect was special—programmed to obey only him—he did not wish to take any chances of it being corrupted. Besides, the A.I. Gu Insect had critical work to do: devouring every stray Gu Insect, it could find and preventing them from returning to their strange new master.
With that urgent matter addressed, Cain took a deep breath and cleared his mind. He focused on the Night Prince’s unmoving corpse. A gaping hole in the chest marked where the winged salamander had pierced his heart.
The Night Prince looked utterly lifeless, but psychic waves still radiated outward, making it impossible for Cain to approach. Nevertheless, Cain sensed these waves weakening with every passing second. Soon, he would be able to destroy the body once and for all, cutting off the winged salamander from its host.
Unfortunately for Cain, his window of opportunity closed before he could act. As the waves of psychic force began to fade, the Night Prince’s body started to tremble, muscles twitching as if a surge of vitality was coursing through them. A massive amount of power suddenly flooded into the corpse. The bones fractured by Cain’s halberd regenerated with uncanny speed; sundered flesh knitted together as if time were being reversed. Within seconds, the Night Prince’s body, once so mangled that he could not even move, had been restored to a peak condition.
Light rekindled in the Night Prince’s eyes. He exhaled a slow breath, then stretched with a crack of mended joints. A wide smile formed on his face as he clenched his fists, testing his renewed strength. By all appearances, it was as though the Gu Insect had killed him, rebuilt his body, and then resurrected him. But Cain, his senses honed by countless life-or-death struggles, saw that this transformation was no simple necromancy or healing.
When he focused on the darkness lingering in the Night Prince’s eyes, Cain recognized the same ancient, venomous power that had targeted him when he sealed so many Gu Insects moments ago. Something old, malevolent, and far more imposing than a single Gu Insect now gazed out from within the Night Prince’s body.
After flexing his newly empowered limbs, the Night Prince—or rather, the entity controlling him—turned its dark stare upon Cain. Its smile faded into an expression of loathing so profound it seemed capable of swallowing the sky and earth.