Chapter 889: The Fall of the Adamant Nymph Emperor
However, when the Soul Capturer Nymph Emperor landed back on the ground, he noticed that the Earth Prison in the sky had once again become calm. The energy fluctuations inside were still growing stronger, but there was no sign of an imminent explosion.
This was the second reason Tang San had to be grateful for the Adamant Nymph Emperor's Earth Prison. Without its cover, the Soul Capturer Nymph Emperor could have sensed something amiss and interrupted Tang San's devouring. At that point, Tang San would have been forced to trigger the yin-yang energy explosion in the Adamant Nymph Emperor's body, and in what state he himself would have been after that was anybody's guess.
But now, with the Earth Prison concealing him from prying eyes, Tang San had all the time he needed. The Adamant Nymph Emperor wasn't defeated by Tang San—it was its own greed that had defeated it.
Recklessly absorbing things that had no business being inside its body, combined with the insane influx of life energy from the Ancestral Tree's power that Tang San had drawn in, resulted in an irreversible state.
The Adamant Nymph Emperor could feel its bloodline aura weakening, and the golden light radiating from its body was fading. If not for Tang San keeping the yin-yang energy under control with his chaos energy, it would have already self-destructed.
Within a few more moments, Tang San was done devouring its bloodline power. It would take time and effort to properly process the bloodline of an Emperor, but Tang San had nothing against it. The benefits were simply enormous.
Calmly, Tang San removed the massive diamond ring from the Adamant Nymph Emperor's finger, patted it on the shoulder, and said, "Greed is the original sin. That's my advice to you. If there's a next life, remember to avoid it."
In the next instant, light flickered in Tang San's eyes, and the Earth Prison surrounding them retracted. This was a result of the Adamant Nymph Emperor's bloodline power—having absorbed it in its entirety, Tang San could now perfectly mimic the Adamant Nymph Emperor's aura and easily control the Earth Prison that was created from its golden crystal armor.
The golden light retracted, but it did not return to the Adamant Nymph Emperor. Instead, it was absorbed by the diamond ring on Tang San's finger. He then placed the ring into his own storage ring, while radiating a golden light of his own that allowed him to perfectly conceal what he was doing.