The excruciating pain bursting from within his body had already stripped him of all his strength. He collapsed to the ground, seeing the silver circuits emerge on the back of his hand.
Penalty for Oath Breaking...
The silver implanted within his bone marrow raged in anger. It mercilessly tormented every single one of his delicate nerves, turning a thousand torturous cuts into an unbearable flood of pain. This agony gradually submerged him, leaving him to slowly suffocate in the pitch-black abyss.
From the depths of his grogginess, Huai Shi struggled to stretch out his hand. He crawled on the ground in a wretched state, sipping the blood that flowed upon it. Yet, the once life-filled blood brought him not a whisper of comfort in this hellish torment.
"At any cost, Van Essen, at any cost!"
