Outside the Rain Curtain, silence enveloped the land as if the Heroic Soul Army had vanished without a trace.
"You're afraid I'll crash and burn."
Ash said with absolute conviction, "Sure, the Contract stipulates that I can't abandon or destroy the 'Soul Summoning' Technique Spirit, but the enforcement of this Contract is that the Void Realm would immediately punish me. That is to say, once I believe I can bear the risk of punishment from the Void Realm, this Contract is nothing more than a piece of useless paper to me—can't even wipe my ass with it."
"The Void Realm can only punish after the fact; it cannot intervene midway. At most, it can only kill me after everything has settled. But if destroying the 'Soul Summoning' Technique Spirit means death, and being captured by you means death, then I would definitely prefer to die by the hand of the Void Realm rather than be completely devoured by you, my lover."
