The Last Trick (First half)
It took a moment to explain everything but not much time had passed.
The dial was overloaded and working overtime to extract the soul essence in time before the next one pushed through. For every soul consumed, three managed to squeeze through and enter Hao Xuan's sea of consciousness at full strength.
More than five hundred thousand new souls had taken their place next to Hao Xuan before the next hammer strike could come down but the Emperor had also channeled even more power this time.
*BOOOOM*
The explosion shook his body from the inside out. Despite being much greater in numbers and power as compared to the last time, nearly all of the souls were wiped out in an instant.
The Emperor was not giving up but neither was Hao Xuan and both of them continued in much the same manner, trying to outlast the other with sheer willpower.