It was in that moment that Crimson Flame, whom everyone had assumed had given up and was simply waiting for death, suddenly lifted Its head.

Upon Its blurry, flickering face, a faint, mocking smile seemed to surface.

Then, in an instant, Its body shifted from a patchwork of black and red to an utterly pure, solid black!

Like a drop of ink falling into a pool of still water, the surrounding space was instantly stained into a single, pitch-dark expanse!

Li Fan's mind reeled.

Even the surviving cultivators who had been eyeing Crimson Flame with greed were now consumed entirely by terror.

The Soul Arbiter of heaven and earth they had perceived as Crimson Flame had silently transformed into a different Soul Arbiter of heaven and earth: Ink Death!

"What is happening?!"

They weren't the only ones in confusion;...