Chapter 159: The Butterfly Effect

In that instant, Isaac felt no pain.

Only a far more terrifying sense of emptiness surged from deep within his body.

It was as if something was being forcibly ripped away from him, his entire draconic body rapidly withering and decaying from the inside out.

He looked down and saw the Scale Armor over his heart lose its luster at a visible rate. It then cracked and peeled away, revealing the shriveling, desiccated flesh beneath.

"What... is this..."

For the first time, a tremor entered Isaac's voice.

He could feel his heartbeat weakening, each throb as arduous and heavy as an old ox pulling a cart.

The immense Life Force the Dragon Race prided itself on was receding like a swift tide under the corrosion of that bizarre power.

But the nightmare was not over.

In the same instant the Cyan Emperor's avatar struck, Anton also made his move.