The Divine Bird's golden, glittering talons plunged deep into the King of Fear's wing roots, tearing his muscles and spilling out his purple-black demonic blood and dark flesh.
The immense pain made the King of Fear struggle wildly, and the blind venomous dragon at his tail thrashed, spewing endless venomous Fire at the Golden Crow.
At this moment, the third talon sharply extended, directly pinning the venomous dragon underfoot. Then, Solar Divine Fire flowed like a torrent, continuously spraying onto the venomous dragon's body. The golden flames, like glazed glass, burned the venomous dragon transparent from inside out, and the rolling stream of Fire even drilled directly into the orifices on its head.
The venomous dragon wailed incessantly under the scorching of the Solar Divine Fire; the blind venomous Fire flowing from its mouth couldn't even offer resistance against the Divine Power of the Solar Divine Fire. In a short while, the venomous dragon couldn't even struggle anymore. The King of Fear had lost control of it; it was practically equivalent to Death.
And the King of Fear, as the main body, suffered even more. All the scales on his body burst open, and ravine-like cracks appeared on his enormous body. Golden flames permeated through them, making him scream repeatedly, yet he gradually lost even the ability to resist.
In this situation, the King of Fear no longer had his previous might. His six enormous arms flailed desperately, but he instinctively avoided the blazing flames on the Golden Crow's body. He began to shout loudly.
"Stop, stop now. I surrender, I give up!"
The Golden Crow ceased its movements, and the scorching Solar Divine Fire also slightly receded. It looked down at the demon groveling at its feet and rebuked,
"Hand over the Souls I want!"
"Here, here. All of them for you!" Compared to his own life, mere Souls were utterly insignificant. The King of Fear saw this very clearly. Almost without thinking, he offered up his precious collection.
Dim human figures emerged from his three pairs of eyes, drifting into the air with faint glows. Zhou Yi saw clearly that among these figures were the targets he sought: Logan, Quicksilver, and Mystique. Of course, there were also some other people. Zhou Yi didn't recognize these individuals, but he still controlled the Golden Crow to swallow all these Souls.
Watching the Golden Crow swallow his collected Souls, the King of Fear involuntarily swallowed.
These were the Souls he valued most; some characteristics on them even made him reluctant to consume them all at once, instead wishing to savor them slowly. But he never expected these Souls to ultimately benefit another fellow.
To say he didn't regret it was absolutely impossible. However, he wouldn't show such an expression on his face. Instead, he tried his best to display a smile on his face, saying in a fawning tone,
"Great king of light, powerful God of the Sun. You have already obtained what you desired, so can you allow the humble Erebus to depart? As your defeated foe, I earnestly beg for your forgiveness and leniency!"
The Golden Crow's massive bird head tilted slightly. From its golden, shining eyes, the cowering King of Fear saw an expression he least wished to see: mockery!
Making an immediate decision, the King of Fear roared. He mustered all his strength to flip his body, intending to shake off the Golden Crow Divine Bird standing on his back. However, a colossal force erupted suddenly, crushing his accumulated strength in an instant. He desperately tried to turn his head, but what he saw made his liver and guts rupture.
The magnificent Golden Crow raised its wings high behind him, and endless golden flames began to swirl and converge around its body, until the Golden Crow's figure was no longer visible, and all that could be seen was a dazzling expanse of light.
A massive sphere slowly appeared on the King of Fear's body.
The perfectly round sphere radiated the most brilliant colors of light. Golden flames flowed over it like an ocean, and occasionally one or two streaks of fire, with perfect arcs, leaped from this ocean, shooting out terrifying heat and intense light.
The King of Fear's body lay prostrate beneath the sphere. Although the Golden Crow's body had disappeared, he still couldn't move an inch. The swirling flames scraped against his body, causing his strong and massive physique to gradually turn into charcoal, while the immense mass of the sphere itself caused his entire body to begin to collapse and disintegrate.
The King of Fear's heart was filled only with terror. At this moment, all his mind was occupied by a magnificent creation. He wanted to shout, but he could do nothing. Because in the next moment, he lost all ability to speak.
Endless light and terrifying high temperature erupted with overwhelming Aura. The thick clouds in the sky instantly dissipated in this light. Mountains were toppled, and everything on the Earth was flattened. The Earth's crust, unable to withstand the immense pressure, began to collapse and sink. Volcanoes, magma, or the King of Fear—almost everything turned to ashes in this endless impact of light and heat.
Looking out, this World instantly turned golden, and only golden remained. All other colors faded and were destroyed in this golden wash.
When the gold began to recede, all that remained was the Void Realm. Looking out, there was only the ancient, deep Universe in the sky and the exposed, still-churning core of the Planet beneath his feet.
As the sphere erupted with this terrifying power, the sphere transformed by the Golden Crow also began to shrink. The golden ocean gradually thinned, and the light and flames no longer converged, but rapidly dissipated into the Void Realm. When all this converged into a small core, the black figure slowly revealed itself.
Having dispersed the Incarnation of the Golden Crow, Zhou Yi's true form appeared on this World. And as soon as he appeared, he couldn't help but press his head.
He had no memory of what had just happened. When he instinctively began to gather all his Divine Power, his mind went blank. It was as if some will had replaced his existence, and all subsequent actions were the doing of that will that had replaced him.
What happened? There was doubt in his heart, and also fear.
He saw everything before his eyes, the almost apocalyptic scene left him stunned, and at the same time, it made him wary. He didn't believe this was his doing, but in the face of the most severe reality, he had no choice but to believe it.
This power, capable of destroying Heaven and Earth, indeed originated from him, but when he discovered this truth, he began to understand Professor Charles's actions.
When the World you are in, everything around you, your friends, family, and countless other lives become fragile to you, and even a slight movement can destroy or ruin them. Your heart will absolutely not be filled with pride and glory, because at that time, your heart will only hold fear and worry.
Fearing that you might accidentally destroy your World, worrying that you might inadvertently let everything you cherish leave you. This feeling might be difficult for ordinary people to understand, but now, it truly appeared in Zhou Yi's heart.
He didn't know what to do, or even the reason for all this. If everything came from the power of a god, then he would rather be a Mortal as he was at the beginning, not a god like this. But there was never a choice.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yi buried this immense vexation in his heart. This would be a huge problem, but now was undoubtedly not a good time to solve it. A crisis still awaited him in his World, and he had no time to waste here.
Carefully controlling his Divine Power, he tore open a Void Realm rift in front of him. Suddenly, a shining light caught his attention. He looked closely and found a strange gem mysteriously appearing in mid-air, and it also carried a hint of the Void Realm's Aura.
It seemed that influenced by the Void Realm rift he opened, this gem manifested from the Void Realm into reality. This alone was enough to prove the gem's extraordinary nature.
Zhou Yi reached out and picked up the gem, examining it briefly. The gem was an eerie dull yellow all over, and its shape was also very peculiar, pointed at both ends and round in the middle, like a slightly open eye. A strange power constantly emanated from the gem, a power that seemed to possess a bewitching Gu-like magic.
Although he didn't know what this gem was, Zhou Yi still put it away. Then, he wrapped his body in a thin layer of Divine Power and plunged into the Void Realm rift. Whatever the reason, he had decided. Unless he had mastered all the mysteries of Divine Power, he would never Incarnation as the Golden Crow again. That was simply too dangerous.
Time and space shifted, the Void Realm flowed. When he stood on solid ground again, Zhou Yi had returned to the cage where Airesha was held. Airesha was still unconscious on the ground; it seemed his departure hadn't been too long.
He opened his palm, and tiny specks of faint light, enveloped by Divine Power, emerged from his palm. Those were the Souls he had taken, protected by his divinity and stored in the Void Realm. And now, it was time for them to return.
These Souls seemed to sense the existence of their bodies; they flickered slightly and then transformed into blurry phantoms, disappearing before Zhou Yi.
Watching these Souls depart, Zhou Yi grabbed Airesha from the ground. While using the power of Sun's Grace to heal her body, he rushed towards the Scarlet Witch's direction.
He dared not leave this girl here like this, for one thing. Given her frail and weak appearance, she might be frozen to Death by the low temperature here very soon. Furthermore, this girl's strange abilities didn't allow him to leave her here like this. Today, a King of Fear attached itself to her; tomorrow, perhaps a King of Destruction might appear. This World was fragile and could not tolerate these demons from other Worlds causing trouble.
Keeping her by his side and finding a suitable place to settle this problematic individual was the wisest decision.