Seeing that Jie Ming was completely unharmed, the Bovine-Tripe Creature refused to believe it.
It clung tightly to the Reflection Prism, dark yellow fluid oozing from its cracked wounds, staining its already battered body even more wretchedly. Yet its turbid eyes seethed with near-mad stubbornness.
Hum...
The Reflection Prism flipped again. The dark mirror surface split open, revealing a pitch-black channel to the Reflection Dimension. The terrifying dimensional disparity generated upon contact swept toward Jie Ming once more.
Jie Ming remained where he stood, showing no intention of moving.
The dimensional channel passed through his Dharma Aspect like an insignificant breeze; the dark-golden Dharma Aspect did not even ripple.
"Impossible!!!"
The Bovine-Tripe Creature's pupils contracted. With a low growl, it activated the Reflection Prism again.
Reflection Dimension channels opened and closed repeatedly, the entire void like a canvas being torn apart over and over.
But no matter how many times the Reflection Dimension opened, the dimensional disparity that could instantly annihilate an eighth-rank creature had no effect on Jie Ming.
Eventually, Jie Ming even actively shrank his Dharma Aspect a bit to ensure it was fully covered by the channel.
A Dharma Aspect was essentially a form of energy body; before being fully converted into a true body, its size could naturally be adjusted.
However, as an energy exoskeleton, its combat power indeed varied with size, so shrinking the Dharma Aspect actually reduced its battle capabilities.
The Bovine-Tripe Creature could clearly sense the decrease in its enemy's energy fluctuations, yet even so, the opened dimensional channel still caused no harm.
Realizing this fact, the tentacle holding the Reflection Prism began to tremble slightly.
More and more dark yellow fluid seeped from its body, dripping down like cold sweat.
"Done experimenting? If not enough, I can let you try again."
Seeing the opponent stop attacking, Jie Ming tilted his head and "kindly" reminded.
From the earlier performance, the main effect of this Reflection Prism seemed to be the ability to open dimensional channels at any time and place.
But that alone shouldn't have made it so fiercely contested by those in the Multiracial Alliance; there had to be other secrets.
When the Bovine-Tripe Creature heard Jie Ming's words, it opened its mouth, body twitching stiffly, and forced a smile uglier than crying: "Well... this friend..."
It now deeply regretted not agreeing to leave when asked earlier.
Leaving would have been fine—just hearing a name, no one could know what truly made this Sacred Artifact precious.
"I think we don't necessarily have to fight to the death... Can we reconcile?"
Jie Ming also showed a very gentle smile, as if nothing had happened.
He was silent for a few seconds, then slowly raised a finger, pointing it at the Bovine-Tripe Creature: "Of course... no!"
As the words fell, a faint gray flame quietly ignited on the fingertip of the Dharma Aspect—still massive even after shrinking, yet the flame was minuscule, covering only the tip, negligible compared to the entire Dharma Aspect.
However, the moment the gray flame appeared, the entire void suddenly fell silent!
Looking at that flame, every creature present felt a fear from the depths of their souls, as if staring directly at the end of the world. [Light God Transformation: Annihilation Form]!
This was part of the core knowledge Jie Ming obtained from that eighth-rank wizard after completing a trade in the Information Plane.
He fused the wizard's lifelong research on Entropy Fire with his own Light God Transformation, using this flame representing ultimate entropy to replace the Trigram Fire Annihilation Divine Light that originally filled the Light God Transformation.
However, Entropy Fire was, after all, a core trump card of an eighth-rank wizard.
Even with complete knowledge and the algorithms and usage plans personally adjusted by that wizard, it was not easy to control.
To ignite this small cluster of gray flame, Jie Ming had to constantly adjust billions of energy cycles within the Light God Transformation, maintaining an extremely fragile balance between its vast structure and the Entropy Fire.
Any deviation would cause energy imbalance and backlash.
Thus, the biggest drawback of this move was that it required several seconds of preparation time to activate.
Jie Ming had allowed the opponent to attack earlier not out of kindness, but to buy time to gather power.
As for why the flame only remained at the fingertip, the reason was simple.
Previously, when Jie Ming used the Light God Transformation: Annihilation Form, it could cover his entire body because his Light God Transformation was only the size of a normal person at that time.
Now, although the total amount of Entropy Fire he could control had increased, it still paled in comparison to the increase in the Dharma Aspect's size. So now the Annihilation Form only covered the fingertip.
But that little was already enough!
Upon seeing that flame, the Bovine-Tripe Creature's smile froze completely.
Danger! Danger!
Run!
The long-missed fear from the instinct of life violently assaulted its consciousness, as if every cell and soul were screaming. Without hesitation, it hurled the Reflection Prism to the side: "Take the Sacred Artifact and go!!"
Hearing its roar, the remaining Bovine-Tripe Creatures instinctively caught the prism and turned to flee into the distance.
But the Bovine-Tripe Creature itself did not retreat; instead, it charged straight at Jie Ming!
Its flesh burst open, dark yellow fluid spewing from every crack as dense mist. Black energy began to compress wildly, merging with the fluid to form terrifying energy fluctuations.
It was preparing to self-destruct, buying time for its kin to escape.
Jie Ming watched calmly, then the flame-wreathed finger of his Dharma Aspect gently descended.
The movement was light, as if casually pointing.
But the moment it touched the fingertip, the Bovine-Tripe Creature vanished.
Everything about it—flesh and soul, matter and energy, even the fundamental information constituting its existence—all reverted to chaos upon contact with the Entropy Fire!
Looking at this unsurprising result, Jie Ming exhaled softly, and the gray flame on the fingertip extinguished.
He deactivated the Annihilation Form, and dark-golden divine light once again flowed through his entire body.
Jie Ming glanced at his Dharma Aspect's fingertip, already beginning to heal, and nodded to himself.
As he had anticipated, the power did not disappoint.
It was just... too difficult to use.
Not to mention the several-second charge-up before use, even after activation, it was hard to maintain for long.
"Looks like I still need to keep improving."
This thought flashed by, and Jie Ming's gaze fell upon the fleeing Bovine-Tripe Creatures in the distance.