Chapter 832: Trapped, Mutation and Disappointment

The blood-red energy in the void was so dense it bordered on liquid. Flecks of strange power drifted within it, brimming with the aura of creation itself. Every breath Matsu Floris took left his limbs loose and his mind startlingly clear. Behind him, the mysterious passageway slowly sealed shut. It did it without a sound, without the slightest ripple of power. At the same time, from the emptiness of this space came four heavy breaths. They sounded like relief. They sounded like delight. A heartbeat...