The Sovereign Ghoul Ape stepped from the deepest shadows of the warded pavilion.
Despite lacking any physical flesh, the beast possessed an immense, suffocating weight. However, its most terrifying feature was the pulsating Abyssal Heart suspended within its ribcage.
Every slow, rhythmic contraction of the intertwined blood-threads radiated a localized wave of lethal resonance.
Sunny explicitly felt a sharp, agonizing pressure against his own sternum whenever he stood too close to the monstrosity. His civilian heart was dangerously attempting to synchronize with the apocalyptic rhythm of the Sovereign-tier core. He was entirely exhausted, his head pounding with a relentless migraine.
He explicitly knew that if the Ape paraded around the Vanguard camp in its current state, it would inadvertently burst the internal organs of every low-level disciple within fifty yards.
