My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 2401

In Dusky’s eyes, every path led to tragedy. He believed the ending was already set in stone. Despite that, he still wanted to intervene in the course of fate. Whether it was the words he spoke or his battle with Clint, his goal was to indirectly reveal those inevitable endings to Clint.

"Even if the conclusion is one of despair, I still want to witness the moment when that guy makes his choice with his own hands."

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A giant talisman enveloped Ronan as Nash immediately drew a cut across his hand and recited incantations under his breath. The markings on the talisman slowly began to glow with golden light, and Lord Lezotl knew then that the talisman had been activated.

However, whether things would proceed smoothly now depended entirely on Nash himself.

The mere activation of the talisman itself drained almost all of Nash’s true energy. Fortunately, with Amulet Glory, he did not succumb.

Golden light radiated layer by layer from the talisman, and everyone could see the physical manifestation of the incredibly dense concentration of true energy in the air around them.

"It's going to work!" Lord Lezotl was overjoyed. Witnessing his creation take effect up close was a source of immense satisfaction for him.

True energy continued to gather, with no sign of Ronan's true energy being extracted.

"What’s going on, Lord Lezotl?" Ellie asked.

Lord Lezotl, still excited, responded, "Don't worry! We haven't reached the required amount of true energy stored yet. Once it accumulates enough for one person, the extraction will begin. The process of true energy moving in and out must happen simultaneously."

Dusky stepped in during this critical moment. With Elvino’s power that originated from the bone that was within him, he directly bit into the head of the humanoid true energy figure. Dusky absorbed the head's true energy, but the body continued to resist and retaliate.

At this point, Lord Lezotl pulled out another giant talisman from his pocket and slapped it onto the true energy.

"Master!"

"Heaven, Earth, Humanity, Shura, Beast, Ghost—form is born by the heart!"

The talisman absorbed the true energy, and moments later, its color changed to ash. It signified that the process was complete.