While the Spirit of Grudge was clamoring excitedly, Toby appeared to be ready for battle. No matter what was behind the vortex, Toby was determined to eradicate it completely!
As time passed, the vibrations from the vortex became stronger and stronger. Even before the monster appeared, some rustling could be heard.
When a breeze blew past, the vibrations of the vortex disappeared, but at the same time, a hole appeared in the center of the vortex.
The appearance of the hole meant that the monster was about to appear.
Grudge became more excited, and Toby became more vigilant. However … no creature came out of the hole.
After waiting for a while, the vortex began to show signs of dissipating, but no creature appeared.
"What's going on?" Toby was even more confused now. Just when he thought he was about to face the biggest enemy in this disaster, it stopped abruptly?
Grudge was also stunned for a moment. Its initial excitement turned to confusion. Seeing that the vortex was dissipating, Grudge urged its negative emotions again, trying to stop the vortex from dissipating, but it was useless.
Seeing this, Grudge stomped its feet in anger. "Why, why didn't you come out and kill it?!"
There was no reply.
Grudge became even more resentful. Burning with jealousy, Grudge roared at the sky, "Don't you know that if I disappear, you'll be next?!"
But still, there was no reply.
"You can't escape! You can't escape! " Grudge roared angrily. As it cursed repeatedly, some sound finally came from the hole in the vortex.
There was a chuckle, and no emotion could be heard from it. However, it formed a strong contrast with the resentful Will of Extreme Resentment, as if it was mocking it for overestimating its own capabilities with laughter.
"How weak …" A voice that sounded elegant but made one's hair stand on end came from the hole in the whirlpool.
Both Toby and Grudge were attracted by this voice.
Because this was a real voice. Unlike the "emotional language" that Grudge emitted, the voice in the vortex was very close to reality. It was even speaking the common language.
"You want to mobilize me with your weak self?" The voice continued. It spoke very slowly, but every single word was very clear. In fact, one could even tell the contempt contained within those words.
"You're not qualified." As the whirlpool dissipated, the voice slowly faded away, but one could still vaguely hear some whispers.
— Only the weak would be jealous and resentful. Being weak was a sin. All weak things had no right to exist in this world.
As these murmurs disappeared, a white light suddenly flashed in the hollow of the vortex.
Although Toby had been listening to the demon's conversation, he did not let his guard down. The moment the white light appeared, he prepared to defend himself. However, the white light wasn't aimed at it, but at the Thought of Utmost Resentment on the platform at the finish line.
The white light pierced through the head of the Thought of Extreme Resentment at an extremely fast speed like an arrow. As the Thought of Extreme Resentment let out a miserable cry, its body began to sway and slowly turned into light dust.
"Why … Why …" The Thought of Extreme Resentment was still muttering, but the light dust had already corroded its waist.
As the thought of extreme resentment began to turn into light dust, Toby could clearly feel that his control over this mental space was constantly increasing.
Toby knew all too well what this meant.
— Successfully faced the calamity!
This should have been something to be happy about, but Toby was not happy at all. He turned to look at the vortex. The vortex had almost disappeared, but he could still vaguely feel the heavy and oppressive aura inside.
What was that? Toby did not know before, but now he had a vague guess.
Perhaps, the thing behind the vortex … was also himself.
But it was not his current self.
The ordinary seabird was him, the raging gryphon was him, and the envious snake-bird that was about to transform was him as well. And the thing behind the vortex might be him from the other three calamities.
Toby did not know what kind of calamity it was, nor did he know what kind of shape it was. The only thing he knew was that it was very powerful, even more powerful than the Thought of Extreme Resentment.
How could Toby be happy when faced with a calamity that he would definitely meet again in the future?
What made Toby most unhappy was that it actually attacked the Thought of Extreme Resentment! Toby knew very well that with his current strength, it would be very easy to deal with the Thought of Extreme Resentment. After he killed the snake-bird, he had already secured victory in advance.
Originally, he should have happily reached the other side of the finish line and used a ritualistic method to defeat the Thought of Extreme Resentment and draw an end to this calamity.
But halfway through, a white light came out and snatched his fruit.
Even if the final result was the same, Toby was still unhappy. It felt like he had walked 99 steps alone, and the last step could have been taken by himself, but he was pushed by someone. Even if he still reached the finish line, the previous 99 steps seemed to have lost its meaning.
Toby could not help but feel angry. Because the vortex had disappeared, he could only focus his gaze on the white light.
After the white light passed through the Thought of Extreme Resentment's head, it finally stopped. Toby could clearly see that the white light was actually a feather.
A pure white feather that shone faintly.
The feather just floated in the void and did not disappear. Toby angrily spat a mouthful of flames at the feather, but the feather was like an illusion and was not affected by the flames at all.
Toby ran towards the feather again, wanting to tear it apart. But just like before, the feather could not be touched, but it did not disappear.
Toby looked at the faintly glowing feather in front of him and seemed to have understood something.
The creature behind the vortex must have used this method to disgust him.
Furthermore, the other party had helped him to deal with the Thought of Extreme Resentment in advance, probably to disgust him.
This was because Toby could have dealt with it on his own, but he just wanted to make you feel uncomfortable, including this Illusory White Feather. It was still brazenly staying in the Void, showing off its existence … It was like a fishbone stuck in your throat, making you gnash your teeth in hatred, but there was nothing you could do.
Toby roared angrily, suppressing the displeasure in his heart. He turned his head away from the white feather and went to the finish line instead.
The Thought of Extreme Resentment had completely turned into light dust. However, this did not mean that the Thought of Extreme Resentment was dead, but only that its "consciousness" had died. All the resentment, jealousy and other negative emotions still existed.
However, these emotions were no longer a weapon against Toby, but a sword in his hand!
As long as he could control these negative emotions, Toby would truly succeed in overcoming the calamity and obtain a new form — the Serpent Bird of Jealousy!
Toby once had the experience of the "Calamity of Wrath", so it was just as suitable to use it on the "Calamity of Extreme Resentment" now.
Toby began to slowly occupy the tower of consciousness, making this space completely his own, and began to nibble at the light dust around him, which was the core of the Thought of Extreme Resentment.
After completely digesting the Thought of Extreme Resentment, something like a "cocoon" seemed to appear in front of him. As long as he stepped into it, he would enter a new life —
This was the reward for successfully overcoming the calamity.
However, Toby did not enter the "cocoon" immediately. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the void in the distance.
The white feather that had been stuck in his throat was still floating there.
Toby sneered. As his mind moved, the white feather was surrounded by a layer of black mist. Under the erosion of the black mist, the white feather that could not be touched before was finally expelled.
When the white feather disappeared, Toby raised his head proudly and strode into the "cocoon" …
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