The twisted and hideous massive shadow was pulled into Matthew's body by the lightning and firmly restrained.
The constantly burning Soulflame quickly ignited Matthew's ocean of consciousness, enveloping the grotesque and twisted monster.
Crackle!
Unlike before when protected by the Soul Shield, the Thousand-faced Soul Devourer was now surrounded by fire from all directions.
It realized it couldn't compete with Matthew for control over the souls and decisively started retracting its power.
By doing so, it couldn't fully absorb the power within the soul shards, but it could recover a bit more of them.
It's better than being purified by Matthew all the way and then converted into power to attack it.
A few consciousness entities, sensing the threat, greedily retracted their power, devouring the soul shards that had become one with them.
But soon, the Thousand-faced Soul Devourer began to feel fear.
