The puppet monster was still sneering at Master, but he himself gradually realized that his mockery was growing weaker.
His energy dwindled, soon to collapse, and maintaining this form at the moment was quite remarkable.
He needed blood, fresh blood...
"Blood... blood..." The puppet monster was already rambling incoherently.
"Perhaps this is the side effect!" Igor remarked as he watched the puppet monster; he had seen similar occurrences in the Border Realm before—after devouring another's consciousness it wasn't easy to maintain another's state. Those Soul Devourers had mostly deviated from human norms, with some Soul Devourer knights only existing as skeletons. Ultimately, these powers were not their own, unable to be wielded freely, nor could they completely occupy another's body.
