Chapter 1268

Shannon smiled slightly at Lexie's confident declaration, but she instructed, "Focus." Lexie nodded. She was about to assure Shannon of her progress when a surge of dark filth energy suddenly erupted from Heston's body. Her eyes widened in alarm, and she quickly redirected her full attention to the task. She concentrated on channeling her spiritual energy and carefully inscribed the contract sigils on the Unmelting Bone. But just as the sigils started to take shape, the Unmelting Bone's filth energy intensified. His previously subdued pupils turned entirely black and signaled its zombified instincts had overridden his remaining human consciousness. The half-formed sigils were immediately repelled by the surging filth energy, and it was a clear sign that the Unmelting Bone was resisting the contract. Shannon sensed the sudden danger in the array. The filth energy in the array had swelled and nearly engulfed the center. "Lexie!" she urgently called out. A moment later, Lexie gritt