Zhang Chen, blocked outside the barrier, did not yet know what Great Emperor Dongji meant by the activation of the soul formation within Void Death City. Still, Great Emperor Dongji's sudden betrayal took even Zhang Chen by surprise. But if Yu Ming could be stopped here once and for all, the process did not matter.
No one could match Great Emperor Dongji's mastery of technique. The Longevity Sword in his hand swept past the vines Yu Ming had raised in defense and pierced straight into his brow. Its life-severing power, coupled with his profound Dao arts, thoroughly mangled Yu Ming's brain.
Yu Ming's body was already bearing tremendous risk and strain. After Dongji's killing strike, the gray eyes on Yu Ming's face gradually turned ashen.
Did it work? Zhang Chen hoped.
Yet as time passed, the undead essence flowing through Yu Ming's body continued pouring into the Chaos Primordial Core at the center of his chest, showing no sign of stopping. The cracks across the core's surface also became increasingly apparent.
"What tremendous energy. This old man had secretly learned of Yu Ming's final evolution, but I never expected these seemingly chaotic undead essences, all kneaded together, to possess such meticulous internal distribution. They actually formed such a powerful aggregate of energy... Had that old fool Bodhi not interfered, I would have obtained Ksitigarbha King's inheritance by now. Using the Demon Devouring True Method to absorb all this, I would surely have reached a level no one could surpass."
At that thought, Great Emperor Dongji's rage surged, and he drove more than a dozen consecutive sword strikes into Yu Ming's body beside him.
"However, with Pandora's Box, I should still be able to command part of this power. When the time comes, even if all the trash from Ling's Realm