"Breaking your word, growing fat on your promises!"
True Lord Xilian shouted sharply, trying to trigger the heart oath within Chen Fei's Sea of Consciousness.
Heart oaths sounded mysterious, but they were merely a form of self-restraint. Sometimes, the hardest person to deceive was oneself.
Ordinary people might still rely on self-hypnosis to truly believe something. But for martial artists, especially those in the Joint Aperture Realm, whose minds had already taken shape, self-hypnosis was scarcely possible.
True Lord Xilian's loud cries at this moment were meant to make Chen Fei doubt himself, stir up inner demons, and give himself one more chance to escape.
But how could True Lord Xilian know that Chen Fei would never doubt himself? Even without the panel, the heart oath that had just been blocked by his mind's reflection had already been shattered by the Sword Slaying Profound.
After shouting for a while and seeing Chen Fei remain unmoved, True Lord Xilian gradually fell silent. The chill in his eyes grew ever deeper.
He was about to die. Without any further change, True Lord Xilian knew he would not escape this calamity.
Qin Haisan and Tong Zhongqiu were both strong, but their strength remained wholly within True Lord Xilian's capacity to bear. With the mysteries of the Three Lives Wonderful Flower, he could actually have fled at any time.
But Chen Fei was here. Not only was his combat power absurdly strong, but after only a few sword strikes, he had already pushed the power the seal could unleash to its limit.
More crucially, Chen Fei could see through his concealment with ease, forcing True Lord Xilian to face the three-man siege head-on.
Back then, True Lord Xilian had been able to deal with the encirclement of several other Early Joint Aperture Realm experts