Nie Jiutian still persisted with Cause and Effect Reversal. Any words involving Karma spoken by the other party would be flipped around and spoken back by him.
He was highly focused on this. For many years, whenever he woke from dreams at midnight, he had kept reminding himself what to do if he faced Karma again.
These words carried the divine power of Karma. Even if their effect was minor, they could help him resist a little longer.
At the same time, seeing that Karma's condition was wrong, Nie Jiutian began trying to mobilize the divine power within his body, hoping he could absorb the other party instead.
Had he really failed to notice that an extra "helper" had appeared?
Of course not. He had already noticed. Otherwise, there was no reason he had not been suppressed just now while Karma suffered a backlash instead.
That invisible "ghost" had, no matter what, given him considerable help.
Nie Jiutian also knew that if this Karma was connected to Sin, it might be Sin's backup plan. So he ignored all the miscellaneous matters and focused only on what was before him—on his battle against Karma.
Karma's expression was extremely ugly. They had never expected that the tiny fragment of Karma they had failed to control back then would develop into this.
To them, the unknown represented danger. This sense of crisis was truly unfamiliar, and it inevitably filled them with anger.
For a moment, both their suppression of Nie Jiutian and their absorption of divine power were interrupted. They began sorting through the Karma that was backlashing against them, trying to find that invisible ghost.
But... it had no effect!
Their perception enveloped the entire mountaintop. They spoke alone, seeming to mutter to themselves, yet also seeming to address some unknown person: