"Don't be like that."
"The two of us ending up trapped together counts as fate."
"If we don't chat a little and just wait dryly for death, wouldn't that be far too boring?"
Seeing that Maitreya was ignoring him, Wang Ye spoke.
Maitreya took a deep breath. Of course, he only wanted to take a deep breath. In this environment, he could not even breathe, and their entire conversation was conducted through mental power.
"Without destruction, there can be no creation."
"If you want to devour the Devouring Buddha, you naturally have to let him devour you first."
"Only then will you have a chance to turn the tables. Otherwise, what did you think?"
"Just eat his body?"
Maitreya looked at Wang Ye as though he were looking at an idiot.
His original plan had been perfectly sound, every step without issue, yet this guy was playing the gourd brothers saving their grandfather one by one??
Maitreya no longer even felt like cursing. After explaining that much, he simply closed his eyes to rest and recover while considering other options.
He could no longer count on Wang Ye.
Otherwise, this guy would get him killed.
"Well damn, Maitreya, you really are ruthless."
"I couldn't do it!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, that's terrifying."
"But thinking about how I'm actually dying together with you... that's really... wonderful."
"That counts as respecting one's teacher, right?"
"I, Wang Ye, really am a man of loyalty and sentiment!"
At that moment, Wang Ye's previously frozen body suddenly sprang into action. He moved freely through the pool of blood and vitality, arriving beside Maitreya in the blink of an eye. He heavily patted his shoulder, a sunny smile blooming across his face.
Maitreya's body stiffened.
He expended effort once again and turned his head in disbelief to