In an instant, all was silent.
The blood characters left behind by this Earth Immortal before his death had merely vented his boundless bloody hatred over Jietian's destruction. His despair had reached the utmost extreme—and so had its ferocity!
The next second, the Peak Master of Heaven Mending and Ye Guyue stiffened at the same time.
Clearly, they were the strongest people present. Naturally, these blood characters sought to execute them, leaving them no room whatsoever to resist!
Immediately afterward, an invisible crushing force descended from the heavens like a guillotine, about to sever Ye Guyue's and the Peak Master of Heaven Mending's heads and extinguish the life within their Dharma bodies. An Earth Immortal comparable to a Great True Person—his hatred-filled final strike was absolutely not something they could withstand!
"Crack!"
Distinct cracks appeared between their brows, about to tear apart their Dharma bodies. Yet strange radiance bloomed from both of them at once.
On the Peak Master of Heaven Mending's side, it was a jade plaque.
The Edict Jade Token!
Within the Sacred Sect, only the masters of the four peaks were qualified to receive such a wondrous treasure. The jade plaque had been refined by a True Lord; activating it at the brink of life and death could preserve one's life.
In a previous life, Lu Yang had triggered the Golden Core sword qi of Skull Mountain to kill the Peak Master of Heaven Mending. Yet he had relied on this jade plaque to forcibly withstand it. Although his fleshly body had shattered, leaving a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator evenly matched against False-Holding Foundation Establishment, he had survived in the end.
That alone showed how valuable it was.
The Earth Immortal Blood Characters were naturally far weaker than Golden Core sword qi. Thus, the Edict Jade