Zhou Ming had not finished speaking before Cangxuan cut him off outright.
"Daoist Friend Zhou Ming." Cangxuan's tone turned sterner than it had ever been.
"You need to understand one thing. Our mission is indeed to stop the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot from obtaining Dao Rhyme."
"But we can only do everything within our power."
"We absolutely cannot do it at any cost."
Zhou Ming froze for a moment, not understanding the deeper meaning in Cangxuan's words.
"What do you mean by that, Daoist Friend?"
While dealing with Blood Butcher's endless attacks, Cangxuan quickly explained.
"We can fight until our origins are severely damaged in order to stop them."
"We can also spend several Chaos Epochs in seclusion healing afterward. None of that matters."
"But we cannot go and self-detonate our Great Dao laws."
When Zhou Ming heard the words "self-detonate our Great Dao laws," his heart gave a violent thump.
"What do you mean by that, Daoist Friend?"
Cangxuan shoved both hands forward with a fierce motion, and the Law of Wither and Flourish turned into a sky full of azure shadows, tearing Blood Butcher's blood-colored net of blades to shreds.
"The Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot's 'at any cost' means that at the critical moment, they can detonate their own Great Dao laws to stop us."
There was not the slightest fluctuation in Cangxuan's voice, yet it carried a chill that made the heart go cold.
"You should know very well how powerful the self-detonation of Great Dao laws is."
Zhou Ming sucked in a breath of cold air.
He knew all too well how powerful the self-detonation of Great Dao laws was.
That was the accumulation of a Great Dao Realm powerhouse over countless years, the foundation on which they stood in the Chaos Sea.
Directly detonating the