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Daji's words piqued Zhu Jiu's curiosity.
"You have a way?"
Daji's beautiful eyes turned toward the rolled-up painting scroll. "Once someone falls into the Lingering Painting Scroll, they will eventually sink into ruin. Rather than wait for him to die, why not do something more worthwhile?"
"If we don't kill him, we'll only be raising a tiger that will one day threaten us!" Zhu Jiu said coldly.
Daji's smile deepened. "Are you afraid of him?"
Zhu Jiu froze. He suddenly realized that, at some point, Xu Kun—the mere stepping stone in his eyes—had become someone he deeply feared.
Was it because of his string of victories?
Was it that slash that instantly killed He Jin, and the moment it descended upon his own head?
Or was it because even after Daji expended her reserves and wielded the power of an ancient god, she still could not control Xu Kun, leaving her no choice but to use an illusion as cover and trap him within this Lingering Painting Scroll to finally subdue him?
His contempt had unknowingly turned into wariness!
He could not understand what kind of fortuitous opportunity a mortal would need to reach this point, to stand shoulder to shoulder with reincarnated beings like them!
Daji's two sentences forced Zhu Jiu to face himself.
Still, he had not reached the point of fear!
After all, before he even needed to act, Xu Kun's battle had already come to an end!
Normally, as long as this formation-art painting scroll, which had reached the rank of a Supreme Divine Artifact, was sealed, no matter how capable Xu Kun was, he would gradually walk toward death!
But that would only kill Xu Kun. Everything about him would vanish into thin air!
That included all