One had to know that the body blasted open by the Ksitigarbha Umbrella's unleashed power had now fully recovered. Lin Xuan was at his peak.
Yet even so, the power unleashed by Eight Profound still made Lin Xuan feel somewhat afraid to use it.
"Damn it, if I don't unleash it, I might really die... No... I won't die, but I'll be Blood Refined into a Fighting God and used by someone else. That's even worse than death."
Lin Xuan could already picture himself becoming a walking corpse under another's control. His entire body shuddered.
"Zhi Kong!"
In the end, Lin Xuan gritted his teeth and muttered. Extreme madness filled his eyes as his figure vanished within the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, his spiritual consciousness returning to his body.
"Hmm?"
Zhi Kong's brows furrowed sharply, intense confusion appearing in his eyes.
At this moment, blood sand churned within the Fighting God Gobi, transforming into blood dragons that soared into the sky. A peculiar aura radiated outward, and the impact of that terrifying spiritual consciousness was especially intense.
Holding the Ksitigarbha Umbrella, Zhi Kong continued pressing it down against Lin Xuan's battle saber, its terrifying power still erupting.
What puzzled Zhi Kong was that cracks had clearly appeared all over Lin Xuan's body just now, as though he were about to shatter like porcelain.
Yet now, Lin Xuan had suddenly recovered, as if a great deal of time had passed and he had healed his injuries through the passage of time.
The sensation was so strange that Zhi Kong thought he had suffered a lapse in memory.
He immediately recited the Heart-Clearing Mantra inwardly, only then suppressing that strange thought. At last, he snorted coldly.
"Hmph..."
"The outcome was decided long ago!"
Zhi Kong murmured inwardly once more, then prepared to kill