Lin Xiqiu could indeed stand against Gou Ye by using himself as a tool and combining his power with the minds of Ni Guang and the others.
But the moment Gou Ye drew the Supreme Divine Sword, he shattered their cooperation completely.
Lin Xiqiu could resist its influence, but Ni Guang and the others could not. Their depth was simply too low. Under Mind Warp, they surrendered from the bottom of their hearts.
Faced with the Supreme Divine Sword, they felt a helplessness forced upon them, one that left no room to doubt the sword's power.
Every path they could imagine was blocked. Any countermeasure was automatically, forcibly dismissed the moment they thought of it.
The calmer they became, the more they thought and analyzed, the deeper their despair grew.
Ni Guang, Shi Ge Mu, and everyone else present were scientists guided by reason. They simply could not bring themselves to act on an idea that had been "perfectly disproven."
When something was proven again and again, it became truth. They would never defy the truth in their hearts... Otherwise, they would not have tried to persuade Huang Ji earlier.
Challenging the Supreme Divine Sword was as foolish as watching countless people leap from a cliff and die, then insisting it was "fake" and jumping after them.
If Ni Guang and the others had been capable of thinking so irrationally, they would never have made it this far.
Yet one person was different.
Lin Li stepped forward without hesitation. He chose to run headlong into a wall...
He had always been like this. Despite all his knowledge, he still asked foolish questions. Despite his formidable mind, he sometimes made choices with an absurdly small margin for error.
Lin Li had always been the only one to make elementary mistakes, so