Though White Clothes Three Lifetimes Buddha was furious inside, he said in a deep voice, "At this critical juncture of life and death, if I can carve out a sliver of survival for you, Fellow Daoist, then if I do not descend into hell, who will?"
Emperor E secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "For such immense kindness, I will repay it a hundredfold, a thousandfold someday!"
The next moment—
Just as Su Yi thought White Clothes Three Lifetimes Buddha was about to burn all jade and stone together, something utterly absurd happened.
The monk actually retreated instead of advancing, pulling away to an extremely distant place.
Emperor E's pupils contracted, and his expression changed drastically.
Earlier, only by joining forces and fighting desperately with White Clothes Three Lifetimes Buddha had he barely been able to contend against Su Yi.
Who could have imagined that White Clothes Three Lifetimes Buddha, who had sworn so fervently to "descend into hell," would instead withdraw from the battlefield?
"Bald donkey, you motherf—!"
Emperor E cursed loudly, his cheeks turning livid with rage.
But before he could finish, Su Yi had already seized the chance to attack, slashing apart his Dao body with one sword strike!
Fresh blood sprayed like a waterfall.
Emperor E suffered a grievous blow and nearly died on the spot.
Shocked to the core, he dodged while furiously cursing, "Bald donkey, why are you doing this? Have you fucking gone mad!?"
Once White Clothes Three Lifetimes Buddha retreated, he had effectively abandoned any chance of breaking out. Worse still, he had dragged Emperor E down with him.
How could Emperor E not be furious?
White Clothes Three Lifetimes Buddha sighed. "Fellow Daoist, only if you burn all jade and stone together with Su Yi now might we have