The Black-Clothed Man's injuries were worsening by the moment, his body already showing signs of cracking and collapse.
Yet he clearly could no longer concern himself with that. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Throughout the ages, our sect leader has been searching for someone capable of contending against the 'Heavenly Prayer Law.'"
His hurried voice brimmed with boundless pain. As he spoke, the Black-Clothed Man's body cracked apart inch by inch, his bones shattering section by section as fresh blood splashed across the ground.
Su Yi could tell that the Black-Clothed Man would not hold on for much longer. He asked, "What is the Heavenly Prayer Law?"
The Black-Clothed Man spoke in fits and starts. "It is... the... Dark Antiquity Forbidden Curse... you spoke of."
His Dao body had already been completely destroyed. Only his Primordial Spirit remained, yet it too was suffering horrifying corrosion, covered in countless cracks.
Like porcelain veined with a spiderweb of fractures, it could fall apart at any moment.
The answer made Su Yi's heart jolt.
Nine Heavens Pavilion was located in the Heavenly Prayer Star Realm.
The Nine Heavens Pavilion Sect Leader had always been searching for someone who could resist the Heavenly Prayer Law.
And this Heavenly Prayer Law was the Dark Antiquity Forbidden Curse!
Even Su Yi could not help but be surprised.
After all, with the power of the Nine Hells Sword, he could crush the Dark Antiquity Forbidden Curse!
Could it be that the Nine Heavens Pavilion Sect Leader had been searching for him all along?
And was this also why the Nine Great Star Ruins were regarded as cages?
Su Yi frowned.
Before he could ask anything further, the Black-Clothed Man suddenly let out a shrill scream. Tribulation flames abruptly blazed from his Primordial Spirit.
Then, as though