The heart held the highest status among the five organs.
The heart was the "Root of Life," the "Abode of the Spirit," and the "Main Body's Bloodline." It was not merely the organ that governed the entire body, but also the ruler of the primary consciousness, an organ that controlled both body and mind.
One might endure a while after losing a kidney, liver, lung, or spleen, but once the heart was removed, not even immortals could save them.
Therefore, the formation of the Wood Generates Fire Barrier represented the killer's resolve to stake everything on one desperate gamble. It intended to defeat both Mei Sheng and Ji Li at once.
The most precious organ required the most exquisite barrier, and thus Ji Li was witnessing the most terrifying Five Elements Barrier of this mission.
The Origin Wood was Huang Banxian, who lay half-conscious on the ground, but what truly formed the barrier was also a White Human Face carved onto his chest.
That entirely white face was grotesquely expanding, taking over Huang Banxian's torso and limbs like an incurable virus rapidly devouring every inch of his skin.
In the blink of an eye, Huang Banxian had become exceedingly strange and terrifying.
His entire body had turned an indescribable milky white, like a sheet of fluid paper with faint ripples coursing across it.
Yet atop that humanoid skin grew a shriveled, sallow human head.
Ji Li stood at the center of the Gold Generates Water Talisman. Layers of frost spread outward from beneath his feet, as though a crystalline snow lotus had bloomed.
The freezing ability originated from his lungs. His breathing became drawn-out and difficult, seemingly due to the influence of Kidney Water, though it was actually because of Lung Gold.
The Gold Generates Water Barrier had five effects.