By then, the outer ring around me had turned fiery red. Sure enough, this power was no joke. It wasn't the power of flames, but the concentrated effect produced when energy was squeezed dry. If I didn't get something out of him soon, the Yang Spirit Pills remaining in my abdomen might not be enough.
"Heh... You really know how to fantasize. I don't know what you and Shen Xue went through in your previous lives, or what kind of relationship you had, but since you've already been reincarnated, wanting to rekindle your past ties is simply wishful thinking! I've done so much. If I can't even obtain Shen Xue, I'd probably find it pathetic to go on living in this world. The most important thing to a Seeker of the Dao is their Dao heart. If it shatters because of this, how could someone like you possibly compensate me?" the Abyss City Lord asked coldly.
I gnashed my teeth and said, "You merely laid a treacherous trap as tight as an inescapable net... What does that count for? And what about me? I pursued her from her previous life into this one, then endured untold hardships to travel here from Cloud Mo Continent, and finally searched for her amid the vast Immortal Tide. What does the little bit you did amount to? You're nothing but a lonely... old man who's failed at everything!"
The Abyss City Lord was instantly enraged by my words. He gritted his teeth and clenched the divine artifact in his hand. After a thunderous boom, the power of the entire grand formation seemed to bear down all at once. My strength rapidly drained away, and my spiritual meridians began to tremble.
Seeing my livid face, a vicious glint finally surfaced on the Abyss City Lord's