I looked up at the sky. Those black eyes vanished again, and I breathed a sigh of relief. They were truly a sword hanging over my head, and I had no idea when it might stab down.
Dealing with an immortal ghost was troublesome enough, but leaving him here would be even more troublesome. Now that the eight Yin-Piercing Spikes had been broken, Tao Fengjie no longer needed to guard the Seal. But an immortal-level existence like him would eventually intimidate the others. I could only separate them and have the Eight Ghost Gates surrounded by heavy forces. Only then would we have enough deterrent power in case Tao Fengjie made a move.
"Yitian, why don't we refine him? We could get two fifth-grade immortal-qi blocks." Zi Yi extended her delicate palm, and two fourth-grade immortal-qi blocks appeared in it.
When Tao Fengjie saw the two immortal-qi blocks refined from his body, his face paled. Zi Yi's advantage among those of the same level was simply too obvious. He was no match for her at all.
"I had the same thought, but he seems to be under the Black Dragon Emperor. I can't exactly attack my own brother's subordinate, can I?" I shook my head.
"That's right! I'm a believer of the Black Dragon Emperor. When all is said and done, we're all on the same side. How can we slaughter each other? Besides, the Eight Ghost Gates worship the Black Dragon Emperor and are his imperial army. In the end, we still have to wait for the emperor's arrival!" Tao Fengjie had figured it out and blurted it out on the spot.
All the people from the Eight Ghost Gates nodded as well, one after another claiming how deeply they worshiped and believed in the Black Dragon Emperor. I