"What?"
After hearing Little Grass's words, Ye Qingci's face turned slightly pale.
She walked over to Great Emperor Huo Li and lowered her head to look at his face, which was shrouded in silver-white light yet still showed dark red markings. Her voice carried an urgency she could not suppress:
"Little Grass, even you can't penetrate my master's Soul Origin? You're the spirit of the Green Grass Great Array. This entire world is an extension of you!"
Little Grass gently shook her head. A rare trace of sorrow appeared in her eyes, clear as mountain springs. "The strength of the Green Grass Great Array lies in its coverage and restoration, in gathering everything scattered and returning it to its place. But Senior Huo Li's Soul Origin is burning right now. That burning is an active release from the inside out, like a bonfire burning itself away. I can pour water around the bonfire, but I can't extinguish the flames inside it!"
Myna bird landed on Fang Chen's shoulder, silver eyes fixed on the ever-multiplying cracks across Great Emperor Huo Li's body. A rare gravity weighed on Myna bird's voice:
"My seal won't hold much longer either. Although Just a Tap can freeze most of the loss of power, the power inside Huo Li is of far too high an order!"
"It's constantly eating away at the seal's structure from within, like an undercurrent beneath the ice endlessly scouring its underside. Sooner or later, it will break free completely!"
Fang Chen said nothing. His gaze remained on Great Emperor Huo Li as he sensed the aura continuously emanating from within him.
That aura carried an intensely blazing sword intent, like flames tempered over and over, leaping and burning in the void. Every fluctuation made the surrounding grass bow slightly, as though