Those words were like a needle, stabbing viciously into everyone's heart.
Indeed.
Even suppressed by the rules, with his strength diminished, he had escaped an encirclement of more than thirty Da Luo True Realm experts.
How terrifying would he be once he recovered his full strength?
The peak of the Unity Realm?
Or... had he been at the peak of the Unity Realm all along?
The thought of being marked by such a terrifying existence made everyone's heart tremble.
"Are we really just going to let this go?" one True Lord asked bitterly.
"What else can we do?" another retorted. "Go into the eye of that storm to find him?"
The hall once again sank into suffocating silence.
Despair, resentment, and fear spread among them.
"Things haven't reached their worst yet."
Just then, the Heavenly Pivot True Lord, who had remained silent all this time, slowly spoke.
He swept his gaze over them and said gravely, "We lost. That is a fact."
"But we are not without means to strike back."
Everyone's eyes focused on him again.
"He is indeed strong. Absurdly strong." A cool light glinted in the Heavenly Pivot True Lord's eyes.
"But he also exposed his greatest weakness."
"What weakness?"
"He needs fortune," the Heavenly Pivot True Lord said, stressing each word.
"He needs vast amounts of fortune to wash away the Great Dao brands on his body and break those rule shackles."
"That is our opportunity."
"You mean..." Something stirred in True Lord Shenluo's mind.
"Since we can't take him down, we'll have the entire Hongmeng Universe take him down!"
An icy smile curved the Heavenly Pivot True Lord's lips.
"Doesn't he need fortune? Then we'll cut off every source of fortune he has!"
"Doesn't he want somewhere to hide while he slowly recovers his