The axe-light flashed into existence. It was not as vast and mighty as it had been during World Creation, but instead restrained to the extreme, pure to the extreme.
A white line, condensed as if it could sever karma itself, silently cut through the chaos between the systems and Zhou Ming.
"Join forces!"
The Karma System's purple light flashed madly within the web of rules. That will no longer held the slightest disguise; only terror and grim resolve remained.
"Attack with everything! Stop him!"
"Don't even think about running. The Great Dao of this chaos will not let us leave!"
"If we don't nurture a Dao-prover of our own, we can never leave this chaos!"
"If we all scatter now, we'll only be dragging out our last breaths in this chaos! Once he succeeds in proving the Dao, the entire chaos will be within a single thought of his. None of us will get away!"
"There is only one road before us now."
The Karma System's purple light cluster flickered violently, transmitting that mad resolve to every one of its companions.
"Fight to the death! Spare no cost. Right here, we kill him!"
"While he has not yet proven the Dao, while he is still only at the peak of Hunyuan Wuji—kill him!"
"Only by killing him do we have a chance to live! Otherwise, today will be the day we are destroyed!"
Those words instantly calmed the systems that had begun to think of retreat after Zhou Ming broke free.
That was right. They could not escape.
They were not Chaos Demon Gods, not native beings of this heaven and earth.
They were outsiders, invaders. The Great Dao being too occupied to spare attention did not mean the Great Dao did not exist.
Once Zhou Ming proved the Dao