Before Zhou Ming could finish, Cang Xuan cut him off.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming." Cang Xuan's tone grew sterner than ever before.
"You need to understand something. Our mission is indeed to stop the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub from obtaining Dao Rhythm."
"But we can only do our best."
"We absolutely cannot do it at any cost."
Zhou Ming froze for a moment, unable to grasp the deeper meaning of Cang Xuan's words.
"What do you mean by that?"
While fending off Blood Butcher's relentless attacks, Cang Xuan quickly explained.
"To stop them, we can fight until our Origin is grievously wounded."
"We can also spend several Chaos Epochs in seclusion recovering. That's all acceptable."
"But we cannot detonate our own Great Dao laws."
At the words "detonate our own Great Dao laws," Zhou Ming's heart gave a violent thump.
"What do you mean by that?"
Cang Xuan thrust both hands forward. The Law of Withered and Flourishing became a sky full of green shadows, tearing Blood Butcher's crimson net of blades to pieces.
"When the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub says 'at any cost,' it means they're willing to detonate their own Great Dao laws at a critical moment to stop us."
Cang Xuan's voice remained perfectly level, yet it carried a chilling coldness.
"You should know how powerful the detonation of a Great Dao law is."
Zhou Ming sucked in a cold breath.
He knew better than anyone how powerful such a detonation was.
It was the accumulation of a Great Dao Realm expert's countless years of cultivation, the very foundation of their standing in the Chaos Sea.
Directly detonating a law they had cultivated to perfection would unleash absolutely devastating destructive power.
Once detonated, it could grievously wound an expert of the same realm, or even knock them