Ji Hua's expression was somewhat hard to describe.
What kind of expression was it? One of relief, pain, and helplessness all at once.
No one knew what price he had paid to save his life just now, because even he himself did not know how great that price truly was.
His father—that terrifying existence—had spent a century recuperating in exchange for saving a Shadow Demon trapped in a desperate situation. Then, in repayment for that favor, that Shadow Demon had agreed to one of his father's conditions, a highly troublesome condition.
Forge Lifebound Divine Talismans that would save each of his children once at a critical moment.
Yes, Ji Hua's father had been very fair. Every one of his children had been given such an opportunity.
In his father's eyes, a Three-Eyed Demon Race member with imperial blood should undergo a complete transformation after experiencing the baptism of death. If he could not, then he might as well die!
Thus, every child of Ji Hua's father possessed a Lifebound Divine Talisman made by that Shadow Demon lord. His paternal love was very fair.
Ji Hua had kept this Lifebound Divine Talisman all along. According to his father, even if he encountered an expert at the Demon Venerable level, this Lifebound Divine Talisman might still allow him to escape alive.
Now, it had been used.
Used against a worthless barrage of indiscriminate attacks.
One could well imagine Ji Hua's feelings!
"Do you need me to take you away from here? If not, then this old man's mission is complete. Damn it, there should have been at least another three hundred uses..." High in the air, that half-visible Shadow Demon wore a thoroughly depressed expression.
On the ground, Ye Zhen's mind was stretched taut to the limit.
He would rather face ten