With a shocking scream, Tiye pulled the claws he had plunged into Shijian's chest back out. A huge hole had been torn through Shijian's chest, and the nearly insane, uncontrolled look in his eyes gradually faded.
Shijian's face was twisted with pain as he stared at Tiye in disbelief. "Wh-why?"
"You've lost control and endangered the master's plan. I had no choice but to kill you." Tiye panted heavily.
Not far away, Shizhong's ruined corpse had also collapsed onto the ground. The withered mulberry trees that had originally fallen all around them were gradually returning to normal.
On the other side, Shixiao had also suffered severe injuries. When Shijian's crystal-jade-like corpse fell, neither of the two survivors, Tiye and Shixiao, showed the slightest sign of optimism.
The sorrowful aura lingering all around was driving even Tiye and Shixiao toward losing control. Shijian and Shizhong, who had already fallen, had merely departed one step ahead of them.
At this time, Lu Xiaotian remained seated in the same place, utterly motionless.
"If we can't find a way to resolve this soon, I'm afraid the two of us will follow in Shizhong and Shijian's footsteps." Shixiao desperately suppressed the discomfort within his body. This Withered Mulberry Forest was truly terrifying; even Celestial Immortal-level experts seemed unable to escape death once they entered.
Lu Xiaotian was perfectly aware of the changes outside, but he had no intention of interfering. The divine sense he had left outside as a precaution was merely guarding against Shijian and Shizhong attacking him after losing control.
By now, the sorrowful aura constantly surging in from all around had reached a new height. If it continued accumulating, Tiye and Shixiao would probably not last much longer. If these two Celestial Immortal-level experts also lost control, and Lu Xiaotian failed to