Zhong Kui Yueji heard this and shook his head slightly.
You Su Fen was one of the Four Great Fiendish Lands under heaven, a place of immense danger.
Even ordinary Void Return Stage cultivators who entered this place might not make it out alive.
And this time, among us—Senior Brother Fu, Junior Brother Ning, Junior Sister Yan, and me—not one of us was at the Void Return Stage!
How many of us would truly make it out alive in the end?
If we didn't want to be wiped out to the last man, someone had to step forward and sacrifice themselves at this critical moment!
And I was only a one-tribulation Spirit Transformation cultivator. I was the most suitable one to sacrifice.
So Zhong Kui Yueji shouted coldly, "At this point, only someone beyond the Nine Tribulations can break the deadlock."
"If you're the offering, I'm only a one-tribulation Spirit Transformation cultivator. At best, I'll reach the Nine Tribulations, matching your current strength. What would that accomplish?"
"Only by offering me as the sacrifice can you, already a Nine Tribulations Spirit Transformation cultivator, ascend beyond the Nine Tribulations and break this deadlock!"
Ning Wuye immediately shook his head. Zhong Kui Yueji had already sacrificed himself for him once. Though Zhong Kui Yueji had clearly possessed the makings of a Nine Tribulations cultivator, he had now become a one-tribulation Spirit Transformation cultivator unlike any in history, his Dao Path severed. If word got out, he would become the laughingstock of the world. No matter what, Ning Wuye couldn't let Zhong Kui Yueji sacrifice any more for him!
While the two hesitated, the fisherman came charging at them again, cleaver in hand.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
After a few exchanges, Zhong Kui Yueji plummeted from the air.
Thud.
He had completely exhausted his