Watching the Profound Phoenix Divine Emperor, whose structure Li Pin had forcibly altered with unimaginable power, being held in his hand, both Divine Emperor Xi, who was activating Luo Xinghe, the supreme artifact, and Zhuzhao, who had summoned the black sun to clash fiercely with the Eternal Sword Light, froze where they stood.
Even the circulation of their mental fluctuations slowed by a fraction.
Even that peak intelligent lifeform, said to be capable of maintaining absolute rationality at every moment and making the most correct choice, seemed to suffer a slight hitch in its program's operation.
The Grand Star Array visibly slowed.
The reason it had merely slowed rather than stopped outright was that the array's operation itself possessed its own inertia.
But that was not the point. The point was...
"How... is that possible..."
The two Divine Emperors and one peak intelligent lifeform stared at the palm-sized Profound Phoenix Divine Emperor in Li Pin's hand, who seemed to have truly turned into a little crow. They felt as though their understanding of all things in the world was being completely overturned at that very moment.
Zhuzhao, who stood opposed to him, was especially shaken.
Once he came back to his senses, his entire body began trembling faintly.
For no reason, his mind plunged into an indescribable, immense terror.
"What... kind of power is this!?"
The fear of the situation spiraling out of control and heading wholly into the unknown and the darkness gnawed madly at his mind, seeming determined to devour his thoughts and rationality entirely.
"Cultivation is a deeply personal matter. I agree with that saying. But to trample everything else beneath one's feet for the sake of one's own cultivation... that idea..."
Li Pin's voice echoed through the Grand Star Array.
"I don't like it."
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