Self-detonation was the most dreaded life-seizing tactic among cultivators of the same realm.
That was also why cultivators of the same realm usually wouldn't drive each other to the brink of death unless they had a deep, irreconcilable grudge.
Under normal circumstances, it was also difficult for a cultivator of the same realm to stop their opponent from self-detonating. Their soul power had to be vastly superior.
If you failed to suppress your opponent's resolve to self-detonate, then you would both perish together.
Even if you survived, the blast was enough to leave you gravely wounded and on the brink of death, with immense injuries that were difficult to heal.
Xiuwen, the man in blue, the burly young man, and the others hadn't self-detonated, but what had happened to them was no different.
The seeds Zhong Chen and Shen Jing had planted in their souls and source powers were fuses. The moment the two of them activated them, Xiuwen and the others' souls and source powers would immediately self-detonate.
Unless Xiuwen and the others could suppress Zhong Chen and Shen Jing with their soul power in that instant, they were as good as dead.
Clearly, Xiuwen and the others didn't have that strength. Their souls had scattered on the spot, and they'd been blown to smithereens.
The massive explosion flattened the Nine Immortal Pool. All the water vaporized, and the lotus flowers and seedpods were wiped out. Even the most precious lotus seedpod king couldn't withstand the blast and was reduced to ash.
The surrounding region had been blasted into a bottomless black hole. Mountains, divine trees, and even the void had been leveled.
Living beings countless regions away had witnessed the earth-shaking disturbance. All of them looked stunned.
As Immortal Kings, they naturally knew that this was the shockwave