When the Dean of the Heaven Mending Sect heard this, a faint smile appeared on his face. Looking at the man before him, who was at the Half-Step Divine Fire Realm, he said nothing more and instead took another step forward. At once, a white ring spread outward in every direction from him like the light of the Sun.
Seeing this, the armored man's expression darkened. Without hesitation, he drew his sword and defended the area around himself. Ye Xingchen, standing nearby, looked on with some surprise, thinking that the Dean of the Heaven Mending Sect had hidden his strength well indeed. His cultivation was actually close to reaching Divine Fire.
"Your Heaven Mending Sect really doesn't know what's good for it! Even if you kill me today, don't think you'll have an easy time of it! I'm telling you, if one of me dies, there are millions more of me..."
The armored man snorted as he looked at the Dean of the Heaven Mending Sect before him. Streaks of blood-colored light suddenly burst from his body. Seeing this, the elderly Divine Vine standing nearby smiled faintly.
With a sweep of his hand, a streak of blood-colored light appeared in his palm. A tiny figure was visible within it-the manifestation of the armored man's primordial spirit!
"You dare use such paltry tricks in front of me? Do you really think so little of me? Let me tell you, I could kill someone like you with one hand. But you're right: the force behind you has indeed caught my attention. Wiping out the Heaven Mending Sect after I die probably won't be so simple."
"So I intend to use you to investigate the force behind you. I'd like to see just how many fools with no regard for their lives want