"Useless!"
Yi Tianji said dismissively, "Not only is your cultivation weaker than mine now, but Fang Chang injured you just moments ago. There's nowhere left for you to run."
"As long as I want to leave, the road lies beneath my feet!"
A trace of madness flickered in Ye Chen's eyes as he looked toward a scattered clump of flames.
This was no ordinary fire. It was the Solar True Fire that had scattered around them when Qin Feng had ripped apart the three Golden Crows just moments ago.
Though it wasn't the source of the Solar True Fire and would extinguish on its own before long, it was the origin of all flames, imbued with a terrifyingly potent yang energy.
Even though coming into contact with the Solar True Fire would burn him, Yi Tianji, who had lost his physical body, would suffer even worse.
"You—what are you doing?!"
Yi Tianji seemed to guess what Ye Chen had in mind. He immediately raised his voice, trying to stop him.
But Ye Chen had already been driven into a dead end. Without a moment's hesitation, he walked toward the Solar True Fire. No matter how desperately Yi Tianji tried to stop him, he couldn't halt Ye Chen's determined steps.
"Yi Tianji, I'm gambling my life against yours!"
Ye Chen's eyes brimmed with madness as he charged straight at the Solar True Fire without hesitation.
"Ye Chen, stop!"
Yi Tianji could feel death closing in and cried out in terror. "As long as you don't do anything reckless, I can agree to share one body with you. I swear I won't try to take over your body again. I can swear it before the Great Dao..."
"Hahahaha..."
Ye Chen didn't seem inclined to listen. Laughing loudly, he charged into the Solar