Yi Jue's outburst left even Huanhai unable to say anything.
Although Yuan Zhe's goal had been the unification of the two paths, the way he had issued his challenge and calculated every step had targeted Yi Jue far too directly.
It left anyone who wanted to side with him unable to speak up.
Even Yuan Zhe himself had nothing left to say. He let out a long sigh. "Ancestor, there's nothing more I can do. I leave it to you."
Yi Jue raised a hand and pointed. The Spirit Plant Path's pseudo-divine ability, Entanglement, struck out and forcibly strangled Yuan Zhe to death.
Yuan Zhe's True Nascent Soul could have escaped, and Yi Jue had not sealed his Baihui Acupoint.
But he had already figured it out. It was not that Yi Jue could not seal it, nor had she overlooked it. More likely than not... she was waiting for him to flee.
Back then, he had used similar baiting tactics to trap quite a few elites of the Spirit Plant Path. Would they not return the favor in kind?
Moreover, the terrifying offensive and defensive power Yi Jue had displayed left him with no confidence whatsoever that he could escape.
In fact, Yi Jue was not even the issue. So long as he dared flee, Bamboo Gentleman could suppress him in moments.
Thus, he chose to forcibly merge his True Nascent Soul with his physical body, allowing himself to be strangled bit by bit by Entanglement.
The process was rather slow and exceptionally painful.
However, with his True Nascent Soul merged into it, his body became much more powerful and lasted a little longer.
Seizing this chance, he released a vast sweep of Divine Thought. "I ask any willing fellow cultivator to pass along a message..."
"Tell every disciple