"Lu Wenbin, you could have lived a while longer!" Li Hongtian said through gritted teeth. "Good, very good! Today, you will die here as well!"
As he spoke, Li Hongtian pressed his palms together, his lips moving as he recited an incantation.
Spiritual energy spread out, forming a red orb before his chest, no larger than a human fist, radiating a dazzling, piercing light.
"Instructor Li, if Senior intervenes and the process is interrupted, more than ten days of effort will go to waste!" Shang Zhenghao, who seemed to know what Li Hongtian intended to do, reminded him gravely.
"It does not matter. Killing these two is more important than reinforcing the seal!" Li Hongtian had clearly made up his mind.
Immediately afterward, he pointed downward, and the red orb suddenly fell into Jade Lake, rapidly sinking toward the bottom.
The red glow had tremendous penetrating power in the water. The red orb clearly reached an extreme depth in no time, yet it remained incomparably distinct from the sky above.
Only when it was blocked by an obvious mass of blackness did it vanish completely.
"Ye Tian, are you all right?" Lu Wenbin looked at Ye Tian.
This was the first time in more than ten years that the two had directly greeted and spoken to each other.
Whenever there was anything to discuss, they communicated through Tao Ze.
"Rest assured, Mr. Lu." Ye Tian nodded. He had wanted to say that Lu Wenbin did not need to risk attacking Li Hongtian. Ye Tian was alone, and if anything went wrong, he could leave the Holy Hall; the world was vast, and he could go anywhere.
But Lu Wenbin had remained in the Holy Hall ever since entering it to cultivate more than five hundred years ago. Although he had