Jietisikoki understood that if he truly allowed Ye Chen to completely erode this relic world, then the resurrection ability of his "Life-Stealing Cleaver," the foundation upon which he stood, would sooner or later be completely held in Ye Chen's palm just like the earlier "Blood Transmission, Mortal Flesh"!
When that time came, if the Butcher Hunter died, he would truly be dead!
He would never be able to revive again!
Every action he took thereafter would lose all its former margin for error!
He would completely lose the means to confront Ye Chen, that monster who could not be killed even by ten thousand deaths, head-on!
Without question, this was the outcome the Butcher Hunter feared most!
Therefore, Jietisikoki absolutely could not allow Ye Chen's Abyssal power to continue encroaching upon this vital territory that determined his life and death!
"Why won't this damned monster just submit obediently? Why does he keep pulling one new trick after another on me?!"
Jietisikoki thought through gritted teeth.
"No choice!"
"Things have come to this."
"I can only meet force with force------!"
With that thought, Jietisikoki's gaze abruptly turned vicious. He immediately shut down the entire relic space of the "Life-Stealing Cleaver," driving his soul, thoughts, and that crimson fireball back into the real world together!
Whoosh------!
As his consciousness returned to reality for the seventh time, the sight before Jietisikoki was still much the same as before!
The deeply underground world, riddled with holes!
The burning figure wreathed in soaring flames!
Those tranquil, crimson blood-red eyes!
At this very moment, Ye Chen stood before Jietisikoki as he had before, still analyzing the "Life-Stealing Cleaver" in his hand while remaining ready to send Jietisikoki back into the gap between life and death at any moment!
But this time, things were different!
As Jietisikoki's