Didn't I Defend Correctly?

In truth, Chu Yuan and the Lord of Slaughter had harbored no good intentions when they casually gathered up the Light Saint Race Sovereigns;

They had planned to use them for pill refinement...

Now that they had turned on them, they showed not the slightest mercy!

The pity the Lord of Slaughter had displayed earlier seemed to have been nothing more than an illusion;

His left hand clenched through empty air. Puffs rang out, and blood streaks burst from within the bodies of the three Sovereigns aside from the Brahma Illusion Lord!

The blood gushed and surged, forming three bizarre yet resplendent flowers of blood in an instant!

Unwillingness showed on the Heavenly Sea Lord's cool face;

She had encountered Chu Yuan and the other man first. From beginning to end, until this very moment... she had done nothing;

Yet she had been tricked?

And she had not sensed a thing...

Was this the gap in strength between high-level Sovereigns and peak Sovereigns?

Perhaps the disparity between their races had to be counted as well...

At the same time, Chu Yuan also rewarded the Brahma Illusion Lord with a Sumeru Within an Inch;

Peak Sovereigns were far too troublesome to kill. Who had the time to waste on her now?

The Soul Resonance Tower had long since been activated as well, guarding against any soul attack that might appear;

Yet once the spell was in place and the Brahma Illusion Lord's figure vanished, the feedback that came back was wrong...

It did not feel at all as though a peak Sovereign had been exiled!

An illusion?

The Nine Nether Tribulation Rain drifted through the air, spreading across the boundless void!

Then the Star-Plucking Sword cleaved fiercely toward a certain spot!

The Brahma Illusion Lord's figure emerged. She raised a palm