At this moment.
King Jiaye and Xushiki were only a few dozen meters away from Natsume.
Natsume, pinned to the spot by the "pillar of soul light,"
naturally heard their conversation as well.
Only then did he realize
that he had been screwed over again by that old schemer, Xushiki!
No wonder Kaguya loved backstabbing people, Black Zetsu loved backstabbing people, and Shadow loved backstabbing people. They all loved backstabbing people...
So the source of it all was Xushiki.
It was Otsutsuki Ryushiki...
Lies and betrayal truly were instincts carved into the bones of the Otsutsuki!
Unfortunately, it was too late to say any of that now.
Just as Xushiki had said, a true killing move naturally could not leave Natsume with any chance to turn things around.
No matter what methods Natsume possessed, as long as he could not defeat the combined force of over ten million Otsutsuki vengeful souls on the spiritual level, he had no possibility of resisting at all.
He could only remain utterly suppressed until his soul shattered.
To put it bluntly, even Xushiki himself, or even King Zhenruo, would be finished if struck by this beam of light.
The only difference was whether they could hold out a little longer or a little less.
"Why isn't this guy dead yet?"
King Jiaye steadied his emotions and turned his attention back to Natsume.
Xushiki was also quite frank.
His original plan had been to crush Natsume's soul in a single blow and kill him instantly!
Unfortunately, he had still slightly underestimated the power of the divine artifacts.
Especially the Heart of Daofu. As the Heart of God of the Yellow Spring Progenitor True God, its effects on the soul were truly astonishing.
If not for several divine artifacts sharing most of the pressure and