Smiling at Spirit Gull, Sikong Jing spoke calmly. "If I want to leave, no amount of suppression from Ling Dao can hold me. The only reason I stayed for now was to tell you the whole truth about the Ancient Spirit Race."
As he spoke, Sikong Jing suddenly raised his eyes...
Before he could make a move, Spirit Gull cried softly, "You have to take me with you. Otherwise, just as I said before, I'll be thoroughly searched. Your sword qi is still inside the sea of consciousness on my Spirit Platform."
Sikong Jing intended to leave before the Ten Absolutes arrived...
Once the Ten Absolutes arrived, every living being in Spirit Dream City would likely be forcibly ordered to open their Spirit Platforms and seas of consciousness, as well as their treasures, for inspection. If Sikong Jing's sword qi were discovered within Spirit Gull's sea of consciousness, she would be finished.
There would be no need for Sikong Jing to control her life or death—she would still be executed. If she did not want to die, she could only flee alongside Sikong Jing.
Yet just as Spirit Gull's nerves were stretched to the breaking point, she suddenly felt the sword qi and Yin Spirit Evil Qi within her Spirit Platform recede.
Sikong Jing had taken them back.
Then Sikong Jing's voice sounded beside her ears...
"Now, your life and death are no longer under my control. You may expose me whenever you wish."
As his voice fell, Spirit Gull could no longer find any trace of Sikong Jing. Sikong Jing, who had just been beside her, had vanished.
"Why can a Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerable be this powerful?"
Spirit Gull's entire body trembled faintly. Even now, Sikong Jing had not answered why, despite both being Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerables, the gap