"Damn it, what did you do?"
Ye Xiu's expression changed. He could already see the lava around them beginning to surge ceaselessly.
Yet a mischievous smile of success appeared on the white-haired youth's face.
"I didn't do anything extra. Everything was done exactly according to your instructions."
"Just as you guessed, beneath this cliff lay the body of that being from the past. Now that the main body of the Dao laws has fully fused, I activated self-destruction and returned to nothingness. The force that had originally been used to resist vanished all at once."
"Though there were no other treasures within that body, the years of pure spiritual power condensed inside had long been yearning to burst forth."
The youth said no more, merely smiling at Ye Xiu.
Ye Xiu cursed under his breath. He had no time to respond and immediately leapt upward, spiritual power surging as he shot toward the sky.
The surrounding rock was tough, but fortunately, in that brief span of time, he had already learned to imitate and recreate that sharp metallic aura. Supported by it, he was able to press forward without stopping.
He did not dare pause in the slightest. After all, the magma below contained pure spiritual power accumulated over countless years. Who knew just how terrifying the force unleashed by this eruption would be?
This was genuine ascension-level power. He was, at most, a Spirit Transformation cultivator. And they expected him to withstand something like this?
As Ye Xiu transformed into a streak of light and sped away, the smile on the white-haired youth's face deepened further.
After suffering for who knew how many years, he had finally reached the end. And at the very moment of that ending, he had encountered such an interesting existence.
Watching the lava already