"I'm a greedy person, and I've got big ambitions."
"Don't let my current strength fool you. I have dreams."
After refusing Soul Gathering, Lin Yi spoke unhurriedly.
Even though his entire body, along with the surrounding space, was enveloped by Soul Gathering's immense divine power, and even though a powerful suffocating sensation smothered him, Lin Yi remained exceptionally composed.
"Divine River Ode is such a fine Divine Artifact. If I truly abandoned it, it would never acknowledge me again. So I refuse."
Lin Yi's answer did not anger the Soul Gathering God.
To the Soul Gathering God, Lin Yi's response was entirely within his expectations.
With a smile on his face, he summoned his Destiny Divine Artifact, the Soul Gathering Banner, from his Inventory Space and suspended it above his palm, pouring a small amount of divine power into it.
Under the effect of that divine power, the connection between the Soul Gathering Banner and the Soul Gathering God became even closer. Even without wind, it began to flutter gently.
As the soul banner fluttered, an extremely unsettling ripple spread from it, making Lin Yi and the other two clearly feel their blood freeze solid and their limbs turn cold and numb.
Was this the ultimate pressure of a High God?
If Wu Zhiqi and the Great Sage had not been inside him, entering this secret realm would truly have been no different from suicide for Lin Yi. That fear, which pierced deep into his soul and struck at his very origin, would have left him incapable of doing anything.
Noticing Lin Yi begin to tremble slightly, Soul Gathering knew it was time to seize Divine River Ode from him. He coated his right hand in divine power and reached for Divine River Ode.
He had assumed that with his