Seeing that he still couldn't break through the Primordial Unity True Gang and kill Chen Nianzhi outright, the Lord of Thousand Dragon Lake felt his heart sink ever lower.
He glanced at the battlefield and saw that Ancestor Yan'ao had already been gravely wounded, with barely enough strength left to fend off attacks and stall for time.
"Was my choice a mistake?"
The Lord of Thousand Dragon Lake murmured to himself. But Ancestor Yan'ao had already been gravely wounded. Even if he were rescued, he would have lost most of his fighting strength and could no longer relieve much of the pressure.
With such a huge sunk cost, the Lord of Thousand Dragon Lake could no longer change his decision.
"Since it's come to this, then we'll fight to the bitter end!"
"I refuse to believe that a mere half-step Earth Immortal can truly withstand the full force of our late-stage Earth Immortal attacks."
The Lord of Thousand Dragon Lake hardened his resolve and launched a frenzied assault on Chen Nianzhi, his eyes filled with boundless blood-red fury as he sought to kill him at any cost.
"Ah—"
At that moment, a scream rang out through the void, followed by a vast radiance of Dao Transformation.
An Earth Immortal Ancestor had fallen. The first to die was not Ancestor Yan'ao, but rather the newly ascended Earth Immortal of Thousand Dragon Lake, who had already suffered severe injuries.
This True Dragon had only recently reached the Earth Immortal realm, and his foundation had yet to stabilize. Then the World-Destroying Cannon gravely wounded him, leaving his fighting strength badly diminished.
He had exchanged dozens of blows with Earthspring Ancestor, but could no longer suppress his internal injuries. Earthspring Ancestor seized the opportunity and used the White Nether Book of Life and Death