"That's right." A cold glint flashed through Mo Yuan's eyes. "My senior brother cultivated for a hundred years and was only one step away from breaking through the limits and attaining the Divine Position. You destroyed everything he had and made him die before dawn. Today, I will make you pay."
Su Chen said indifferently, "Wasn't your senior brother supposed to die for what he did? How many people did he kill? Don't you know that in your heart?"
"Those people?" Mo Yuan sneered. "Their existence was utterly meaningless. Their deaths were a sacrifice to the Void. My senior brother was helping them escape the painful cycle of reincarnation and return to the embrace of the Void. You ordinary mortals don't understand what true salvation is."
"Salvation?" Su Chen laughed as well, his smile filled with mockery. "Your salvation is turning everyone into walking corpses? Making everyone lose their emotions and their sense of self? That's not salvation. That's destruction."
"Destruction is rebirth." A black-robed man behind Mo Yuan spoke, his voice shrill and grating. "Only through complete destruction can we welcome the true Void. There is no pain, sorrow, or despair within the Void—only eternal tranquility."
Su Chen shook his head. "You're beyond saving."
"Is there any point in spouting this nonsense?" another black-robed man behind Mo Yuan asked, his voice hoarse like a broken gong. "Let's get started, Guardian."
Mo Yuan nodded. His black robe stirred despite the absence of wind, and black mist surged from his body, shrouding him completely. His Martial Soul was released—a gigantic Black Python covered in strange silver patterns. Its two eyes were blood-red, radiating an evil light. Mo Yuan's Soul Rings appeared: two yellow, two purple, and five black, nine Soul Rings in total. Faint golden patterns could be seen on the