Inside the stone tower, the Cauldron Spirit suddenly coughed. Its entire figure flickered and scattered, making it clear that Ye Yu had guessed correctly: forcibly suppressing Murong Chen had caused the Cauldron Spirit to suffer backlash.
Watching this, the Mirror Spirit sent out a streak of yellow light that merged into the Cauldron Spirit's body, replenishing its strength. Then it looked at the cocoon of light. "That kid truly isn't afraid of death."
"He has already died once, so naturally he no longer fears it." The Cauldron Spirit sighed.
A person unafraid of death was the hardest to control.
Yet the Mirror Spirit shook its head. "Humans always fear the unknown. He does not fear death because he has died once, but because he knows what happens after death. Death is no longer an unknown to him, so there is no need for fear."
"It is like telling someone that after they die, their consciousness will go elsewhere and begin anew. To someone with no attachments, there would naturally be no reason to fear it."
"Perhaps the reason you and I failed was because we feared the unknown at the end of the road, not knowing what would happen when our paths reached their end."
At those words, the Cauldron Spirit frowned and turned to look at the cocoon of light.
"Damn it! Do you think you've got me in the palm of your hand?!" Murong Chen roared. The azure light dispersed, and spiritual power surged from within him once more.
Yet this time, his aura was nowhere near as overwhelming as before. He was only at late Void Refining.
Ye Yu's eyes narrowed as he looked into the air. This was clearly not all of the Void Sky Cauldron's power. If it had truly been determined to suppress Murong