In the enormous crater, Su Shi'er staggered to his feet. Relying on Buddha's Technique and the Eighteen Demon Subduing Seals, he had successfully blocked the demonic dragon's first attack.
Yet he had paid a tremendous price for it.
The Eighteen Demon Subduing Seals, once a supreme treasure for subduing demons, had been utterly destroyed and would never exist again. Within his Dantian Small Universe, the Second Nascent Soul, formed primarily from refined Buddha Essence, had likewise had both form and spirit ground away, as though all its strength had been drained away.
It had not self-immolated its Nascent Soul, but it was hardly any better than doing so.
Had there not been three Nascent Souls in his dantian, he would not even have been able to stand at this moment.
Without hastily replacing the Nascent Soul presiding over his dantian, Su Shi'er struggled to raise his head and stare at the demonic dragon in the sky.
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Facing this life-reaping move, he neither dodged nor evaded. His eyes were filled with helplessness and unwillingness.
At this moment, he appeared to have reached the end of the road, with mountains exhausted and rivers spent.
Only the fleeting glint in the depths of his eyes, unnoticed by anyone, showed that he had never given up hope.
"Having fought to such a point, can Bai Rufeng truly still sit tight?"
Within his sight, the black sphere of light drew ever closer. Su Shi'er coughed up blood again and again, yet still forced himself not to make another move.
But inwardly, he could not help growing uneasy.
This gamble had his own life as its stake.
If he failed, he would die miserably beneath the demonic dragon's attack.
In the blink of an eye, the black ball of Demonic Yuan had closed to within