But all his attention was on Xiuwen's memories, and he failed to notice the origin essence in Xiuwen's abdomen slowly beginning to glow.
Without any warning.
Xiuwen before Shu Ziheng suddenly exploded, the shockwave of an Immortal King's self-destruction sweeping across the heavens and earth of the four regions.
Exploding alongside Xiuwen were the man in green, the burly youth, and all the others!
The explosions of over a dozen Immortal Kings engulfed Shu Ziheng. There was nowhere to hide, and he was caught completely off guard.
Though he had been extremely cautious, he still failed to escape.
"Damn it..."
Shu Ziheng's pupils contracted, his expression changing drastically.
At last, amid the violent explosions, his shrill scream rang out.
What Heaven-Defying Secret Art Is This?
Self-destruction was the deadly method most feared by cultivators of the same realm.
This was also why ordinary cultivators of the same realm, unless they bore a life-and-death grudge, would almost never force one another into a dead end.
Under normal circumstances, it was also difficult for cultivators of the same realm to stop an opponent from self-destructing, because their soul power had to be vastly, vastly stronger than the other's.
Once you failed to suppress the other party's intent to self-destruct, the outcome would be mutual destruction.
Even if you survived, the self-destruction would be enough to blast you into grievous, near-fatal injury, leaving enormous wounds that were difficult to heal.
Xiuwen, the man in green, the burly youth, and the others had not self-destructed, but it was no different from self-destruction.
The seeds Zhong Chen and Shen Jing had planted within their souls and origin essences were the fuses. Once the two activated them, Xiuwen and the others' souls and origin essences would immediately self-destruct on their own.
Unless Xiuwen and the others'