The bronze mirror fragments kept drinking Yin Xian's blood, as though they were alive.
Yin Xian still sat motionless in his wheelchair, but horror had spread across his face.
This was completely different from the outcome he had known about.
What he was supposed to face should never have looked like this.
However unwilling Yin Xian was to face it, he understood that what he had tried to do seemed to have gone awry.
It had become something utterly beyond his control.
But now, nothing he said would help. He could no longer move.
Jiang Zhizhou tugged at him but failed to budge him, then immediately called, "Bu Er, come quickly!"
Bu Er hurried forward. One look at Yin Xian's condition told him things were going badly, and he immediately moved to protect him.
But the spirit ghosts gathered within the Spirit-Gathering Formation were immensely powerful. Even working together, Jiang Zhizhou and Bu Er could not move Yin Xian an inch.
"Don't waste your strength. I caused this mess, so I alone will bear the consequences."
Though Yin Xian could not move, his mind remained perfectly clear. He also knew that the blood inside him was steadily draining away.
After striving for so many years, he had never imagined this would be the outcome. He was reaping what he had sown.
"You alone will bear them? Take a good look at what's already happened in this courtyard! Are these consequences something you can bear alone?"
He had finally shown some backbone, but the great formation had already been activated. Anything he said now came too late.
Their only option now was to break the formation.
But how could they break it?
Though they had previously investigated plenty of matters concerning the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom, they had never imagined that