"It seems you've already become expendable pawns."
"Until you reach the Primordial Spirit Realm, you remain ants. Even cultivators from great sects and elders of the Immortal Alliance cannot escape the fate of being used."
Li Chen's headless true body slowly stood up, speaking to those sprawled on the ground with a measure of heartfelt emotion.
He had not ordered Xiao Die and Xiao Ying to hold back. Those who had stormed inside had suffered devastating casualties; only Xia Ziyi remained alive.
"Master, how do you intend to deal with this man?" Heavenly Pivot's voice came from above.
"I wondered why he wasn't dead yet. So you spared him deliberately. But he became an enemy the moment he set foot on this path. There's no need to give him special treatment on my account."
Li Chen paused after speaking, then said to Xia Ziyi, "Ziyi, what a shame. I never wanted to kill you."
"You villain!" His face contorted with fury, Xia Ziyi lunged with the last of his strength. Crimson radiance enveloped him as he unleashed Phantom Spirit Transformation, his entire body seeming to become a scarlet Flood Dragon.
The elders' tragic fate had already filled him with a resolve to die, leaving him without the slightest hope of escape.
But in an instant, Xiao Die and Xiao Ying stood guard before Li Chen's true body, raising their saber and sword to cut through the dragon's phantom.
Their blades easily cleaved the scales formed from magic power, their momentum undiminished as they sent Xia Ziyi flying. He slammed heavily into the opposite wall, his eyes finally losing focus as his life gradually faded.
Li Chen's headless body stood there in silence for a long time before he released a long, melancholy sigh. "Different paths leave no room for common