"Tai Huang, Opener of Light, stop fighting with your backs to the wall. Surrender and let yourselves be taken."
Li Dan looked at the two men surrounded on all sides and spoke with a soft sigh.
"Our Heavenly Realms Alliance is not bloodthirsty. As long as you are willing to submit, you can enjoy exactly the same treatment as Venerable Azure and the others."
At this moment, the benefits of Fang Qianyuan's magnanimity in accepting Venerable Azure and the others became apparent. Even now, Li Dan could openly cite Venerable Azure and Ji Yan as examples to persuade them to surrender.
Yet Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy burst into laughter at his words.
"How could you juniors of later generations know Mystic Heaven's secrets? In this Spirit-Taming World, we are immortal spirits uniquely blessed by Heaven. Even dying in battle for the Venerable is only right and proper."
"What do you mean?" Li Dan faltered, suddenly seized by an ominous premonition.
The two men soared high into the air. "Enough nonsense. Let us fight with all our strength!"
Intense light blazed from their bodies, and vast quantities of origin energy came roaring toward them, turning into immense tidal waves in the blink of an eye.
Tai Huang pointed from afar. "Heaven-Severing Fortune and Tribulation, Karmic Obstacle Finger!"
Countless threads seemed to emerge in the air, like meridians and blood vessels appearing within flesh.
The sky seemed to become a tangible world barrier, filled with enormous eyes more than a hundred yards across.
These eyes seemed eternal, as though they had always existed there. Their gaze made everyone's skin crawl.
But Li Dan, whom Tai Huang was pointing at, bore the greatest pressure of all.
He merely stood where he was, yet felt malice sweeping toward him