"No wonder he agreed so readily just now. He'd already planned to use Old Smoky Ghost to help him thwart the Eight Views Dao Palace's scheme!"
On Jade Balance Mountain, Xiahou Qingyuan spoke with a look of astonishment after witnessing this scene.
By now, anyone could see that the reason Xu Taiping had never refused the Eight Views Dao Palace disciples' requests earlier was that he had been waiting for this moment-to let everyone under heaven see how those disciples were brutally slaughtered and had their Divine Souls imprisoned by Old Smoky Ghost because of their own arrogance.
"Daoist Taiping, you... you can't just watch us die!"
Just then, the pleas of several Eight Views Dao Palace disciples rang out once again from the Spirit Mirror before the two of them.
The surviving Eight Views Dao Palace disciples were now pinned in place by chains formed from the white smoke on the ground. They could not even take their own lives if they wanted to.
Being unable to take their own lives meant that, like Xia Qi and the others, they would have their Divine Souls imprisoned by Old Smoky Ghost.
Even someone with Xia Qi's strength of character had been tortured by Old Smoky Ghost until he wept and begged for mercy. One could well imagine the agony of having one's Primordial Spirit imprisoned.
So as long as they had even a sliver of a chance to escape, none of them wanted to give up.
"Daoist Taiping, even if you won't save us, please come over and kill us! Kill us!"
As Old Smoky Ghost drew ever closer, an Eight Views Dao Palace disciple pleaded with Xu Taiping in utter despair.
"Although these people are indeed pitiful, Xu Taiping has already helped them once. Even if he doesn't save