The next moment, Li Daoyan roared:
"Kong Pearl Relic, he's coming! Go!"
His words had barely fallen when the Pearl Relic House Master's figure abruptly turned into a streak of white light and shot out of the Spirit Pearl on his chest.
Almost simultaneously, a terrifying surge of aura burst out of Li Daoyan's body with a thunderous boom.
In an instant, Black Crystal scales covered Li Daoyan's entire body.
Only his face remained exposed.
Yet there was not the slightest trace of pain or fear on Li Daoyan's face. Instead, the corners of his mouth rose, and his eyes brimmed with excitement.
The next moment, he grinned savagely and said:
"If you want this body of mine, then take it!"
As he spoke, a cloud of blood mist burst from within Li Daoyan with a bang.
At the same time, streaks of Sword Qi erupted from his body, piercing straight through several of his major acupoints.
At this sight, Xu Taiping's heart sank, and he murmured:
"Senior Li Daoyan is planning to... cripple his own cultivation?"
The Pearl Relic House Master, who was already standing beside Xu Taiping, nodded.
"Once the Primordial Lord began possessing him, Senior Li Daoyan would originally have been reduced to a puppet, unable to do anything."
"But with these Body Dies, Dao Vanishes True Words..."
"For every fraction of Senior Li Daoyan's mind the Primordial Lord occupies, his cultivation will fall by the same fraction, until, just as the True Words decree, he suffers Body Death, Dao Dissipation."
"In the end, all the Primordial Lord will be left with is a useless body."
"That way, just as when we faced that Black Crystal True Body, even knowing that Li Daoyan will suffer Body Death, Dao Dissipation after the possession, the Primordial Lord will still