Among them were 129,600 types of spirit creatures condensed from divine abilities.
Each type of spirit creature
represented the essence of a divine ability.
Now that they struck,
they surged like a tidal wave.
They were even more violent than the Taiji Divine Lightning Yi Zi had unleashed earlier.
Seeing Bai Ze make his move,
Xuan Du and Sui Xiang swiftly withdrew.
But Yi Zi could not retreat at this moment.
Not only because Bai Ze had locked onto him,
but also because behind Yi Zi
lay Divine Capital Luoyang, home to hundreds of millions of humans!
Standing where he was,
Yi Zi looked at Bai Ze.
The Way of the Gentleman began to circulate.
He wanted to repel Bai Ze's divine abilities, just as he had previously sealed the Mana and divine abilities of the many demons.
However,
Bai Ze's methods were not so easily broken.
Even if Yi Zi expended immeasurable mental effort,
he could only forcefully break through the restrictions
and shatter Bai Ze's first layer of methods,
causing the first wave of Bai Ze's Spirit Bestiary Scroll to scatter without a trace just as it reached him.
Yet immediately afterward came the second layer, the third, the fourth, and countless more.
Bai Ze's Spirit Bestiary Scroll, containing 129,600 spirit creatures,
was truly a supreme treasure capable of generating endless great divine abilities.
If it could not be shattered in one stroke,
then it could never be shattered!
In an instant,
The Way of the Gentleman's repulsion and isolation were forcibly broken through.
Yi Zi had already been driven into a difficult situation by the supreme divine abilities produced by Bai Ze's Spirit Bestiary Scroll...
Chapter Twelve: Better to Die with Head Held High Than Live on Bended Knee!
Yi Zi was now completely suppressed by Bai Ze.
Yet even under such circumstances,
Yi Zi did not reveal the slightest trace of dishevelment.
It was a strange sort of bearing.
If one looked only at the surface,
no one would have believed that Yi Zi had already fallen into a hopeless predicament.
"Such bearing! Such strength of character!"
"Yi Zi, I have seen more and more pleasant surprises in you."
Bai Ze looked at Yi Zi, his gaze flickering with genuine astonishment.
He truly had not expected
that among humanity,
there could be such an extraordinary person as Yi Zi.
Divine Capital Luoyang.
Zhou Yuan watched Yi Zi's predicament at this moment.
He felt somewhat anxious.
He urged the World-Breaking Bead more and more frantically.
But Zhou Yuan ultimately did not possess much Mana at present.
Even if he drove it with all his mind,
it was difficult for him to truly affect the speed at which the transmigrators returned in response to the summons.
Thus, he could only helplessly sense the situation on the battlefield.
Fortunately, at this moment,
Zhou Yuan did not sense the slightest fear or wavering from Yi Zi's mind.
That, in turn, somewhat soothed Zhou Yuan's emotions.
And as his emotions calmed,
Zhou Yuan regained his composure.
He became at ease as well.
"There is actually nothing to fear."
"Rather than kneel and beg for survival like Xuan Du and Sui Xiang, it is better to die calmly and generously. What is there to fear?"
Zhou Yuan relaxed his mind.
He simply stopped trying to influence the World-Breaking Bead.
Instead, he seized the time to cultivate and improve his Mana—
The stronger Zhou Yuan's Mana and the higher his cultivation,
the greater his influence over the World-Breaking Bead.
Then the less time it would take for powerful figures to answer the summons and return.
Someone like Yi Zi
had benefited from the first activation.
Under normal circumstances,
with Zhou Yuan having only cultivated his first wisp of Mana,
how could he have possibly allowed Yi Zi to descend in an instant?
"Though with my current Mana, having only just crossed the threshold of cultivation, the enhancement cannot be great."
"Still, every bit of progress and every bit of improvement is progress nonetheless."
"It is better than wasting time in anxiety and worry."
"No matter the result, at least I will have done my best!"
Zhou Yuan said to himself.
His heart was at ease.
The battlefield.
Zhou Yuan's emotions resonated with Yi Zi's.
Naturally, they in turn affected Yi Zi as well.
Sensing that generosity and calmness within them,
Yi Zi's bearing became ever more solemn and composed.
"I can give you one more chance."
The more Bai Ze looked at Yi Zi, the more he felt that such talent was rare.
Thus, he spoke for the third time.
After being rejected twice, he had still extended a third invitation.
Given the demons' tyranny,
this was, frankly speaking, an honor unseen for ages.
Any creature of any other race,
when facing the demons,
especially when treated so by Bai Ze, the Leader of Ten Thousand Demons and foremost among demon commanders,
would likely have long since become dizzy with excitement and forgotten himself.
But Zhou Yuan would not.
Nor would Yi Zi.
Thus, facing the "goodwill" Bai Ze displayed, Yi Zi merely shook his head.
"Rather than live on bended knee, I would rather die openly and uprightly."
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