"Since Yi Zi belongs to the human race, how could he forget himself and kneel before the demon race, keeping company with beasts that know neither benevolence nor righteousness?"
Yi Zi replied, then said:
"To die for the human race—what greater joy could there be!"
"But remember this: kill me, and there will still be those who come after. The human race will one day stand tall between Heaven and Earth!"
Even now, his voice revealed not the slightest fear.
This calm composure in the face of approaching death possessed a transcendent quality.
Even Bai Ze had fought across Heaven and Earth for countless ages.
He had faced innumerable mighty beings.
Yet he had truly encountered few existences like Yi Zi.
For a time.
He truly did not know whether he should lament Yi Zi's stubbornness or admire his calm resolve.
But in the end, it all turned into a complicated sigh.
"So be it."
"Since that is the case, fellow Daoist, please die!"
Bai Ze stood before Yi Zi.
At that moment, he bowed to him.
Such conduct.
Clearly showed that Yi Zi's righteous spirit had moved him.
Outside the central battlefield.
Xuan Du and Sui Xiang listened to the exchange between Yi Zi and Bai Ze.
They even saw Bai Ze bow to Yi Zi at this moment—
Though Bai Ze only acted this way because he was certain Yi Zi would die by his hand.
His true feelings had ultimately been laid bare.
Compared to the contempt Bai Ze had shown Xuan Du and Sui Xiang earlier, he now held such respect for a "mere Great Luo."
To outsiders, this naturally seemed like the treatment Yi Zi deserved for his extraordinary bearing and righteous passion.
But in Xuan Du and Sui Xiang's eyes, it was Bai Ze slapping them across the face once again.
They stared at Yi Zi.
Their jealousy had gone too far.
Their mindsets had already become somewhat twisted.
So twisted that they had even forgotten their current identity as members of the human race.
They had also forgotten that someone like Yi Zi, a backbone of the human race, should not perish here.
In any case, to Xuan Du and Sui Xiang.
Yi Zi was more detestable than Bai Ze and the demon race.
As they watched Yi Zi now.
They wished they could personally strike and kill him.
"He sure knows how to put on a show, but he's still going to die!"
"Only the living have hope. He thinks himself noble and impassioned, but he doesn't realize that this will only needlessly weaken the human race!"
"A foolish man who does not understand the greater picture. He has cultivation but only knows how to cause trouble. It is good if he dies today. Once he is dead, he will not be able to do anything else foolish!"
"When the human race prospers under our plans in the future, once Yi Zi is reborn and returns, won't he have to obediently admit his mistakes before us?!"
Xuan Du and Sui Xiang stood coldly atop the clouds.
Watching as Bai Ze was about to suppress and kill Yi Zi.
They traded remarks, using the moment to vent their twisted pleasure.
At the same time, they were numbing the unease buried deep in their hearts, born faintly from cowardice and guilt.
Rumble!
On the battlefield.
After Bai Ze bowed to Yi Zi.
His mana surged once more.
The torrent of divine abilities, already violently turbulent to the extreme.
Now swelled tenfold in a flash.
Bai Ze displayed without reservation the terrifying might a Quasi-Saint possessed over a Great Luo.
Even Yi Zi, powerful enough to kill Fei Yi, an opponent of the same realm, in an instant.
Had no way to deal with Bai Ze's overwhelming strength for a time.
Yet in the face of this.
Yi Zi simply stopped thinking of escape.
Instead, with a thought.
He summoned two magical treasures.
Immortal Monument!
Bridge of the Other Shore!
The Immortal Monument suppressed the fortune of the Divine Capital and stabilized its grand formation!
The Bridge of the Other Shore opened an escape route, allowing the humans of the Divine Capital to flee.
At this final critical moment.
What Yi Zi thought of.
Was not his own escape.
Instead, he intended to use his remaining power to let the humans of the Divine Capital escape the demon race's slaughter.
Such actions.
Moved even Bai Ze once again.
But moved or not.
Their positions differed.
Bai Ze's intent to kill did not diminish in the slightest.
Just as.
Yi Zi was about to die.
A bolt of mana suddenly struck through the air, blocking Bai Ze's torrent of divine abilities.
Descending alongside that mana.
Was a majestic heavenly sound:
"How dare a mere beast run wild in my Divine Capital!!"
My Name Is Fang Yun, and I Came Here Only to Kill Demons!
Another had come!
Just as Yi Zi was about to fall into desperate straits.
The void suddenly rippled, and a proud member of the human race stepped forth.
His words.
Carried an air of looking down upon all beneath Heaven.
Yet this bearing was actually much like Yi Zi's.
Though it showed itself.
There was little intent to oppress others.
The only difference was.
What Yi Zi displayed was impartiality, treating everyone as equals.
But this newly arrived human Great Luo.
Displayed.
A kind of compassion.
He looked like a teacher or master facing a mischievous child, carrying the feeling of patient instruction.
"Another one!"
At the provocation in the newcomer's words.
Bai Ze was not particularly angered.
He was merely somewhat surprised.