Seeing Si Chen remain so calm and untroubled even at this point, everyone felt bitterness well up inside.
But Song Chi's life truly hung by a thread, and they had no other choice.
Xie Changsheng and Zhou Yan stood on either side, carefully laying Song Chi, covered in blood and his breathing erratic, flat on the grass.
"Brother Si, Song..."
Si Chen waved a hand, leaned forward slightly, and reached out with a pale, slender hand, resting it gently between Song Chi's brows.
"Hum..."
A faint golden glow spread along his fingers, but the instant it touched Song Chi, his body convulsed violently, and he let out a whimper of unbearable pain.
Time trickled by.
After a moment, Si Chen slowly withdrew his hand and shook his head lightly. "Changsheng, I can't save him."
At those words, the entire courtyard seemed to plunge into an ice cavern.
Zhou Yan's heart lurched. "Brother Si... even you can't do anything?"
At that moment, the Undying Mountain people felt as though the sky had collapsed, despair shrouding every heart.
Si Chen took in their despair and anxiety, the same smile as soothing as a spring breeze still on his face.
"Don't panic. Let me finish."
Si Chen settled back into his rocking chair and explained softly, "The demonic energy inside Chi isn't fatal. What's truly killing him is the Obsession of countless living beings in his Sea of Consciousness."
"My current power is far too unyielding, far too saturated with yang..."
"If I forced my power into him, I could certainly burn those Obsessions away, but at the same time... I would burn Chi's Divine Soul into nothingness along with them."
At the words "burn into nothingness," Black Mountain panicked on the spot. "Then what do we do... are we supposed to just