The moment Lin En saw the forest of blades surge wildly out of the ground, he knew it was Jiu. Through her connection to that coffin, she had found his location.
But when she reached out her hand...
He realized he was done for.
He was still maintaining his projection's terrifying appearance, and in Jiu's eyes, he was undoubtedly some bizarre evil demon that had appeared out of nowhere.
Crack-
Almost as soon as the sound rang out, the surging forest of blades sliced into his body, as though subjecting him to death by a thousand cuts. Yuzhi Liu Si, up in the sky, was also engulfed by Jiu's terrifying power in an instant. The moment she appeared, she launched an indiscriminate assault on everyone on the battlefield whom she considered an enemy.
But Lin En still reacted in time.
At the very moment the blades tore into him, he severed most of his own flesh and hid what remained of his body underground.
Hum-
As the system notification sounded in his ears...
He immediately severed his projection and returned to his true body above the Great Rift.
"How is it? What's going on down there?!"
The moment he returned to the Great Rift, Shinsen Saya's anxious, urgent questions rang out in his consciousness. Ever since they had exchanged portions of their essences last time, she had been able to communicate with him mentally and sense him through the portion of her essence within him, provided he was within a limited range.
Lin En opened his enormous eye and looked down at the sky beneath the Great Rift.
"Not good, but not bad either. That guy actually advanced after dying at the critical moment. Fortunately, your Third Attendant sensed my location. Even if he manages to finish gestating his seventh