"Ah-!"
Agonizing pain exploded through his divine meridians again. Yuan Che shuddered violently and sank shakily to one knee. His once-solid divine soul flickered several times, and even controlling his physical body became exceptionally difficult.
The soul-shattering energy released by the exploding Soul-Shattering Jade burrowed into his sea of consciousness, gnawing at his already damaged divine soul. The Soul-Locking Needles had pinned down the junctions connecting his divine soul to his body, leaving him unable to muster more divine power to scour his sea of consciousness.
A cold gleam flashed in Yun Jin's eyes. His Seven Sins Soul Saber formed again, wreathed in black energy that tore through all soul aura, and cleaved straight down toward the crown of Yuan Che's head. If this strike landed squarely, even an intact Ancestor Realm divine soul would be hacked to pieces.
"You... don't push your luck!"
Suddenly, Yuan Che raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and unleashed all his ancestral power.
The powerful shock wave instantly hurled Yun Jin, who was at the forefront, backward. He slammed into a pillar of the divine palace so hard that the Seven Sins Masks shook, nearly falling off his face.
Bracing himself against the ground, Yuan Che slowly stood. The meridians throughout his body kept spasming from the excruciating pain in his divine soul, but the killing intent surging in his eyes nearly froze the entire Azure Luan Divine Palace.
Gritting his teeth, he mobilized the power within him that marked him as a God Ancestor. Risking the collapse of his divine soul, he forcibly activated it, blasting the Soul-Locking Needles from his acupoints one by one and forcing the soul-shattering energy out of his body.
"It seems that unless I teach you a lesson, you'll really think I'm some pushover!"
Yuan Che roared. Ignoring