"Lei Jialie, die!" Before Krus had even finished speaking, the sword in his hand was already about to cleave into Lei Jialie's head.
Lei Jialie and Zijing were utterly shocked. Their ultimate move, the Fusion Innate Divine Ability, had not had the slightest effect on this man!
"Watrod, stop Krus! Lei Jialie must not die!" the Demon King roared.
Lei Jialie was actually far from weak himself. He transformed in an instant, Amethyst Armor covering his entire body, and brought all his Profound Mysteries to bear as he punched at Krus's descending sword.
Yet as he threw that punch, he seemed to feel space itself pressing down on him, making his all-out strike look like slow motion to everyone else.
Ah! Move, damn it! Lei Jialie's mind was in turmoil, for he had sensed the presence of death. How long had it been since he had last felt it?
All his memories flashed through his mind in an instant: the hundreds of years they had spent together in the Amethyst Mountains, the scenes of drinking and fighting alongside Rhodes and Pash. As those images kept flashing through his mind, he thought of Zijing, who had always stayed beside him no matter what he did. When he had targeted Rhodes and Pash, Zijing had tried to dissuade him.
"I think Rhodes and Pash are both quite decent. If you want to know the secret behind Rhodes's strength, you can just ask him directly. If it isn't too important, I reckon he'd tell us outright. Besides, we're already quite strong. Why insist on becoming the strongest?"
But in the end, faced with his continued insistence, Zijing had stopped trying to dissuade him. She had simply stayed quietly by his side, silently supporting him no matter what he did.
Even when he had