He had never imagined this demon would be so formidable; even bound by the God-Binding Rope, he could still go for Jade and Stone Burning, almost dragging him down as a scapegoat.
He turned his head to look toward the forest across the mountain.
But he couldn't see Chu Zhiyuan's figure.
He knew Chu Zhiyuan was preparing to perform the Ascension Technique, needing to hide his form to avoid being discovered and alerted.
He suddenly whipped his head around to look.
He saw the headless corpse embedded in the tree trunk suddenly flash with light.
Strands of light swiftly shuttled across the surface of the corpse.
The light formed patterns, and the patterns grew denser and denser, vaguely forming a rose.
The rose shone brilliantly, suddenly flaring, dazzling to the point of being impossible to look at directly.
Then it suddenly dimmed.
Extreme brightness and extreme darkness were separated by only an instant.
