The Karma spiral circled around the small teleportation array for a while before entering it. All this time, Ying Xiong did not detect a single thing. Suddenly, from all sides, power rushed towards him. Looking at his wrists, Karmic Shackles had appeared.
Without hesitation, he activated the teleportation array, but it failed. Ying Xiong's face turned grim.
He looked around. He saw a Giant dragon, a horse, a frog, and an eagle. They surrounded him on all four sides, attacking him.
Suddenly from above, he sensed something. Just as he looked up, a Karma sword fell down onto him.
Ying Xiong could not sense it, but his instinct caused him to move and avoid it through teleportation.
He wanted to teleport again to move away from the fighting, but he found himself completely unable to teleport out of a certain area.
Although he could not see it, a bird cage had formed around this distance. Much stronger than before, Ye Li had specifically tailored this to trap Ying Xiong.
As the four beasts closed on from the sides and Ye Li traveled towards him from above, three other beings came out.
They were Bad Karma #2, #3, and #4.
Bad Karma #2 was at the peak of the Outer world realm, with the power of Karma within him. The other two were still at the peak of the True God realm.
Ying Xiong, with countless years of experience, instantly understood that there was a high chance that he would die here. It seemed unlikely for there to be any other outcome. However, he was not afraid of dying.
'Since you want to kill me, let's see how much I can find out about you first.' Ying Xiong thought.
His upper clothing ripped as a painting on his back glowed.
Around him, a giant golden tree appeared with 1000 meditating buddhists around it.
The golden tree and the 1000 buddhists seemed to light up the universe, but all of this light stopped at the edge of the invisible cage.
Countless buddha phantoms layered around him. He held out his palm, targeting Ye Li.
"Million Cosmic Buddha's palm."
A million cosmic Buddha's palms merged into one that fell onto Ye Li.
Yet it was destined not to reach its target.
The Karmic Dao expanded and Ye Li appeared elsewhere, completely avoiding the Million Cosmic Buddha's palms.
Ying Xiong was not demotivated at all. He had resolved himself to die today, his first death as a Sage.
He chased Ye Li like a madman, teleporting right in front of him. As long as he did not try to escape the cage, he could teleport freely.
Spatial locks descended, but who was Ying Xiong? He could not be bound by such simple spatial locks.
The four beasts and the 3 Bad Karma's couldn't even keep up with Ying Xiong as he chased Ye Li.
Ye LI sneered while constantly moving. "Useless."
The Karmic Dao expanded even further, completely covering the area of the cage. This cost a lot of Karma, but it was necessary. Now, the area was like a chessboard for him.
As Ying Xiong teleported and struck out, the Giant dragon suddenly appeared in front of him through Ye Li's intervention, snapping out with a bite.
The bite and the Million Cosmic Buddha's Palms collided, knocking the Giant Dragon back, but without injury. After all, it was the strongest known beast in the universe.
Ying Xiong sneerted, not teleporting away, but swinging his hands upward. "Scram beast trash."
A large gash appeared as Star Qi formed a blade's edge that ran across the Giant Dragon.
Blood fell as Ying Xiong chased Ye Li. Teleporting again, he appeared in front of Ye Li. This time, at a steep cost, Ye Li brought everyone in front of him. The four beasts, the three Bad Karma's, and Ye Li himself struck out at Ying Xiong.
The Million Cosmic Buddha's Palms met attacks from 6 beings with Sage level power and two with power right below it.
The Million Cosmic Buddha's Palm was torn apart and Ying Xiong was sent flying.
The Golden Tree that stood tall in the middle of the cage glowed, healing Ying Xiong from the slight injuries he had sustained.
Ye Li looked at the Golden Tree solemnly. This was the reason that Ying Xiong was even qualified to fight him.
Even Karma could not directly destroy it. Karma was not omnipotent, after all.
Ying Xiong chased Ye Li for hours. Each time, Ye Li would expend large amounts of Karma to harm Ying Xiong.
Although it was indeed a large amount, Ye Li's reserves seemed endless, but so did Ying Xiong's healing.
Eventually, Ye Li got tired of playing around. Every moment this fight continued, there was a risk of someone intervening.
He looked at Ying Xiong's wrist. Just a hundreth of the way to full completion.
As the Karmic Shackles got closer to completing, it required more and more Karma, but now, they were reaching their end.
When the Karmic Shackles were complete, no foe could possibly resist.
Ye Li shot forward, a giant Karma Spiral appearing and attacking Ying Xiong. This power was unseeable, but it directly collided with a Million Cosmic Buddha's Palm and destroyed it before continuing, causing Ying Xiong to sense its existence. He shot out another Million Cosmic Buddha's Palm, but the giant Karma spiral seemed unstoppable.
It merged many of the powers of Karma into one powerful attack.
Ying Xiong defended with a bell, but he was helplessly pushed back, eventually crashing into the Golden Tree before the giant Karma Spiral stopped.
He began to launch forward, when a feeling of death creeped up on him. He suddenly looked down at his wrist.
Full completion. His face paled. Something within him understood that this was the end. Ye Li stood arrogantly above him, with the four beasts and three Bad Karma's behind him.
"Full Karmic Shackles - Backlash"
Ying Xiong felt a crack travel towards his body from his wrist. This was the end. Since it had come to this, sacrificing his life for one more burst of power was worth it.