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A deep, bone-deep cut split open in his left chest, and in the next moment, the wound clenched shut, the True Qi that had infiltrated was immediately extinguished by the Vermilion Lotus Fire.
Yet Chen Renzhong would not let go of this most precious opportunity since their exchange began, not giving any chance to catch a breath. If he had previously held back three parts in his defense, he was now unleashing everything explosively—his offensive force suddenly intensified by more than double!
Pei Ye immediately felt the pressure of a life-or-death situation, but he still did not open his eyes. He clearly sensed that the closer he was to his limit, to death, the closer he was to the thing he sought to grasp.
Fetching chestnuts out of the fire... Fetching chestnuts out of the fire... It should have been the thing he was most familiar with.