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All right, the main reason is eating this mutton directly into one's mouth would probably greatly diminish the rabbit's mood; staging this whole scene was all for the sake of the Sword Pearl's mental health.
However, speaking of which, Li Fan had originally thought that the adversaries in this slaughter tribulation would be human cultivators from the Immortal Palace's Xuanmen, not expecting it to turn into Taishu's demonic spawn. That's all the better, as it allows for the use of one's true strength without the need for caution, lest one accidentally tears someone apart.
After picking up the twelve stone slabs around him and tossing them into Qiongqi's mouth to swallow, and using the Jade Clean Bottle to collect some evil mercury to study, Li Fan then leaped out of Taichu Hall and could see that within the entire Palace City, a frantic slaughter was still underway.
