The Divine Spear gazed at my body, seemingly observing the weaknesses it bore.
Even a layman like could tell that this Divine Spear, just like Zhu Shi, had undergone a lot of battle training and possessed extensive combat experience. rely standing there gave the sensation of having nowhere to start. As for , not to be overly modest, but the vulnerabilities in my defenses were undoubtedly too nurous to count—it might even be more difficult to identify which vulnerability was the most fatal.
Even though I wasn’t as dependent on techniques due to innate conditions as other demon hunters, defects in skill still revealed themselves from ti to ti during combat.
Zhu Shi seed to beco tense as well. Her eyes unwittingly sharpened, and her gaze moved over the Divine Spear, probably trying to spot a potential flaw on my behalf.
The Divine Spear did not even glance at Zhu Shi. Instead, he looked down at his right shoulder, which was oozing blood; then, a surge of mana fluctuations erupted from his body. Silver radiance burst forth from his shoulder, weaving together like countless threads into the shape of an arm.
A silver long spear also erged from within the brilliance, firmly grasped by his newly ford silver luminous arm.
He turned his head and said to again, "Hand over that girl."
"Who’s backing you, Impermanence?" I inquired. "Which Impermanence is it?"
"Impermanence... Hmph, you really do have an imagination. I only represent myself," he said with a curl of his lip, "This matter is not significant enough to draw Impermanence’s attention."
I did not turn to look at Zhu Shi, but she should have known I could see her. Even without releasing "Fireflies," my Fire Elent form allowed to clearly sense everything in the surrounding area. Her expression beca solemn as she silently took out her phone, opened the text app, and typed two characters—"Lies."
In other words, the Divine Spear’s backer was indeed Impermanence.
It was even possible that his reason for attacking Mazao was on Impermanence’s instruction.
Everything was veering toward the worst-case scenario predicted in my previous conversation with Mr. Zhu.
What exactly was Impermanence coveting from Mazao? Was it really because another Blessed Monk from the Apocalypse had done sothing outrageous, causing Mazao, who was also from the Apocalypse, to suffer collateral damage? Or was it simply because of Mazao’s Broom Star Physique stirring up trouble again, to the point where even Impermanence was affected by this spiritual malady, bringing an abnormal disaster upon Mazao?
Suddenly, a possibility dawned on . The Broom Star Physique—could it be because of that?
Impermanence and I both faced the mystic effect of mutual repulsion with the abnormal world. To anchor myself, I relied on establishing a relationship with Mazao, while the thod for Impermanence was to form enough connections in the abnormal world. Regardless of whether the latter ensured absolute safety, as the Fan Tian Incident descended, combining the abnormal world with conventional society, the consequences of mutual repulsion with strange entities grew increasingly dire. Impermanence might seek more thods to anchor themselves.
My thod and Impermanence’s thod were not in conflict. Just as I could attempt to form bonds in the abnormal world in the future, Impermanence could also pursue Mazao.
Hence, if I had to point out sothing that would warrant Impermanence’s attention and even warrant action without concern for dignity, this was all I could co up with.
The problem was, information about Mazao’s Broom Star Physique shouldn’t have been leaked yet, so why would Impermanence be interested in this? Could it be that "Mazao of this era" also had the sa physique and had exposed related information to Impermanence?
However, based on the information I received, Mazao of this era should have been unconnected to the abnormal world... No, since she was afflicted with soul loss, perhaps we couldn’t say she was entirely unconnected, but at least she was unconnected before this...
Also, if Impermanence desired it so badly, why didn’t they co to steal it themselves?
Could it be that, just like in the past, more than one Impermanence had their eyes on Mazao, resulting in a standoff between them? Or was it precisely because of this top-level structure of mutual constraint that the past had evolved into various factions sabotaging each other over Mazao?
Mazao, you really are popular.
"I advise you one last ti—" threatened the Divine Spear, "hand over that girl."
"You better truly an this is the last ti, or it won’t just be an arm that’s charred to a crisp," I replied.
"You think I can’t kill you?" he emitted a sinister voice. "Or do you think that the level of attack just now was all I had? I could kill you at any mont if I wished."
"So, you have an even more formidable move? Well, go ahead and use it now. After you do, you may as well die."
As I spoke, I gestured invitingly at his severed arm still ablaze in the distance.
The flas on the severed arm ignited without any breeze and flew towards , rging into my body. As this fire was absorbed by my body, the soul wounds inflicted by the Divine Spear’s "Guaranteed Hit and Penetration" superpower began to heal rapidly.
rely a small fla like that didn’t seem to be enough, so I summoned a large amount of flas within my soul to fill the wounds. In an instant, the soul injury had disappeared completely.
Frankly, I was just giving it a try on the spot. Healing a soul injury was surely much more difficult than healing a physical one. In the past, I had only used this thod to heal minor injuries inflicted by Chen Long, and it wasn’t guaranteed to easily heal wounds inflicted by the Divine Spear. Surprisingly, the actual healing turned out to be that simple, it felt like the difficulty of healing my soul was no greater than healing this body of Fire Elent.
To be honest, I didn’t bear a grudge against the Divine Spear for harming . Although the wound was very painful, I wanted it to linger for a while longer, to experience the "battle wounds" more deeply. However, since he said he had an even stronger move, I wanted to face it in the best condition possible.
And it seed like the Divine Spear realized what had happened to .
He, who had lost an arm in our recent exchange, stared at in disbelief, now unscathed.
"You... you...!"
He muttered, unable to accept what he was seeing, and glared hatefully at Lu Youxun once more, before a hesitant look appeared on his face.
In the end, he lowered his stance, and the silver spear vanished along with it.
It seed he had given up.
Although a little disappointed, this also fit my needs. Like other beings of Great Success Rank, he was probably a confidant of Impermanence. Killing him would no doubt enrage Impermanence behind him and bring disaster upon myself.
Yet, I couldn’t believe that he had completely given up on attacking Mazao. At most, he just figured that resorting to brute force at this mont was not worth it. He was probably concocting a more sinister plan to attack Mazao. Still, I couldn’t suppress the urge to kill him.
Moreover, just the thought of holding back because I feared provoking Impermanence went against my nature. I can’t get comfortable with that idea.
Since Mr. Zhu had said he could clear the Zhu family’s ties with , I no longer had to worry about the aftermath. Even though opposing Impermanence could potentially involve Mazao, Impermanence himself might have been targeting Mazao from the start, and it probably wasn’t a stage where I needed to be concerned about making Impermanence angry anymore.
If there was one thing not right, it was the timing. I hadn’t yet rescued Changan from the Human Bureau’s secret base, and Lu Chan, the girl, was still preparing for the battle to co after Chen Long. If I had to conflict with the Divine Spear and his Impermanence backing now, the situation at the Human Bureau base would be ruined.
——All right, I’ve made up my mind.
First, I’ll rescue Changan, and then I’ll kill the guy daring to attack Mazao.
After that, I’ll face whatever cos: when Impermanence arrives, I’ll give him a fight. If I can’t win, I’ll run; if I can’t run, I’ll die. Before I die, I’ll do my best to ensure Mazao escapes. Although it’s regrettable to die, this is the adventure I chose for myself, and I’m willing to accept all success and failure along this path.
As I made this resolution, the Divine Spear seed to sense sothing, and his expression darkened trendously.
"——You want to kill ?"
"As long as you stay put there, I won’t kill you," I said.
"Big talk..."
He seed to have his own plans, not imdiately turning hostile with , and switched into a business-like deanor, then looked around expressionlessly.
Most of the buildings at the Luoshan Office had been blasted to ruins; we could see the outside scene. From a distance, a group of figures appeared, clad in black uniforms—demon hunters. It seed my eye power had improved; I recognized them instantly as demon hunters.
It was already night, and the black-clad figures road like a spectral army.
"They’re the elite Vie ready for the assault in this mission, a total of fifty. Led by three achieved level Vie in three teams, plus as the core combatant," the Divine Spear spoke in a matter-of-fact manner, "Also, Lu Chan, the ’artifact that absorbs soul burdens in your stead’ you requested has also been brought over. What are your plans next?"
Seeing that he had shifted into a cooperative mode, Lu Youxun ntioned our intentions. First, I would destroy the independent reality space, then the Divine Spear would lead an assault on the Human Bureau’s forces returning to reality. Although currently impeded by Chen Long, we might succeed tonight.
The Divine Spear turned to scrutinize .
"I’ve seen the information you sent before, you want to defeat Chen Long?" he asked.
"What about it?" I retorted.
After a mont’s thought, he stated with conclusive authority, "You alone cannot triumph over Chen Long."
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