26 MIRROR (2/2)

Ancestor bows to him in reverence, and even refers to him as Boss! And even if that were not enough... He holds... he holds ”the” Mirror! And those blue eyes and appearance... My god! It's him! It really is him!

A thousand lightning bolts seemed to have gone off one after the other in her mind as the truth of the matter finally hit her,

What I am watching aren't just a few scenes from the past...

These are actually the memories of the Evil Saint himself!

I am witnessing first-hand THAT Xu Ling's past life!

”Wait, wait, boss! That is definitely not what this servant meant!” Xiao Lan's panicked voice reached Xiao Wu's ears from behind as the purple-haired man immediately ran to Xu Ling's side, ”Having to act at the appearance of a few mere God stage and HighGod stage enemies... isn't it this servant's job to take care of such nuisances?”

'Mere'... HighGod stage?

As Xiao Wu pondered on that unscientific notion, on the blade's surface, Xu Ling's reflection was smiling bitterly. The thin lips opened as if he were about to protest and reject Xiao Lan's words, but at that exact moment, a loud whooshing sound reached their ears...

Clang!

”!!!”

Xiao Wu could only see a bright flash of white light and then hear a loud clanging sound together with the enraged roar of a terrifying beast... before everything went black. At that moment, Cheng Hao's voice once again reached her ears.

”That was in real-time. It's only to be expected you wouldn't be able to make out what happened, given your level of cultivation... I'll rewind and then slow it down in order for you to see better. Watch carefully now!”

The blackness dispersed and Xiao Wu found herself in Xu Ling's perspective once again.

”Having to act at the appearance of a few mere God stage and HighGod stage enemies... isn't it this servant's job to take care of such nuisances?” she heard Xiao Lan's questioning yet again, and saw Xu Ling smiling bitterly for a second time. As soon as he did so however, all sounds distorted, as time seemed to grow to a standstill. The fluttering of Xiao Lan's clothes had become incredibly slow, his whole figure seemed to have turned into a statue as every movement of his had been slowed down to the point they had become neigh imperceptible without an inquiring glance. It was as if everything had been stuck in amber. Even the hair fluttering in the wind was moving in slow motion.

Flutter, flutter, flutter, a black strand of hair appeared before her eyes... Temporarily blocking her and Xu Ling's view.

And as soon as that strand began to fall back down in slow motion...

”Ah!!!”

Xiao Wu cried out in alarm as the figure of two gigantic, snake-like dragons, their bodies large enough to blot out the sun, had suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the corners of her peripheral vision, just a few dozen feet away from Xu Ling! And their snarling fangs did not seem to have the kindest of intentions towards the Evil Saint!