Chapter 463: Why Is It You?? (1/2)

The attack was so fast that Lu Yun had no chance to respond. Even Mo Yi and the human demon were too slow to do anything other than watch the young man’s head be pierced straight through.

“Eh?!” a confused yelp sounded out.

“I’ve been waiting for you!” Ge Long cackled on the other side of the Mirage. He yanked his head off and flung it into the darkness as hard as he could. A flurry of commotion and a chaotic din of shrieks and yells ensued.

“What is this?!” sounded an angry roar from the unknown. Whoever it was was rather upset at having been thrown for a loop.

“Idiot, I’ve been waiting for you for a very long time.” Lu Yun put a hand on his forehead; there was no wound there at all. “When I said the effect was double-sided, I can’t believe you were fool enough to actually believe me. Do you not have a brain to use?”

He’d known someone was watching in the darkness from the very start, and had intentionally mislabelled everything as divine obsessions and slain one example to lower its guard. The mention of the dual layout’s reciprocal effects had been the perfect bait.

Ge Long had been waiting on the sidelines, and a feigned moment of absentmindedness was all it took to land the culprit hook, line, and sinker.

Killing a projected image meant the death of the real person as well? A feng shui layout that could do that was impossible to the point of sheer fantasy.

Ge Long’s body followed his head, barrelling into the darkness and fighting tooth and nail against whatever was there. Lu Yun couldn’t see into the depths, but the proceedings had Mo Yi and the human demon’s full attention.

Thump!

A figure was thrown out into the light to land in a heap at Lu Yun’s feet. He wore a blue-black robe and a cloudy current of air covered his face, obscuring his features. A sword was upon his back—the Sword of Chaos.

...Sword Divine! He was the one who’d been watching Lu Yun from the darkness!

A battered and bruised Ge Long walked back out into the light with his head between his fingers. He had quite a few bruises and holes all over his body, but otherwise seemed none the worse for wear.

“Heheheh. I’ve managed to carry out your orders, milord! I’ve got him!” The old servant sounded very proud of himself.

“So he was the one who ambushed you just now? And… you wanted to draw him out. Is that why you did all that?” asked a highly surprised Mo Yi.

“Not entirely.” Lu Yun let out a small sigh of relief. “I really did feel threatened by whoever it was, but I didn’t expect it to be Sword Divine. If I’d known it was him, I would’ve gone much further than that.”

The sight of the person at his feet felt a bit surreal. Someone who’d become his foremost enemy at some point in time was oddly easy pickings. Ge Long had done who knew what to restrict Sword Divine’s body. Entirely immobile, this longtime foe was forced to lie still upon the ground.

“Let’s see who you really are.” Lu Yun swatted aside the cloudy haze over Sword Divine’s face.

……

“Y-you… why is it you…” Lu Yun’s face immediately paled at the revelation that the revealed face imparted and he stumbled backward in trembling fear. “How… how can you be the heir to the Sword of Chaos? Why…”

“And why can’t it be me?” Sword Divine snickered. He narrowed his sharp eyes and gazed coldly at Lu Yun.

“No, this is all wrong… the Sword of Chaos hadn’t been completed yet when you died… It can’t be you!” Lu Yun muttered feverishly, trying to convince himself.