Chapter 464: Trap (1/2)

“That was too blatant,” Mo Yi suddenly said.

Lu Yun paused. “Hm?”

“He showed his face to you on purpose,” Mo Yi said after a bemused pause. Though she hadn’t been able to see him after Lu Shenhou revealed himself, she could still put two and two together. “You allowed yourself to be influenced by his identity, thus you missed many things.”

Emotions prevented one from seeing the truth. Lu Yun knew and admired Lu Shenhou, which was why the revelation had made him lose his calm. As an outsider, Mo Yi had a much more objective view of the situation.

“Your trap wasn’t that clever. If I were him, I would’ve waited for a better chance to kill you, rather than attacking your fake replica on a single, unverified fact.”

Lu Yun frowned.

“Why would he do that, though? Is he not Sword Divine? But he was indeed the one I faced in the Sovereign Arena and Sovereign World.”

……

An island of about eighty meters across, deep within the vast East Sea.

Lu Shenhou knelt on one knee before a cyan figure, holding the Sword of Chaos up with both hands.

“I have completed my mission, master,” he said with great deference.

“Go to Dusk Province and kill the Lu patriarch,” the figure said in lieu of taking the sword. “Make the Lu Clan and Lu Yun irredeemable enemies.”

“Understood.” Calmly, Lu Shenhou rose to his feet and turned away.

“Since you insist on going against me, senior brother Lu, don’t blame me for not showing you mercy.” The man in cyan shook his head and turned to face another direction. “It’s your turn now. Let us see what the thing on Lu Yun is.”

……

Within the ancient tomb, Lu Yun brooded pensively.

Lu Shenhou had come back to life. That spelled trouble whether he was Sword Divine or not. However, he didn’t have much time to spare at the moment to consider the ramifications. It was imperative for him to destroy the extinction layout here.

The feeling of being surveilled had dissipated, so Lu Yun put his full effort into setting up formations. He’d already established the twin layout, and what he did on one side would indeed affect the other, though he’d exaggerated its potency.

Through the layout, Lu Yun observed the environment on the other side. Ge Long had gone back to set up formations with the Yin Formation Orb, driving away the darkness.

Crack crack crack!

The hanging coffin etched with ancient ritualistic patterns suddenly rumbled and the lid seemed to shift. Lu Yun stopped what he was doing and stared at it. Mo Yi and the human demon stepped up in a flanking maneuver to guard him.

“Don’t worry. It’s all fake. These are just projections of what’s on the other side.” Lu Yun waved a dismissive hand. The crimson coffin began shaking and the ancient runes glowed, constricting it like a giant nest.

The trembling grew ever fiercer.

“Wait!” Lu Yun frowned deeply. “The runes weren’t etched to signify that the one buried here was an Exalted Divine… They were actually sealing the coffin!”

In hell, Qi Hai stood up and stared fixedly at the runes.

“The patterns belong to the divine emperors of the Exalted Divines, but...” Qi Hai had caught on as well.