237 The Enemys Scheme (1/2)

”Fret not, this is just a temporary state. It is a bit complicated to explain. Basically, I did not lose my cultivation. I just cannot use it temporarily. But you both do not need to worry about this. I can still defend myself.”

Leon said with a smile as he enjoyed their concerned looks. Seeing that they were unconvinced by his words, he suggested, ”How about this, Lynne, you draw your sword and give me your best strike. I will show you.”

Lynne's eyes began to turn red at his suggestion. ”How can you be so cruel? How can you make me do such a thing?”

In her mind, Leon's suggestion was no different from borrowing her hand to send him off.

Not being able to use one's cultivation was as good as being crippled.

The loss of one's cultivation was a big blow to any cultivator, and some would rather end their life than to continue to suffer hardship and public scrutiny.

Leon did not know whether to laugh or cry. He could only scratch his cheek with a helpless smile.

”It's not what you think. Fine, let me show you myself.”

With that, he quickly drew the magisteel sword from Lynne's sword sheath and retreated some distance from them before raising the sword high with his left hand.

”What are you trying to…”

Aria and Lynne were both startled before they proceeded to scream in their mind when they Leon dropped the blade on his own arm!

Noooo!

That is a magisteel sword! Its sharpness was incomparable to an ordinary steel sword, but even then, it was not something that the human flesh can withstand!

Leon was very quick. They had no chance to stop him at all. They could only close their eyes with despair.

Pang!

The ringing sound of metal hitting metal was heard as the two ladies slowly reopened their eyes with doubts. That was not the sort of sword cutting flesh sound they were had anticipated, not that they were expecting it either.

Under their gaze, Leon's right arm was perfectly intact, and the remnant blue afterglow of the Body Rune being activated could be seen.

The Body Rune looked very fascinating. It was like some sort of strange stigmata-like tattoo that suddenly appeared.

Under normal circumstances, it could not be seen and only appear when triggered like a face that only turns rosy after being flushed.

Nevertheless, their minds did not linger on this as they both rushed forth to check his arm in detail. Only after they had made sure that nothing was wrong, they sighed with relief.

”How's that? Convinced now?” Leon grinned.

He was not proud that only his right arm was currently like this but having this degree of defense made him almost invincible against all weapons.

Aria and Lynne were relieved that Leon's right arm was okay, but when they heard his tone, they became rattled and smacked him on the shoulders.

Leon felt like he was being wronged.

He tried to explain, okay? It was you two that believe me!

Aria had a crimson flush on her face as her eyes darted between his arm and face intermittently. She moved some loose strands of hair behind her ears as her gaze seemed to lose focus and mumbled, ”Such a powerful right arm… Was it really that lonely down there?”

”Aria! I-It doesn't work that way!” Lynne exclaimed in shock, but a red hue could also be seen on her face. Obviously, she was not too confident either.

Aria's eyes widened upon the realization that she had just voiced her thoughts and ended up covering her face with both hands in shame for having such thoughts.

Leon wanted to scream hysterically in his mind while on the verge of a mental breakdown. He felt incredibly depressed that even his women had the same misunderstanding.

At the same time, he felt he had sinned, believing the source of Aria's corruption was his handiwork.

…

”Hi.”

”Hello.”

”My name… is… Green Forever.”

”Name… Li… Lit.”

Back at the outer perimeters of the foot of the World Tree, Lilith and Elder Evergreen continued to practice their introduction.

Their passion for learning was incredible, but it appears that they still needed to freshen up on their knowledge before they speak.

Learn to walk before learning to run was the way things should be.

It was unknown what sort of miscommunication would be carried out at the rate these two were going. If Leon were present, he would find it too painful to watch.

Further away from their group was Elizabeth along with the palace guards and the soldiers.

After receiving the full report from the palace guards, the atmosphere had suddenly dropped to a freezing point, as everyone felt hard to breathe with still hearts.

Chilling rays of killing intent flickered across Elizabeth's eye.

It was even possible for a captain of the palace guards to betray them, who else could not be possible?

Due to her negligence all these years, it really was starting to bite back at her. She had almost lost her son!

Not from the dangers of the underground, but from within their own ranks!

Everyone had always felt pressured in the presence of the Queen, but after reaching Transcendence, this pressure had even increased by folds.

Just based on the pressure of the Queen's aura, they felt their battle efficiency dropped by half.

If the Queen wanted their life, they would be like fishes on the chopping board, utterly helpless and unable to put up a shred of resistance.

Thankfully, the bellowing killing intent emanating from the Queen was not directed at them.

Otherwise, the soldiers, who had yet to even break past the entry 6th step Awakener realm, would all be frothing on the ground.