The three joined hands to slay Moyan.
A being capable of revival who had divided into two gates over countless years possessed immense accumulation. Such an entity already commanded the flame of rebirth, and now he also wielded Su Yu's twin Daos of Life and Death.
None of them could easily judge how many times this fellow could revive, or whether this time would be his last.
When Su Yu and his companions underwent nirvanic extinction and revival, they still required rich vitality to sustain their rebirth. Moyan's accumulation, however, was simply too vast; having held sway over two eras, he had likely absorbed an astronomical amount of vitality during the sealed era.
Thus, Su Yu had no idea how many times he could revive.
Moyan had now died twice, his strength nearing forty-six Daos. If he died once more, would he step directly into forty-six Daos?
No one knew!
That was why everyone chose to join forces right now to slay Moyan.
Of the four powerhouses, not a single one could be missing.
Without Su Yu and Hei Lin, it would be impossible to kill either of the other two, carrying extreme risk.
With three parties joining hands, however, their odds of success increased significantly.
At this moment, Su Yu, Cang, and Hei Lin all held longswords. Three blades spanned heaven and earth, sword light illuminating the void and tearing the chaos apart!
Moyan's gaze turned frigid.
Still, trading for Su Yu's Dao of Life and Death was well worth it. The only thing that irked him was that these bastards had actually joined hands against him at this juncture. If Cang was not killed, none of them would have a chance.
Those bastards!
Su Yu and Hei Lin were fence-sitters. In any case, neither was a match for Cang or Moyan in a one-on-one fight.
At this moment, Moyan fought while retreating, his flames incinerating the entire void. His icy voice rang out, "Cang, there is no need to kill me! Why not kill Su Yu and Hei Lin first, and then you and I can decide the victor?"
Cang did not speak.
That required a precondition: you must not be able to revive again!
If you keep reviving, wouldn't fighting you be seeking death?
Seeing Cang remain silent while the three continued their coordinated assault, and feeling his injuries worsen by the moment, Moyan's eyes grew colder and colder.
Do you think I'm so easy to kill?
The previous time, Cang had stopped at nothing to kill him, forcing Moyan to demonstrate that he could resurrect and grow stronger, which he had done to preserve his life. But now?
These fellows were utterly detestable!
Thinking this, Moyan rapidly retreated, shuttling through the void in flight.
The three gave relentless chase, closing in on him from three directions.
In the middle of the pursuit, Su Yu and Hei Lin were both startled and hurled themselves backward at top speed.
Of the two, Su Yu cultivated the Dao of Tribulation, while Hei Lin was the very incarnation of tribulation. At this moment, both sensed a looming crisis and instantly realized: Moyan was about to self-detonate!
Sure enough.
The instant they backed away, Moyan's eyes turned frosty. If this went on, he would eventually be surrounded and killed anyway. Rather than being hunted down by the three, he might as well use this lifetime's body to take down whoever he could!
Even if he failed to kill one, he had to severely wound all three!
"Endless!"
With a low shout, boundless flames erupted from Moyan's body. The next instant, a colossal boom!
The chaos shattered!
The entirety of the chaos was blown apart. The surrounding darkness vanished, replaced completely by raging flames. Between heaven and earth, a world of fire was born.
The tremendous roar and titanic burst of force turned the whole chaos into a sea of fire.
Three muffled groans rang out simultaneously.
Even though Su Yu and Hei Lin had fled a step early, the self-detonation of an expert approaching forty-six Daos was still unimaginably terrifying.
In that instant, Su Yu was rapidly torn and incinerated.
His physical body, currently composed of the Three Gates, was not severely damaged, merely cracked a bit by the heat. His will, however, was burned to the verge of extinction by the flames.
Not only that, the flames surged into his heaven and earth along his Dao. The ancient Human Sovereign and the others roared in fury, yet the flames were so fierce that in the blink of an eye, their bodies were scorched and cracked!
The ancient Human Sovereign and the Lord of Dead Spirits bellowed, unleashing their Dao power like mad. Su Yu's will churned violently, his consciousness turning somewhat turbid; yet the greater the agony his will endured, the clearer his mind became.
Yet against pure, overwhelming external destruction, Su Yu could not hold out indefinitely.
Within the gate, the final remnants of source power quickly rushed in to repair Su Yu's will. By the time it was fully restored, the vast reserves of source power previously accumulated inside the Human Gate were virtually exhausted.
Only then did Su Yu barely recover. In his grasp, Qiong had cracked slightly, severely scorched by the flames; Su Yu hurriedly helped extinguish the fire.
After a moment, Qiong's feeble voice emerged: "So strong!"
Had his true form not been the Heaven-Opening Sword, he would have shattered completely!
Nearby, Cang's figure materialized, covered by the Book of the River. Yet Cang seemed to have fared no better; the Book of the River appeared somewhat dimmed, and the Cangqiong Sword of the River in his hand was visibly dulled.
His sword of the river was formed from the River of Time and the myriad realms. Seeing it dimmed, Su Yu frowned slightly. The myriad realms had been drawn into the river, which now rested in Cang's hands.
Having suffered this influx of Moyan's flames, the river naturally would not be destroyed, but had the myriad realms suffered severe consequences?
How many people had died?
Su Yu did not know.
However, with such a massive disturbance, the flames might have penetrated inside, and many lives may have been lost.
A moment later, Hei Lin's form emerged as well. He looked somewhat battered, an aura of world destruction steadily spilling out of him.
All three were heavily wounded.
Cang in particular had already been injured, and being closest to Moyan during the blast, his expression was exceedingly grim.
Between the three of them, a spark of flame flickered gracefully.
A moment later, Moyan's figure materialized once more.
At this moment, the three scrutinized him closely. Whether someone could revive multiple times and whether they could do so again could often be deduced from subtle clues. Moyan's foundation was not actually Su Yu's Dao of Life and Death; it was primarily due to that flame that he could command life and death.
At this juncture, the flame from which he emerged seemed to have dimmed.
Had the revival power bestowed upon him by the flame dissipated?
None of them knew!
Su Yu and the others suspected as much, but could not be certain.
In that instant, as Moyan reappeared, his aura was indeed slightly stronger than before. At this point, just like Cang earlier, Moyan had reached the level of forty-six Daos.
Cang was severely wounded, while Moyan was at peak condition!
Moyan's gaze was cold as ice as he looked across at the three.
The three were merely injured and had not perished. Though he had expected this outcome, he was still somewhat disappointed.
The three had fled too quickly!
Su Yu and Hei Lin especially had an acute premonition of mortal peril and had retreated instantly. Otherwise, being slightly weaker—particularly Su Yu—they would have sustained far graver injuries!
At this moment, Moyan transformed into human form: a burly man with a flame motif between his brows.
This bore some resemblance to certain members of the Demon race.
It appeared that the Demons following Yanhuo's generation might genuinely carry a trace of his bloodline.
Of course, Su Yu and the others had no interest right now in whether his flame had merely influenced Yanhuo or if he had genuinely had an affair with Yanhuo's mother and cuckolded the First Generation Demon Emperor.
Who knew?
No one cared about such things.
Their hearts were simply heavy—especially Su Yu's. Looking around, his expression darkened further.
Moyan had reached forty-six Daos, at his absolute peak!
Cang was also at forty-six Daos, but heavily wounded.
Hei Lin was at forty-five Daos, lightly injured.
He himself was practically only at forty-four Daos, and was injured as well.
Having fought to this stage, Su Yu was still the weakest side. Such a situation was truly despairing; no matter how they fought, there seemed to be no path to victory—at least no opportunity for Su Yu to turn the tables.
At this moment, Moyan spoke, looking toward Cang with chilling coldness: "Cang, are you satisfied now?"
Cang chuckled lightly. "Satisfied? Moyan, you were the one who joined hands with them against me first. Shouldn't I be the one asking that question?"
Moyan revived again and again, each time stronger than the last.
Cang assessed the situation: this should be the limit.
Even if Moyan could grow stronger still, having died three times in succession by now, his foundation had to be nearly exhausted. Every death meant the dispersion and consumption of massive energy, including a vast drain on vitality.
After three deaths, even if Moyan possessed the ability to undergo extinction and revive, without sufficient vitality and energy, he likely could not achieve rebirth again.
At this moment, Hei Lin laughed as well. "Only like this is it fair!"
Only like this was it interesting!
Just then, Su Yu suddenly spoke up: "Hei Lin, are you unable to escape? Now that the river has been compressed, if you could escape, you should have left by now. Why haven't you?"
"Leave?"
Hei Lin chuckled, speaking faintly, "You think too simply. If I could leave, why would I remain here? Unless the river shatters, I cannot leave!"
Only if the River of Time broke apart would he have a chance to depart.
As for how the Lord of Time had accomplished that, Su Yu did not know. Sealing an expert like Hei Lin was no simple feat, and this was not mere suppression either. Hei Lin could act freely, but he could not wander too far from the river.
Only by shattering the river could he be free!
At this moment, Moyan said no more to the others, turning his gaze toward Hei Lin. He said calmly, "You kill Su Yu; I will kill Cang! There is still common ground for our cooperation. Hei Lin, you've had enough fun. It's time to end this battle!"
Hei Lin smiled. "Very well!"
Moyan gave him a glance, nodded slightly, and in the next instant strode through the void toward Cang!
Whether Hei Lin could kill Su Yu, he did not know. However, he was in far better shape than Cang right now, who was badly wounded!
If he killed Cang, Hei Lin killed Su Yu, and he then devoured the River of Time... then all these years of waiting would have been worth it!
If he could devour the river completely, having forty-six Daos of power now,
he should be able to reach forty-nine Daos of power once he succeeded.
He would become the number one expert in all of chaos!
Of course, he did not know the Lord of Time's exact strength—only that he was immensely formidable. But Moyan had no interest in worrying about how strong that personage was; that existence would not return. Perhaps he had died, perhaps he was in secluded cultivation, or perhaps he was trapped elsewhere.
None of that concerned him!
Across countless ages, that figure had never once returned.
...
On Su Yu's side, Hei Lin strode through the void toward him.
Looking at Su Yu, a faint smile surfaced on Hei Lin's stern face. "Everyone says the Human Gate is treacherous and that it brings world destruction. Su Yu, tell me, do you count as the Human Gate, or do I?"
Su Yu remained silent.
He tightened his grip on his longsword and watched Hei Lin. Hei Lin was somewhat stronger than him, but it was not as though a battle were impossible. With only a one-Dao difference in power, Su Yu still had the support of the ancient Human Sovereign and the Lord of Dead Spirits within his heaven and earth, even if both of them were also heavily injured right now.
Hei Lin smiled faintly and said, "Su Yu, in truth, Cang and I have been watching you since long ago!"
Hei Lin walked toward him step by step, a longsword manifesting in his hand. Slashing outward, he spoke with a faint smile, "Not long after your rise, we were already keeping an eye on you!"
"I'm honored!"
Su Yu replied with a sneer, swinging his sword in counterattack!
Hei Lin's sword was extraordinarily bizarre. His strikes were ethereal and impossible to track. As the blade lunged forward, Su Yu sensed nothing at all beforehand. At this moment, he experienced the same sensation Cang and the others had felt when attacked by Hei Lin.
Silent and traceless!
The blade materialized out of nowhere, and Su Yu hurriedly parried, caught slightly off balance.
Clang!
With a crisp ring, the two swords collided, and Qiong cried out in pain: "Fuck!"
Hei Lin's sword dealt him immense damage.
The power of world destruction!
Hei Lin struck sword after sword, murmuring indifferently, "You gathered far too much of the myriad realms' destiny; it was impossible not to pay attention to you! We simply didn't expect back then that you would reach where you are today!"
Even as he spoke, his blade never paused!
Blow after blow fell. Outmatched, Su Yu fell back repeatedly, yet he gritted his teeth and continued to meet each strike!
In the distance, Moyan and Cang were locked in an intense duel, the power of fire and the power of the river erupting ceaselessly!
Hei Lin's voice sounded again: "The fact that you could grasp some tribulation power was the key reason I took notice of you!"
"Tribulation power belongs exclusively to me! Do you know why you were able to master it?"
Su Yu's voice answered, "No. Did you arrange it?"
"Hardly!"
Hei Lin denied it with an air of breezy nonchalance. "I had no need to arrange anything, nor did I desire to. Over countless years, the only thing I have pursued is... leaving this place! To you, the myriad realms are a home, a nation, a place to exist... To me, they are nothing more than a prison! Why bother arranging anything inside a cage?"
He had arranged nothing, and needed to arrange nothing.
All he had to do was wait for ambitious fools to come along and destroy the world!
As for the devouring locusts, they had merely been aimed at the spirit of the river to weaken the river so he could break through and escape. That was the true purpose behind the devouring locusts destroying the world.
"Back then, that fellow wanted to use the Human Gate you currently embody to deliver and transform me, turning me into the spirit of this river so that I would steer the river to rendezvous with him..."
Hei Lin suddenly stopped discussing tribulation power and instead spoke of the Lord of Time.
Su Yu dodged swiftly, evading the thrust of the black sword.
"Then why were you unwilling?"
Had Hei Lin been willing to undergo deliverance and master the river, he would likely have reached forty-nine Daos long ago. After all, this heaven and earth had been opened for him!
"What a joke!"
Hei Lin said coldly, "If I refined you into my sword, allowed you to grow powerful within it, granted you mastery over the blade, and then had you drive the sword to rendezvous with me and serve me, would you be willing?"
Su Yu fell silent. Most likely... no?
He would certainly resist!
Even if it made him stronger, he would almost certainly rebel.
Was that what Hei Lin felt?
Yet the Lord of Time could not have failed to foresee that. Su Yu suddenly said, "The Lord of Time used the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires to deliver and transform you. That means you originally had few thoughts or will of your own, perhaps being utterly cold-blooded and desireless, correct?"
"Correct!"
Hei Lin said indifferently, "Thus, he half succeeded and half failed! Having been subjected to deliverance for so many years, the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires did indeed affect me, granting me thoughts of my own... But he forgot: once I possessed thoughts of my own, would I continue to obey his will and submit to his transformation?"
Su Yu did not know why Hei Lin was telling him all this.
There seemed to be no need to share these secrets.
Evidently, Hei Lin meant that he was never supposed to think of escaping, but eventually developed the desire to flee. Something must have gone awry during that process.
While Su Yu pondered, Hei Lin suddenly chuckled softly. "For all of this, I must thank Cang! According to that fellow's calculations back then, once I birthed emotions of my own, I would naturally take over the Book of the River and become the spirit of the river, merging completely with the River of Time... And then, guess what happened?"
Did that even need guessing?
Su Yu smiled as well. "When you went to take over, there was already a spirit within the Book of the River!"
"Right!"
Hei Lin laughed too, his laughter ringing out. "The moment I automatically merged into the Book of the River... I was actually repelled! I only integrated a small fraction, while the greater part was already in someone else's grasp!"
That was Cang!
And precisely because Cang had repelled him, Hei Lin gained the opportunity and the impulse to flee this cage. Otherwise, had he merged directly into the Book of the River to become the river's spirit, he would never have conceived the notion of escape.
He would have continued undergoing deliverance, growing ever stronger, until he took full control of the river and steered it as a new Cangqiong Sword to seek out the Lord of Time.
"I truly should thank Cang!"
Hei Lin smiled faintly. "If not for him, I would merely be that fellow's puppet, forever obeying his orders. If he commanded me to become the spirit of the river, I would have become it, never gaining thoughts of my own to seek freedom!"
Buzz!
The black sword materialized beside Su Yu's ear, piercing clean through with a sickening squelch. At this moment, even his physical body formed from the Three Gates could barely resist as a wave of tribulation power swept inward!
Blood flowed from Su Yu's ear as he swung his blade to parry!
What did any of what Hei Lin was saying have to do with him?
Su Yu did not really care to listen, as it seemed pointless.
"It is indeed related to you!"
As if divining Su Yu's thoughts, Hei Lin thrust his blade forward once more, saying placidly, "Didn't I mention earlier that you wielded the tribulation power exclusive to me? This is the reason!"
Su Yu did not understand. How was that related?
"Still don't understand?"
Hei Lin laughed. "You are an existence born in response to tribulation! In truth, you are also one of that person's contingency plans... In other words, though that person did not believe I could escape, he still made preparations! If I truly escaped, or chose to escape... a wisp of the Dao of Tribulation would be born within the myriad realms. Who would inherit it was impossible to know, but only tribulation can kill tribulation!"
Su Yu's heart stirred slightly.
Hei Lin added, "I... am immortal and imperishable!"
Hei Lin suddenly dropped this remark: "The only thing that can kill me is myself, my own Dao... Thus, the only one who can kill me right now... is you!"
Su Yu's mind shook slightly. As Hei Lin's sword slashed through his robes, he could not help but ask, "Why tell me this?"
Why reveal it?
If he hadn't spoken, Su Yu would never have known.
Hei Lin offered no direct explanation, continuing, "I cannot be killed... Of course, being unkillable doesn't mean Cang and the others have no way to deal with me... If they slay me right now, being unkillable merely means I will be reborn once more in the myriad realms... Just like back then, stripped of all emotion, turned back into who I once was, continuing to undergo deliverance... repeating the cycle again and again! Until one day, I am completely delivered!"
Having said this, he concluded, "Telling you is only because, if I must die... I want you to kill me!"
With a trace of mockery—whether aimed at Su Yu or the Lord of Time—Hei Lin said, "Only if you kill me will I be completely annihilated, never to be born again! If I cannot escape the myriad realms... then let it be you who slays me! Rebirthing again and again, reverting to who I was in the beginning... that is not what I desire! That person would never consider whether a world-destroying spirit, having gained emotions, would still be willing to accept his deliverance!"
Only if Su Yu killed him would he truly die.
Otherwise, if anyone else killed him, he would be reborn time and again in the myriad realms, returned to his original state, and once more subjected to the deliverance of the river until he was successfully delivered!
Such an endless cycle was not the outcome Hei Lin wanted.
Bang!
At this moment, Su Yu finally landed a thrust, imbued with tribulation power. Sure enough, the strike left a deep gash on Hei Lin's body, with blood faintly trickling out!
Hei Lin felt the wound and suddenly laughed. "So this is what pain feels like? How intriguing! You must know, whether I was injured before or anything else, injuries were merely damage—there was no pain! Now, I can actually feel pain!"
Su Yu said nothing, focusing entirely on fighting his foe!
In the distance, the battle raged with growing intensity!
Cang and Moyan were locked in ferocious combat. A sword of fire and the Cangqiong Sword clashed with a thunderous roar, and Cang seemed to sustain further injury.
He could not match Moyan!
Moyan was the strongest combatant present!
Su Yu's expression flickered. Entangled by Hei Lin, he could not intervene at all. This meant that even if Moyan killed Cang, Su Yu would have no opportunity to reap any benefits, nor could he contend with Moyan for the myriad realms and the River of Time.
When that happened, Moyan would devour the myriad realms, bringing about their destruction. Once Moyan grew all-powerful, turning around to kill him would be effortless!
In this battle, the victor seemed destined to be Moyan!
Just then, Hei Lin forced Su Yu back with a sword strike and said indifferently, "Distracted while fighting me? Su Yu, at times you are still so childish and young. Your so-called shrewdness is nothing more than a facade!"
Su Yu's expression was ugly, but he did not reply.
At this moment, Hei Lin stopped attacking, looking into the distance and calling out softly, "Moyan!"
Seeing victory in sight, Moyan's voice boomed like a bronze bell upon hearing Hei Lin: "Hei Lin, you don't wish to fight anymore? No matter! As long as you keep Su Yu pinned, do as you please!"
All he needed was for neither of those two to interfere!
One-on-one, he was certain to win!
"Moyan!"
Hei Lin said softly, "Cang and I are of different origins, yet also of the same source! Of the Book of the River, Cang controls seventy percent, and I control thirty percent! When you kill Cang, you may only devour that seventy percent of the river's power. Strip out the other thirty percent... and let me leave!"
For him to leave was extraordinarily difficult!
Moreover, Moyan could not devour the river completely!
"Fine!"
Moyan agreed without hesitation!
Hei Lin, however, let out a sigh and murmured, "Be it man or beast, greed rules all! Moyan, I actually... wished you would agree, but why must you be so greedy?"
In the distance, Moyan was suppressing Cang. Hearing this, he could not help but curse, "I said I agreed!"
What more do you want?
"You agreed far too readily!"
Moyan roared, "Had I hesitated, wouldn't you say the exact same thing? Hei Lin, devouring seventy percent of the river's power might already push this seat into forty-nine Daos! Devouring more wouldn't necessarily be useful! I have no need to deceive you!"
Could this fellow Hei Lin be planning to cause trouble?
"Hei Lin, your only chance at freedom can come only from me!"
"If the river is not destroyed, you cannot leave!"
Moyan bellowed several times more!
Did he understand?
Don't pull any tricks on me right now!
At this moment, Cang's muffled grunt sounded: "Hei Lin, do you truly believe he would abandon that thirty percent of the river's power? Having waited all these years, would he ever give it up? When the time comes, he will devour you along with it! And Su Yu, the same goes for you—if he wins... you will surely die as well!"
Hei Lin's expression grew conflicted as he murmured, "And yet, what if you win? Wouldn't it simply be the same as it is now... No, if you win, you will expel me, cause my demise, and force me to be reborn as that emotionless, desireless spirit, becoming your puppet..."
In truth, he was the one with the fewest options!
If Cang won, Cang would have ample time and opportunity to slowly strip his control over the river and destroy him!
Forcing him to become that emotionless spirit!
If Moyan won, Moyan would not necessarily spare him either.
Su Yu's eyes flickered, and just as he was about to speak, Hei Lin said indifferently, "Shut your mouth, Su Yu. You're no saint either! Even if you end up winning, you wouldn't spare me! It's just a pity... that I don't seem able to win!"
Su Yu felt somewhat embarrassed. "Not at all, I would find a way..."
"You?"
Hei Lin laughed with mockery and self-deprecation. "Defeat that person first before talking!"
"I can strive for it!"
Su Yu put on an earnest, striving expression, but Hei Lin merely laughed mockingly once more.
He looked toward the duel, then back at Su Yu, regaining his calm. "I have said all this to you only to ask: if in the end the victor is not me... will you kill me?"
Su Yu's expression changed slightly.
Kill you!
Did Hei Lin mean that he had no desire to be reborn again and become that emotionless, desireless spirit?
Though this fellow claimed he hadn't been delivered, he had in fact still been swayed by the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires!
Hei Lin looked at Su Yu again. "There is no need for you to join that fight. If you go, no good end awaits you—you are too weak..."
Then, with a playful tone, he asked, "Su Yu, tell me, can time truly flow backward?"
Su Yu looked at him and said nothing.
Could it?
Probably not!
To Su Yu, the past and future within the River of Time, and the differences in the flow of time, were merely perceptual variations brought about by Daos, also linked to energy density. Time was singular and absolute!
Hei Lin continued, "Do you know why you could transform into a gate? Do you know what makes you different from Moyan? You could easily merge with the Human Gate, so why couldn't Moyan? If he could, he would have merged his clones into it long ago!"
Hei Lin smiled. "Because... you are tribulation!"
Su Yu's expression shifted slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?"
Hei Lin chuckled. "I said it: because you are tribulation! Born in response to tribulation, born for me! You can command the Human Gate because it was the gate meant to deliver me; naturally you can control it! Even if you do not cultivate the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires, you can still wield it! You manifested a gate from your Dao, but your gate is different from Moyan's! Moyan merely wanted to isolate a portion of the river and corrode a portion of it! Yet the gate you birthed was fundamentally meant to deal with me... because this entire river was created for me in the first place!"
The very reason this river existed was to deal with him!
"You are my tribulation... and the tribulation of the myriad realms..."
Hei Lin said indifferently, "Your gate was not meant to isolate the river, but to seal the entire myriad realms! To prevent me from escaping, to keep me from leaving, to continue delivering me... That is the crux of why you were born in response to tribulation and birthed a gate!"
"So in the end, I was born just to kill you? Or deliver you?"
Su Yu felt somewhat helpless. What kind of logic was this!
Hei Lin said calmly, "Though your intentions may not have been such, in reality, it is precisely because of this that you grew powerful so swiftly. Because the myriad realms had to birth an existence capable of dealing with me!"
Having said this, Hei Lin asked placidly, "Su Yu, do you know what your only path to victory is?"
Su Yu looked at him. He didn't know; did Hei Lin know?
"You, the myriad realms, the river, born in response to tribulation, the gate, sealing, heaven and earth..."
Hei Lin listed them, then smiled. "Think on it yourself! Once you sort it out and see through it all, you will have a chance at victory! You must understand: the master of the myriad realms is not the outsider Moyan, nor Cang, nor me, but you all..."
"If that person is the father who opened the river, then you beings born within the myriad realms are the children of the river. The Lord of Time you speak of is effectively your father... the Father of the Human Race!"
"While beings like Cang are merely servants!"
"Moyan is a malign guest!"
"And I am a prisoner!"
Hei Lin's voice grew stranger and more mocking: "On your own home ground, would you let servants and a malign guest seize the upper hand? As for me, the prisoner... I am the prisoner of the Lord of Time... He would permit beings born of the myriad realms to slay me, but how could he ever allow these malign guests and servants to slay me?"
Each word echoed out as Hei Lin's figure vanished. The next instant, he appeared beside Cang!
Su Yu watched in silence, lost in deep thought.
Hei Lin had spoken of many things.
Yet he had not spelled out the specifics. Though ten thousand thoughts raced through Su Yu's mind, he still lacked a complete train of thought. What was this fellow Hei Lin truly planning?
Meanwhile, Moyan grew wary, shouting, "Hei Lin!"
Hei Lin said calmly, "I am merely watching. Moyan, once you kill Cang, I hope you honor your promise!"
"Of course!"
Moyan smashed a fist into Cang, sending flames engulfing Cang's entire body, yet cursed internally: Hei Lin, why did you have to come over? Don't you dare ruin things for me!
Cang, on the other hand, appeared utterly wretched at this moment, his injuries mounting. Filled with indignation, he roared, "Hei Lin, Su Yu, if he kills me, neither of you will meet a good end! Joining forces to kill him is the only way out!"
Why were these fellows so stupid?
Did they truly believe Moyan would have a sudden burst of benevolence and let them leave?
Damn it!
Cang was furious beyond measure. Was there not a single person with a clear head?
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