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The blazing sun hung high overhead. Brother Octopus looked at his severed tentacle and took a step back.

"Kid, put the sword down. Your body can't hold up.

"And listen to a word of advice from yours truly. I never expected things to turn out like this either.

"But don't worry. That kid may have vanished, but he's definitely still alive. Maybe the Law Sequence teleported him somewhere to complete a mission."

Across from him, She Li braced one hand against the wall of sand and pointed his sword at him with the other.

The instant Chen Cheng fell into a daze, his body vanished with a whoosh, disappearing from before Brother Octopus and She Li in the blink of an eye. That was how the current scene came to be.

Although Chen Cheng had granted She Li the authority to use the Sword of Kings, he still suffered the backlash cost of wielding a divine artifact. He now looked incomparably weak.

As Brother Octopus explained, one of his tentacles burrowed into the sand. Taking advantage of the instant She Li's attention wavered, he flung sand straight into She Li's eyes, then slapped another tentacle against She Li's neck, knocking him unconscious.

Looking at the Sword of Kings that had fallen to the ground, Brother Octopus went around him and came to She Li's side. After looking him over, he said,

"Who told yours truly to be so kindhearted? Consider yourself lucky, kid."

But the truth was, if he wanted to avoid dying here, he had to find a human who could shelter him. And She Li was the only human here now.

After dragging She Li beneath the sand wall and feeding him some water, Brother Octopus looked toward the place where Chen Cheng had vanished.

To be honest,