It had happened far too suddenly!
Eight Lords had been ambushed before the pavilion corridor, and the attackers were after his Grandmaster's Mark, striking ruthlessly from the very start.
Zhou You reacted swiftly. He immediately stepped forward to cast Glazed Longevity Light as a defense for him, while secretly circulating Moon in the River, Self-Sovereign View. Naturally, this layer of armor was stacked onto himself.
After all, loyalty was just a slogan. He really did possess a Grandmaster's Mark.
Yet the moment he touched Eight Lords's body, Zhou You sensed something strange. The injuries were far less severe than they appeared.
Lian Feihong across from him was also watching him, clearly having noticed that something was amiss.
"Do not make a sound, and do not move me!"
Eight Lords squeezed out those words through clenched teeth, then closed his eyes and said no more.
Well, well, well. He was still putting on an act!
A flash of insight struck Zhou You. Hai Shu'er—if Eight Lords was not badly hurt, then she must have been the one to suffer.
Eight Lords had said before that he was marrying her to use her as a shield, to let her Grandmaster's Mark take the disaster in his place.
Then...
Trial Mission (Eight-Star): Seize a Grandmaster's Mark.
The prompt that appeared on the System Panel made Zhou You feel that he still could not escape the Heart Demon Ring's schemes!
His mind spun rapidly. At once, he used the Phantom Mask to summon the projection of his fourth persona and place it in a corner some distance away.
The Heart Demon Ring was like someone drawing breath again after nearly drowning, gasping heavily. "Mother of heaven, I finally survived! I was holding it in so long..."
Then it received an order from