"Boom!"
In the long night, the dilapidated rooftop was illuminated by dazzling blade light. Explosive air currents surged out from the narrow stairwell.
Tonight's "lure the enemy into a trap" had reached its end. The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. The Eternal Foundation transcendent who had come to "investigate" was violently knocked to the ground.
Lu Nan Jin, draped in a windbreaker, pressed her long blade against the man's throat. She was the final "oriole." Gu Shen stood at the highest point of the rooftop, silently watching the scene.
In his first life, he had already "stolen" the Truth Ruler by this point, hiding furtively behind the water tank. Even so, Nan Jin had noticed something strange.
But now was different.
Luo Er used her hair to cast a domain, cutting off the rooftop's perception of this place.
After he explained his identity, Senior Sister Sky Eye released her suppression of Gu Shen. Being able to say the five words "Piyue City disaster zone" was enough to prove Gu Shen's identity.
Luo Er knew whether this was the real world or a dream.
Luo Er wore a complicated expression as she looked at the youth before her, who had not even awakened the power of Blazing Fire. Her eyes held more than a little suspicion.
Sky Eye hurriedly turned her head and said, "As outsiders inserted into this world, we must ensure that he acts according to the predetermined World Trajectory. No one can change that. It is the greatest rule we have discovered so far."
"Yes."
Lu Nan Jin drove her blade through the "prey's" shoulder, suspending him over the edge of the rooftop. The high-altitude wind was biting cold, and blade light filled his vision. "Have you realized it?"
Zhong Wei frowned. "What