Boom.
Liu Di set down the black case on his back. Inside was Kun Sang's true head.
Xuan Wu turned around. "Don't use that thing to scare me. You and I are kindred spirits, not enemies."
Liu Di slowly stepped forward. "You severed the entire Heavenly Court's Seventh-Dimension causality by yourself, and you're talking to me about fate?"
Xuan Wu casually sighed. "The Genetic Engineering Ion Channel was one of my greatest adventures. I merely altered everyone's genes here, disrupting their molecular structures at the DNA level. Of course, the changes were minor. They were still themselves, but the causality you simulated electronically encountered misplaced 'building blocks,' and it stopped working."
Liu Di frowned. "You actually know the principles behind my Seventh-Dimension ability?"
"Ahem."
Xuan Wu waved a hand. "The Cosmic Heavenly Court has existed for seven billion years. As one of the oldest lifeforms, there's not much I can't figure out."
Liu Di said calmly, "No wonder you're called Xuan Wu."
Xuan Wu turned back and shot Liu Di a glare. "If I'm not mistaken, you need something from me."
Liu Di said, "You're overthinking it. Killing you directly would work too."
Xuan Wu casually turned away. "My main ability isn't severing causality. The Genetic Engineering Ion Channel is just a minor trick. You might not be able to beat me."
Liu Di grew a little more wary, but a pitch-black saber soon appeared in his hand.
Xuan Wu sighed. "I know your companion died, but you need to understand that I didn't do it, nor did Feng. But Feng told you to come find me."
Xuan Wu took several steps forward and stood at the center of the vast continent, though the path was merely a gap between enormous circuit modules on either side.
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