"Lin Xuan!"
The two words suddenly leaped into her mind. Under the silver glow, Lan Chu Rou wore the expression of someone who had seen a ghost.
She had mentioned this name more than once, yet never imagined he had been right by her side.
The Soul Concealing Canopy had practically become Lin Xuan's hallmark. Its traces could be found throughout the deeds by which Lin Xuan had made his name in the Upper Realm.
"Who could have imagined that the Emperor Seed of my Five Elements Palace was actually Lin Xuan?"
"Who could have imagined that the man rumored to have fallen three years ago had actually returned?"
"He must know everything, right? I... I'm dead!"
Lan Chu Rou fell completely into despair. At last, she understood why the earlier "Zhao Yan" had occasionally erupted with earth-shattering killing intent.
That had not been a sign that he "loved her," nor that he "valued" her. He had wanted to kill her.
After all, during that encirclement, she and the prodigies of the other four great lineages had nearly wiped out all of Lin Xuan's old friends.
And the deaths of those astonishingly gifted figures from the Heavenly Dao Sect had, to varying degrees, involved the handiwork of their great lineages.
Amid endless despair, Lan Chu Rou discovered that she had fallen into a peculiar space.
Within this space, Lan Chu Rou saw that familiar face again.
"Lin Xuan, I'll kill you!"
Perhaps driven by despair, Lan Chu Rou actually erupted at this moment. Power surged through her body, and the intent of Five Elements Genesis grew intense.
Clang!
The sound of metal striking metal rang out. Brilliant silver divine chains formed, binding her limbs in an instant, while overwhelming power suppressed her.
"Bitch, you nearly got me killed!"
At that