A fierce plasma beam swept from Feis's hand across the rebels, melting more than a thousand people in an instant.
"Get out of the way!" Luo Yan shouted, but he was too weak to dodge himself.
At the crucial moment, Huang Ji grabbed him and pulled him clear of the high-energy blast.
Nearly a thousand rebels died in that single strike. The rest scattered in terror.
Wally said through gritted teeth, "That bastard really does mean to wipe us all out!"
Musta, however, sensed something was off. It seemed Feis really was not one of Double Pupils.
If Feis were another leader within Double Pupils who opposed Folo, then with Folo dead, he had no reason to kill everyone. He could simply win Luo Yan and the others over.
Connecting this with several earlier doubts, Musta looked at Hua Ji and Luo Yan, then at Folo's corpse and the dead clones. Suddenly, it clicked.
It had all been a Double Pupils Faction scheme. From the start, Onassis had been the only Sword-Keeper involved. Everything else had been Luo Yan, Hua Ji, Carmen, and Brando borrowing his authority to bolster their cause.
Folo had been telling the truth when he said he did not know Hua Ji! Even Feis was not part of Double Pupils. Like Musta, he was a third party... no, a fourth party, merely using the Double Pupils rebels to achieve his own ends.
"Even Double Pupils was just a pawn. Now you can simply kill them all. Feis, I understand!" Musta exclaimed.
Feis pointed the Black Wand at him.
"No!" Musta shouted hastily. "Feis, wait! I'm not with Double Pupils!"
Feis rose into the air again and sneered. "What good will your excuses do you rebels?"
"No, listen to me! I know the truth! The Double Pupils