Father's Secret Stash

The sudden change left everyone present unable to react.

Mom's words were transmitted directly into Lu Xin's mind through some mysterious medium.

But he still couldn't understand them for a moment.

The Sword Bearer before him clearly felt different from the Staff Hider he had seen back then. Mom had clearly been certain that this was merely a projection of a Sword Bearer cast into reality. It clearly didn't look that powerful...

...Not weaker than him, but not as strong as he had imagined.

...Why would Mom say it was the real Sword Bearer?

...If it was, why hadn't Mom noticed before, only suddenly realizing it now?

This string of questions left Lu Xin somewhat unable to process the situation.

Yet amid his confusion, the Sword Bearer pierced by the Sword of Judgment had already begun to seethe with enormous, chaotic mental power. It coursed through its body like scattered electric currents, as though it had lost control of its own body.

It staggered about as turbulent currents surged. Huge cracks also appeared across its body...

"Phew..."

It seemed to pant instinctively, just like a human.

But this was actually only a surface reaction of a mental entity as it contracted its power.

Crash...

As it breathed, countless Executors scattered across the surrounding wilderness simultaneously showed bewildered expressions.

Then, every one of their bodies began to twist and change.

Like reflections in water being completely scattered, they became threads of mental power.

They were also like magnetic powder drawn toward a magnet, drifting toward the Sword Bearer.

There were endless Executors across the wilderness. No one knew how many there were.

Nor did anyone know how terrifying it would be if all their mental power were combined.

Now, they were simply drawn over uncontrollably, merging into the Sword Bearer's