Su Xiao stood on the patterned stone platform, holding his blade in one hand while letting the other arm hang naturally. He was preparing to activate Dead Silence Descends. Although the hope was slim, he would not simply close his eyes and wait for death.
Blade Demon was also watching Su Xiao, but he did not stand up.
"Traveler, there's no need to be so wary. This isn't that fellow's true body."
The shadowy figure formed from black mist spoke. He raised his hand, wreathed in black smoke, and snapped his fingers. The raggedly dressed 'Blade Demon' stood up.
Click, click...
A characteristic gear-grinding sound came from the 'Blade Demon's' body. Su Xiao realized that this did not seem to be a living organism, but rather some kind of mechanism.
Even so, Su Xiao could still sense Blade Demon's aura from the humanoid mechanism. That unique feeling could not be wrong.
"Blade Demon counts as one of us, but he only came here once. After killing 'Leo,' he was driven out by us. The reason we were able to obtain part of his aura was because Sagittarius mediated between us. Of course, I also paid a considerable price. After all, this 'puppet' is very useful in the Void. That fellow is insane..."
The shadowy figure formed from black mist let out a low chuckle. While he spoke, the puppet bearing Blade Demon's aura had already gone far away, entering the thin mist at the edge. It was a chaotic expanse, and no one knew where it led.
Only then did Su Xiao have the chance to examine his surroundings. He was standing on a circular stone platform roughly fifty meters in diameter. Chaotic thin mist surrounded it, and strange sounds faintly echoed within the mist.
There were the honks of