Beside the corridor stood Anna, dressed in a black gown, her face pale and her hands clasped before her lower abdomen.
Anna had naturally seen the short blade in Su Xiao's hand, but she said nothing and simply waited in silence.
At this moment, Su Xiao stood facing Anna. The short blade in his hand was meant to kill the master of the House of Death.
The Execution Blade could not be completely destroyed. If the Execution Blade in Su Xiao's hand were destroyed, a new one would appear before long. It had not been forged by anyone; it had been generated by the House of Death.
That was precisely why the Execution Blade was not very durable. It was not meant for combat, but to maintain the balance and prevent the successive masters of the House of Death from acting recklessly—like Alice of Demon Castle, who wantonly broke the rules of the game and decided who won or lost according to her own preferences.
Su Xiao obtaining this Execution Blade was by no means a coincidence. The hunchbacked old woman in the black fog had probably competed with Anna for ownership of the House of Death and ultimately lost.
One should not be fooled by Anna's sickly, yandere-like appearance, as if she might drop dead on the spot at any moment. The fact that she had defeated the hunchbacked old woman already proved her strength and abilities.
When the hunchbacked old woman sought Su Xiao out, he felt it was neither luck nor because he was some chosen one. It was simply because he possessed the Shadow Stone and could obtain the Execution Blade from the Saintess through it. Nothing more.
As the master of the House of Death, no one knew whether Anna could uphold her mission and