Will Not Lose
A will that had witnessed countless transcendent mysteries and glimpsed the world's truth from an unorthodox perspective.
In a desperate deathmatch where retreat was not an option, it unleashed a lifetime's knowledge and power, holding nothing back as it slew its inner demon.
What a rare and invaluable chance to broaden one's horizons.
The moment Fu Qian had witnessed that authority with Akons, his first thought had been to find an opportunity to meet it. Why else would he have gone to such lengths to track it down afterward?
And when he realized the Spirit Ash Institute was behaving strangely, he had sensed a chance of some kind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to show up and provoke them.
As it turned out, perseverance paid off. The opportunity had finally arrived.
Of course, there was also a very real chance that he'd hear the Way in the morning and die by nightfall.
After all, all this "Way" had appeared for the express purpose of killing him.
The Blood Conquest was canceled. Before he returned to the Academy of Revelation, the two Yin-Yang Sword Saints did indeed appear as well.
At the same time, the surroundings had become unrecognizable.
Strange bodies like the Streetlight Hound's roamed all around him, and in an instant, they locked onto him.
Their rank might not compare to the Sword Saints', but their connection to the Mycelial Emperor—that will which could awaken at any moment—was undoubtedly closer. They had even just demonstrated that they could transfer damage in the same way.
And this flourishing growth seemed to confirm his earlier, pessimistic guess: the Higher Beings imagined by the Jade Soul Master wouldn't fade away over time. They could only be dealt with manually—just as they were trying to deal