"Chapter 2019: Choosing the Place of My Death"
"You can give me my eyes back now."
Before Fu Qian could comment on the familiar gesture, Jade Soul Master explained what he meant.
"I thought you were going to give me the other one, too."
Give and take was only natural. Though curious about the other man's actions, Fu Qian calmly plucked out the eyeball and handed it over.
"If it would help, I wouldn't mind. But unfortunately, the other one would only get in the way.
"Often, seeing too much only makes you feel as if there's no way forward."
Jade Soul Master didn't rush to put it back in. Instead, he explained why.
"What I can say for certain is that my eyes would only lower your chances of reaching that place.
"You'll have to rely on yourself. I look forward to seeing what you can do."
After offering his encouragement, he crushed the eyeball with a casual squeeze.
It wasn't without reason.
Examining the various structures inside the eyeball, Fu Qian didn't think his opponent was deliberately making things harder.
First of all, Jade Soul Master was right. The Madness Flame had indeed been deliberately shown off.
Long ago, Fu Qian had said that probing the essence of King of Prison Break's power would be one of the core pursuits of his future supernatural research.
And as a man of action, Fu Qian had done a great deal of work toward that end.
Even Jade Soul Master, standing before him now, was someone whose Honored Name he had learned during that process.
How could he waste the rare chance to meet face-to-face with someone who clearly knew more?
Using the Madness Flame to resolve the apocalypse just now had been a good choice in itself. But more importantly,