Watching the Earth Burying Sword's savage grin, Chen Changan remained perfectly calm.
So calm that even the Earth Burying Sword felt awkward.
"You... didn't understand what I meant?" the Earth Burying Sword asked with a frown.
"I understood. Quite clearly."
"You've already begun carrying out your Sword Human Race plan."
"In other words, you've made your move against the Burial Sword Land."
"I haven't misunderstood, have I?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"You're not surprised?"
"What's there to be surprised about? I expected it."
The Earth Burying Sword hadn't expected Chen Changan to know what he was planning, yet still choose to come.
"You knew from the very beginning?"
"There are so many places in the Burial Sword Land, yet you chose the outskirts."
"On the surface, you claimed it was to avoid affecting the Burial Sword Land, but it seems far more likely you wanted to lure me away."
"Besides, I don't believe you'd so easily give up something you'd been planning for so many years. And ever since I showed up here, you've tried to recruit me time and again, which only confirms my guess."
"You never intended to give up. You were just trying to draw me away, the strongest fighter."
"Your next step was to keep me occupied. That's why you answered every question I asked."
"Once your Sword Human Race plan succeeded, the Burial Sword Land would become your domain, and I'd have no other choice."
"Because the entire Burial Sword Land would have turned into Sword Humans, including the people I know."
"You'd use them to threaten and coerce me into joining you, wouldn't you?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"So you saw through my plan long ago?"
"Your plan wasn't that clever. A few guesses were enough to get most of