Ron had noticed that every major undertaking of his seemed to go off the rails at the crucial moment. It wasn't that some accident caused him to fail. Rather, before he could use the backup plans he had so carefully prepared, something else would achieve his goal.
Taking control of the World Government was the clearest example. Oric's surprise attack had rendered all his preparations useless. The feeling was...
I hadn't even made a move, and you were already down.
Now it was happening again.
Whoosh!
Clang!
The Thunder Dragon Halberd whistled back to Ron, and he caught it in one hand. He looked at the stunned Shi Ji, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
"Now, round two!"
Boom!!
Lightning exploded, illuminating everything around them.
Feeling a pressure unlike before, Shi Ji suddenly understood. "You actually... No, who is he?!"
He had indeed killed "Ron" and shattered his soul.
But that "Ron" was not this Ron.
The Ron from moments ago had been the Great Rebel, steeped in the aura of a god. The Ron before him now seemed more like a mortal, possessing only that dangerous lightning.
There had been two souls inside his body, and both could control it!
Shi Ji had killed the one belonging to the Great Rebel, allowing this soul to emerge and take command of the body.
Ron raised an eyebrow. "Come to think of it, I should thank you, Shi Ji... right?"
Under Shi Ji's dark glare, Ron spoke calmly.
"I lost our struggle for control. I resisted enough to keep him from devouring me outright, but I couldn't have held on much longer. Being digested bit by bit was my only possible fate... But you killed him. You saved me and left his power without a master."
"So..."
Ron bared his