Deliberately Said It!

His voice exploded across the night sky, and his speed suddenly surged.

You kept running.

Through the ruins, across the dry riverbed, past clusters of collapsed buildings.

As you ran, you kept scanning the terrain with your senses, checking your direction, checking for ambushes, checking that none of Tu Gang's pursuers had followed.

The man was too arrogant—so arrogant that he had brought no subordinates and chased you alone.

That was exactly what you wanted.

You lured him to the planned ambush site: the ruins of an ancient city half-buried beneath a mountainside.

Lanes crisscrossed the ruins, making the terrain perfect for an ambush.

You slipped into the deepest alley and vanished into the darkness.

Supreme Tu Gang reached the alley entrance and stopped.

He was no mindless brute. He knew he had chased you so far that he was beyond the Fortress's support range.

He hesitated for an instant.

But that instant cost him his last chance to escape.

The Peerless War King leaped from the highest point of the ruins. Dark-gold Fist Aura tore through the night sky, crashing straight toward Tu Gang's skull.

Tu Gang reacted instantly. He threw his arms up, crossed them above his head, and took the blow head-on.

Boom—

The moment the Fist Aura exploded, the entire ruin shook.

The ground beneath Tu Gang cracked, fissures spreading dozens of yards in every direction.

His legs sank deep into the earth, buried completely below the knees.

But his arms held.

"A Great Emperor?"

Tu Gang's pupils contracted. He finally realized he had fallen into a trap.

"You—"

He never finished.

Ye Chuxue's sword came at him from behind.

Its ice-blue edge pierced the armor over his back and sank into his flesh, only to be caught by his muscles.

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