Xi Shangfeng watched Red Hero outside the Blood Tower. The dignified Hero Ancestor—a peak expert who had betrayed his own civilization without batting an eye—had actually proposed terms so unfavorable to himself. Perhaps he was confident he could win this decisive battle, but the unfair wager also reflected his frustration and helplessness at being targeted by Lu Yin.
When had anyone ever made Hero Ancestor so troubled?
Jiu Wen knew very well that although Lu Yin wasn't in the Eternal Life Realm, he could use Instant Movement and was also one of the Unknown. Red Hero couldn't attack him. Once Lu Yin decided to keep harassing him, Red Hero wouldn't even be able to recover, let alone break through.
To Red Hero, nothing mattered more than his own life.
Don't be fooled by his lofty cultivation. The stronger an expert was, the farther ahead he could see. He, too, worried about his own safety.
Though they couldn't defeat Red Hero, they had lowered his ceiling and made it difficult for him to recover. That was what Red Hero found most intolerable. Being outmaneuvered and having his Wushang Dao's foundation broken were things he could ignore.
It wasn't that he didn't want revenge. He simply knew how to prioritize.
And Lu Yin was a troublesome man. He had both strength and brains, and with Instant Movement, heaven knew what he might do. Red Hero didn't want to risk getting entangled with someone like him. There were simply too many possible surprises.
Lu Yin stared at Red Hero. "You want to settle this once and for all."
"You could put it that way."
"For people from the era of the Nine Fortresses, could anything ever be settled once and for all?" Lu Yin asked in return.
Red Hero narrowed his eyes. "Kid,