Toad Sixth Brother was still roaring, "Sixth Brother isn't a traitor! You forced my hand!"
As he spoke, he unleashed Star Toad Star Plucker, plucking star after star from the sky. A powerful aura surged wildly from his body.
Lu Yin understood. Sixth Brother was one of Wang Wen's hidden cards.
Bang!
Star Toad Star Plucker crashed into Li Luo Chen Shuai, scattering the black currents around its body and revealing what lay within—a liquid-like white substance.
Lu Yin was stunned. Was that the Soft Universe? Rou Shi Zong Xun?
Toad Sixth Brother was stunned, too. "Rou Shi Zong Xun?"
Across from them, the dark currents dispersed, revealing Rou Shi Zong Xun. The white liquid slowly churned as a low, chilling voice sounded from within it. "That human skeleton was only a small fish. I never expected to hook such a big one as you. You damned toad—you actually made it to the Abyss. But this is where your journey ends."
"Today, every one of you will die."
Lu Yin was shaken. It was Rou Shi Zong Xun! That meant the Death Universe had been playing them from the very beginning. So where was the real Li Luo Chen Shuai?
They had expended all the Original Talisman materials they'd accumulated over countless years from a hundred tributaries of the River of Time. What a massive undertaking.
The Death Universe's target had never been limited to rooting out these traitors. It had also been planning to deal with the Unknown.
Then perhaps Thousand Machine Strange Performance had known from the start—or perhaps it had orchestrated everything. Even letting Lu Yin join the Unknown had simply been going with the flow. To the Death Universe, one more traitor like him made no difference. Its target had always been the entire Unknown.
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