Wendy Yu Shan stepped forward, holding her sword in front of them. The blade shattered under a single strike from the saber. Just as the saber was about to pierce Wendy Yu Shan and run through Lu Yin as well, Lu Yin swept one hand past Wendy Yu Shan and grabbed for the blade. At the same time, darkness descended once more. Myriad Dao Return Sword! The sword that had been shattered spun around, slicing the saber in two.
Wendy Yu Shan instinctively struck out with a palm, sending the broken blade flying.
She herself stumbled backward, nearly taking Lu Yin down with her.
In the distance, Si Jiu Shi and the others' attacks all landed on the broken saber blade, swallowing Dao He in a barrage of blows.
Dao He let out an unwilling roar. Following in the footsteps of the Second Palace Lord and Third Palace Lord, he died beneath the others' combined assault.
Only after Dao He was dead did everyone breathe a sigh of relief. They hurried to gather around Lu Yin, determined not to let what had just happened occur again.
Only Eternal remained behind, staring blankly at the ground and at a fragment of the broken saber. A faint fingerprint marked its surface.
Dao He had really died just like that?
He had just cut Dao He down with Wendy Yu Shan's sword. That was impossible. He had only meant to drive Dao He back, yet that single strike had split him in two as easily as if he were paper.
Eternal turned and stared deeply at Lu Yin.
Was he really an ordinary person?
Lu Yin steadied Wendy Yu Shan. Bu Jian Guang and the others surrounded him, their gazes fixed on Eternal.
The shattered wasteland drifted through the void like duckweed without