Inescapable Doom!

Night falls.

Behind them, inside the palace of the Night King Alos.

The Five Ghosts secretly slipped into the Night King's palace with the sword given to them by the Sword Forger.

Alos was fast asleep, Five Ghosts easily bypassed the guards at the door, arriving silently in front of Alos.

Above the palace were huge glass windows, from which a beam of moonlight reflected and shone directly onto the gaunt face of the Five Ghosts.

The purple sword gleamed with a chilling aura under the moonlight; its blade was so sharp it could cut a hair in two.

The I Ching told him that this sword was a very powerful derivative, possessing the ability to Wish Fulfillment.

As long as you firmly believe, this sword is omnipotent.

This is not hard for the Five Ghosts to understand, after all, the Nine-Tailed Fox also had a Containment Object called the Sword of Courage.

As long as the swordsman firmly believes that he can defeat his opponent, the Sword of Courage will be invincible and cut through anything.

The same principle applies to this sword. As long as the Five Ghosts firmly believe that this sword can kill gods, then this sword possesses the power to slay gods.

This gave Five Ghosts considerable confidence, but he didn't know that all of these abilities were just something he casually made up from the Book of Changes.

This sword is the creation of Sword Forger, and it has only one ability: to give the wielder immense confidence.

Based on speculation from the I Ching, Alos's ability might be to use lies to create perceptions in people's minds, thereby rewriting reality.

One possibility is that Alos's abilities didn't work on Bai Ye before, because Bai Ye didn't trust Alos's abilities.

Therefore, the I Ching reached this conclusion.

Theoretically speaking, the I Ching does not need to tell the Five Ghosts Alos what their abilities are, nor does it need to guide them to psychologically overcome Alos's lies.

All he had to do was tell the Five Ghosts that the sword could kill Alos, and nothing Alos said would matter; that was enough.

After arriving at Alos's side, the Five Ghosts slowly raised their swords above their heads with both hands, and then took a deep breath.

His breathing was heavy, and the blade in his hand was already pointed at Alos's neck.

At that moment, Alos, whose eyes were tightly closed, suddenly spoke.

"Aren't you going to cut it off?"

"If this sword strikes, I might die."

Upon hearing these words, the Five Ghosts immediately put down their swords and knelt on one knee.

"I wouldn't dare."

Upon hearing this, Alos opened his eyes, then sat up and looked down at the Five Ghosts kneeling on one knee. "Sword, let me see it."

Upon hearing this, the Five Ghosts presented the purple sword with both hands. Alos took the sword in his hands and examined it from all sides. "Not bad. Sword Forger give it to you?"

Five Ghosts: "Yes."

Alos laughed. "The plan probably wasn't his idea, was it?"

Five Ghosts: "It's the Book of Changes."

Alos tossed the sword aside casually. "Tell me, what did he say to you?"

The Five Ghosts relayed the words of the I Ching to Alos in detail, without omitting a single word.

After hearing the last part, Alos covered his forehead. "Whether it's intentional or unintentional, it's a battle of wits. Is it unintentional or intentional?"

"Five Ghosts, you've been tricked. This sword has no power whatsoever."

"It's just an ordinary metal weapon. This thing can't kill any Third Order Sequence, let alone me."

"He told you to use this sword to kill me, haha."

The Five Ghosts bowed their heads; there was one thing they had all misunderstood.

The feud between the Five Ghosts and Alos was orchestrated by themselves. It started as a scheme to trick the Nine-Tailed Fox Five Ghosts pretending to defect to the enemy and selling false information.

The content of that false intelligence was Alos's ability.

He wanted to make the Nine-Tailed Fox's people believe that he possessed an invincible ability, using the Nine-Tailed Fox's perception to rebel against the Nine-Tailed Fox.

But that was during the Bai Ye era, when Nine-Tailed Fox.

Bai Ye didn't believe Five Ghosts's words at all, and Alos's plan ultimately failed.

The Five Ghosts were captured, and Alos almost got taken in by Bai Ye. Perhaps it was from that moment that Bai Ye began to understand Alos's abilities.

Later, when the group of beings attacked Bai Ye stated that he did not believe Alos's words.

Alos's abilities were completely nullified.

Then came this game, and no one knew that the betrayal of the Five Ghosts was part of Alos's plan.

In this game, the Five Ghosts became Alos's trump card, and Alos immigrated to the Five Ghosts' country ahead of time.

He then claimed that he had captured the king of the Five Ghosts and that the Five Ghosts had something on him, which was why they obeyed him.

But the truth is quite the opposite.

The unintentional calculation was deliberate; the I Ching could never have imagined that Alos and the Five Ghosts were merely putting on an act.

"That's exactly what I'm afraid of."

???

An old voice suddenly came from above. The Five Ghosts looked up and saw Yi Jing sitting cross-legged, floating in the air. They didn't know when he had appeared above their heads!

Alos looked up at the I Ching in the direction of the voice, "What, you're not pretending anymore?"

"Why don't you tell me how many people you hired to kill me?"

As soon as Alos finished speaking, a scream suddenly came from outside the door. Immediately afterwards, four figures suddenly attacked from all directions and surrounded Alos!

Arthur sliced through the wall from behind, while Centaur and Thousand Throat smashed it open from either side, and the Sword Forger the main entrance.

"010, 011, 018, the top three tiers of Chaos Splitter have gathered together. What day is it today?"

As Alos stood up, he appeared calm on the surface, but his palms were actually sweating.

Alos didn't know, nor could he understand, why Arthur, Thousand Throat, and Centaur were here.

The I Ching is watching him from above, "Can't figure it out, right?"

Even the I Ching can't figure it out.

The fact that Arthur and his companions appeared at this exact moment could be either a coincidence or fate.

"Man proposes, God disposes; sometimes, to accomplish something, the right time, the right place, and the right people are all indispensable."

"Unfortunately, this time I had the advantage of timing, location, and popular support."

Alos's expression remained calm. "But I believe even more in the power of human will to overcome nature. With just the four of you, you think you can kill me? Aren't you being a bit naive?"

Arthur sneered, "Stop acting, we all know, Night King. Your power is to Lies Become Truth, right?"

"Hahaha, what bad luck. It's fine if other people's abilities are known to others, but once your abilities are known to others, your abilities are useless."

Alos grinned. "Really? Are you that sure?"

The Book of Changes says, "It's just empty boasting."

That's right.

Alos was indeed bluffing; his mind was racing, already calculating the next fifty ways he would die.

His current situation is like a well; he's doomed either way.

Even at this point, Alos was still holding on!

There's nothing he can do about it; that's just his limited ability. If he had any other special ability, he wouldn't be worried at all!

What should we do now?

Just then, the Five Ghosts pulled out the purple sword from the ground and pointed it at the Book of Changes above their heads, saying, "So you're treating me like I'm invisible? Don't forget, there's someone else here!"

"Come on, all four of you, come at me together!"

Author's Note:

I checked the date and realized it's the author's birthday today. Time flies! This book has already reached one million words, so this milestone is quite significant.

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