Early this morning, Oni Yunjie had secretly brought Fang Cheng to Sky Lake to make sure his Shadow Dweller ability could bypass the Monster techniques Ghost Lord had set up.
That was how they had pulled off this righteous sneak attack.
Oni Yunjie had long seen through the true nature of the King Selection Assembly: it was just a procedure to give the winner a claim of legitimacy.
If the two sides were evenly matched, having Ghost Lord arbitrate would be fine. But once Ghost Lord was gone, whoever won, the other side wouldn't accept defeat and would surely try to seize power by force.
But neither of them wanted to see a civil war, Oni Yunjie included.
So she could only ask Fang Cheng to hide in her shadow and do her best to steer things away from civil war and toward a fight to the death at Sky Lake.
Here, with no outsiders to interfere, she and Fang Cheng could take down Oni Rakshasa together.
Oni Rakshasa's corpse had sunk completely beneath the lake, with only red blood continuing to well up.
Fang Cheng hadn't expected things to be settled so easily. He turned to Oni Yunjie and asked, "Is it over?"
"Over? No. It's only just begun."
As she spoke, Oni Yunjie removed her Imperial Robe, revealing the armor underneath.
Two samurai swords hung at her hips, previously concealed beneath her skirt. Now they were finally visible.
She drew both swords and fixed her gaze on the water, murmuring, "It's a shame Dojigiri Yasutsuna is missing. Otherwise, that strike just now would have finished him off for good."
Hearing the familiar name, Fang Cheng thought he might have one too, though his was a knockoff—and it was already broken.
Judging by how warily Oni Yunjie was watching,