Mandate of Heaven Silk, Pulling Strings to Make Puppets

"I never expected Li'er to leave me so many World Cores."

"But where did she get them?" Li Fan sensed that something was off. How could there be so many World Cores?

Added together, they were more than ten times larger than the one he had obtained before.

Of course, that was not the important part. The important part was that these World Cores were all fragments, leaving him utterly baffled.

World Cores were extraordinarily sturdy. Even when he had been a Sword God with the unique hidden profession of Nine Revolution Thousand Level, he had been unable to divide a World Core.

But he quickly cast the matter aside.

What was the point of thinking so much? With these World Cores, he could...

Before he could even finish that thought, a black shadow emerged and swept away every World Core.

Li Fan's expression changed abruptly at the sight.

"You!!!" When he saw who it was, he was both shocked and enraged.

He had never expected it to be Lu Xingshi. How could someone with the mere strength of an Arcane Treasure Master Apprentice possess such terrifying power?

"Die!"

At that moment, he could no longer care about anything else. Li Fan immediately swung his Arcane Treasure—Endless Sword—at Lu Xingshi in fury.

"A sword is not really suited for slashing techniques." Lu Xingshi easily dodged aside.

He could have taken it head-on, but was he an idiot? Why let an enemy hack at him with a sword?

After Lu Xingshi dodged, Li Fan calmed down as well.

"Everything... you were the one pulling the strings behind it all, weren't you?" Killing intent filled Li Fan's eyes.

A powerful aura upon his body was slowly rising.

Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes. This was highly abnormal.

He immediately struck, reaching straight for