[Shui Xu was ultimately only a clone Marquis Wu Ze had created with his "Mirror Water Moon" Divine Ability, not the marquis himself.]
[Neither Dan Yuan nor Lingmiaozi paid any heed to what he had just said.]
[The two demons knew perfectly well that unless Gu Changqing came in person and subdued them through the might of the Prison Slave, their Seventh Tier cultivation meant they had no need to bow to this clone's whims.]
[Moreover, the Third Prince before them was outrageously powerful. He had yet to truly strike, yet had already unraveled every means employed against him with an ease that made their hearts tremble.]
[Dan Yuan's Dao heart had crumbled, and Lingmiaozi alone could not prop up a collapsing tree. Circumstances were stronger than they were.]
[The two demons made their decision at once, treating their earlier agreement as though it had never existed.]
[The one most astonished by this scene was not Shui Xu, but Rogue Du'e.]
[More precisely, he was not astonished-he was dumbfounded.]
[Only moments ago, Lingmiaozi and Dan Yuan had been determined to capture Gu Xing. In the blink of an eye, they had turned their weapons around, looking ready to "unite against a common enemy" and take down Shui Xu first.]
[Du'e lowered his head to look at Liu Sui, whom he had only managed to seriously wound by giving everything he had. It struck him that, in this scheme to surround and kill Gu Xing, he seemed to be the only one who had truly put his heart into it.]
[Especially when Lingmiaozi and Dan Yuan both looked up at him, their gazes actually held a hint of eagerness.]
[As for Gu Xing, by this point Rogue Du'e already knew full well that he was no match for you.]
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