Gasps...
A chorus of sharp breaths rose from inside and outside the cell!
So... this had been the real killing move!
Skull and Bones' tests had been linked one after another, with deadly traps hidden at every turn!
They had never been testing Yue Changlong's "evil," but whether he still retained that final shred of a "human" moral boundary!
If Yue Changlong had truly become a complete devil, that would instead have proved he was putting on an act!
What a reverse test!
What a vicious trap!
Cold sweat instantly soaked Yue Xiaofei's back!
If his father had shown even the slightest hesitation or weakness in his choice, he would probably have been a cold corpse already!
Fortunately, his gamble had paid off!
"Son of a bitch..."
Jin Dapao gritted his teeth, his expression a tangle of lingering fear, anger, and, more than anything, heartfelt admiration.
"This wasn't undercover work. He was staking his life on every step, putting on a whole damn opera on the edge of a blade!"
Beside him, Ouyang Jian's fists had clenched tight without him even noticing.
Even the battle-hardened captain of the Sea Dragon had reddened eyes now.
"A general dies in a hundred battles; a warrior returns after ten years."
"But on Yue Changlong's path, he couldn't die in those hundred battles, and he couldn't return after those ten years! He might even... never return at all!"
"The burden he carried was far heavier than we ever imagined."
Old Xu Anbang closed his eyes, his aged face deeply lined, and remained silent for a long time.
The killing aura around Xiao Tian Ce slowly receded. As he watched that thin figure in the cell, a rare flicker of emotion surfaced in his eyes.
As the Nine-Star God of War and guardian of