"Could you see him?"
"Of course... I've killed each of his doubles once before. They'll be easy to find..."
Xu Chengan stood on a cliff, gazing in one direction.
Lines split open across his skin.
The lines stretched wider, turning flesh outward, then became eerie vertical eyes that roved ceaselessly, gazing into the Void in every direction. A moment later...
Every eye froze, closed, and sank back into his body.
The openings in his Flesh became mouths, all speaking at once:
"Hee hee hee. His doubles are scattered in different directions. Which one should we kill first?"
"My Old Gods..." Xu Chengan's throat bobbed several times before he blurted out, "Could you leave me the Flesh? It's still useful. I could decorate my Imago with it." None of the mouths paid him any attention. They went on talking among themselves:
"That fellow has grown stronger... He's unleashed a kind of Whisper and hidden in the deepest reaches of the Ninefold Nether."
"But what good will that do him?" Xu Chengan hurriedly said with a smile. "He's only a Juvenile Species. No matter how unusual his Whisper is, could he really contend with nine supreme beings?" Every mouth on his body laughed in derision.
"It's time to end this... He escaped quickly last time, but this time, he'll have nowhere to hide!"
Xu Chengan shot into the sky and streaked away in one direction.
Elsewhere.
"Activate!"
Xu Yuan gave a soft command.
The Formation Disc began to turn, releasing a spiritual glow that filled the room.
A combined Warding and Isolation Magic Array.
With this Formation Disc, he could at least keep watch outside and see what was happening beyond the house.
It would also keep everything inside the house from being exposed.
Feeling the array's fluctuations gradually fade into the