The long blade slashed down with all its might!
The Monster's vision blurred, and his opponent vanished from sight.
Everything rolled backward.
The next instant,
he found himself back where he had been standing.
"...A Time-Type Crown."
The Monster spoke under his breath.
Xu Yuan said nothing. He only looked up at Emptiness.
Waves of energy from the Outer Heavens were growing denser.
Something was coming!
"A Crown's power is useful, but trapping me now means nothing. As long as human Malice endures, so will I."
The Monster spoke.
After saying that, it couldn't help glancing up at Emptiness.
"Let's end this quickly."
As his words fell, the Monster vanished again.
Only then did Xu Yuan utter a single word:
"Xi."
The worry and tension vanished from Xi's face. She smiled instead and asked,
"Are you done playing, Master?"
"Yeah. I have no idea where this Monster came from... Something may have happened in the Outer Heavens," Xu Yuan said.
He drew his Long Sword and thrust behind him.
The Monster, frozen in place by Xi's Time Stop, took the sword straight through his head before being cut in two.
The Monster's Gaze really had trapped her earlier.
But that hadn't stopped her from using her skills.
Xu Yuan had simply given her a look, hoping to test the Monster's strength himself.
So she had played along.
With the Monster dead, the demonic eye in Emptiness dispersed as well.
But Xu Yuan and Xi both knew he could revive through Malice.
Before he could revive—
"Come on. Let me see what you are," Xu Yuan murmured.
The clouds parted overhead.
Countless silver-glowing insects flew in from the Outer Heavens.
They resembled beetles. Their bodies gave off a constant rattling vibration as they rustled and gnawed at the Void.
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