If he had ceased to exist long ago, this figure would not have remained until now.
So this fellow could not possibly be as honest as he seemed!
Faced with Xu Tong's axe light, the figure swiftly moved aside.
"You're still so wary of me."
The figure shook his head, looking deeply hurt.
"If you truly wanted nothing but death, you wouldn't have dodged."
"And if you had truly chosen death, shouldn't it make absolutely no difference to you how I treated you?"
Xu Tong remained where he was, his eyes full of caution.
Just as he had suspected, this fellow had not obediently stayed put!
"Although I'd very much like to die at your hands, I can't let you finish me off so easily."
The figure shook his head again, looking completely different from before.
"By the way, that fellow who wanted nothing but death really is dead."
The figure laughed, and the chains on his body snapped apart in an instant.
Looking at this fellow, now completely unrestrained, Xu Tong suddenly felt deeply uneasy.
It was as though he were facing another version of himself.
"What exactly are you now?"
A different light shone in Xu Tong's eyes.
"Just as you suspect, I'm your duplicate in this world."
"Of course, if I can finish you off in this world, then I'll become the real you."
The figure shrugged, and the black mist over his face vanished in an instant.
Beneath the black mist was a face identical to Xu Tong's.
Just as he had said, this man really was another Xu Tong!
"In other words, the malicious intent hidden within that fellow was actually you!"
Xu Tong had truly never anticipated anything like this.
Originally, he had merely suspected that the corpse might have been controlled by the