"Truth."
Only moments ago, he had been reveling in the exhilaration of his surging power.
The ecstasy had yet to fade from Ander's fully feline face when his entire body went rigid.
After years of lying low and fighting with everything he had to reach the limits of his Sequence Level, he could finally look down on everything-only to find death already standing behind him.
"Are you saying..." Ander's voice trembled, his vertical pupils, so arrogant moments ago, now filled with terror. "Once I break through to Sequence Level Ten One, I'll definitely die?!"
"That's right." Qian Wendao remained expressionless, as composed as ever.
"Truth."
The Lie Detector Ander carried confirmed Qian Wendao's answer once again.
That single word, "Truth," struck far harder than the punches Qin Siyang had been relentlessly throwing, shattering every last one of Ander's mental defenses.
"How... how could this be?!"
Ander stood at a loss, the imposing aura he had just gathered vanishing without a trace.
He looked at his own form. What had symbolized invincible power was actually a death warrant!
Olof and the others were equally horrified. Qian Wendao had never breathed a word of this to them.
The secret was so terrifying that it overturned everything they thought they knew.
Olof asked, "Secretary-General Qian, are... are you serious?!"
"Ander's Lie Detector has already confirmed it. What are you still doubting?" Qian Wendao replied.
"Then why didn't you tell us sooner?!" Olof could not help roaring. "If you knew this was a dead end, why didn't you warn us?! Now that Ander has reached Sequence Level Ten One, doesn't that mean we're all going to die?!"
"Tell you?" Qian Wendao shook his head. "Olof, I'm one hundred percent certain that, besides Yang Xian, Ander has another spy in our circle. But I couldn't