"Fuck!"
Du Yu cursed. Why couldn't you have come a little later? Once I got this soul back and won A Can and A Kui over, your future selves would have been back on the "right track"!
But on second thought, the Sage sending assassins after him in such quick succession could only mean one thing... he was getting desperate!
It seemed there was nothing wrong with his tactics. The more desperate his opponent became, the more it proved his plan was working.
Winning over the Shame and Guilt Brothers could not wait.
"Hey, if you're here to kill me, then kill me. Why did you have to kill An Lushan too?" Du Yu asked.
"Shouldn't I have killed him?" He glanced at An Lushan, who lay at his feet, his soul now dissipating. "If he hadn't stolen my brother's soul back then, how would our entire lives have changed?"
Du Yu gave a dry laugh. "Your lives might be painful now, but that's about to change... Have you considered this possibility? Someone suddenly steps in to help you in your memories, and from then on, you live happy, peaceful new lives!"
"You misunderstand." The man smiled. "Our lives aren't painful, and you could never understand how we feel."
"Believe me or don't." Du Yu sighed. "You've been brainwashed, you know?"
"Please stop wasting words." A red glow slowly spread from the man's hands. "This time, you will die. Everything will end."
"I will die?" Du Yu frowned. "What a joke. I didn't die last time, did I?"
"Last time, the Sage ordered us to retreat immediately to protect Bai Suzhen. But this time is different." The man walked forward as he spoke. "We examined the timeline twenty minutes before and after this moment. No one will pass this place,