"Looks like I'll have to show some real skill."
Overlord grinned.
Facing Kou Island's strongest fighter, he showed no sign of retreating. Instead, he brimmed with fighting spirit.
"I'll go first."
Tai Sui reached out to stop Overlord.
The little old man's face was full of pride as he cast a sidelong glance at Amaterasu.
"This sword strike was meant for you. Amaterasu's getting a bargain."
With that, Tai Sui stamped his foot.
Bang, bang, bang!
Eight iron coffins burst out of the ground.
Chill winds immediately swept through the execution grounds.
Countless talismans and chains encircled each coffin, giving off an incomparably eerie air.
"Overlord, we won't get to have our fight in this lifetime."
Tai Sui touched the wound on his abdomen and smiled with a hint of regret.
Overlord said nothing. They had been rivals for so many years.
He knew the price of Tai Sui's all-out strike.
"Let me do it."
Overlord spoke with guilt.
"Afraid I'll die?"
Tai Sui sneered disdainfully. "I've lived long enough. All these years... the more corpses I refined, the more lost I felt. The path to resurrection was nothing but my obsession."
"It's been decades. I can't keep deceiving myself. Rather than suffer this longing, I might as well... go down and join my wife and daughter sooner."
"Overlord, in exchange for this sword strike, will your Overlord Stronghold protect my disciples for the rest of their lives?"
He was an eccentric, unreasonable little old man.
He constantly beat or scolded his disciples, yet even in the final moments of his life, he was still thinking of them.
A sharp tongue and a soft heart described him best.
"My wife, my daughter, I'm coming."
Tai Sui lifted his eyes excitedly.
Madness and excitement filled his expression.
He was going to