The old man was deeply calculating, but when it came to his dear grandson, he still could not help turning to cast a glance at Jiang Chen, the warning in it unmistakable.
Jiang Chen quite politely raised his middle finger in return and treated the old gentleman to a few choice curses.
With Lü Qiu joining the fight, the King of Reincarnation found himself struggling more and more. Blade Maniac Lin Xiao was already his equal in combat strength, and now that another Supreme Powerhouse had joined in, his defeat seemed only a matter of time.
At this point, the Master of the Artifact Gate straightened his robes, finally recovering the composure of an Old Antique Supreme Powerhouse, and looked at Jiang Chen.
"To think that dealing with a junior like you would force me to such lengths."
"To tell you the truth, I no longer underestimate you in the slightest. In fact, I even regret it. Perhaps I should never have relied on my superior strength to attack you in the first place."
"Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world. Since things have come this far, only one of us can live!"
There was actually no great grudge between the two.
When the Master of the Artifact Gate first attacked on the River of Forgetfulness Blood River, it was merely because he had been one of the three Supreme Powerhouses whom the King of Reincarnation had intimidated with a single sword strike, relying on the rules of the Mortal World outside the Restricted Zone not long before.
Moreover, he had thought Jiang Chen, a Four-Step King, would be easy to handle, so without giving it much thought, he had intended to casually slap him to death in retaliation.
He had never imagined that it would ultimately