The ten-thousand-meter Azure Dragon Lin Ze had become hovered in the air. His enormous dragon eyes no longer watched Kaguya, instead lifting slightly toward the white figure in midair.
Just now, the instant Dragon Scale Lin Ze merged into his body, the two halves of his soul had become one, and countless memories had flooded in.
He had "seen" that scene from more than twenty years ago.
So that was it...
Lin Ze murmured inwardly.
All these years, he had felt that the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon was missing something, leaving him unable to awaken normally and forcing him to choose this method that would cost him his reason. It turned out that the Sage of Six Paths had been holding the other half in the Pure Land all along.
And...
A trace of coldness flashed deep within Lin Ze's dragon eyes.
Dragon Scale Lin Ze was Lin Ze to begin with, with exactly the same personality. Naturally, he was equally well versed in the art of lying low.
Had those twenty-odd years spent lying low in the Pure Land been wasted?
However cautious that old bastard was, over such long years, there were bound to be times when he exposed a weakness.
For instance, the way he left marks in the reincarnated souls of Indra and Asura.
For instance, his fear of his mother Kaguya ran far deeper than he showed.
Lin Ze gave the Sage of Six Paths a slight nod, thanking him for returning the other half of his soul at the critical moment.
The Sage of Six Paths nodded as well, a kindly smile on his aged face, as though he truly were nothing more than an elder concerned for the younger generation.
But Lin Ze knew how much scheming lay beneath that old fellow's