Long Chen and Xu Liang hugged each other.
A clever smile appeared on Long Chenâs face.
Darkness started collecting in the hands of Long Chen, which took the shape of a small knife soon.
"I am really sorry," Long Chen muttered gently.
"Itâs fine. We can work better while going forward," Xu Liang muttered, misunderstanding the words.
He soon moved back to free Long Chen from his embrace, but thatâs when a grunt let his lips.
"Urgh!" He exclaimed in pain.
As the knife was stabbed in his back right where his heart was supposed to be.
The darkness of the knife stabbed the heart of Xu Liang.
"You!" Xu Liang roared in rage as a powerful energy came out of his body, tossing Long Chen back.
The impact was so powerful that Long Chen flew back five hundred meters before he managed to stop.
Blood was coming out of his eyes and nose. He looked seriously injured. Even his clothes were torn, and the internals of his body were a mess. His body was wounded everywhere.
Xu Liang wasnât in any better condition. The knife was still stabbed in his chest.
"You lose, ahu, ahu... my friend. You lose," Long Chen exclaimed weakly as he coughed a mouthful of blood.
"I canât die. This is nothing for me. But you did expose yourself. You donât deserve to live. Lying openly, playing with mortals and betraying trust. Youâre the one who had lost his way, not me," Xu Liang said, weakly. He was also feeling weak. "Whatâs happening? What did you do to me?"
"What happened? You really think the punishment I gave you would be that simple? When you stopped resisting and let me punish you, I didnât only seal your memories. I also chained your soul. That wasnât all. I also placed a curse on you," Long Chen muttered as a cruel smile appeared on his face.
The shine behind Xu Liang kept dimming slowly.
"What curse?" Xu Liang asked, but he only grew weaker. His body started getting translucent. It started disappearing slowly.
"A curse of eternal death. You are the true immortal that can never die, but with this curse, you can suffer eternal death. Even if you manage to escape your purgatory and step out again, your memories will be gone. They will be locked again. And this time, my blood wonât help you escape," Long Chen said as he watched the disappearing body of Xu Liang.
" The broken soul chains will still remain broken, but that doesnât matter as you wonât be able to use your powers without your memories, which will be even harder to recover. The more you die, the harder your memories will be to recover," he continued.
"You win this time, even if itâs by a scheme, but I promise you. Next time I wake up, I will kill you. It wonât matter if youâre occupying an immortal body or a mortal. You will die. Even if I have to end this world," Xu Liangâs voice echoed in the vast emptiness of space even after he disappeared.
The space soon returned to its usual darkness and silence.
"Have a long and nice sleep, old friend. I am sorry for everything. Itâs better for you. Stay there, and donât come out until itâs all over. Or you will suffer... the same fate I did," Long Chen muttered as he looked upwards.
He soon started flying backward towards the land he came from.
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Back on the ground, Wu Lia was still standing in the corner, wondering what had happened.
The envoys of the Empire were also there. After the two beings flew up to the sky, they were frozen in time, but with the disappearance of Xu Liang, they were freed.
They all looked around, only to see the whole place empty. The two people who were fighting werenât there. They had disappeared.
Even the kid who seemed like he was a god disappeared. There was no pressure or anything.
"That Sword seems pretty interesting. It seems normal, but I think it was what kept him safe from the boyâs attacks. Let me see if itâs actually something special," he muttered as he walked closer.
Wu Lia walked closer to the black rusted sword that was lying where Long Chen had crashed.
"Hey kid, stay away from that place. Itâs not for kids like you to pay."
As Wu Lia was walking closer to the battle site, the people from the Empire stopped him.
"Stay away if you donât want your bones to be broken," Lim Yi threatened Wu Lia.
Wu Lia softly gazed at her before he smiled. He shook his head. He didnât stop and continued walking.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Stop!" Fu Min said in full seriousness as he grew angry to see a kid ignoring their commands.
"Sigh. You guys arenât going to let me do anything without having me use my powers. Whatever," Wu Lia muttered as he clapped his hand.
As soon as he clapped, the time in his surroundings stopped.
Fu Min and the others also stopped.
"True peace. Now itâs better," Wu Lia said softly as he continued walking towards the stop.
He stopped right before the sword of time.
"It doesnât look impressive at all, but if heâs using this instead of the Saint Sword, there must be something special about it," he muttered as he reached out his hand towards the sword.
As soon as his hand was about to touch the sword, he stopped as he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.
"I donât think that belongs to you, right?"
Wu Lia heard a voice coming from behind him.
He stopped and looked back only to see Long Chen standing there.
"You are back. Where did you disappear to? And where is the kid?" Wu Lia asked, wondering about the whereabouts of Xu Liang.
"He is where he was supposed to be. As for you, are you going to leave it should I get serious?" Long Chen asked.
" Iâm not supposed to interfere in matters related to you this openly, but I guess I need to know if I want to know the mystery behind that sword," Wu Lia muttered as he grinned.
He flew towards Long Chen, but something happened right then.
He saw a smile on Long Chenâs bloody face before everything channel. The surroundings changed. He was previously standing in the city, but now he was in a desert. There was no sign of the City as far as the eyes could see.
"What just happened?" Wu Lia muttered in confusion, not understanding how he got here.