Chapter 425: 425, [My Taoist Nun Friend] (Appealing for Monthly Tickets at the End of the Month)
As the flames swept through, Lu Xun stared at the silhouette within them, and the basic information of the figure emerged before his eyes.

“[Foreign Race: Second Priest. (Red)]”

“[Danger Level: Extremely Lethal!]”

The remaining information was all question marks, completely undetectable.

In the basic information, the word ‘doppelganger’ was absent, indicating that what had abruptly appeared here was the Second Priest’s own body!

“No wonder he’s unscathed, even though he was just pierced by The Sword Qi is Near,” Lu Xun realized.

He now had a rough guess in his mind.

That was, the Second Priest had used some special means to swap his own body with his doppelganger in the blink of an eye.

In other words, the doppelganger that was pierced by The Sword Qi is Near should now be in the original location of the body, and now, the body had appeared in the doppelganger’s place.

The Second Priest’s previous claim that a sword is just a sword without its wielder and therefore lacks means, probably meant this.

This was the Second Priest’s way!

Of course, he would pay a price for this.

That doppelganger was indeed bait. Although it’s not dead yet, it has been teleported somewhere else with The Sword Qi is Near. The Sword Qi wouldn’t necessarily reduce him to pieces, but slaughter was definite.

“I wonder where The Sword Qi is Near got teleported to?” Lu Xun wondered.

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Hundreds of miles away, within a barren mountain.

The Sword Qi is Near and the Second Priest’s doppelganger were in the middle of a massive array.

The Sword Qi is Near only took a moment to understand its predicament and what had just happened.

Truth be told, even for The Sword Qi, it was the first time seeing such a trick.

It had been roaming north and south with Yan Li for many years; what tricks hadn’t it witnessed?

But this type of trick was indeed a first.

Perhaps due to differences in cultivation systems, it couldn’t even understand how the Foreign Priest managed to do this.

In this regard, Lu Xun was more adaptable.

Because he had always viewed the Second Priest as a magician, since he was a magician, he must have played a spatial magic trick.

At that moment, there was even a trace of a smile on the homely face of the Second Priest’s doppelganger.

He had been under great pressure recently.

All of this started from the day he sent Yin Tian to kill Lu Xun.

Since then, he had experienced a series of disastrous events, such as the failure of his grand plan, the death of his confidants, the destruction of the Red Jade Ring, the loss of the Ancient Altar, the destruction of the Scepter, and so on…

But today, following his scheming, he finally succeeded once!

Even though he would pay a high price, losing this unique doppelganger of his, he thought it was all worth it.

The Second Priest’s only aim was Lu Xun!

Originally, he just wanted to kill this low order cultivator to test the gentleman.

But now, he wanted to capture him alive and interrogate him about the secrets that had puzzled him for a long time.

“How did this young man get so much information from Yin Tian?”

“Was there really a problem with Yin Tian?”

“Or did the gentleman leave some tricks on him?”

The Second Priest had a lot of guesses, but as long as Lu Xun was captured alive, he believed he had at least a hundred ways to get the answers.

And these answers were undoubtedly very important.

Not only could they vent his hatred, but they would also be of great use to the entire foreign race!

The Blood Pact is the foundation of the unity of the foreign race to invade the Heavenly Dust. If the Blood Pact could be broken, the impact would be unimaginable!

Therefore, the Second Priest felt relieved at this moment, even though this doppelganger of his only laughed for a while before… it split apart!

The Sword Qi suddenly trembled, and a surge of sword energy swept toward both sides, directly tearing the doppelganger of the Second Priest into pieces.

The doppelganger was just a layer of human skin, filled with red light points inside.

Now, these light points did not even have time to scatter like last time, and were directly annihilated by The Sword Qi is Near.

Having done all this, The Sword Qi is Near hung in the air, observing its surroundings.

This was a large array meticulously set up by the main body of the Second Priest.

It was clear that he had been plotting this day for a long time.

There are countless red lines forming a large array here. If Lu Xun were here, he would have thought it was a magic circle similar to something in “Cardcaptor Sakura”.

The circular array is filled with various patterns.

The main pattern is the sun, moon, and stars.

Of course, there are also three narrow eyes at the very center!

It represents ‘Heaven’!

The Sword Qi is Near had only observed for a moment before it immediately took action.

It was eager to return there as the sword sheath was still back there.

So, endless and violent sword energy was generated in an instant, and began to sweep through the array.

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Outside of Blooming City, the Second Priest stood above flames, meticulously observing Lu Xun from a distance.

Yi Xuan stood behind him, taking a deep breath involuntarily.

As he exhaled, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, twisting his expression again.

He glared at Lu Xun in the distance with resentment, like a beast in the wild that had finally found an opportunity to deliver a lethal blow.

“He cannot be killed, at least not now,” The Second Priest, standing on top of flames, said to Yi Xuan indifferently.

“But…but!” Yi Xuan tried to say something else, only to see the Second Priest raise his hand, signaling him to hold his tongue.

The Second Priest had no desire to hear whatever he had to say. No matter how much he resented Lu Xun, could his resentments surpass his own?

Young people are always impetuous.

The Second Priest looked at Lu Xun and said to Yi Xuan, “Once I get the answer I want, you can torture him however you wish.”

Upon hearing this, Yi Xuan held his tongue.

After all, he was merely an adopted son of the Supreme Lord, while the other party was a priest, just one rank below the Supreme Lord.

Even more, with the Second Priest’s strength, killing him would be child’s play.

Lu Xun sat atop a paper crane, observing the Second Priest not too far away.

He was ready to assign a group task to the players present, to rush towards the Second Priest and see if they could buy some time.

In his storage ring, he still had the unused Godspeed Talismans.

There was a connection between the Sword Sheath and The Sword Qi is Near. He could completely rely on this connection and head to where The Sword Qi is Near was, using the Godspeed Talisman.

With ten thousand revivable players, they could surely stall for a bit of time, no matter what.

Thus, despite being on high alert, Lu Xun didn’t think he was in a desperate situation.

Moreover, according to the Second Priest, he wanted to capture him alive?

Then Lu Xun was even less worried.

Before his first departure from the mountains, Shen Yan had given him a Life Orb, on which Lu Xun had dripped his blood.

If Lu Xun were to die or suffer a severe blow, the Life Orb would receive feedback.

Don’t forget, Lu Xun had the ability to resurrect. He still had two lives left.

Therefore, he has a way to alert the Demon Sect and the allies behind the mountains!

In this scenario, he had a little more room to maneuver.

Just as Lu Xun was preparing to do something, a series of clear, melodious bell sounds filled the area.

“Dinglingling!”

“Dinglingling!”

Most of the people on the scene were slightly startled, but Lu Xun was exceptionally familiar with this bell sound.

This was…the sound of the Demon Blade Bodhisattva’s Hoar!

They would usually transform into small bells, hanging from Mao Nanbei’s wrist.

Sure enough, not long after, a childish voice came from the air.

“The man hasn’t even been caught yet, and you’re already discussing it?”

“I want to see who dares to touch my Little Junior Brother!”

This series of voices sounded very juvenile but aggressively cute.

Immediately following, was the signature phrase:

“I’ll chop your head off with one slash!!!”

A brilliant and robust Knife Gang emerged. Judging from its power, the owner of these two blades had not only recovered but had become even greater than before!

Lu Xun immediately glanced in the direction of the emerging Knife Gang.

He saw a familiar paper crane, as it was indeed the signature Flying Magical Treasure of the mountain.

At the same time, he immediately spotted a little girl standing on the head of the paper crane.

With a pair of blades in her hands, she was majestic.

The pair of cat ears stood upright, her eyebrows were furrowed, and her expression was serious. Even her cute little nose was wrinkled.

Seeing Mao Nanbei arrive at the scene, Lu Xun was surprised.

But what surprised him even more was that there was another person sitting on the paper crane.

——A Taoist Nun.

Usually, this Taoist Nun would sit atop a giant rock within a bamboo grove.

Yet now, she had appeared here.

The Taoist Nun still carried that thin and aloof presence. The feeling she gave off was still the same coldness.

Of course, as always, she was not a fan of speaking.

But her appearance brought Lu Xun an extraordinary sense of security.

It felt as if he was back in the mountains, as if he had returned to that small bamboo forest that could quiet his heart in an instant.

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(PS: The delayed second update…)