Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 927: Chapter 394: The World’s Response

Wu Chang True Self stopped in his tracks because of the Divine Power on the Secret Ceremony Master, and Leman, who was attached to the Secret Ceremony Master, also halted his actions because of the aura around the True Self.

Why does this guy in front of me have my Power of Authority within him?

After a brief silence, Leman reacted, his expression beginning to twist, and phantom pain appeared in his left eye.

”It’s you!”

He remembered some time ago, due to the foolish mistake of his subordinates, leading to the theft of his newly regenerated left eye.

Not only that, the opponent had used an unknown method to steal a portion of his Chaos Authority through his eye.

He couldn’t recall how many years it had been since he last felt that sharp pain piercing the soul, even now the memory of it left him with lingering fear.

The guy who traversed the distorted space in front of him was the thief who stole his authority.

Compared to Leman’s anger, Wu Chang True Self was much more at ease. He showed a look of joy akin to reuniting with an old friend, and said:

”Yes, it’s me.”

Ever since he entered the Abyssal Game, Wu Chang began interacting with Leman. Though not perfectly cordial, they certainly shared deep-seated enmity, and he believed Leman knew who he was without needing explanation.

Leman entered a state of alert, having suffered from this mortal in front of him several times. Now that this mortal had acquired his Authority, he had gone beyond the mortal realm, making Leman even more cautious.

Moreover, this plane was occupied by the lunatic Kristen; he couldn’t afford to delay too long.

The Secret Ceremony Master had messed up his plans this time. The last time when he lost his Authority in that plane, the player responsible for collaborating with the forces within the plane also happened to be the Secret Ceremony Master.

Two losses were already a major failure, so as punishment, Leman directly burned the Energy inside the Secret Ceremony Master, using the method of overdrawing the Secret Ceremony Master’s Life, to grant this body greater Power.

”Is it you who has been ruining my plans?” He questioned True Self, while his body subtly tilted towards Wu Chang’s main body.

True Self seemed oblivious to Leman’s small actions, smiling as he said:

”We’re old friends, there’s no need to be so formal. Your plan failed simply because your subordinates were ineffective, slacking off; I hadn’t even had time to target him before the plan he was in charge of failed.”

Leman’s body trembled for a moment, but it wasn’t Leman who trembled, it was the original owner of the body, the Secret Ceremony Master.

Wu Chang continued:

”Your Excellency Leman, every time we meet, you always bring me some local specialty. Surely you haven’t come empty-handed this time?”

Leman showed a look of confusion and asked: ”What local specialty?”

Wu Chang took out the Mortal Poison, pointing to Leman’s eye embedded in it, and said to Leman:

”Your eye, every time it’s the left one. I’m a bit tired of the aesthetic, can we change to a right one this time?”

Crack.

Cracks appeared in the space around Leman. He clenched his fist, then quickly released it, his face showing a rigid smile as he began to slowly clap.

”Good, good, good. It’s been a long time since someone from the Abyss Shallow Layer has been able to provoke me like you.”

True Self placed the Mortal Poison around his neck and bowed like a gentleman towards Leman.

”It is indeed my honor.”

He could see that Leman was incensed.

”There is something you need to know, this necklace embedded with your eye, its creator is a mere mortal from this plane.”

”Perhaps you won’t even remember him, but I feel it’s necessary to inform you that his name is Anderson, the first leader of the Secret Magic Knight Order.”

”The items he created drew out your Authority, truly harming you.”

From his opponent’s standpoint, Wu Chang didn’t need to tell Leman about the existence of the Mortal Poison, nor did he need to let Leman see it with his own eyes.

If it were any other plane, he wouldn’t say so much to Leman, but being in the Steam Phantom Plane now, he felt the moment was right.

He could see from Xavier’s resentment that the Peace Church’s efforts on the Steam Phantom Plane were far greater than they appeared on the surface.

Not long after he extracted Xavier’s Divine Seed, Leman descended by possessing the Secret Ceremony Master’s body, proving him correct.

The invention and promotion of the Extraordinary Steam Engine, and even how Stilan reached its current state, were heavily influenced by the backstage efforts of the Peace Church.

Wu Chang remembered seeing records of Leman in the Secret Magic Knight Order when he was at the Moonlight Sanatorium.

Cruel, cunning, powerful, vengeful, and possessing a strong sense of dark humor.

To exact revenge on the Secret Magic Knight Order, Leman opted not to use simple methods but instead chose to awaken within the descendants of the Knight Order’s leader, showcasing his pettiness.

Leman took this plane so seriously, clearly driven by his urge for revenge again.

Perhaps it was to regain face with Kristen, perhaps dissatisfied with his failure to seize Randy’s body, but everything started from Moonlight Sanatorium.

This gave Wu Chang a sudden sense of fate when facing Leman.

It’s not that there was any fate between him and Leman, but rather between the Secret Magic Knight Order and Leman.

To Leman, the Steam Phantom Plane might be a battlefield against Kristen.

But from the perspective of the Secret Magic Knight Order, it’s a war spanning hundreds of years between them and Leman.

When he defeated Leman at the Moonlight Sanatorium, he, once a rookie, relied entirely on the preparations of old Anderson and the Secret Magic Knight Order of yesteryear.

In the Steam Phantom Dungeon, he again inherited old Anderson’s Secret Magic Knight Order.

Facing Leman again at this moment, he recalled the note on the Mortal Poison.

”In the eyes of a God, mortals are like ants, but even the sting of an ant can make a God bleed.”