"Bingbing, who is he?" Moira Song tried to soften her tone, her gaze sweeping over Joe Di beside Shelby Young.
Shelby Young opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found herself unable to utter a single word. Countless images and scenes flashed through her mind, and in that brief moment, it felt as if ten thousand years had passed. If it had been before, she would have rushed over immediately. But now, she felt lost.
Ever since her sisters provoked Ning City in the Taiyi Realm and ended up either killed or fleeing for their lives, and after Moira Song was killed by Ning City, she felt she had gained clarity.
Moira Song had only ever regarded them as vassals—in harsher terms, as personal possessions. She believed that if given another chance, she would never live as she had before, like a puppet with no self, her entire world revolving around Moira Song.
She thought Moira Song was dead, but now that Moira Song was alive, facing her truly, she found herself speechless.
"Bingbing, come to me first. We'll talk about everything else later." After waiting a long time without hearing Shelby Young speak or seeing her move, Moira Song took a deep breath and spoke again, slowly.
That indescribable torment finally passed, and Shelby Young gradually calmed down. Instead of moving toward Moira Song, she asked in a trembling voice, "Moira Song, why aren't you dead?"
"Hahaha..." Moira Song burst into laughter, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at Shelby Young and said, "Never did I imagine that one day my woman would ask why I'm not dead. Nor did I ever imagine that one day, my woman would be indifferent when I called her over. Even more, I never thought I, Moira Song, would be betrayed by my own woman. Shelby Young, how have I wronged you? Do you wish to become a woman for anyone who asks?"
What truly enraged Moira Song was that Shelby Young dared to defy him—not only that, but she also called him by his name. In his mind, he was the entire world to all his women.
Upon hearing this, Shelby Young became completely calm. She felt little anger now, only a sense of sorrow—not just for herself, but also for her sisters who had died.
"Moira Song, perhaps I was blind or insane before, actually reveling in being your plaything." Shelby Young shook her head. "It's a pity for my sisters who died in vain. If we're talking about betrayal, only that wretch Zhu Yinghua..."
"Shut up! If you dare say another bad word about Yinghua, I'll swallow you whole, you bitch!" Moira Song's fury erupted instantly.
He thought that after dying once, he would no longer be angered by trivial matters. Yet at this moment, he realized just how difficult that was. A once docile woman who centered her world around him now dared to ignore his existence and even stood by another man's side.
Shelby Young did not stop. She continued calmly, "On the surface, you seemed to love us deeply, even unreservedly, appearing to be obedient to our every wish. Now that I see you unharmed, I realize you are different from us. You had already separated a fragment of your soul and left it in the Land of Seven Wheels. When you fell, the soul fragment you left there could be reborn. But you never told us about this. Your so-called obedience was simply because you knew we would never ask for anything else..."
Cyrus Flame immediately chimed in, "That's right. If not for me, this man would have died long ago. I saved him, and the first thing he did was betray me. I've never met someone so vile and treacherous."
Shelby Young glanced at Cyrus Flame in surprise, but did not respond to him. She continued, "After you died, Zhu Yinghua led the few surviving sisters to your Mo family, seeking help. On the very first night, Zhu Yinghua got involved with Mo Zhou from your family. Later, she forced Sister Man to serve Mo Zhou. Sister Man refused, but Zhu Yinghua forced her anyway. In the end, Sister Man could not bear the humiliation and took her own life..."
"Manman..." Moira Song cried out in anguish, then roared, "Shelby Young, shut your mouth!"
Shelby Young did not stop. She continued slowly, "To avenge Sister Man, I attacked Mo Zhou with the help of Dao Lord Ning. Heh, but I was captured by your Mo family, stripped naked and nailed outside the Mo Clan Square, my soul burned by the filthy fire of the abyss for tens of thousands of years. If Big Brother Di hadn’t saved me, I would still be burning in the earthfire now."
At this point, Shelby Young looked calmly at Moira Song. "I owe you nothing, Moira Song. If anything, it is you who owe us sisters. From now on, there is nothing between us. As for your Mo family, I saw through them long ago."
Moira Song ignored Shelby Young. His gaze fell on Joe Di, and he spoke in a flat tone, "It seems your support is this man beside you. What a pity..."
As he spoke, Moira Song raised his hand and tossed out a green array flag. The surrounding space suddenly shifted. A suffocating pressure descended, and Moira Song shouted, "Encircle them!"
In the next moment, nearly two hundred cultivators split into seven positions, sealing off the space where Joe Di and the others stood.
"Moira Song, you actually set up the Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array..." Cyrus Flame's fingers trembled with rage. Ever since Moira Song, this doggedly loyal follower, had been at his side, Cyrus Flame rarely concerned himself with array matters. At first, he worried that Moira Song might secretly hoard some Chaotic Magma, but every time Moira Song handed over all his findings without reservation, so Cyrus Flame stopped doubting him.
Only now did he realize that Moira Song had been setting up his own arrangements all along.
Moira Song chuckled, "What else did you expect? Should I have set up the Gathering True Divine Array and helped you collect Chaotic Magma? But if you hadn't brought about your own doom, even with my arrangements, I wouldn't have acted against you. At least not now. You only have yourself to blame."
Joe Di said coolly, "Cyrus Flame, don't think that living a few more years makes you clever. When it comes to cunning, you're nowhere near this man."
Cyrus Flame's trembling hands gradually steadied. He said slowly, "That's right, when it comes to cunning, I'm far inferior to this fiend. I always thought he was setting up the Gathering True Divine Array for me, collecting Chaotic Magma for me. I never expected he had planned all along to disguise the Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array as the Gathering True Divine Array, and I still trusted him so much."
Moira Song sneered, "That's only because your array skills are utterly trash. You always thought yourself a sixth-level divine array master, even spent all day studying arrays, but in my eyes, you're just array trash. With your talent, you dream of becoming a seventh-level divine array emperor and escaping through the Rift Wheel Eye? Since we've known each other for so long, hand over the array disk for the Rift Wheel Eye and I'll spare you once."
"How do you know about the Rift Wheel Eye?" Cyrus Flame was shocked. He had never told anyone about it—how did Moira Song know?
Moira Song only sneered and did not answer Cyrus Flame's question.
Cyrus Flame did not ask further. He suddenly felt a sense of relief about what had happened this time. If not for this incident, he might have died at Moira Song's hands someday, still believing Moira Song was a loyal dog.
"So, your array skills are quite strong?" Joe Di opened his hand, and the Azure Veil Blade landed in his palm, but his tone seemed unruffled.
"At least stronger than yours. Even though you ambushed and seriously injured Cyrus Flame, it won't help you against me..." After speaking, Moira Song pulled out a delicate jade tower and shouted, "Everyone, follow my instructions and move—attack!"
At each of the seven array bases in the Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array, cultivators unleashed their treasures, and from each base, a dozen people charged at Joe Di.
Perhaps in Moira Song's eyes, Cyrus Flame had just been gravely injured and was no longer worth considering in battle. Even he could not have imagined that after Joe Di's Dao fire blocked the Chaotic Magma, Cyrus Flame could still cultivate within it.
Joe Di swept the Azure Veil Blade down in a single arc, and in the next moment, a pitch-black Reincarnation Wooden Bridge appeared beneath his feet.
Boom! The blade light of the Azure Veil Blade transformed into a curtain nearly a thousand feet long, and beneath it, the Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array began to crack and groan.
With the sound of cracking, the great array that had sealed off this space suddenly seemed to have its foundation uprooted, and collapsed all at once.
Space returned to calm and normalcy. The nearly hundred cultivators charging at Joe Di paused in confusion—what was happening? According to Moira Song's plan, the Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array would trap Joe Di and Cyrus Flame, and they would easily kill and capture them within the array.
But now, before they even reached Joe Di, the Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array had collapsed?
A suppressive aura of reincarnation swept over their minds. Even Cyrus Flame was stunned, staring at the black wooden bridge beneath Joe Di's feet—this was definitely the Reincarnation Bridge...
Moira Song was even more stunned. The Sevenfold Spatial Lock Divine Array he had painstakingly arranged for years was broken by a single slash from Joe Di? And not only that—the man before him even possessed the Reincarnation Bridge?
(Apologies, I've been exhausted these past few days dealing with my child's matters, so the chapter quality may not be high. That's it for today, good night friends!)