21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 457 - Shadow (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

Hearing the old man’s voice, Qingdai for some reason suddenly felt as if she was being targeted by a ferocious tiger, and her body jolted in startlement. When she abruptly raised her head to look at the old man, she saw a gaze replete with profound meaning in his eyes.

Confronted with this situation, though Qingdai didn’t understand what exactly had happened, she clearly knew something had gone wrong with her plan. Without time to think further, she instinctively reached for her chest and grabbed the Embracing Sword she held there, and shouted, "Shadow Guard, to me!"

As Qingdai’s call echoed, the shadow behind her instantly came to life, shooting towards the old man like an arrow.

Qingdai looked on expectantly at the swiftly flying shadow, her face revealing an expression of anticipation and satisfaction. In her view, no matter what preparations or techniques the old man had, facing an attack from a Legendary Warrior, he would meet his demise today.

However, just as Qingdai eagerly hoped for the attack emanating from her shadow to slay the old man, his shadow also stirred and stood in front of him after a flurry of tumult, blocking the assault aimed at the old man.

The two dark figures collided several times in the cramped room. Although the old man’s shadow was being overpowered, it still firmly protected the old man, preventing the attack from Qingdai’s shadow from breaking through its defense.

Eventually, the collisions between the two shadows came to a halt. The old man’s shadow still stood guard before him, but what was revealed was a figure dressed in traditional Ninja attire, draped in black, with a Dagger in hand. Although he was desperately containing his natural reactions, the impact and pressure from the recent collision caused his Dagger-wielding hand to tremble slightly.

Looking at the Ninja standing in front of the old man, the attacking shadow also finally revealed its form. Dressed similarly in black, it was a figure in Samurai Armor standing before Qingdai, a black Lance pointed at the old man behind the Ninja. The murderous intent emanating from his form firmly enveloped the old man.

The sudden attack and turn of events silenced all four people in the room. For some unknown reason, the black-armored Samurai did not continue to attack the Ninja but locked the old man with his killing intent, while surveying the Ninja with a pair of eyes hidden behind a demonic mask on his face.

"I never expected that my most beloved granddaughter would betray me and even conspire with outsiders to kill me," the old man said, unperturbed by the murderous aura surrounding him. Instead, he glanced past the Samurai and looked back at Qingdai, who was gripping the Embracing Sword and watching him with a face full of hatred.

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"Beloved? If by ’beloved’ you mean turning me into this half-ghost, with two Souls squeezed into one body, then you truly have a strange way of showing affection!" Qingdai’s voice had turned masculine, and the Soul residing in her body clearly harbored even more animosity toward the old man: "To fulfill your own desire for immortality, you killed mother! Grandmother! And the whole family of Uncle Number Three, twelve in total! You sacrificed father, Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Aunt Number Three, and even my seven-year-old sister, all so that you could cling to your life until today! Every day you live, every minute, every second, is bought with the lives of all seventy-four of them!"

Unmoved by the roaring accusations from the Soul within Qingdai, the old man merely shook his head in disappointment: "It was all in vain that I put in so much effort to raise you, to be influenced by such nonsensical sentiments as kinship. You’ve truly let me down. What’s more, I had hoped you would inherit the Tashiro Family; turns out I was trying to prop up a wall of mud. It was their honor to contribute to my immortality, and you should be glad for them," he said.

"You!" Qingdai looked at the old man in shock. Although the soul within her had recounted these blood-soaked, hate-filled past events, and it was through these that she truly recognized the true face of this old monster who had lived for over a century, hearing the old man speak such words himself, treating his slaughter of her kin as if it were perfectly justified, still sent shivers down her spine.

A chilling sensation seemed to rise from her spine, making her feel cold all over in an instant.

"Is this your reliance, a Sub-Legendary assassin? It seems that Professor Chen Yu and his Mingyue Society are not as the outside world rumors, with no Legendary Warrior stationed at their side. Or is it that you all have failed to persuade Professor Chen Yu and his backers to have a Legendary Warrior take action?" The old man slowly stood up. Even though he was nearly two hundred years old, his movements were neither slow nor shaky, but instead very steady.

As the old man stood up, his aura gradually intensified. His body, which seemed nearly dead, appeared to regain vitality as if dead wood had come to life again.

By the time the old man was fully standing, his aura had climbed to the limit of what a Sub-Legendary could reach, as if he might break through his shackles and become Legendary the next moment.

His appearance had changed; compared to the decaying living corpse before, the old man now had a rosy complexion, and his hair and beard glowed with a soft sheen, looking like a well-maintained elder without a hint of decay.

This sudden change made Qingdai’s eyes widen. She had speculated about how formidable the old man was, but she never imagined that everything he had shown was a disguise. This added a few more twinges of unease to Qingdai’s heart, as if her plan was not as flawless as she had thought.

"Perhaps you truly are a strong fighter, but facing both Hanzo and I, two Sub-Legendary opponents, are you still confident you can come out unscathed in a one against two situation?" The revitalized old man’s voice changed too. His voice, full of breath and backed by over a hundred years of authority, made him seem indeed powerful as if he had already secured the Samurai and Qingdai.

"Hanzo? Ninja? Are you this generation’s Hanzo? When did Hattori Ishikimi-no-kami of Iga betray the Tokugawa Family?" The Samurai looked at the Ninja, and after learning from the old man’s remarks that the Ninja’s name was Hanzo, his gaze toward the Ninja became somewhat strange.

However, the Ninja did not respond; he simply held the dagger tightly in his left hand, standing very seriously in front of the old man, while his right hand reached into his bosom, gripping three shurikens.

Seeing the Ninja’s silence, the Samurai did not press further and turned toward the old man who seemed to have everything under control, and said solemnly, "You were just asking why the Mingyue Society didn’t deploy a Legendary Warrior? The answer is simple, because I am already here."

As the Samurai finished speaking, his aura rose sharply too. After reaching the Peak Sub-Legendary level the same as the old man, it didn’t pause for a moment but directly broke through to the Legendary realm.