The darkness in the secret chamber lasted for only half a breath. Lin Zhaoyue's Truth-Breaking Sword hummed as it was drawn, its silver radiance cascading like a waterfall, illuminating every detail of Ye Wuji's ashen face. The purple patches at the corners of his eyes were slowly writhing with his every breath, like countless tiny venomous snakes squirming beneath his skin.
Ye Fan's back molars ached from biting down. Three days ago during the clan tournament, this very Third Elder had stroked his graying beard while standing by the martial arts arena, watching him spar with the younger generation of the clan before smiling and clapping him on the shoulder to say, "With a son like this in our Ye Family, how could we ever worry about failing to prosper?" At this moment, however, those same hands were wrapped in black chains, the fingertips stained with greenish-black corpse spots—where was there any semblance of an elder left?
"How could this be..." His throat felt parched, and the "Twin-Heart Gu" in his sleeve was so hot it felt as though it might burn right through his flesh. This was the Gu Insect he and Su Qingxue had nurtured together, and right now it was churning with abnormal agitation, clearly warning of a mortal crisis.
Chapter 326