Chapter 682 — The Sword God Smiles
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The Imperial Preceptor Jingping looked startled; then the surprise slowly became a trace of a smile, and the smile grew and grew, until it became a hearty laugh bright as spring sunlight, blue sky, and green water.
The Village Head laughed aloud as well.
The laughter of the two Sword Gods echoed through this doomsday world and rose to the ninth heaven.
Far on high, Fu Yanqi's face was ashen. He drew back his hand and saw it streaming with blood — of five fingers only a thumb remained. It had not been Lou Yunqu who activated the Book of Life and Death just now, but he himself who had wielded its power.
The three fellow disciples had each received a portion of the Black Emperor of Mingdu's legacy. Lou Yunqu could activate the Book of Life and Death to raise the dead; even if a soul had been taken by Tu Bo, he could use the Book to seize it back by force.
Kui Qingpei could wield the Book's power of blood sacrifice, dissolving the flesh and blood of gods and demons together with their primordial spirits.
As for Fu Yanqi, he could control the Book of Life and Death, draining the life from the living and casting them down into Mingdu.
This time he had activated the Book, only to run into the Imperial Preceptor Jingping, so that its power failed to achieve its end. He had meant to seize the opportunity to snatch Shen Mu's volume of the Book, but never expected his divine power to be broken, and lost four fingers for it.
On the other side, Lou Yunqu hastily recalled the Book of Life and Death of Mingdu and shone it toward the Imperial Preceptor Jingping. His heart gave a small jolt, and he said in a low voice, "The one who led the Jingping Reforms has finally appeared!"
Enduring the pain, Fu Yanqi looked toward the Book of Life and Death, and saw a name surface upon its pages.