The Hero of a Cool Novel? I, the Villain, Will Kill You!

In the center of these heart-palpitating spatial ripples, three figures materialized from nothingness, stepping out of the twisted vortex and standing steadily in the center of the hall.

The Dao Rhythms around them were restrained, carrying a powerful aura of having just escaped from the chaotic flow of space-time.

King Qin the Slaughterer’s pupils suddenly constricted, his entire Qi mechanism instinctively tensed, as if facing a formidable enemy.

After clearly seeing the faces of the newcomers, his face instantly filled with incredulous surprise, and he blurted out: ”Cave Master Shan Qiong? Master Wu Yan?!”

These two names should have been forgotten in the extremely dangerous Land of the Other Shore.

Yet, they appeared alive before his eyes, bringing a shock far exceeding any enemy attack.

Chu Daoren and Yi Tianguang, standing nearby, trembled all over, their gazes fixed on the three figures.

Chu Daoren’s voice carried a hint of imperceptible tremor: ”Old Ancestor Chu... Chu Moqian?! You are free?”

And Yi Tianguang hurriedly took half a step forward, his tone filled with absurdity and confusion:

”According to God Ancestor Gu Cangyang, Old Ancestor Chu, you, Master Wu Yan, and Cave Master Shan Qiong together smuggled yourselves into that perilous Land of the Other Shore!”

”Weren’t... weren’t you already captured and suppressed by the terrifying beings on the Other Shore?”

”Now... now you... have escaped?”

This scene was too sudden, completely disrupting their recent secret plotting, causing a tempestuous surge in their hearts.

Hearing this, Chu Moqian’s face stiffened, and a very unnatural ripple flashed in the depths of his eyes.

But he immediately suppressed it, his complexion even appearing somewhat dark.

Thoughts whirled in his mind, and he immediately realized that this was Gu Cangyang’s method to subdue Shanqiong Cave.

Because hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the three of them smuggled themselves to the Other Shore, Gu Cangyang later returned to the Hongmeng Sea from the River of Time with Yi Bochang and Mo Yuan, taking away the Nine Heavens Divine Domain.

To subdue Shanqiong Cave, and to better utilize King Qin the Slaughterer, Yi Tianguang, and Chu Daoren, Gu Cangyang fabricated the lie that Master Wu Yan and the other two had been suppressed by the powerful beings of the Other Shore.

Now, this lie ironically became the most reasonable excuse for Master Wu Yan and the other two to appear.

Chu Moqian quickly exchanged an extremely subtle glance with Master Wu Yan and Cave Master Shan Qiong beside him.

Master Wu Yan and Cave Master Shan Qiong, both beings who had experienced countless eons, instantly understood.

Gu Cangyang’s lie about them being trapped on the Other Shore now perfectly served as a mask to conceal the shocking truth of their allegiance to Wang Qing.

They had to continue with this lie and absolutely not arouse the slightest suspicion from King Qin the Slaughterer and the other two.

After all, in the perception of King Qin the Slaughterer and the others, they had an irreconcilable feud with Wang Qing, and would rather perish in body and spirit than ever submit.

This was their best camouflage at the moment.

Chu Moqian took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound with a hint of exhaustion and relief after escaping, and sighed faintly:

”What God Ancestor Gu Cangyang said... is indeed true. The three of us rashly smuggled ourselves to the Other Shore, and were inadvertently detected by the powerful beings there.”

”After a fierce battle, we were ultimately exhausted and captured, imprisoned in a desolate prison in the Land of the Other Shore.”

He paused slightly, as if recalling the unbearable past, his tone heavy, then continued, ”Recently, it so happened that a slight loosening appeared in the Restriction of that desolate prison.”

”The three of us fought with all our might and were lucky enough to tear through the confinement, escaping by the skin of our teeth... It is truly a great fortune to see our homeland again.”

His explanation was half-true, half-false, vividly portraying the difficulty of their escape.

The fear and relief in his tone were perfectly balanced, completely appearing like survivors of a catastrophe.

Master Wu Yan and Cave Master Shan Qiong remained silent beside him, their expressions solemn, nodding slightly, tacitly agreeing to Chu Moqian’s narrative.

The spatial fluctuations around them, which had not yet fully subsided, further proved that they had just experienced a difficult escape.