Free Web NovelChapter 722: Chapter 82: Cannot Kill
Being mocked face-to-face by Han Zhan,
a huge wave of anger surged up,
bringing a touch of clarity to Luo Qiuhong’s eyes.
"Kill...kill...kill me!" The fragmented words spilled from her mouth.
She was struggling, fighting for control of her body with the weakening National Sorrow Sword.
All she desired was death, nothing else.
"Then, as you wish."
Han Zhan’s eyes were obscure, making it impossible to discern his true emotions.
After saying this, he suddenly exerted force with the right hand holding the Xuanyuan Sword, thrusting forward.
The audience in the stands fell silent.
Moments ago, they were excitedly discussing how they were members of the cleanup squad in play, and now they were dumbfounded with their mouths wide open.
Muttering to himself, "How is this possible... no one plays like this... no one..."
The blade of the Xuanyuan Sword was about to slice through Luo Qiuhong’s throat, killing her.
At the crucial moment.
Han Zhan suddenly heard the sound of a water drop falling by his ear.
Plop.
It was then that he found his sword was no longer able to move forward!
"You cannot kill her."
Outside his visual field, even beyond the boxing ring, in places Han Zhan could not see, a voice echoed.
The tone of the speaker seemed slightly breathless.
Hearing the sound, Han Zhan withdrew his gaze and noticed the surroundings of the second boxing ring had changed in appearance.
Endless darkness enveloped the place, leaving only a dim, yellowish light illuminating the small space where he stood.
"You cannot kill her."
As if emphasizing, or perhaps reminding, the voice’s tone gradually returned to normal following breathing adjustments.
Soon after, a figure cloaked in a hood appeared under the light.
"You’ve finally appeared." Han Zhan saw the newcomer clearly, his pupils slightly contracted, speaking faintly.
"Dawn."
"You wanted to force me to show myself using this method, and I must say, you did succeed."
Facing him, the black hood walked into the light, the dim light barely illuminating his upper body.
As for the lower body, it was still shrouded in darkness, unable to be seen.
The same applied to the lower halves of Han Zhan, the Xuanyuan Sword, the kneeling Luo Qiuhong, and the National Sorrow Sword.
Seeing this, Han Zhan instantly understood how the opponent had stopped him.
"This antique artifact is called A Bright Lamp."
"Outside the area illuminated by the lamp, all other parts fall into a stasis state."
The stasis state, as the name implies, is indistinguishable from absolute stillness in time; all states of things halt at the moment they enter stasis.
Han Zhan suddenly thought of something terrifying and asked, "Then your lower body is in stasis while your upper body enters the light."
"If stasis were to be lifted at this moment, wouldn’t you end up dismembered, dying immediately?"
"..."
The black hood was silent for a while. "No. Stasis is merely a state, not necessarily fixed to the original location."
"Parts of the body in stasis can move together."
"Then how can you walk into the light from the darkness, what about sound? Can sound defy the rules of A Bright Lamp?" Han Zhan asked again.
This time, the black hood did not answer.
"I understand you’re trying to delay time, so there’s no need to test further; the duration for each use of this antique artifact is one hour."
"After an hour, it will extinguish. If stasis isn’t lifted and you leave within that hour, then you will... stay in the lamp forever."
"Moreover, I can tell you that after each use, to replenish the lamp’s energy, you must find a star similar to the sun and throw it in, nurturing it for at least three days and nights."
Saying this, the black hood paused.
"I explain this much to make three things clear."
"First, you cannot kill her, nor can you."
"Second, we have a full hour."
"Third, if you agree to my proposal, I can gift you this antique artifact."
Saying this, the black hood slightly raised his head.
Even though the deep darkness of the hood kept the opponent’s appearance hidden.
"Han Zhan, we are not enemies."
"Why can’t you kill her?" Han Zhan did not respond immediately, instead he questioned, "You want to talk to me, and I happen to want to talk to you."
"So, answer my question first, why not kill her?"
The black hood thought for a while.
"At your current Realm, there’s nothing I can’t tell you. The reason you can’t kill her is that she belongs to another Dawn."
"The National Sorrow Sword in her hand is Dawn Number Six’s ’Protagonist of Destiny,’ and Luo Qiuhong is most suited to becoming a Sword Slave for the National Sorrow Sword."
"If you kill her, it would render all of Dawn Number Six’s previous efforts completely wasted, causing instability to the originally solid anchor point."
Dawn Number Six.
Han Zhan noticed such a description, "Then what about you, which number Dawn are you?"
"I’m Dawn Number Two," Dawn Number Two confessed.
Hearing this, Han Zhan suddenly realized, Dawn is indeed an organization, not a name; the people within the organization are referred to by their numbers.
Although this differed slightly from his initial plan, the difference wasn’t large.
In Han Zhan’s previous plan,
When he heard the word "Dawn" from Luo Qiuhong, he decided to take the stage.
Han Zhan’s purpose for taking the stage was to force Dawn to appear, to see what identity this mysterious figure stirring up trouble on Blue Star held.
The result was that Dawn was forced out, but it was Dawn Number Two that emerged, representing Luo Qiuhong as Dawn Number Six, not the same one.
"What is an anchor point?" Han Zhan thought about this and asked his second question.
"You’ve experienced the Kunlun Twin Fruit World, so the concept of an anchor point shouldn’t be unfamiliar."
"The Cosmos is ever-evolving, and in this process, any significant cosmic event can be designated as an ’anchor point.’"
"The strength of an ’anchor point’ is related to the extent of the cosmic event. The larger the cosmic world and the wider the Star Domain coverage, the stronger the corresponding anchor point."
"So, you Dawns have been stirring up various cosmic spaces just to create a cosmic event of great magnitude, known as ’solidifying anchor points’?" Han Zhan continued his questioning.
Saying this, his tone suddenly lowered.
"So, Yi Fan reviving the Primordial True Insect ’Silence’ to attack Blue Star, does that count as ’solidifying anchor points’?"
Hearing Han Zhan’s final question, the black hood was silent for a long time, then finally sighed lightly.
"You truly guessed it."
"Yes, Yi Fan resurrecting the Primordial True Insect, with you averting the crisis of Blue Star’s extinction, was a solid anchor point."
The black hood admitted.
In other words, the shadow of Dawn Number Two did indeed run through the turmoil of Blue Star.
It could even be said that he was the reason all of this happened,
the instigator!
