Published: March 8, 2025
Dong Wushang was not unprepared.
He had always been on guard!
But when the moment arrived, he was caught completely off guard! The goodwill displayed by his elder brother from the family made him drop his guard entirely.
Moreover, he deliberately let his guard down.
No one knew how much Dong Wushang valued this brotherly relationship! Growing up together, he had always respected and admired his older brother, who had cared for him and pampered him in every way. To think that his own brother would turn against him was a source of immense sadness and disappointment for him.
Now, his brother had finally shown signs of reconciliation and goodwill.
Dong Wushang preferred to believe that this was real! He truly yearned to return to the environment of brotherly love they once had, willing to wager his own safety for it!
Unfortunately, he lost the bet!
His body was injured in multiple places. For someone else, this would have meant being unable to even stand, yet he stubbornly stood on one leg, blood flowing like a waterfall, still maintaining his upright stance.
He remained majestic and imposing!
Only the desolation and disappointment in his eyes added a touch of sorrowful elegance to his proud figure.
Wherever his gaze landed, everyone dared not meet his eyes and turned their heads away.
Dong Wushang let out a laugh, a laugh filled with despair.
At this point, his heart was completely dead!
He suddenly remembered that before he set out, Chu Yang had repeatedly warned him: “Wushang, you must be careful!”
“Wushang, you absolutely must be careful!”
The boss had anticipated this long ago, which is why he kept reminding him, but he couldn’t say it directly. Because Dong Wulei was his brother, his own brother!
If the boss had said it at that time, it would have inevitably seemed like instigation.
Yet each reminder was tantamount to saying: Be wary of your brother!
He had sensed it too, but when the moment arrived, he still foolishly chose to believe.
“Second Young Master, we do not wish for this either.” Du Liufeng coughed a couple of times, feeling somewhat guilty as he said, “But right now, our Dong Family can no longer withstand another storm in such turbulent times.”
“I understand.” Dong Wushang nodded slowly, the expression in his eyes shifting from chaos and despair to heartbreak and pain; so unbearable it felt like he wanted to die.
But if one looked closely at his gaze, it would reveal that his eyes were gradually becoming deeper, increasingly focused, gradually … transforming into a kind of cruelty!
He understood, he truly understood.
The Dong Clan only needed one heir! Just like the Imperial Throne, there would always be only one position! If Dong Wushang were a bit more ordinary, it wouldn’t matter; but being so outstanding made him redundant!
Moreover, it posed a potential crisis for family division!
Dong Wushang’s body wavered slightly, and his eyes suddenly took on the color of the Ink Blade. He lifted his face to the sky and murmured, “Everyone in the world seeks love, but who knows that this world is fundamentally ruthless! Perhaps it is precisely because this world is filled with so much ruthlessness that there are so many legends of love…”
At that moment, a fierce blade light burst forth from his body!
Brilliant and dazzling.
Enlightenment!
The elder glanced at each other in shock. With his cultivation level and vision, they naturally understood what was happening to Dong Wushang at that moment. They hadn’t expected Dong Wushang’s talent to be so extraordinary, that in such a dire situation, stimulated by his emotions, he could still achieve enlightenment!
“Is the blade unharmed really that high? Who can toil in this endless mundane world? Drifting through this martial arts world, henceforth transforming into a heartless blade!”
Dong Wushang laughed heartily, releasing the endless grief and anger within his heart! Suddenly, with a long howl, he recited these lines, or perhaps, it was not a poem, but a blade technique!