touchnovel Chapter 1777 - 55: Plague Temple (Part 1)
Chapter 1777 - 55: Plague Temple (Part 1)
A dazzling beam burst from behind Lan Gu, piercing through his body instantly, a person he never expected to make a move did so.
"Lan Ji!? You..."
Lan Gu widened his eyes, looking incredulously at the clan brother behind him. The Star Sky Ancient Mirror that enveloped them finally ceased its operation, as the strength in his body began to rapidly fade away.
He never anticipated that this clan brother, who had followed him for hundreds of years, would betray him at such a critical moment, and with a single strike, hit his vital spot directly.
Zhang Xiaoman was also stunned by the sudden change unfolding before his eyes. The previously honest-looking Lan Ji, who seemed to have no scheming mind, was actually the mastermind. It seems everything happening at the Lan Family base couldn’t be unrelated to him.
"Why exactly..."
Lan Gu’s speech began to intermittently break up, his chest blooming into a terrifying black hole, with flesh and blood being consumed by it, while Lan Ji standing behind him had his forehead lit up with a purple Star Pattern. The black hole was evidently his Star Pattern Talent.
"Clan Leader... No, I should call you big brother, this is probably the last time I’ll call you big brother... Hehehe, who would have thought that you, always so self-assured, would have such a pathetic day, hehehe..."
Lan Ji’s face revealed a smile carrying coldness, his hand exerting a bit more power, causing Lan Gu unbearable pain.
"Big brother, do you know how long I’ve waited for this day? Since you killed Xiao Yu seven hundred years ago, I’ve been burning to tear you apart! She was your own sister! Just for the position of Lan Family Patriarch, you killed her! Do you really think I’m so dumb to keep me by your side? But how could you know just how important Sister Xiao Yu was to me!!"
As Lan Ji spoke, he began to become slightly deranged, finally laughing and crying simultaneously, his eyes becoming completely bloodshot.
Seeing his eyes, Lan Gu instantly became ashen-faced and said:
"You... You already became one of the Rothschild family... To think... I trusted you so much... yet you..."
Lan Ji burst into wild laughter, behaving like a madman.
"Trust? Ha ha ha! You only considered me a simple-minded fool who posed no threat to you! Let me tell you, Lan Gu, I, Lan Ji, died the day you killed Xiao Yu! The one living now is merely a walking corpse seeking revenge! If I can make you die, I don’t mind siding with any force!"
"Do you wonder how they found the location of the Lan Family? Do you wonder how such a heavily guarded base was so easily breached? Ha ha ha! You have only yourself to blame! You shouldn’t have left me as a living threat! You should have killed all your brothers! That’s what you taught me! Lan Gu! You taught me to be ruthless facing enemies! Now, I will return it all to you! Let you taste the feeling of being betrayed by those you trust!"
Lan Gu’s expression turned to despair, kneeling on the Ancient Mirror, the black hole on his chest nearly severing him.
"Lan Ji, you don’t know the situation at that time... Xiao Yu willingly died to protect you, there was actually someone else who wanted to kill you, your second brother. The situation was special then, if I didn’t act, none of you would have survived..."
"You are still as naive as before... Really thinking someone like Alman would let you live... Take this Ancient Mirror, leave with it quickly, maybe it can still save you..."
Lan Gu’s voice faded, growing softer and softer until it ceased altogether.
His body was entirely swallowed by the black hole, and the massive Star Sky Ancient Mirror beneath him vanished, replaced by a small floating black mirror at the position where he had just been standing.
Lan Ji stared blankly at the scene, his previously ferocious expression frozen, gazing silently at the small black mirror in front of him, speechless, unsure what to think.
Zhang Xiaoman was hit with such a shocking revelation, his heart filled with conflicting emotions, not expecting the Lan Family’s Clan Leader would die like this, ambushed by one of his own. Their conversation seemed to hint at a significant story behind all this.
He shook his head, nonetheless, all of this didn’t concern him, the situation was somewhat complicated, the Clan Leader of the Lan Family was dead, and most of the base was destroyed, the upper echelons nearly all dead or injured. Zhang Xiaoman began contemplating whether to stay here any longer, as the situation reached such a level, he felt no need to remain.
"Lan Ji, give me the Stellar Treasure Mirror."
Alman reached out to Lan Ji, demanding the mirror from his hand.
"You did well this time, later I’ll gather all the elders in your favor, letting you become one of the Rothschild family’s elders as you deserve. Now, hand over the Stellar Treasure Mirror."
He demanded again.
By this moment, Lan Ji gradually came back to his senses from his daze, gazing at the small black mirror quietly resting in his palm, his mind suddenly recalling the words Lan Gu had just spoken to him.
"Sister Xiao Yu... Could she really have died to protect me? What exactly is going on here... Why didn’t Lan Gu detonate the Treasure Mirror but handed it over to me... Could he be telling the truth... I... What am I..."