Eldritch Horror Theatre

What? He just admitted it!

Fu Qian's abrupt statement stunned everyone in the room.

"To save us all some time, since we're so busy."

Fu Qian looked up with a somewhat neurotic smile.

"That's right. I arranged all of this, and I killed those people. Ruan Shuo was just my puppet, pushed out as a scapegoat."

"It's just a pity—"

He sighed.

"For all my careful calculations, I never expected Dean Li to end his seclusion early. Heaven truly wants me dead."

"Dean Li's swordsmanship is divine. I know I am no match for you. You can execute me right here; I absolutely won't resist."

Lanaya, standing to the side, was so dumbfounded by Fu Qian's words that she couldn't help but ask.

"There's no point in saying more. Do it!"

Fu Qian didn't answer her. He just looked at Li Weixuan with a smile.

Just as killing Li Weixuan wouldn't kill "it," Fu Qian highly suspected that even if he died right now, he wouldn't truly perish.

His consciousness might even merge into the Swarm, turning him into an entity just like "it" and making the corruption completely impossible to clear.

His reasoning rested on two points.

First, he had been instilled with sword intent. Second, he was aware of the Swarm's existence.

Neither factor could be missing.

This was also why "it" was so sensitive to blasphemers. Just realizing "its" existence was a form of corruption in itself.

Otherwise, "it" wouldn't have needed to be so roundabout in guiding him to detach on his own. It could have just waited for the demigod Li Weixuan to end his seclusion and repeated the previous scenario.

Unless killing him while he was still connected to the Swarm would result in an outcome "it" found unacceptable.

Of course, these were just guesses. Perhaps "it" was actually on the Third Layer, deliberately coaxing him into confessing his "crimes" to borrow a knife to kill him.

But this guess was entirely worth the gamble. He might even get the chance to experience what it felt like to be a conceptual creature, which was far more valuable than a little SAN Value.

"You admit it?"

Li Weixuan stared at Fu Qian with a grim expression, and Jian Jingzheng immediately dropped into a guarded stance.

"I do."

"Why?"

"Are you really asking that?"

Fu Qian shook his head helplessly.

"It's nothing, really. Just a bit of a research hobby. I was quite curious about this sword intent thing."

Research... curious...

Lanaya and Jian Jingzheng were both startled as they remembered how Fu Qian had sneaked into the Sword Pavilion.

"Just to satisfy your personal curiosity, you treated so many human lives like a game?"

Li Weixuan's hand fell back to his waist, and a chilling, murderous aura filled the room.

"That's just the mindset of you ordinary mortals."

Fu Qian snorted.

"What makes you think this is a game? There is nothing greater than exploring the mysteries of life and power."

He looked like an incurably fanatical zealot, sprinting headlong down the path of drawing their fury.

"Their sacrifices are shining stars on the path to exploring transcendent power, destined to go down in history! They are true Saints!"

Once he decided to court death, Fu Qian went all out. He perfectly replicated the tone of Old Man Lu from the Rebirth Club, his face full of pious sanctity.

"Fools, our cause is just!"

...

This guy is a complete lunatic!

After listening to Fu Qian's mad ravings, Jian Jingzheng finally snapped out of his daze and quickly made a judgment.

I knew those lunatics from the Apocalypse Branch would cause trouble sooner or later, yet the Academy kept indulging them.

He thought indignantly while remaining on high alert.

He had always classified those research maniacs in the Apocalypse Branch as a hopeless, extremely dangerous bunch!

Their alien way of thinking made them completely blind to any wrongdoing on their part. Ordinary morality and rules simply couldn't restrain them.

In a sense, they didn't even care about their own lives.

"Not going to do it? Then I'm heading back."

Seeing that Li Weixuan, whose killing intent had peaked, was still holding back, Fu Qian added more fuel to the fire.

This guy really is courting death!

Lanaya watched Li Weixuan in shock. She knew his strength well; he was arguably the strongest person in the Academy below the Demigod Realm.

Although Fu Qian was strong, if Li Weixuan struck, he would absolutely not survive.

The moment that thought crossed her mind, Li Weixuan moved.

His sword qi surged with invincible might. The instant he attacked, even someone as strong as Lanaya felt a trace of Suffocation.

In contrast, his target, Fu Qian, truly remained motionless, offering no reaction whatsoever.

Just as Fu Qian was about to be pulverized by the attack, the sharp streaks of sword qi suddenly changed direction, crashing into the ground instead.

Intersecting trenches instantly tore through the floor around Fu Qian, perfectly avoiding his position and leaving him completely unharmed.

Looks like I won the bet!

Amid the dead silence of the room, a profound smile spread across Fu Qian's face.

This gamble had largely verified his earlier deductions.

Now he could be nearly certain that everything "it" had done so far was to coax him into actively severing his connection to the sword intent and detaching from the Swarm.

Haa!

Li Weixuan, having just spared Fu Qian's life, let out a heavy breath.

"I, Li Weixuan, am not an unreasonable man. I do not falsely accuse the innocent. You have one more chance. My next strike will not hit the ground..."

Li Weixuan looked ready to eat him alive just a second ago, and now he's suddenly changing his tune?

Lanaya felt as if the current situation had completely surpassed her comprehension.

However, what she expected even less was that Fu Qian wouldn't say a single word. He simply turned and walked toward the door.

Even after Li Weixuan offered him a lifeline, he completely ignored it and followed through exactly on what he had said.

If you don't do it, I'm leaving—this guy was actually leaving!

Lanaya and Jian Jingzheng snapped their gazes toward Li Weixuan's face. Yet, until Fu Qian's figure completely vanished, Li Weixuan didn't move another muscle.

...

Given the current situation, Fu Qian was no longer in a hurry.

He knew very well that after proving "it" didn't dare to kill him directly, the one who should be anxious now was the other party.

"It" would definitely make a new move soon.

All he had to do was avoid being subtly manipulated, and then simply focus on quietly observing changes.

So far, "it" had exposed a lot, but still not enough. For instance, he still wasn't sure how to completely destroy "it."

...

In fact, the opponent's next move came even faster than he had imagined.

Fu Qian returned to his office in the Apocalypse Branch, but after resting for less than half an hour, a knock sounded at the door.

"Come in!"

Fu Qian answered, and the office door was immediately pushed open from the outside.

An expressionless Ji Liushuang walked in with her head lowered, not saying a word. She closed the door behind her.

Clang!

In the next second, without the slightest hesitation, she drew her Longsword and slashed at Fu Qian.

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