Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2103 Odd

Ryu observed the battle in silence for a long while.

'Odd...'

Ryu's gaze became entirely focused on Chaotic Space after a while. He gazed toward the man, feeling that there was something that was a bit off.

According to his assumptions, Chaotic Space should have Chaotic Silk Meridians. But Ryu couldn't sense such a thing.

To be fair, this was the first time Ryu was actually seeing the man in person. But by extension, it was even weirder that Chaotic Space would be willing to hand out these Meridians to his disciples, but have nothing to do with them himself.

I'm also fairly certain that he said he had these Meridians himself. So why would he bother to lie about such a thing?"

Ryu's gaze shifted away from Chaotic Space and landed on Black Worm.

If anything, the man truly lived up to his name. His abilities were concentrated in his body, and his recovery abilities were frightening considering its ratio to his power. Of course, nothing would be able to match up to Ryu who literally had Embryonic Qi in his body. But the fact that Black Worm's recovery abilities could intrigue him spoke for itself.

However, that was all.

Whether it was Black Worm or Chaotic Space, neither was really worth Ryu's time. From what Ryu could tell, Chaotic Space was trying to create a Dao that could replace the function of Chaotic Silk Meridians. Maybe the reason he had never fused was because he was looking for a way to trigger his own, not much unlike how Ryu had triggered the blessing of so many Meridians.

It was an interesting path, but after not grasping it for so long, he probably never would. Ryu could guess that Chaotic Space was probably hoping that his breakthrough into Dao Godhood would be what he needed to leap over that final hurdle. But Ryu knew that it wouldn't be enough.

The man's comprehension wasn't nearly deep enough for any of that.

And honestly speaking, even if Chaotic Space was able to do it...

So what?

Ryu didn't have much interest in having a Corpse Puppet that shared his own Meridians. One access point to two access points to nigh infinite qi didn't make much of a difference to Ryu at all.

The qi of a Corpse Puppet would always come from its master. That was one of the key

differences between Corpse Puppets and Summons. Even if Chaotic Space had control of a gateway, it would be marginally casier.

Ryu could imagine a situation where turning Chaotic Space into a General of his Corpse Puppet army or something of the sort might allow for easier connectivity between the rest of his Corpse Puppets, especially as their numbers began to reach the astronomical margins of his wife.

But, in order for that idea to work maximally, there would have to be more than one Chaotic Space. It would have to be organized a lot like a real army, where there would be a General like Chaotic Space to every few thousand Corpse Puppets.

Ryu could see a world where that would be very useful, using these Chaotic Space puppets as jump points for his Chaos Qi and using them to fuel larger numbers of Corpse Puppets with greater fluidity and efficiency...

But there was only one Chaotic Space.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Ryu couldn't be bothered to care. With a wave of his hand, a bow appeared.

Chaotic Space didn't even sense the danger coming. He had been paying attention to his surroundings, but for some reason, Ryu seemed to have disappeared at that moment.

If one looked in his direction, they would see with their eyes that he was very much still there. However, their other senses would pass right through him as though he didn't exist at all.

In a casual display, Ryu had displaced his own Karma, ironically creating what could be the foundation for one of the most powerful assassin inheritances in Existence on a

whim.

Ryu calmly pulled his grandfather's bowstring back, releasing with an equally calm exhale.

The arrow tore through the skies and Chaotic Space suddenly froze.

Ryu didn't bother to speak words of subterfuge, he didn't feel the need to grind Chaotic Space's loss in his face or remind him of how arrogant he had been in the past.

When they first met, Ryu rejected this man's Inheritance because he couldn't be bothered to care about him. His own pride had always been more important than this man's existence.

And now, Ryu couldn't be bothered to look him in the eye as he died.

Without so much as another glance, Ryu turned toward Black Worm, pulling his bowstring back.

If he could share his qi with his Corpse Puppets... why would he care about one that focused on recovery and being an unkillable cockroach? It was entirely worthless to

him.

In that case...

Black Worm could die too.

A silent arrow streaked through the skies once more and Black Worm froze much like Chaotic Space had.

The two men stood in the skies for a brief moment, not even reacting as the Aspirant before them hacked them to pieces.

There was a moment of shock below as these two oligarchs of a generation fell from the skies in bits of flesh, bone, and blood.

Even when their deaths echoed through the thumps on the ground, no one seemed to know how to react.

Ryu loosened up his shoulders and limbs, putting his grandfather's bow away as he stared up to the skies as though the Aspirants weren't now charging toward him.

Down below, Aika's eyes brimmed with tears. Never did she think that... the man that had haunted her nightmares for so very long would die just like that.

She had thought that with time, she could eventually be the one to claim victory, to finally get revenge for all her dead family and friends. But seeing things end like this, a bitter sweetness seemed to want to erupt from the depths of her throat.

RUMBLE.