"I can't take this anymore!"
Long Feicheng, holding the Caiwei Sword, was about to charge at Wu Tianfeng for a fight.
"Wait!"
Wang Jiwang reached out and grabbed Long Feicheng. The difference in their strength prevented Long Feicheng from taking another step forward.
Long Feicheng was furious. "Old Wang, don't stop me. What time is it now? If we're still this cowardly, I'll cut you down too!"
"I don't care if you cut me, but I just want you to calm down!"
Wang Jiwang pointed at Lin Zitong, the dog Daoist, and the others standing at the back, saying coldly, "Doesn't Zitong care more about Old Yan's life than you do? Would the elders stand by and watch Old Yan die? They are all remaining calm, which means there is still a chance for a turnaround, or even that everything is under control!"
Upon hearing Wang Jiwang's words, everyone was stunned.
Indeed, if Yan Shouyi died, Lin Zitong would be the most agitated.
Moreover, the elders were powerful and would not simply watch Yan Shouyi be killed by Shi Kui!
And yet, they remained so calm, which was highly illogical!
Long Feicheng turned to look at Lin Zitong. He saw that Lin Zitong's expression was serene, showing no tension at all.
It was as if the person Shi Kui had grabbed on the stage was not Yan Shouyi at all.
Although they had countless questions, everyone forced themselves to endure them, maintained their composure, silently lowered their weapons, and waited for what would happen next.
"A bunch of cowards!"
Seeing that Long Feicheng and the others had no intention of making a move, Wu Tianfeng sneered and mocked them.
In his opinion, Yan Shouyi was already dead, and the day's events should come to an end.
However, the audience below the stage still found it hard to accept.
"Get up, Yan Shouyi!!"
"Don't lose to this demonic monk, don't bow to the Chihua Association!!"
"Is he dead? Why isn't there any reaction?"
"Impossible, Yan Shouyi's true strength couldn't be this little!"
"I said earlier that although Yan Shouyi has good talent, all he knows are skills from other sects. He doesn't know anything about his own Lu Ban descendant abilities."
"Heh, why should he lead us folk sect descendants? If you don't have the skill, don't take on the job!"
"I'm suddenly so disappointed in the folk sects..."
Negative emotions spread among the audience. Everyone hung their heads, believing that there was no hope left.
The corpse puppet on the stage had been holding Yan Shouyi's head for quite some time.
It was savoring everyone's negative emotions.
Seeing the astonishment and anger on everyone's faces, and then their despair and resignation, Shi Kui's perverse and twisted psychology was greatly satisfied.
"Before we started, I asked you how you wanted to die."
Shi Kui whispered to Yan Shouyi, "Now, I've decided. I want to twist off your head first, then tear off your limbs, reassemble your body... and then tear it apart again! Hahahaha!"
As he spoke, Shi Kui's massive hands, one gripping Yan Shouyi's head and the other his body.
With a crisp tearing sound!
The head was severed from the body!
"Old Yan..."
Even Wang Jiwang, upon seeing this scene, almost lost control of himself.
To this extent, why were Zitong and the elders still so calm?!
What was going on?!
"Yan Shouyi is dead!"
Wu Tianfeng shouted loudly, "No one can oppose the Chihua Association, no one!!"
Wu Tianfeng intended to step onto the stage to mock Yan Shouyi and regain all the face the Chihua Association had lost!
The audience lowered their heads silently, offering silent prayers for Yan Shouyi, this fleeting genius.
The viewers in the livestream felt even more heartbroken, especially those who knew Yan Shouyi or had been helped by him.
They could not believe that Yan Shouyi would die at the hands of Shi Kui.
Yet, they had clearly seen him be decapitated.
Just as everyone was falling into despair, sighing and lamenting,
A familiar voice echoed across the lake.
"Are you sure I'm dead?"
This voice... it was Yan Shouyi's voice?!
Everyone froze, then looked at the lake in shock.
Boom—
A bolt of lightning flashed, illuminating the surface of West Lake.
On the lake, in the small boat, sat another person.
Also dressed in a blue robe.
He looked exactly like Yan Shouyi... or rather, he was Yan Shouyi!
"What's going on?"
Even Wang Jiwang felt utterly bewildered.
If the person sitting in the small boat was Yan Shouyi, then who was the person Shi Kui had torn in half on the stage?!
Wang Jiwang couldn't understand, Shi Kui couldn't understand, and Wu Tianfeng wore a look of disbelief.
What in the world was happening!
"Who are you?!" Shi Kui asked angrily, feeling that he had been toyed with.
Yan Shouyi, sitting in the small boat, smiled and said, "Killing just one of my Lu Ban clones is enough for you to celebrate like this?"
"Heh, demonic monk Shi Kui, nothing more."
"Yuzhou Chihua Association, nothing more!"
What did that mean?
A Lu Ban clone?
The one that died was just a clone?!
Everyone's gaze shifted from Yan Shouyi to the corpse in Shi Kui's hands.
Shi Kui, not believing it, tore off the corpse's arm.
He looked at the severed end of the arm. He saw no bones, no meridians, only a broken piece of wood!
Startled, he dropped the corpse immediately!
"This... this is impossible..." Shi Kui exclaimed in shock.
He had indeed only killed a clone, a clone made of wood!
"This is our Lu Ban's secret art, and I've only recently learned it," the true Yan Shouyi on the boat explained with a smile.
This was the "Wooden Puppet Dharma Body."
It was a clone personally carved by Yan Shouyi during his secluded cultivation.
The ones who had killed Yang Shanjun and fought with Shi Kui earlier had been the clones, while Yan Shouyi's main body had been watching the show from the lake the entire time.
Shi Kui, after pulling out six Demon Sealing Nails and unsealing his power six times, had spent immense effort to kill merely one of his clones.
Shi Kui was plunged into confusion.
Wu Tianfeng was so panicked he didn't know what to say.
Among the audience, some suddenly realized.
"So... Yan Shouyi wasn't just using skills from other sects."
"So, he's been using Lu Ban's techniques all along, and we never knew!"
"This, this is just a clone, and it's already so powerful. If it were his true body, what would it be like?!"
"I'm sorry, President Yan, I spoke a bit too loudly just now!"
"I... I don't know what else to say, except... Yan Shouyi is awesome!"
"Yan Shouyi is awesome!!"
Yan Shouyi, the Lu Ban descendant, had proven the power of the Lu Ban lineage in this battle.
He made everyone in the Xuanmen world recognize the power of the Lu Ban lineage anew and remember his name.
Yan Shouyi!