The rain was still falling.
The rain fell in a violent torrent, as if it could turn the entire city upside down.
Lu Mo looked at the man standing at the end of the city, whose figure seemed to have faded into a mere gray shadow.
She suddenly let go of Elia’s hand.
“Eh?” At that moment, Elia felt the warmth rapidly receding from her.
“Wait for me here,” Lu Mo told her immediately after.
Her voice was gentle, calm, and carried a hint of a smile.
Thus, Elia’s trembling heart calmed down at that moment. She nodded and obediently listened to Lu Mo’s words, keeping her eyes closed.
Lu Mo turned around and walked toward the man step by step. She gripped her sword, her gaze cold and sharp.
“Long time no see, Xue Yue.” Once Lu Mo was standing directly in front of him, the man finally spoke.
“It has been a long time… Extinction,” Lu Mo said.
“I always thought only Xue Kuang would do such a thing,” Extinction said. “I never expected it to be you.”
“Is it because I was always so obedient in Shadow Moon Hall?” Lu Mo gave a cold laugh.
‘I’ve truly had enough of those memories from Shadow Moon Hall in the past…’
The past five years had been far too peaceful. They were so peaceful that she once thought she had escaped Shadow Moon Hall and could start a new life with Elia.
But now —
Shadow Moon Hall had come knocking again in this rainstorm. Like an invisible giant hand, it dragged their fates back onto their original tracks. This storm seemed to be a continuation of that night of blood and fire.
“Do you have anything else to say?” Extinction looked at Lu Mo with those gray eyes and spoke again.
“I have nothing to say to any of you,” Lu Mo replied.
As her voice fell, her figure vanished from the spot, trailing countless streaks of flowing light as she slashed her sword toward Extinction.
*BOOM — *
A gray umbrella flew into the air.
Two sword-wielding figures collided.
Thunder roared, drowning out the sound of clashing blades in that instant.
*Clang!*
*Clang!*
The shadows of their swords became blurred in the curtain of rain. This was a death match between Lu Mo and Extinction. It was a violent collision between light and darkness.
Every time their blades met, countless raindrops were scattered. Terrifying energy exploded, turning the rain into dispersing steam, making their figures appear even more hazy.
Gradually, the balance between light and darkness began to tilt. The light was being suppressed.
*Tear — *
The sound of flesh being ripped apart echoed.
Lu Mo flew backward, looking down at her abdomen. She was wounded. Blood flowed steadily from the wound, slowly staining her skirt red.
The people from Shadow Moon Hall had come far too suddenly. She had no time to prepare, not even enough time to set up defensive measures. The prolonged battle was starting to exhaust her.
Furthermore…
The power of light was still too weak. The Light Attribute secret techniques she practiced were not as high-rank as the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual*. Her weapon’s grade was also far inferior to Extinction’s.
She looked up and saw the man in gray walking toward her.
“Xue Yue, you’ve grown weak,” Extinction said. “When did you switch to practicing Light Attribute techniques? Where is your previous Sequence Sword?”
‘Sequence Sword?’
It had long since been used as fusion material. As expected, she still needed a higher-grade weapon.
However, Lu Mo did not intend to use the sword she had just forged. That sword was meant to be Elia’s 18th birthday gift. It could not be defiled like this.
She didn’t speak. She only looked up and tightened her grip on her sword. She suddenly swung downward, and in an instant, the power of light transformed into a sword beam, tearing through the rain as it sliced toward Extinction’s waist!
Extinction snorted coldly and took a step forward. Carrying a terrifying pressure and darkness, he suddenly bore down on the young girl and her sword beam.
*Bang — *
*Bang — *
The battle grew more grand and violent. It drowned out the storm and the thunder in the sky.
Elia kept her eyes closed, not moving an inch. She trusted Lu Mo, so she continued to listen to her words. Besides, a battle of this level was not something someone of her rank could participate in. Barging in would only cause Lu Mo more trouble.
“You have to win… Sister Lu Mo…” she whispered to herself.
In her heart, Lu Mo was always invincible. No student in the Ice Orchid Institute could defeat her. In the secret realms, those terrifying monsters couldn’t stop Lu Mo’s sword either. Today would be like every other time before, right?
*Bang — *
Another explosion of energy occurred. The massive sound echoed through the empty street.
The two figures separated. A second color rarely seen on Extinction’s body appeared — he was bleeding.
However, Lu Mo still looked more disheveled. She could no longer spare the focus to keep the rain away. The downpour soaked her long hair and dress, and rain mixed with blood ran down her skin. She stood there, a solitary figure, looking as if she had been pushed to a dead end.
“It’s over.”
Extinction looked at her. “From the moment you betrayed Shadow Moon Hall, everything was already decided. You gave up your status as a Shadow Moon Hall Sequence, you gave up your sword, you gave up the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual*, and you gave up the darkness you were best at. To me, the current you is no different from an ant.”
He slowly walked toward Lu Mo again, raising his sword like a king about to bestow death upon a traitor and failure.
Lu Mo watched Extinction approach. She didn’t flee, and she didn’t panic. She simply sighed.
‘Is there no other way?’
She really didn’t want Elia to see this. But now —
*Buzz — *
Suddenly, a surge of power rose abruptly with her as the center. It was dark and profound; even from a distance, it made people feel an instinctive shiver.
Extinction’s footsteps came to a sudden halt. He looked at Lu Mo, and for the first time, a ripple of emotion appeared in his eyes.
That was… darkness.
A deep darkness enveloped Lu Mo at that moment. Yet, the light did not disappear from the girl’s body. Light and shadow intertwined.
Sacredness and gloom, gentleness and slaughter, angel and demon… various contradictory traits appeared on Lu Mo’s body at once.
The talent, Light and Shadow, was truly displayed to the world for the first time. Her current realm also shifted from the High-rank she had been maintaining to the Transcendental-rank! That oppressive pressure was not even inferior to Extinction, the rank one Sequence!
“This… how is this possible — ” Extinction became dazed for a moment.
Five years ago, he was already at the Transcendental-rank, while Lu Mo was only at the High-rank, far behind him. Back in Shadow Moon Hall, the gap between them was immense. How could Lu Mo have grown to such a level during the past five years when she lacked the resources and secret technique support of Shadow Moon Hall?!
He had an even greater confusion — why did Lu Mo have to be pushed to such an extent before finally being willing to fully reveal her strength?
But he had no time to think.
Darkness covered Lu Mo’s wounds like a dark veil. Lu Mo raised her left hand, and in an instant, another pitch-black sword was gripped in her palm. The sword came from another Sequence she had killed not long ago.
She moved. With *Qi Ye* in her left hand and *Liu Guang* in her right, she crossed them and struck out at Extinction.
*Clang — *
Sword met sword again, but this time, a heavy sense of gravity appeared on Extinction’s face.
Lu Mo’s power of darkness… seemed to be even stronger than his!
The flow of energy at the city gate was chaotic in the extreme. Elia found it difficult to perceive exactly who the energy belonged to. She could only judge whether Lu Mo had the advantage or disadvantage by sensing the light.
“The light… is growing dim…” Elia said, her fists tightening.
If the light grew weaker, did that mean Sister Lu Mo was at a disadvantage? Was she injured? Would she… lose?
She was anxious. But Lu Mo had told her to wait there and not open her eyes.
But… but…
When the light became as faint as a candle in the wind, Elia finally couldn’t hold back anymore. She had to go over; she had to help Lu Mo!
However, when she opened her eyes, she froze on the spot, stunned.
She saw the deep darkness and the light that had weakened to the extreme. Only… both the light and the dark belonged to Lu Mo.
*Clang!*
“How…”
*Clang!*
She saw the girl cloaked in endless darkness attacking the man before her. She had never seen this side of Lu Mo.
By the end of the battle, the combat techniques and secret arts of the two were like mirror images of each other, originating from the same source!
At this moment, Extinction had begun to retreat step by step. His injuries were even heavier than Lu Mo’s!
“Something’s wrong…”
“How is this possible… We both use the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual*, so why can you — “
In the rain, Extinction lost his composure for the first time, shouting repeatedly. He couldn’t believe that Lu Mo’s current attainment in the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual* was superior to his!
They were using the same secret techniques and the same combat skills, yet Lu Mo could suppress him every single time!
Over the past five years, he had repeatedly entered the forbidden grounds of Shadow Moon Hall to integrate pure darkness into himself, bringing his affinity for darkness to a higher level. Over the past five years, he had received guidance from Elders and even the Vice Hall Master. His understanding of the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual* far exceeded that of all other Sequences!
So why could a traitor like this —
Extinction did not know that Lu Mo had never stopped practicing the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual*. Because Lu Mo’s innate comprehension in the real world was already monstrous, once she entered the Simulated Reincarnation and was able to cultivate, her progress in understanding the *Shadow Moon Secret Manual* was a thousand miles a day!
“Dammit…”
“Me… how could I be inferior…”
At this moment, Extinction’s mental state was on the verge of shattering. And the thing that made him feel even more disbelief and despair was yet to come —
At a certain moment, he suddenly couldn’t move. A complex circuit appeared above his head, and intense darkness erupted, making even him feel a sense of suffocation.
He looked up and saw the appearance of the circuit, immediately becoming so shocked he was speechless. He recognized that circuit.
Shadow Moon Secret Manual: Dark Extinction.
It belonged to the category of ultimate techniques within the manual. He had tried to practice this ultimate technique with his master’s help, but he had failed to master it even now. Yet, Lu Mo was actually performing it so smoothly?!
Extinction felt like he was going crazy. He was also about to die.
The darkness gathered above his head and rotated. The terrifying binding force made it impossible for the heavily injured man to escape. The condensed darkness transformed into a millstone, slowly grinding down toward him!
*Crack, crack, crack — *
*Snap — *
Extinction felt his flesh twisting and his bones shattering. Was he going to die just like this? To die at the hands of Sequence Seven, who used to be far inferior to him?
His face turned ashen. At that moment, he suddenly saw Elia standing in the distance. Elia was staring blankly at the scene, her eyes fixed on… the extremely dim light in Lu Mo’s right hand!
Extinction suddenly understood. He understood why Lu Mo had been avoiding the use of darkness. He understood why she had made Elia wait to the side.
“Cough… Haha… Hahahaha…”
If he was going to die, then Lu Mo shouldn’t expect to have a good time either!
“Elia — “
He used all his strength to scream toward Elia through the curtain of rain.
Elia heard it. Lu Mo heard it too. Her expression changed, and she immediately lunged forward, intending to tear Extinction’s throat.
But she was too late —
“Elia, do you think she is your light?”
“Do you think… she’s the one who saved you?”
“Do you think she’ll stay with you for the rest of your life?”
“I’ll tell you the truth now — the truth of that night!!!”
“She isn’t your Sister Lu Mo! She never was!!!”
“She is Xue Yue, my junior sister, a Sequence of Shadow Moon Hall! She was one of the people who participated in the hunt for the Seventh Royal Family that night… Hahahaha!!!”
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