Chapter 1358

The red maple tree moved without wind, and a few maple leaves fell, dissipating in mid-air before they could even reach the ground.

The old man sat cross-legged under the maple tree. His tattered clothes made him look slightly sloppy. He didn't have the aura of an immortal, and those eyes were so pitch black that they made people shudder.

"Successor, what is your choice?"

The old man's black-hole-like eyes stared at Su Xiao. Su Xiao's brows furrowed slightly; the other party didn't give him a choice at all, let alone what he should choose.

"..."

Discovering Su Xiao's silence, the old man seemed a bit displeased.

With a "whoosh," Su Xiao's vision blurred. He had originally been about ten meters away from the old man, but now, the old man and the red maple tree were right in front of him.

The old man raised his hand, which was as withered as a tree branch. With a loud "zzzzt" explosion, a large area of golden light patterns appeared around Su Xiao.

"Rest assured, I have no ill intentions."

The old man looked at his palm, and the cracks on his hand healed rapidly.

Su Xiao didn't know what the situation was for the time being. When he was upgrading his swordsmanship, he was suddenly pulled here by a spatial force. Not only was his swordsmanship not upgraded, but this old guy also asked him to make a choice.

Su Xiao never believed in things like pies falling from the sky. Things like "accidentally meeting" a peerless expert and receiving true teachings simply couldn't happen.

"Who are you?"

Su Xiao spoke. The old man smiled, and the wrinkles on his face were particularly obvious.

"Who am I..." The old man thought for a moment and finally shook his head: "You don't need to know for now, so, what is your choice?"

The old man seemed a bit impatient.

"Marvin Waltz."

Su Xiao tentatively said a name.

"That good-for-nothing kid..."

The old man's eyes narrowed, and darkness surged around him.

"He is my disciple. Since you have seen him, you should understand that my time is running out, so, choose."

The old man's aura was obviously much calmer, no longer as eerie as before.

"Choose... what?"

Su Xiao asked the doubt in his heart.

"..."

There was some surprise in the old man's eyes.

Su Xiao could now be sure that this old guy was definitely Marvin Waltz's master, which meant that this unreliable old guy was also a Shadow of the Law Destroyer.

With a "crack," a large piece of the old man's shoulder shattered like broken ceramic. Through this break, Su Xiao saw the situation inside the old man's body.

The old man's body was empty, and a large amount of colorless energy surged within him.

Seeing these colorless energies, the doubts in Su Xiao's mind were suddenly cleared. He finally knew why this old man appeared here. The old man's body was constructed from shattered Soul Crystals. As for the source of the Soul Crystals, there was no need to think; it was exactly those 30 Soul Crystals (Large) of Su Xiao's.

The old man reached out his palm, and after a moment, he nodded thoughtfully.

"So you haven't reached the time to make a choice yet. It was the 'backer' behind you who manifested me in advance. So that's it. I was wondering why you kid looked so dull-witted."

The old man muttered. By now, he no longer had that eerie feeling from before.

"Remember, when you face a choice, choose what your heart desires. Whether it is 'Blade-Holding' or 'Space-Severing,' it is all your own choice. If you regret becoming a Shadow of the Law, you can also walk another path."

The old man's body shattered, turning into large fragments of Soul Crystals.

Scenes appeared before Su Xiao's eyes. A teenager swung a blade under a maple tree. Time turned like a wheel, and the teenager swinging the blade quickly became middle-aged, and finally elderly, exactly the appearance of that old man.

The old man stood under the red maple tree, his eyes flashing with blue light. In the next moment, a phantom surged from behind him into his body.

The old man sat cross-legged under the tree, his eyes blood-red. I don't know how much time passed, but a phantom seemed to want to rush out of his body, but the old man was wrapped in a layer of blue energy, and the phantom couldn't rush out at all.

The phantom gradually dissipated, and the old man's blood-red eyes turned pitch black.

The scene before Su Xiao's eyes stopped abruptly. Only the red maple tree remained, and the old man had disappeared.

"Truly... a fierce old man."

Su Xiao muttered. He had indeed learned something today. This old man, whose name was unknown, was Marvin Waltz's master. This old guy was definitely a fierce person; Su Xiao could be sure of this.

According to what Su Xiao knew, all Shadows of the Law Destroyer were very wary of becoming Blade Demons. Whenever they used the Devouring Core, Shadows of the Law Destroyer had the risk of becoming Blade Demons, and Su Xiao was no exception.

Su Xiao didn't know where Blade Demons came from, which was also a question most Shadows of the Law Destroyer had. Blade Demons had no independent consciousness, or rather, it was a special energy. After Shadows of the Law Destroyer became Blade Demons, they slaughtered crazily, mostly out of instinct, rather than being driven by the so-called Blade Demon.

There were fierce Shadows of the Law Destroyer who sealed Blade Demons into their companion weapons, thereby greatly increasing their combat power. And Marvin Waltz's master was even more awesome. This old man used Blue Steel Shadow energy to create a cage, using himself as bait to attract the Blade Demon into his body, imprisoning it and devouring it. Because he devoured that kind of energy, his eyes were so pitch black, as black as ink.

The appearance of this old man not only opened up "new ideas" for Su Xiao but also told him a very important thing: he was about to face a choice.

According to what the old man said, that choice was related to swordsmanship. Su Xiao immediately thought that it was the change after Sword Master was upgraded to lv. 50. At that time, he would have two choices, which should be different development directions.

Su Xiao didn't know the specific situation for the time being. He observed the red maple tree in front of him. After careful observation, he found that this thing was not a maple tree, but an ancient tree he had never seen before.

Being in front of the ancient tree, Su Xiao had a very wonderful feeling. He sat cross-legged under the ancient tree and began to meditate.

With a "hum," the scene around Su Xiao changed greatly. The surroundings became bright, dust particles floated in the air, and a slash flashed by.

I don't know how much time passed, but Su Xiao suddenly felt the pulling force of space. His eyes opened, and he subconsciously grabbed toward the ancient tree. If he could get this thing, he would be rich. This thing made his meditation effect at least dozens of times better.

With a "crack," Su Xiao grabbed a piece of bark from the ancient tree. The old man who had already disappeared suddenly appeared, kicked Su Xiao in the lower back, and kicked him into the spatial vortex.

The old man walked quickly to the ancient tree. Seeing the piece of bark that had been torn off, the expression on his face was obviously a bit pained.

"This... little rabbit."

The old man's cheek twitched. He looked at the spatial vortex, and the meaning was clearly that he wanted to chase after him and snatch that piece of bark back from Su Xiao's hand.

"Forget it, consider it a return for a favor."

Light flickered in the old man's hand, and twenty-eight Soul Crystals (Large) appeared around him. Originally there were thirty; two of them were the toll.

"Having been dead for so long, I don't know what the Void looks like now. If those spellcasters..."

The old man's words stopped abruptly. He was just a remnant soul, after all. What those spellcasters had ruined the Void into was obviously no longer his concern.

"Dust to dust, earth to earth, we are the guardians of the elements, but we have already faded into the long river of time..."

The old man and the ancient tree disappeared. The surrounding scene began to become desolate, violent elements surged, and large spatial cracks appeared. This was the place of origin and end for the Shadows of the Law Destroyer, and now, this was a forbidden zone for living beings.