Chapter 178: Schemes on Both Sides

He shifted the Halfborne Ruler into a blade. Sword-light flared, scything for miles as it cut to kill. Wherever the blade's aura passed, the ground split and the air itself tore open, aiming straight for the mound where Denise Spruell lay buried. If she did not come out, he would erase her. Whoosh! A streak of sword-light shot up, and with it a bedraggled silhouette burst into the air. Clang! Denise was caught off guard-she broke through the soil only to meet the killing edge. Instinct threw...