"So you didn't just split into two personalities—there's a third one too?" Su Li's lips twitched, and a faint smile suddenly appeared. He nodded slightly and said, "Interesting. Mo Ziyuan, Qingxuan, Mo Xingxuan—three personalities. But which one counts as the main personality? The younger brother Mo Ziyuan, or you, the older brother, Mo Xingxuan?"
Only now did Su Li finally understand. The so-called Eastern Tower never had three leaders. The first leader, Mo Xingxuan, and the third leader, Mo Ziyuan, were merely two personalities of the same person.
"Three personalities? Which one is the main? No, no, no..." The Mo Xingxuan before him bared his teeth in a smile, then beckoned to Qingxuan.
When Qingxuan saw him, a look of fear appeared on his face, but he didn't dare resist. He approached, his massive body shrinking rapidly until it turned into a small green snake, landing on Mo Xingxuan's neck before slithering up toward his head and face.
Su Li watched as Qingxuan suddenly merged into the skin of Mo Xingxuan's head and face. A green serpent-shaped tattoo emerged on his cheek and forehead.
Qingxuan fused with his body and vanished.
Mo Xingxuan shook his head, saying "no" three times in a row, then said, "It's just me and my brother. Where would a third personality come from? That Qingxuan is merely a分身 my brother created by splitting off his power. He's too afraid of loneliness, so he made Qingxuan to keep him company. But this foolish brother of mine split off most of his power, making himself neither one thing nor the other, and that's why he became so weak—easily defeated by you."
Hearing this, Su Li felt a chill run through him. If Qingxuan was a power分身 of Mo Ziyuan, then the Mo Xingxuan before him had already reclaimed Qingxuan's power, effectively becoming a fusion of Qingxuan and Mo Ziyuan.
"As for me and my brother, there's no primary or secondary. He appears during the day and sleeps at night, while I prefer to sleep during the day and wake only at night."
"Of course, occasionally, when this foolish brother of mine encounters danger he can't handle on his own, he'll wake me up. Like today."
Su Li looked at the black greatsword he had tossed aside, watching as it slowly turned into energy and eventually vanished into the air. He understood—this blade was a spirit-source weapon. Once separated from its owner, it could only linger briefly before energyfying and returning to the owner's body.
Seeing Su Li staring at the spot where the black greatsword had disappeared, Mo Xingxuan said, "This is called the Soul-Severing Blade, my foolish brother's weapon. But he's not skilled with it. It works fine against ordinary people, but against experts, it's useless."
"This is your brother's weapon? So you don't use the Soul-Severing Blade?"
Mo Xingxuan nodded. "Right, I have my own weapon. It seems you still don't understand. Though my foolish brother and I share the same body, we are completely different—including the weapons we use, our abilities, and even our levels."
"What?" Su Li was startled. He immediately activated his "Peep Rune" and, upon seeing the result, couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Name: Spirit-Source User, Level: 9, Special Abilities: Seven, Spirit-Source Techniques: One, Weakness: Unknown, Other: None"
"How is this possible..." Su Li clearly remembered that when he had observed Mo Ziyuan earlier, the data showed an 8th-level spirit-source user with five special abilities. Now, with just a change in personality, the level had jumped to 9, and the special abilities had increased to seven.
Such a bizarre phenomenon existed. Mo Xingxuan and Mo Ziyuan, sharing the same body, were completely different in everything except their physical form.
For a moment, Su Li couldn't comprehend this. Could it be that Mo Xingxuan and Mo Ziyuan weren't simply two personalities split from one person, but rather two souls inhabiting a single body? Even the spirit-source seemed to acknowledge this existence, hence the different levels and abilities.
Otherwise, Su Li had no way to explain this strange occurrence.
Seeing the confusion on Su Li's face, Mo Xingxuan seemed satisfied. He placed his hands on his chest, and a metallic energy surged forth, wrapping around his forearms and hands, forming two mechanical gauntlets with a metallic sheen that covered his hands and forearms.
"Now that you understand the situation with me and my foolish brother, you can die without regrets—"
Suddenly, he spread his arms, stomped the ground, and in an instant, appeared before Su Li.
Su Li had been on guard. The moment he saw signs of an attack, he dodged.
With a bang, Mo Xingxuan's pair of mechanical gauntlets struck the wall in front of him simultaneously, creating a massive roar. The wall was blasted into a huge hole and collapsed.
Missing his strike, Mo Xingxuan's feet suddenly materialized energy, wrapping around his feet and calves, forming a pair of black combat boots with blue stripes.
Su Li recognized this immediately—it was a spirit-source equipment.
In addition to the blue-striped combat boots, a belt appeared around Mo Xingxuan's waist—a second piece of spirit-source equipment. His speed surged again as he launched a series of attacks at Su Li in the cramped space.
Su Li entered his "Demon Muscle" state, the demon face on his chest emerging, and combined it with "Spider Walk" to dodge continuously.
Boom, boom, boom—each of Mo Xingxuan's attacks missed, the mechanical gauntlets striking the wall separating the living room and balcony, leaving three massive holes. Bricks and stones flew everywhere, and with a thunderous crash, the wall completely collapsed.
When Mo Xingxuan's fourth attack missed, Su Li spun around, and the Dragon Rhinoceros Sword in his right hand sliced silently toward him.
Mo Xingxuan raised his left arm, blocking the Dragon Rhinoceros Sword with his mechanical gauntlet. Tiny sparks of lightning danced on his combat boots, and his speed increased again as his right gauntlet shot toward Su Li's face.
Just as it seemed Su Li's head would be blown apart by the punch, Mo Xingxuan let out a grunt, staggered, and fell backward.
It was Su Li's explosive power. With eight muscle enhancements in the "Demon Muscle" state, the force of this strike had reached ten thousand jin. Though Mo Xingxuan was stronger than Mo Ziyuan, his left gauntlet blocked the Dragon Rhinoceros Sword, but he couldn't withstand the immense force and was sent flying.
As he tumbled backward, Mo Xingxuan's eyes gleamed with shock at Su Li's terrifying strength. Su Li, wary of potential special skills hidden in the gauntlets, had held back three-tenths of his power to adapt, or else the full force would have done more than just send him flying.
Su Li stepped forward and swung a second strike.
As he fell, faint lightning flickered on Mo Xingxuan's legs. With a whoosh, he shot away, his speed nearly matching Su Li's in the "Spider Walk" state.
Su Li's strike missed. Mo Xingxuan, now at the balcony, had something bulging from his shoulders. Suddenly, a pair of snow-white bones pierced through the skin on both shoulders, extending about a foot.
These white bones gleamed brightly, emitting a sizzling sound before glowing with white light, like two electrified fluorescent tubes.
Sensing danger, Su Li stopped and raised the Dragon Rhinoceros Sword in his right hand, ready to unleash the "Dragon Rhinoceros Slash" in response.
Just then, a thunderous boom came from the distance.
The sound was like a thunderclap, with the force of a mountain splitting and the earth cracking. Even someone as strong as Su Li felt his eardrums ring. He immediately looked toward the source of the sound.
Mo Xingxuan, about to strike, was also startled by the terrifying noise and instinctively turned to look outside the balcony.
In the distance, a massive wave surged on the water's surface, at least dozens of meters high, beyond human limits. Countless spirit-source beasts floating on the water were killed in the explosion, their dismembered bodies flying everywhere.
The rain outside grew heavier. The fight between Su Li and Mo Xingxuan halted. Both were stunned by the incredible explosion. Then, they saw two beams of light burst from the towering wave, vaguely resembling two figures, but moving too fast for even them to track.
In an instant, the two beams were a hundred meters away. Another terrifying explosion echoed, sending another massive wave crashing across the water.
Su Li and Mo Xingxuan were utterly shocked. The battle in the distance surpassed their imagination. They watched the two blurry, indistinct figures rapidly moving across the water, colliding occasionally, triggering earth-shattering explosions and towering waves.
The two blurry figures gradually moved farther away, then suddenly crashed into a thirty-two-story building in the distance.
The water had risen to the thirtieth floor, leaving two floors above the surface. When the two blurry figures struck it, the exposed two floors exploded with a thunderous roar and collapsed.
"So powerful..." Mo Xingxuan muttered to himself.
As the building in the distance collapsed, the two blurry figures had already moved far away. The heavy rain obstructed their view, and they could no longer see the figures, only faint, intermittent explosions in the distance.
Though the figures had vanished, Su Li and Mo Xingxuan didn't resume their fight. After witnessing the terrifying scene, both had lost the will to continue.
The rain outside grew heavier. Inside, the two stood a few meters apart, silent. The atmosphere was strange, even awkward.