The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Standing in the center of the living room, Wu You remained silent for a moment. Sunlight streamed in through the window, bathing him and the cat-eared little girl in an oversized white nightgown in a warm, orange glow.

He tilted his head slightly, his long white hair falling to the side of his face, obscuring half of his expression.

"That question about divinity, is that all you've told me?"

The blonde cat-eared little girl sighed in a hoarse, mature female voice.

"What else?" His voice lowered a few decibels. "I am now bound to you. We share the same fate, whether it is good or bad."

"If I keep this from you, what if you find out from other humans later—"

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was already very clear.

One lie requires countless lies to cover it up, and a secret requires countless lines of defense to protect it.

Wu You understood what the other party meant.

Now, He has a need from humanity and is bound to them by life and death. They have become a community of shared interests in a certain sense. Not explaining certain things will only increase the estrangement and distrust between them.

This situation is extremely unfavorable to Him in every respect.

But Wu You quickly realized what was happening and continued to ask, "Because I absorbed your so-called [divine spark] divinity, we became bound together."

"So our bond was established through that divinity?"

The blonde, cat-eared girl said somewhat awkwardly, "Yes."

His gaze shifted from Wu You's face to the window beside him, looking at the sun-drenched stone slabs outside.

In His eyes, it was, after all, a god who had seduced an eighth-order human, and such behavior was bound to damage His divine dignity.

He paused, as if remembering something, and then added in explanation, "Well, there was no other way!"

"You humans definitely won't cooperate with me if I don't do this!"

Wu You understood what He meant.

Without leaving enough leverage, the lords would indeed be unable to cooperate with Him.

However, when he thought about how he had absorbed the divinity through the Sword Codex, Wu You's expression turned strange again.

A subtle expression appeared on that exquisitely handsome face, which seemed otherworldly.

After passing the Sword Codex procedure, is there really any bond between them?

Wu You was perfectly aware that the Sword Codex completely rejected any external aura.

Thinking of this, Wu You paused, then continued, "How do you prove that so-called 'binding'?"

Upon hearing this, the blonde cat-eared girl paused for a moment, but quickly recovered: "That's simple. Besides the life-and-death bond, I'll sense when you're injured, and similarly, you'll sense when I'm injured."

As he spoke, he extended his index finger, which had emerged from his overly long sleeve, and gestured in the air: "This kind of sensing is also related to distance. Now that we're so close, I can feel even the slightest injury you sustain."

After hearing the other party's description, Wu You did not hesitate and immediately raised his sword and slashed his own left hand.

The black blade traced a thin line through the air.

Suddenly, a sizable wound appeared on the back of his left hand, and blood seeped out, dripping down the curve of his hand and onto the living room floor.

Wu You glanced at his hands without changing his expression, then looked at the other person.

"hiss--"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

The blonde cat-eared little girl's delicate face scrunched up, and she quickly flicked the wide left sleeve of her pajama top.

"You may not be in pain, but I am!"

"Could you please consider the feelings of someone who is old, weak, sick, or disabled?"

The blonde cat-eared little girl frowned and slightly opened her mouth.

A pale golden light shone from deep within His throat, like a small sun held in His mouth.

The light wasn't harsh; it had a warm, comforting quality.

Then, the light floated out of His mouth, like a living golden ribbon, and landed precisely on the wound on the back of Wu You's left hand.

Wherever the light touched, the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The bleeding stopped, the skin and flesh healed, and not a scar was left.

Wu You turned his hand over and looked at it; the skin was so smooth it looked like it had never been scratched.

During this process, Wu You carefully observed every nuance of the other party's expression and behavior.

It doesn't seem fake.

Then Wu You bent down and stretched out his hand to Him, his movements swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation: "Give me your left hand."

"Huh?" The cat-eared little girl was stunned for a moment, but seeing Wu You's serious eyes, her lips twitched, but she still stretched out her tender little hand.

"Be gentle!" He emphasized.

The next second, there was a hissing sound.

A wound appeared on his left palm, but unlike Wu You's earlier wound, no blood flowed out.

Beneath the torn flesh of that wound, what could be seen was not red muscle and blood vessels, but a pale golden, flowing light.

"hiss--"

The cat-eared little girl gasped, her features contorting once again.

"Now you're stuck!"

He said irritably, pulling his hand back as he spoke.

Wu You released His hand and carefully felt the sensation in his left hand.

He closed his eyes and focused all his attention on the palm of his left hand.

The process of perception was slowed down countless times in his consciousness, with every detail being carefully examined.

But no matter how carefully he tried to feel, he still couldn't feel anything related to pain.

There was no stinging, no burning, and no indication of injury.

His left hand was quietly held in front of him, without any sensation, as if nothing had happened.

Wu You withdrew his left hand and stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

The blonde cat-eared little girl also remarked, "Wow, your sword is really sharp."

"Also, do you have any special hobbies?"

Another ray of pale golden light shot out from His mouth and landed on the wound on His left hand.

Golden particles of light condensed and permeated the wound, and in a moment, the slender wound disappeared completely, and the skin on his palm returned to its previous almost transparent white state.

The next moment, Wu You suddenly turned around, as if he was about to leave.

His movements were completely unexpected and without any transition.

Seeing Wu You turn around, the blonde cat-eared girl immediately said, "Are you going out? Remember to buy some smaller clothes!"

His words had barely faded.

As Wu You turned around, he suddenly stabbed himself hard in the leg again.

This sword strike was more powerful than the previous two combined.

The black longsword flashed in his hand, its blade sinking into the muscle of his outer thigh before being pulled out cleanly and swiftly.

The whole process took less than half a second; it was so fast that there wasn't even time for large patches of blood to seep onto his pants.

"It hurts, it hurts!"

"Haven't we already tried it?"

"What are you doing now?!"

The moment Wu You felt the pain in his leg, the blonde cat-eared little girl cried out in pain at the same time.

Another pale golden light appeared. This time, the light was brighter than the previous two combined, casting a golden halo on the living room wall.

It flew from the cat-eared girl's mouth to the wound on Wu You's thigh, quickly healing the still-bleeding wound.

Wu You's leg wound healed again, leaving a hole in his pants, but the skin underneath was smooth and new.

Before the other party could react, Wu You stabbed him in the right arm as well.

This time the movement was even faster, so fast that even the cat-eared girl herself was stunned before she noticed the thin, non-bleeding wound on her arm.

"What are you doing?!"

. . .

Then, Wu You tried many more times and finally confirmed one thing!

That is what the other party calls a bond, which has become one-way under the filtering of the Sword Codex!

His own injuries could be sensed by the other party, but the other party's injuries had no effect on him!

Since the transmission of injury is unidirectional, the so-called shared life and death is probably also unidirectional under the manipulation of the Sword Manual!

Realizing this highly probable possibility, Wu You couldn't help but mentally exclaim, "Amazing, Sword Canon!"

The Sword Manual panel also fluctuated slightly, as if to say: Basic operation, don't be reckless.

Then, Wu You turned his gaze to the youthful deity in front of him, his eyes flickering slightly.

Since the so-called binding has become a one-way arrow, the room for maneuver is much larger.