Chapter Four: The Sect That Cannot Be Seen
They left the market before anyone noticed.
On the outskirts of the city—where buildings lay in ruins and the sky was always gray—Lin Chi suddenly stopped.
The legacy surged violently.
[Warning]
[Hidden Influence Zone]
The air tore apart.
And they appeared.
Five people… with no insignias, no sect robes, and no discernible presence. As if they existed only when forced to exist.
"You carry a legacy that does not belong to this era," one of them said.
"And that disrupts the balance."
Lin Chi chuckled lightly.
"Balance? You're late."
The first moved.
He didn't use a technique.
He erased distance.
Lin Chi blocked—
But the strike passed through him.
Not because he missed.
But because he was not the target.
Pain slammed into his back.
He flew.
Crashed into a wall.
Xiao Yin tried to intervene—
She was frozen.
"This does not concern you," the second said coldly.
Lin Chi rose slowly.
The black bone in his hand glowed.
[Forced Fusion]
[Warning: Result Uncertain]
"Good," he muttered.
"I no longer like guaranteed outcomes."
The space around him fractured.
Pressure did not rise.
Energy did not explode.
Instead… the rules vanished.
The next strike landed.
The first man staggered back, his arm twisted at an impossible angle.
"What is this?!"
Lin Chi was smiling.
Not cruelly.
But clearly.
"I am not outside the system," he said.
"I am the system when it fails."
The clash was short.
Violent.
And unbalanced.
When they withdrew, they left behind a single sentence:
"The Sect That Cannot Be Seen… will remember you."
The legacy recorded the name.
Xiao Yin sat down, catching her breath.
"Now…" she said slowly.
"You've entered a game that never ends."
Lin Chi looked at the gray sky.
"Good."
The Road to the Forbidden Land
They did not return to the city.
They moved east, where maps end and stories begin.
The Forbidden Land.
A place ruled by no sect.
And governed by no single law.
On the third night, at the edge of a black forest without birds—
A third person appeared.
A young man holding a broken spear, his eyes filled with hostility.
"I'm looking for someone," he said.
"Someone who broke my brother's path… and then vanished."
Lin Chi did not deny it.
The legacy pulsed.
The young man tightened his grip.
"My name is Han Ruo."
He drew his spear.
"And I am your enemy… until I kill you."
Lin Chi raised his sword.
Smiled.
"I promise no one anything."
The battle began.
And deep within the forest—
something older than all of them stirred.