Lu Yun inwardly cursed himself for being an absolute moron. He’d invested a great deal of resources to refine the great axes, which was why he hadn’t thrown them away or destroyed them when he gave up the disguise of the muscular man.

Well then, hello trouble.

He remained coolly collected and decided to bring the axes back out. He struck a pose, as if waiting for the crowd to rush him.

No one actually suspected that Zhu Lingyan was the enigma stone thief. Shapeshifting combat arts could change one’s shape, but their use was made obvious by the ripples they exuded. The shapeshifting arts were a minor dao in the chief worlds, used only to conceal...