"Chang'an!!"
The five women were stunned, but it was already too late to withdraw their attacks.
Su Mei's sword pierced his abdomen, Lin Zhaoyu's sword shattered his heart, the Jiang sisters' combined arrows bored through his throat, and Cheng Ling Shuang's sword split his skull.
Something even more ruthless came from behind.
Chi Yuan's Sword God had arrived.
"Boom~"
The fiery bird spread its wings and descended, swooping toward Ye Chang'an's brow like the Thousand Feathers that had once struck Chi Yuan's.
Golden light flashed in his left eye. Lin Zhaoyu and Su Mei, who had been driving their swords into him, were transferred to Cheng Ling Shuang's side, joining the Jiang sisters. Ye Chang'an alone bore the Sword Gods of both the Great Immortal and the Lesser Immortal.
"Kh..."
His shattered vocal cords could no longer form meaningful sounds. The two Sword Gods annihilated Ye Chang'an's consciousness.
The Thousand Feathers vanished completely, and Chi Yuan's memories finally came together in full. She remembered the original reason she had entered battle.
The answer she had given when the woman who saved her from disaster asked why she wanted to know the truth.
I wanted to know what I could do.
She had slept for more than fifty thousand years and fought for more than five thousand. Had she found her answer?
Was all she could do truly just eradicate Destruction?
Clearly, she could do other things besides that.
Cracks appeared in her steadfast sword heart. Her original resolve shook the resolve that had already been changed.
She was confused. She wailed. She shook her head, and then saw the young man trapped between the two Sword Gods.
"...Chang...an..."
She hesitantly reached out, only to see the Sword Gods' radiance fade and the battered body riddled with wounds fall like a