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The car door in front of them opened. He Ao looked at Li Cheng. "That thing's main body hasn't arrived yet. We can still leave now."
"Without the Verola, with the speed of us mortals, we can't outrun it, and we can't stall for much longer," Li Cheng said, shaking his head slightly. Then he looked at Hao Yi and smiled.
"We all know what the best solution is right now. At this moment, only genuine Angel-level Power can fight that thing and buy more time for He Ao."
His gaze swept across the sky beyond the window and the rain falling in sheets. "I know you and He Ao have both done a lot for me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to dismantle the Spear of Andarville so smoothly. You both wanted to improve my chances of survival."
"But when I made my choice, I was already prepared. Now, it's time for me to face my own fate."
He smiled faintly and raised the small mithril bottle in his hand.
"You've made up your mind?" He Ao watched him silently. "Directly consuming a Talent Sequence was already extremely dangerous. Your ritual isn't complete yet, and the madness accumulated inside you over all these years is still there. Even if taking this lets you briefly reach that realm, it's no different from seeking death."
"If everyone in this world only wants to shelter behind heroes to survive, throwing all danger and suffering onto heroes' shoulders, then there is no need to shelter such a world."
Li Cheng turned back to look at the Youth behind him. Holding the silver bottle, he slowly smiled. "We can't let that child bear everything. I have to do something too. Besides, I never completed a ritual before. This time, I've completed part