Chen Yi took out a thousand Sweet Dream Coins at once and handed them to Aatrox.
But Aatrox did not dare accept them.
Unprovoked kindness was either treachery or theft.
The way Chen Yi looked at him sent chills down his spine, as though he were looking at an experimental specimen.
Yet he could not sense anything wrong.
That was what felt most wrong.
Aatrox decisively refused. "No need. The corruption has already become a part of me. I don't need to reject it."
As he spoke, the enormous blade pierced the Starguardian's corpse. Countless threads of blood wrapped around it, remaking it. He suddenly felt somewhat afraid of Chen Yi, and that fear came from the unknown.
Aatrox could not quite understand what Chen Yi's goal was.
As the blade left the body, his previous body turned into a heap of flesh scattered across the ground.
Aatrox used flesh magic. Unlike the Blood Sorcery of a certain dead vampire, this magic was more domineering and more powerful.
Chen Yi watched the entire process without blinking, observing the transformation.
Soon, vast amounts of blood wrapped heavily around the corpse, forming a gigantic egg.
Chen Yi withdrew his gaze.
Starguardians were bugs. Vastayans were bugs. His cards were bugs too. Yet Chen Yi was certain that no one had tampered with his Magic Tool.
If an existence beyond Chen Yi's understanding had acted against him, he truly would not have been qualified to notice. But such a being had no need to do this.
So... had time been reversed?
Chen Yi, who had been about to dismiss his false body, suddenly stopped.
Time reversal did not actually mean much to Chen Yi.
Because once something had happened, it would not vanish. Causality had already been left behind.
But Chen Yi was