"End the war in the most dignified way possible? Kill only those who deserve to die?"
Gu Xiao Man could not help but let out a mocking laugh when she heard that.
War had never had anything to do with dignity.
Over the past five years, the Three Continents Alliance Meeting had lost countless people. They had died on the northern frontier, on the Gubu Battlefield, amid the chaotic religious conflicts of the Southern Continent... She had witnessed every one of those sacrifices and carried them in her heart. The Three Continents Alliance Meeting had paid such a grievous price to reach today's General Offensive. If she chose to sign a Soul Contract in the Source Tower and take the God of Wine's Fire Seed, she would be betraying the thousands upon thousands who had died in battle.
And she would be betraying Old Master, who had left Gu Changzhi's final letter to her.
"Trust me. This is the best choice."
Qinglong said calmly, "I know you carry an 'object' containing the power of a Throne of God. With that object, you easily suppressed Gu Xi... But relying on nothing more than a dead thing, your chances of taking the God of Wine's Fire Seed from me are zero."
"Take the God of Wine's Fire Seed?"
Gu Xiao Man shook her head.
She gave a light kick, sending the removed coffin to the space directly between them.
Creak—
The coffin opened.
Gu Xi's corpse crashed onto the ground. This powerful origin-level figure had had his life erased within Annihilation Dream. Now, as he fell, layers of shattered clouds splashed up, swiftly staining the temple floor a dark crimson.
Qinglong narrowed his eyes and glanced over.
Gu Xi's corpse was wrapped in faint golden radiance!
He knew that golden light well.