Two Extinguished Candles, one on the ground, one in the sky.
The devil standing atop the Dark Throne narrowed his eyes. Gu Shen had reappeared far too quickly, beyond his expectations.
"You care about her?"
The devil smiled. "Sorry, I just enjoy destroying things like that."
Li Qingci's expression froze.
The next moment.
The devil released the string, and the black Extinguished Candle let out a sharp crack!
At the same time, Gu Shen released his grip as well, but his target was not the devil. It was the Extinguished Candle in the devil's hand!
The black arrow shot down from above the Sky Curtain, while a snow-white arrow flew from Gu Shen's fingertips. The first targeted Li Qingci; the second targeted the first. Two slender silver threads collided between heaven and earth. There was no earth-shattering spectacle. The two Extinguished Candle Arrows, each containing pure power of destruction, annihilated one another at the instant of impact!
The clash of those arrows was quiet. Even where they struck each other, only a tiny black point of void remained.
Extinguished Candle Arrows had never been weapons meant to create grand displays.
Piercing a weakness was inherently silent. Why did it need to shake the heavens and earth?
But both of them drew their bows incredibly quickly.
This arrow exchange was only the beginning!
After shattering the devil's arrow aimed at Li Qingci, Gu Shen did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately drew his bow again. After his advancement, the scale of his Mental Sea had undergone an unprecedented qualitative transformation!
When he had killed Xiao before, firing just two arrows had nearly exhausted all his mental strength.
Even for a third arrow, he had needed time to recover before he could confidently draw his bow again!
But now.
He fired