"It's over?" Lin Qiye stood at the edge of the mist, watching the black shadow vanish beyond the horizon. He raised his brows in surprise. "That was faster than I expected..."
"Perhaps the aura of the Ancestral God frightened it away." King Mask let out a long breath, his silver-white hair drifting in the air. "Great Xia has suffered one brutal battle after another these past days. Both the Great Xia Gods and the Night Watchmen have been badly depleted... It will probably take a long time to recover."
Bang—!
Before King Mask had even finished speaking, a cloud of blood exploded from his back. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly with pain as he reversed time by one second.
"Does it hurt?" Lin Qiye could not help asking when he saw this.
"It hurts." King Mask paused. "But I'm almost used to it."
Lin Qiye looked at that aged face, his expression immensely complicated. He spoke softly, "You've... worked hard."
"It wasn't hard. If things hadn't come to this, I wouldn't have been able to save my teammates." As if recalling something, a smile appeared on King Mask's pain-filled face. "With the Time Law and enough lifespan, I'll soon be able to bring the Mask Squad back."
Since King Mask had stepped into the ranks of the Human Apex, this was the first time Lin Qiye had seen such a smile on his face. It was as though this alone had been the force sustaining him all this time.
Several streaks of light crossed the sky, flying straight toward War Pass. They were the Human Apexes returning from the front lines.
"King Mask." Midway through the air, Zuo Qing noticed the two below and slowly descended. He said to King Mask, "Lingbao Tianzun is waiting for you in