Lin Qiye's position was directly above one of the crosses.
This was...
Lin Qiye's gaze fell on the cross opposite him. A figure was tightly bound to it, like a lamb awaiting execution.
It was a bespectacled youth draped in a Crimson Cloak. The instant Lin Qiye saw him, he saw Lin Qiye as well, and shock surfaced in his eyes behind the lenses!
Lin Qiye had just awakened from unconsciousness and rushed outside. He had not even put on his cloak, leaving the bloody holes and scars across his body exposed to the air—a gruesome sight. His bloodshot eyes looked utterly haggard.
This was...
"Hell?" Scenes from the past rapidly flashed before his eyes. As if realizing something, Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly. "So that's how it is..."
Back in hell, the angel Uriel had once used his execution ability to summon images of An Qingyu's and Lin Qiye's futures, intending to deduce their sins from them. So the versions of each other that he and An Qingyu had seen back then had come from this very moment?
But this timing was far too coincidental!
Uriel had merely attempted to communicate with the future. Why had he connected to Lin Qiye at this exact moment, neither earlier nor later?
The Black Goat army had just breached the northern pass and was marching south in force. Lin Qiye was the only top-tier combatant capable of immediately rushing to the battlefield... and the appearance of this time barrier had directly delayed his journey to the front lines.
Time, time...
Could this also have been part of the Key of Doors' scheme? Did It intend to use Uriel to hold him back?
As the time barrier was shattered by his blow, the twisted angel that seemed pieced together froze slightly, and