Lin Qiye froze where he stood.
"I know that during this time, I may have been too impatient. I couldn't wait for you to know that I liked you, couldn't wait for you to like me... It may have caused you a lot of trouble." Jialan lowered her head. A large stain of blood had already spread across her dark blue Han-style robe as she murmured,
"But... I really don't have much time left."
Lin Qiye frowned. Before he could understand what Jialan meant, a thunderous crash rang out beside his ear!
Boom—!!
The immortality flickering around the carriage had reached its limit. Under the thrust of Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, it shattered into white light that filled the sky, flowing back into Jialan's body. At the same time, the terrifying shockwave instantly crushed the carriage, making it explode completely!
Lin Qiye grabbed Jialan's hand and drew Zhanbai half an inch from its sheath at his waist!
Their figures vanished into the void together.
In the black-and-white world, Lin Qiye carried the incomparably weakened Jialan on his back and rushed toward the Gate of Reception. Yet Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi seemed to have eyes; it immediately turned its blade and stabbed toward them.
Though Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi had slowed considerably after being blocked by the immortal carriage, it was still far faster than Lin Qiye. Its chilling blade pierced the void, directly slicing open a corner of the space where Zhanbai existed.
Even the void could be cut by Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
The surrounding void crumbled. Lin Qiye's face turned pale, but he gritted his teeth and pushed his speed to the limit, charging toward the Gate of Reception, which was so close at hand!
Yet the distance between him and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi was still rapidly shrinking.
Almost there! Almost there!
Just a little more, and they would pass through that