Today's third update: Chapter 3319! 3/4!
If... if time could truly be turned back, she had even entertained an utterly selfish thought—she would rather never leave the Boundless Sea that had imprisoned her for over two hundred years, rather ignore racial revival and the struggle among all races. She only wanted to selfishly keep her brother by her side, forcefully, in that ocean domain where there were only the two of them, and remain together for life.
Even if that happiness were built upon lies and confinement, it would still be better than their later separations, the divide between life and death, and the endless, agonizing wait and longing!
This secret desire, buried deep in her heart and never spoken to anyone, was precisely caught by the Palace Demonic Sound, magnified, and turned into the deadliest temptation.
She lost her composure somewhat, as though she had forgotten where she was and the dangerous battle underway. Like a child chasing an illusory speck of light, she lunged madly toward Xu Kun's figure, projected by the Palace Demonic Sound, wearing that warm smile.
Yet time and again, as she spread her arms, filled with joy and anticipation, all she received was the phantom shattering like a bubble at her fingertips and fading away, leaving behind only deeper emptiness and melancholy.
That tangible touch, that warm embrace, had ultimately been nothing more than an illusion.
"This..." As the Array Master, Mo Chou was already sweating from the forehead as he pushed the Palace Demonic Sound with all his strength. The expenditure of soul power was considerable.
But when he saw Shen-bao fall into such an "out-of-control" state after merely the first note of the array, his heart tightened, and even his resolve to operate the array wavered slightly.
"My Lord... isn't this...