Abandon This Flame

Two graceful figures, one black and one white, stood silently where they were, gazing at each other. It was as though space itself had frozen at this moment, seemingly eternal.

The scene looked exactly like a reflection in a mirror, carrying a bone-chilling eeriness.

"A second me?"

Hun Ruoruo's body tensed, unable to suppress the fear in her heart.

Illusions, phantasms—being the heir of both Sound Valley and the Soul Clan, she was long familiar with such things. Even seeing something akin to a clone would normally not have stirred her in the slightest.

But Nihility Devouring Flame was different.

The bizarre scene she had witnessed earlier had been deeply branded into Hun Ruoruo's heart. She knew all too well that the method it used was not some so-called illusion.

It was devouring!

From personality to memories, even consciousness itself, everything would be utterly transformed into a part of Nihility Devouring Flame's true body through devouring.

No wonder it had produced so many child flames. Every child flame was a parasite seeking a host. Once a child flame matured, its host would merge with it.

By then, she would no longer be herself, but a member of Nihility Devouring Flame!

"This is my secret art, Netherbone Eulogy. Please have a look, Miss," Nihility Devouring Flame said in a rich, gentle voice.

"..."

Hun Ruoruo said nothing. She quietly bit her lip and slowly rose to her feet.

As though influenced by Hun Ruoruo, the black-haired girl opposite her likewise straightened her posture and looked at her impassively.

Though their appearances were completely identical, the "Hun Ruoruo" manifested by the Void Child Flame clearly possessed neither emotions nor consciousness. She was entirely like an empty shell.

And since she was an empty shell, she would naturally do everything possible to fill