"..."
Xu Yanwu fell silent.
He stared at the two versions of himself before finally speaking.
"No."
"What happened in the past cannot be borne by me alone."
Xu Yanwu's words stunned Shadow Xu Yanwu, only to be followed by his furious outburst. "You!!!!!"
"The past cannot be changed. Time Endless Eternal Forward."
Xu Yanwu said, "No matter what I do, what happened in Yae Village has already happened."
"But Little Sakura now... she is no longer bound by hatred as she was in the past."
"Now, she can live freely. She can properly pursue her future."
Xu Yanwu said, "Freedom under my watch... is not true freedom!"
"If you cannot accept me... then disappear!"
Xu Yanwu pointed at the two Xu Yanwus before him.
Since neither of them had physical forms to begin with, Xu Yanwu did not believe their current injuries would threaten them.
Their earlier fight, which had been like children brawling, had not even counted as a warm-up.
If he had not been buying time for Kiana and the others to escape, Xu Yanwu would not have stalled with such a fight.
"Bastard... you... you!"
Shadow Xu Yanwu raged.
White-robed Xu Yanwu clenched his fists as well.
"I'll... tear you apart!"
Shadow Xu Yanwu's body instantly collapsed, turning into rolling black clouds, while White-robed Xu Yanwu also began gradually breaking down his own body.
Perhaps because Xu Yanwu's words had enraged them both, the clouds and mist they became began to merge.
Jizo Mitama, which Shadow Xu Yanwu had been holding in his hand, also transformed from a blade into a phantom of light and mixed into the clouds.
"Sakura!!!!!"
A deafening voice rang out from the surrounding clouds.
It forced Yae Sakura, who was fighting over there, to spare some attention for the situation on