"Hiss, hiss."
The snowy-white light was like a white sunflower with irregular petals, blooming brilliantly in the void, shining, then withering.
The figure within gradually faded away.
Very soon, a fist-sized crystal gemstone fell, vanishing completely after dropping into the ripples of space.
There was no scream.
There was no mourning from heaven and earth.
Struck by Heaven Abandoned, Shadow Saint did not even know whether this was an illusion of the Second World or something truly happening. With no defenses whatsoever, he was, unsurprisingly, completely forsaken by this world's rules.
From body, to spirit, to will!
"Shadow..."
Everyone stared at the black shadow on the ground, their memories hollow, as though they had lost something immensely important.
This "Shadow," beyond simply meaning a shadow, seemed to specifically refer to someone? Yet no matter how they racked their brains, they could not remember who that was.
He seemed to have always lived within the black shadows. No one knew his face, his abilities, his voice... everything about him.
Unseen in life, unseen in death.
"Buzz."
The space before Water Ghost rippled again.
After Six-Ray Saint, Snake Madam, and Kong Tong, another Half-Saint Godhood had fallen into his hands.
Other than the two used to grant sainthood to Wuxiu and Bai Zhou, not long after reaching the Eighteenth Heaven of the Relics of the Gods, Water Ghost had already obtained seven Half-Saint Godhoods.
On Void Island, after planning an entire operation from beginning to end, they had only gained three...
And Jiang Buyi's one had been forcibly delivered by the man himself as a complimentary gift, never part of the original plan.
"Heh."
Water Ghost adjusted the half Golden Beast Mask over his nose and could only answer with a bitter smile.
Silently putting the item away, he did not really