"But this era..."
"Perhaps it can offer you something... different."
"Something... that our era never possessed."
Dark Devouring World Beast let out an urgent growl, its mental fluctuations surging like a violent storm:
"What is it?! Say it, quickly!!!"
"What exactly is it that can make a dead thing like me... truly live again?!"
Yuan shook his head slightly, and his phantom grew even dimmer:
"I can't determine the specifics right now, either."
"After all, I'm merely a wisp of an imprint that is about to completely dissipate. What I know is limited, and my memories are incomplete."
"But my inheritor..."
He looked at Lu Chen again. A trace of warmth seemed to appear on that blurred face.
"He bears great fortune and is one of the Childs of Destiny of this era. In the future... perhaps he can reach heights that even you and I never attained back then."
"Follow him, experience the changes of this era, comprehend the Great Dao of the new era..."
"You... may have a chance."
"To find that... path to rebirth."
Dark Devouring World Beast abruptly turned its head, its hollow eye sockets "staring" at Lu Chen once more.
This time, it was no longer scrutiny, nor killing intent.
Instead...
It was a complex assessment filled with curiosity and hesitation...
As though it were evaluating—
Could this little fellow, who was only in the late stage of the Chaos Saint realm...
really help it... truly live again?
Could he truly bring... that ethereal, illusory hope?
Lu Chen felt uncomfortable under its gaze, as though his entire body had been seen through and he had no secrets left.
Yet a trace of... fiery excitement also surged within his heart!
If...
If this terrifying "Dark Devouring World Beast" from the previous era could truly become his...