Intermission (Thanks to Hundred-Eyed One for the Alliance Leader support)
The air suddenly trembled.
The auras of Waste Ruins and Embers collided in an instant. The essences of eternity and change clashed and scraped against each other through the agitation of their Spiritual Substance, then separated at the first touch. A wavering silver gleam seemed to flash and vanish, followed by faint cracks appearing before Ji Jue, only to disappear again at once.
In an instant, a crack was cut into the Stasis Field spreading from beneath the giant's feet—the invisible iron wall blocking Ji Jue's path.
Even if there was no distinction of superiority among Superior Virtue, the Stasis Field forged by someone at the peak of the Rebirth Rank had actually been broken by an Embers Craftsman of the Metamorphosis Rank...
It was a sight that no one would have believed even if it were spread abroad, yet it now unfolded before everyone's eyes.
In the stunned silence, only a soft sigh echoed.
"Looks like the road is still passable, isn't it?"
The faint trace of insight left behind by the brief fusion with the former Edge of Transformation—the intent of divine marrow flowing from Embers' essence—remained less than one ten-millionth of its original amount, yet it was still enough to break through the obstruction before him.
Ji Jue gave a final nod, then stepped forward.
"Then, goodbye."
And just like that, he left calmly.
An Ning skipped along behind him, amusing herself by stepping on footprints and shadows as she followed close at his heels.
In the deathly stillness, no one spoke again.
Only the crisp sound of shattering sounded once more.
Yue Chen twisted off the bottle's neck, tipped back his head, and once again drank the Spirits in one go.
The Blazing Fire and magma