The White Tower in the Valley of Emptiness was a key location in the Moon Sea. It seemed only natural that a rare Level 8 Scholar would appear here.
Level 8 Class-changers...
Even across an entire sea, you might not find two.
If something brought more than two Level 8 Class-changers together, it would surely mean something major was about to happen—something momentous enough to shake the world.
Once, when An Zheng fought desperately to reach Level 9.
Once, during the Moon Star contest ceremony for Aertemi in Lotie's simulation.
Those were the only two times Lu Cang had seen multiple Level 8 Class-changers.
And as for seeing a Level 8 Class-changer in the real world, outside any simulation or trial...
Besides An Zheng, there was only the one standing before him.
"Death Date: 65 years"
His life was already like a candle flickering in the wind.
A Level 8 Scholar's lifespan was only about five hundred years.
He didn't have much time left. If Lu Cang simply watched him for a while longer, he would die on his own...
No fight was necessary, and there wouldn't even be any evidence linking his death to Lu Cang.
Lu Cang simply stopped.
Then he watched.
Like a stone statue, he stood perfectly still, gazing into the distance for a long while.
At last...
The figure in the room produced a delicate dagger. His eyes were filled with grief and despair.
You could tell just by looking into them.
He had lost all desire to live. At that moment, all he wanted was to die.
Pfft—
Blood stained his pristine scholar's robe.
With a simple thrust, the delicate, sharp dagger plunged into his own abdomen.
Suicide...
His time had come.
His life ended there.
The Level 8 Scholar had faced no