The Soul Contract Was Broken
With joy he could not hide deep in his eyes, Su Xingchen swept his sleeve and sped toward the place where his body lay.
Unlike the painstaking search and several waits on the way there, the distance of tens of thousands of kilometers would take him little time in his current state.
After the time it took an incense stick to burn, the first Soul Powers to return belonged to Xu Lie and Su Ran.
Once their auras returned, they both froze for a moment. Then, seeing Bi Fan's body standing motionless to one side, their eyes reddened before they knew it.
"Where's big brother? Hasn't he come back?" Zheng Shi'an asked blankly, looking at the two of them.
Xu Lie lowered his head, his fists clenched tight. He gritted his teeth for a long time before finally saying in a low voice, "Big brother... to protect us as we retreated, he was swept into a violent storm..."
Everyone was shocked. "What? Can he still come back?"
"I don't know..."
Listening beside them, Su Ran recalled the moment Bi Fan's spirit had pushed them away with all his strength just before being swept into the storm. Her heart felt as if it had been torn apart, and the next instant she could no longer hold back her wails.
Zheng Shi'an, Yu Bo Yi, and the others looked grave.
Of course, they did not want to believe Bi Fan had fallen in the Star Cloud River just like that. But Xu Lie's expression and Su Ran's reaction both confirmed that it was true.
Jiang Yun Ting, He Han, and the others' eyes reddened. Only when Xiao Lian gazed ahead, his expression dark, and said calmly, "He's not dead yet," did everyone stop, a trace of delight