Chen Li reached forward again, but his hand did not touch Alina. It was as though it had passed into some indescribable space.
Yao Guang narrowed her eyes slightly—she could clearly see that Chen Li's hand had grasped Alina's future, then used an utterly tyrannical force to tear a hole straight through that image.
"Crack!"
The instant Chen Li withdrew his hand from that future, Alina's future of death shattered completely, turning into countless motes of light that scattered through the air and vanished without a trace.
The tent fell silent for a long while.
"Is that... enough?" Talulah carefully asked, her voice trembling with disbelief.
"That's enough." Chen Li nodded.
"That simple?" Talulah stood there dumbfounded.
"Simple? Why don't you try it, then?" Chen Li rolled his eyes at Talulah.
If you can do it, go ahead.
Talulah hurriedly shook her head. Yet when she looked at Alina again, that unease—the feeling that Alina might leave at any moment—had indeed disappeared.
This discovery made Talulah breathe a sigh of relief, and she bowed deeply to Chen Li in thanks.
Chen Li nodded without saying much, leaving Talulah and Alina some time alone.
In truth, Chen Li had an even simpler solution. He only needed to use Judgment of All Things to sever the future that had been locked onto her. It would have been easier and more convenient.
But precisely because it was too easy and convenient, Talulah would not have been able to put her mind at ease.
Forget Judgment of All Things—even if Chen Li had merely used a little of his power and genuinely shattered that future, seeing how effortless it was for him would still have made Talulah feel that it was unreal.
Going through the motions was sometimes truly necessary.
After speaking softly with