The Final Volume: A Tiny World in the Dust

"Gah... gah... gah..."

"Hah... hah... ah... I failed, didn't I..."

On Silver Moon, before the World Crossing Gate.

Jili had already restored the half of Silver Moon that had been destroyed. The Mirror Sea had regained its original beauty, and everything had returned to how it was before.

Except for the two of them.

Huang Huo was half-kneeling on the ground, panting nonstop. His body had returned to its original form, and wounds covered him from head to toe, too awful to look at.

Anubas wasn't badly hurt. She was still standing, but she was clearly exhausted too.

"You get it now, you idiots? This is as far as you can go."

"Shut up..."

"Especially you, Huang Huo. The moment you reached for power you had no right to possess, your defeat was sealed."

"Shut up! You're the one who doesn't understand what's going on!"

Huang Huo coughed up a large mouthful of blood. Grinning savagely, he used the World Crossing Gate to pull himself to his feet. His blood smeared across the gate, and Jili frowned.

"At least half of the World Crossing Gate is under our control now. Which means... even if we can't take it over completely, we can still damage it, right?"

"..."

Jili's gaze grew colder and colder. His face remained expressionless—a sign that he was furious.

"You're threatening me with this?"

"Make use of everything at your disposal. And it works, doesn't it?"

"This is my final warning. Get!"

"Then at least show a little sincerity, Jili!"

Huang Huo panted, grinned savagely, and thought.

(So in the end... I'm threatening him with the World Crossing Gate?)

But it didn't matter. Things were just getting back on track.

He hadn't lost. Absolutely not.

But—

"...Give it up, Huang Huo."

"...?"

Huang Huo froze.

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