At noon, the blazing sun scorched like fire. As Shen Hanyu looked at the line of more than a dozen people before him, an indescribable emotion rose in his heart.
After arriving on the Douluo Continent, his way of thinking and his ideas had changed considerably. Yet when faced with a scene like this, an emotion both familiar and inexplicable still churned within him.
He could not explain where this feeling came from or what it was. It simply seemed as though it had always existed, making him restless and irritated for no reason.
Snow Empress gently took Shen Hanyu's hand, then swept out a stream of cold air. The surrounding temperature instantly dropped, and Shen Hanyu seemed to regain some clarity in an instant.
The young men and women before them looked around in surprise. The environment had clearly not changed at all, yet it somehow felt completely different.
Snow Empress looked into Shen Hanyu's eyes, where emotions lay hidden, and softly said:
"I don't know what you're thinking, but I feel like you've remembered some unhappy memories again. Even now, those things still affect you. I don't know how to comfort you, but you only need to know that we..."
Shen Hanyu lowered his eyes, then gave a soft laugh and interrupted Snow Empress. "It's not that serious. I'm just feeling a little sentimental for the moment. I always have to make you comfort me—how could I be that fragile..."
Snow Empress gave a quiet hum and said nothing more.
Shen Hanyu let out an almost imperceptible sigh, then quickly returned to normal. He took six awakening stones from his Soul Tool and arranged them into an array on the ground. Then he took out another round awakening crystal, infused it with Soul Power, and it floated straight