Everything around me slowed.
The people running for their lives, their cries of fear and panic, and the changes in Mo Wen's mass of black yin energy...
My sister was jostled by someone. She tilted to one side and was about to fall.
I saw the blood disappearing from everyone's bodies. Their skin turned pale, growing whiter by the second. On some people, the sunken outlines of their blood vessels showed beneath their skin.
I wanted to stop this from happening. I wanted to kill Mo Wen.
But I couldn't move.
Excruciating pain tore at my soul.
The slow-motion scene flickered as if the connection were faulty, and the screen began to go black.
"B-Brother..."
My sister's voice was distorted, hoarse and heavy.
I felt as if my heart, brain, and entire soul had all been struck by a mighty blow.
"Lin Yun!" I cried out, but my voice was faint, nothing more than a breath.
"Brother Qi!"
"Shut up!"
"Lin Qi! Lin Qi, we found your sister's body. You still have a chance to save her."
Who?
Who was speaking?
"Can you feel it? Your sister's hand."
Something appeared in my hand.
My sister's hand?
No.
How could that be?
The skin was so rough and shriveled, just like the bark of a dead tree.
My sister...
My sister wasn't like this...
"Lin Qi! Use your ability. Turn back time, and you can bring her back! Do you hear me, Lin Qi?!"
Right. I could bring her back. My ability!
"I'll tell you when to stop, and you have to stop. Lin Qi! All right, stop! Lin Qi!!"
I jolted in alarm.
"Cough, cough... Ah! I..."
It was my sister's voice!
"Brother!"
My nerves relaxed all at once.
My sister was all right.
Thank goodness...
My sister was still