Boom!
Amid the explosion, a blood-colored flash faintly flickered.
The light shot straight into the nine heavens.
In an instant, it had merged into Qin Shaofeng's soul.
Such a sudden explosion jolted awake both Luo San and Passerby A, who had been under her protection.
They happened to hear Gui Yan's final words.
"Undead, you will not succeed, and you cannot succeed. Even if I die!"
Even after she self-destructed, her voice continued to echo.
The scene before them left Luo San and Passerby A utterly dumbfounded.
What was going on?
The undead wanted to seize Qin Shaofeng's soul, yet the ruler of the Ghost Corpse Race—a race of anti-life beings that should have been locked in an endless struggle with humanity—had instead self-destructed to protect Qin Shaofeng.
Th-this-this...
If they told anyone about this, they would probably be taken for lunatics immediately, wouldn't they?
Yet this was a living fact unfolding right before their eyes.
"Big Brother, I will go ahead. Next, it will be your turn. As one with the Emperor Bloodline, you must do what an emperor should do. Abandon the life that gave us birth, and protect our race as it unifies the firmament!"
"Protect that person well. Their life and death are my life and death. You must not let that human come to harm!"
Gui Yan's voice continued to reverberate.
Her words left the two of them unable to react for a long while.
Protect that human?
She was clearly talking about Qin Shaofeng.
But... I am completely confused!
Before the two had fully recovered their senses, they sensed three incomparably powerful auras approaching from the direction of the sea.
This place was extremely far from the sea, yet they both believed their senses could not be wrong.
Just as they were about to