Plain clothes fluttered in the wind, bloodstains glaring. The approaching figure carried a killing intent that shook everyone present.
Li Youwei immediately sensed something was wrong. She stepped forward and blocked his path.
Yet before she could react, a pair of merciless hands flashed out and clamped around her delicate throat. His cold eyes were like ice, terrifying to the soul.
Killing intent filled the skies and took shape in the void. An Abnormal Roc manifested, raising its head in a heaven-shaking cry. At the same time, rolling thunder from the horizon descended in a furious torrent.
"Jiang Xin is in trouble. Did you know?"
The voice was unnaturally calm, yet Li Youwei smelled death. Beneath the lightning, those icy eyes were so unfamiliar. He was completely different from the man she remembered.
Upon the weapon-forging platform, the Earth Artisan's body shook at the news. He stared incredulously at the young man amid the thunder. How could this be?
"It wasn't me," Li Youwei said with difficulty.
"Then who do you think it was?"
There was neither belief nor disbelief in his flat voice, only bone-piercing coldness. This was her final chance. One wrong answer, and she would die like a flower fading in the wind.
His calm amid extreme rage remained only because of the faint bond they had once shared. Yet compared with Jiang Xin's life or death, that bond was worth no more than a single sentence of explanation.
A person suddenly flashed through Li Youwei's mind, and disbelief appeared on her face. How could it have been the person she trusted most?
The final explanation reached her lips, then was swallowed back down. Li Youwei was remorseful, and even more disappointed. The elder brother who had protected and supported her since childhood had betrayed her trust