"It worked, it worked!"
Zhang Tiechui seemed to share a connection with the child in his arms. Seeing the child's complexion steadily grow rosier, he cried out excitedly:
"Thank you, thank you!"
"Thank you, Lord God's Chosen One!"
Yet not a trace of relief showed in Li Luo's eyes.
She merely slowly shook her head and said in an indifferent tone:
"I can't save him."
"Tha... huh, what!?" The smile instantly froze on Zhang Tiechui's face.
"I can't save your child," Li Luo repeated.
The moment her words fell, another bloody flower on her shoulder withered away.
Only then did Zhang Tiechui realize—
Every time a bloody flower on Shadow Rakshasa Li Luo bloomed and withered, it seemed to represent a complete life being drained away.
How many times had the flowers bloomed and faded already?
"There's a 'hole' in his body." Li Luo continued explaining, "Because of this inborn 'hole,' his vitality has been continuously leaking away."
"Through the power of my Authority, I can bear part of the burden for your child and make the 'hole' in his body smaller."
"But there's no way to make that hole disappear completely."
"And... the 'hole' in his body is still expanding."
"I suspect it contains the power of rules."
"While there's still time, say your goodbyes."
Although Li Luo's words were urging Zhang Tiechui to give up, she never stopped invoking the Authority of "Redemption," slowing the rate at which the child's life was draining away.
"'Hole'... power of rules... can't be saved..." Zhang Tiechui's mouth hung slightly open as he trembled nonstop, like a fish flung onto shore and left to bake beneath the sun. "Even a God's Chosen One can't save him..."
"Why? Why did something so cruel have to happen to me!?"
"I've never done evil in