"Cough, cough... I never expected that, before dying, I'd be lying in the arms of a silly girl like you instead of Lu Li, my little sweetheart... What a pity..."
Matilda coughed up a small mouthful of blood. Her voice was faint as a thread.
Xu Xiao held back her tears and replied through a sob, "I'm trying to save you... but I don't know why my Authority's power isn't working..."
"Heh... silly girl..." Matilda laughed weakly, her crescent-shaped pupils filled with smug amusement. "I never thought a 'heaven-blessed girl' like you would have a time when you couldn't understand what was happening..."
"Have you forgotten what kind of situation we're in?"
"The war of ascension has already begun... Of the three God's Chosen Ones who belong to the same divine faction, one of us is bound to die..."
"And cough, cough... that scheming bastard Black Whale mixed a great deal of Authority power into both of his attacks..."
"Your 'Tolerance' can restore anything, but only on the condition that no other Authority power interferes..."
"Once another Authority power is present, your Authority of 'Tolerance' will prioritize contending against and consuming that other power."
"So it's not that you can't heal my injuries. Before healing them, you first have to expend part of your power to offset the effects Black Whale's Authority left inside me."
"So that's how it is... Then can I just increase my output?" Xu Xiao's eyes immediately lit up, as though she had seen hope.
"...Cough, cough, increase your output my ass, you silly girl..." Matilda cursed weakly, rolling her eyes hard. "Black Whale's Authority of 'sacrifice' can create miracles."
"Have you ever seen a miracle overturned?"
"Then we have to try!" Xu Xiao replied without hesitation.
At the pull of her thoughts, she truly prepared