As the two sides' invisible hands remained locked in a stalemate, Chen Xi took the opportunity to think back over everything she knew about the Lamenter.
First, since Andres's origin had been revealed, she could rule out death as its true nature.
Yet when the Spark Federation descended, the Lamenter's whispers had displayed a similar kind of power.
During that catastrophe, Lin Yue and Chen Xi had both fallen at the edge of the ruins, gradually growing old until they died.
It was tied to aging. If it wasn't death, what else could it be?
Lin Yue had already ruled out time. Chen Xi felt she had grasped something crucial.
As her thoughts branched out, she suddenly remembered the Seven Kill Blade in Tianhai City's storage vault.
The owner of that cursed blade seemed to have been the Lamenter.
No wonder it had such an absurd effect—it could end someone's life with just seven slashes.
"Aging... whispers..."
Chen Xi murmured to herself, her pupils suddenly contracting.
"Is it reincarnation?" she blurted out.
Right. Besides death and time, reincarnation was the only rule-based ability left.
But... even if she had guessed correctly, she still knew nothing about the specific effects of the reincarnation origin.
If she could see how the Dragon Girl had died, perhaps she would find the answer.
Unfortunately, they had been too weak back then and too busy trying to survive. They had never had a chance to get to the scene and observe.
Besides, perhaps because it was only an illusion, the Lamenter's ability hadn't been fully copied from its original.
"Could it have no ability at all?" Chen Xi suddenly spotted the blind spot.
The Lamenter possessed an origin ability that touched on the cycle of life and death because its true self was a Tier