"How many times have you Regressed already?"
The moment she spoke those words, every lingering doubt was answered.
Why had Lin Yue's abilities suddenly undergone so many transformations, and why did she possess a means of sealing away her own Legend?
Why had she fought so fiercely to stop Chen Xi from returning to the Spark Federation?
Everything, everything, was because their timelines had already diverged.
Perhaps from Chen Xi's perspective, they had only just been plotted against by Wala and had only returned to Blue Star a month ago.
But on Lin Yue's side, along a timeline Chen Xi could not know, she had already struggled for a very long time.
But why hadn't Chen Xi noticed that time had already been Regressed?
As Chen Xi pondered this, her seemingly casual question left Lin Yue completely silent.
She said nothing. The quiet atmosphere itself was the best answer.
Seeing the girl like this, Chen Xi dismissed the Rain Lord and teleported before her, pulling her into another tight embrace.
"Can't tell me?" Chen Xi gently cupped Lin Yue's haggard face and asked with sincere eyes.
"Mm."
Lin Yue's gaze darted away, her throat choked with emotion.
Seeing her like this, Chen Xi felt as if her heart were being cut apart.
"How many times have you Regressed? Can you at least tell me that?" she asked carefully.
"Not that long, just..." Lin Yue paused before answering hopelessly, "I can't see the future anymore."
Before Chen Xi could ask anything else, unable to bear that gaze, Lin Yue activated that forbidden ability.
Black and white flooded the world in an instant. Realizing that she intended to Regress time once more, Chen Xi desperately unleashed her magic, trying to resist the power that froze everything.
Her magic surged into the sky,