The Long Night Finally Brightens

The Long Night Finally Dawns

"Those—those lights?"

The scar-faced young man blinked blankly and looked around, only to discover that the ruins surrounding them had remained unchanged.

Yet the oppressive feeling that had always hung over the place seemed to have suddenly faded considerably.

"I don't know why—"

He murmured, "but all of a sudden, I feel like—everything has become so much lighter."

"Is it because that demon has been defeated?" A-Feng stared blankly at the sky, his eyes brimming with hope.

Just as these youths stood there gazing skyward, filled with both anticipation and fear—

A voice, utterly calm yet incomparably majestic, suddenly rang out directly in their minds—in the depths of the minds of every person across Dragon Eye Star.

The voice seemed to descend from the heavens, remote and indifferent as a god's: "Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth. Every Yazi on this planet has been purged by me—"

The voice paused briefly before speaking again: "As for the Dragon Dove Clan, they shall return before long."

After those words, Zhang Sanxian's voice vanished completely.

The ruins of Western City sank into deathly silence.

A-Feng's mouth hung open, his pupils trembling. The scar-faced young man raised his head to the sky and did not move.

The other youths also stood frozen in place, as though a body-binding spell had been cast upon them.

The Yazi—had all been purged?

The Dragon Dove Clan—would return before long?

Those words were like branding irons, searing themselves deep into their minds in an instant and stirring up towering waves.

"J-Just now, that voice said—"

One youth suddenly grabbed A-Feng's arm, his fingers squeezing so hard they turned white. Anxious and bewildered, he asked, "The Yazi—have all been purged, Brother A-Feng—what are the Yazi?!"

"They're that pack of demons!"

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