Qian Yuhan Knelt and Begged: "If Someone Must Bear the Consequences When You Wake... Kill Me."
Qian Yuhan froze as well.
Only when she truly touched Lin Yan did she realize how light he was.
The young man had almost no weight.
There was no divine might on him.
No Soul Power.
No trace of life.
She could not even feel the body temperature a normal person should have.
His black hair slipped through the crook of her arm.
That pale, delicate face hung less than a foot before her.
Quiet.
Fragile.
Like a doll that could shatter at any moment.
No matter what, she could not connect him with the terrifying being who, with a single thought moments ago, had nearly stripped the entire era of its right to exist.
Qian Yuhan was dazed for a moment.
The next second, she bit through her tongue, and the taste of blood exploded in her mouth.
Clarity returned to her eyes.
She looked at Gu Yuena. "Withdraw your troops."
Gu Yuena stared at her, purple dragon eyes nearly spitting fire. "Do you know what you're doing?"
"I do."
"Then you still dare put your sword there?"
Qian Yuhan fell silent for a moment. "I have nothing else left to gamble with."
Gu Yuena's gaze gradually turned cold.
Yet Qian Yuhan was calmer than she was.
"Less than one in ten humans remain. Only the last few cities are still standing. My Godhood is broken, and the Angel Legion is nearly wiped out."
Her voice was soft, so soft that it did not sound like she was discussing a war of extermination.
"If we keep fighting, humanity will perish today."
"So you ask whether I dare?"
Qian Yuhan met Gu Yuena's gaze.
The sacred sword in her hand neither moved forward nor withdrew.
"I barely even have a tomorrow left. Why wouldn't I dare?"
Gu Yuena opened her