Chapter 433: Prey and Hunter
As Xu Zhi drew closer and closer to that place, she could feel herself undergoing some kind of "cleansing."
It was strange. She felt no obvious pressure and underwent no changes, yet she vaguely sensed that her "stray thoughts" were dwindling.
All manner of emotions brought by the outside world were easing away, even vanishing.
The calculations in her mind, tangled interests, even love and hatred were all calming down. At first glance, this seemed like a good thing, allowing Xu Zhi's heavy mood and taut nerves to relax. But she quickly realized something was wrong.
Beneath that relaxation lurked invisible killing intent.
Or perhaps it could not be called "killing intent," because its purpose was not to kill anyone.
Essentially, anything that approached [Radiance] would return to its [Origin].
In other words, it would be assimilated by Radiance.
The moment she realized this, Xu Zhi stopped in her tracks.
The expression that had unconsciously relaxed turned serious once more.
As expected, directly approaching Radiance was impossible.
Even with a fragment of Radiance inside her, she would likely be completely assimilated before reaching it, reverting to her purest form—energy itself—and returning to Radiance.
"So, I still can't take this shortcut?"
Xu Zhi sighed. In that case, she would have to carry out her original plan.
She turned to look at Mansus's sky. The sun hung high in the center as always, its position not shifted in the slightest. The warmth of its rays was just right, falling evenly upon every person in Mansus.
The cloudless sky should have been clear for thousands of miles, yet it had been disturbed. In the distance, a patch of bloody light emerged in the heavens. Xu Zhi did not even need to sense it to know that [Cup] had