The girl who embodied Earth's Will froze, and the ball of light fell to the ground with a pop before dissipating.
An innocent smile instantly spread across her face.
She tried to play cute and muddle through:
"Oh my, Su Ming, you're back~
Did you miss me already?
Want to play ball-balancing together?
It's really fun!"
Su Ming said nothing. He merely looked quietly into her eyes.
His gaze was deep and resolute, as though it could pierce through every disguise.
Straight to the essence.
The smile on the girl's face gradually became impossible to maintain.
She pursed her lips and sighed softly.
With that sigh, her innocent and lively air receded like a tide.
In its place emerged an elegance and serenity that seemed to originate from ancient times.
Her gaze, too, became distant and profound.
She lightly waved her hand, signaling Shenron and Little Green, who were about to come closer, to step aside.
"What do you want to know?"
Her voice was calm, carrying a faint, almost imperceptible weariness.
Su Ming recounted everything he had seen and heard in the shattered Jade Pool, the information left behind by the consciousness entity,
as well as the warning from the old man who was suspected to be Taibai Jinxing, without omitting a single detail.
Finally, he stared at the girl.
And asked, word by word:
"What exactly does the 'key' mean?
What is the 'Ancient Godhood'?
Where did the immortals of Jade Pool come from, and where did they go?
And why are the Cosmic Demons so relentlessly fixated on Earth?"
The girl who embodied Earth's Will—or rather, this ancient being who had witnessed the birth and transformations of the universe—
let her gaze drift in the face of Su Ming's barrage of questions.
As though she had fallen