True Dragon

The stench of burning flesh hung in the air, and crimson blood flowed down the steps, one after another.

The corner of the Giant Broker's eye twitched. He couldn't understand a word of Renee's "Awu, awu," but after a moment, he pulled out his ledger and pen and carefully offered them to her.

Renee kept Xia Lun behind her. She reached for the oversized ledger and pen, but before she could take them, a teeth-jarring roar sounded overhead.

Boom!

Black Flowing Fire fell past the window. The tower tilted farther, and Renee lowered her center of gravity, barely keeping her footing amid the dust and flying rubble. Dunwodlin Tower would topple completely within half an hour.

"Careful, don't fall!" The Giant Broker hurriedly pressed the ledger and pen into Renee's hands, then glanced nervously out the window. "Saint above, nothing can happen to you. If it does, it really will be the end of the world."

Before Renee could write, he rushed on.

"The Fusion Faction's plan is suicide! Do you see that Mountain of Flesh outside? Those monsters won't spare the Fusion Faction. Their entire approach was wrong from the start—nothing but wishful thinking!"

Renee narrowed her eye.

The High-Energy Nutrient Paste she had swallowed was rapidly digesting. She could feel her blood sugar rising, her strength returning, and her thoughts growing sharper.

After weighing her options, she gently set Xia Lun down. Gripping the pen with both hands, she began to write laboriously across a blank page of the ledger.

"You don't need to worry about the end of the world. Since the Pilgrimage Site in Dunwodlin Tower doesn't exist, two of the three sites have already been completed. In other words, the Pilgrimage has essentially succeeded."

"But—"

"You know the Pilgrimage Faction has won. That's why you