Red Knight did not care that Hawkins had seen through his plan.
He had only wanted to force Hawkins to retreat in the first place. Now that Hawkins had seen through it, it would be best if Hawkins was willing to withdraw. If not, Hawkins would soon face the siege of countless Kings of Monsters.
Mounted on his crimson steed, he said nothing, merely watching Hawkins and tacitly acknowledging Hawkins's judgment.
Hawkins chuckled. "Do you know? The current me is not actually my true self. Because I sought too much from without, I sought too little from within. Though I have abundant experience, I am not pure enough. This is the stumbling block before my Transcendence, which is why I came on this journey."
"What are you talking about?" Red Knight did not understand Hawkins's words.
Hawkins lowered his head to glance below, then sighed with a smile. "Simply put, I came this time to destroy the outer demons and reclaim my true self."
"You mean..."
Red Knight frowned, vaguely sensing that something was wrong.
Sure enough, in the next second, Hawkins vanished from his sight. In the blink of an eye, he felt the world spin around him. Only when he regained his senses did he realize that his head had already separated from his body.
Holding Red Knight's head, Hawkins smiled. "Don't worry. No one will die this time, though you might feel a tiny bit uncomfortable."
"How did you do that?" With only a head remaining, Red Knight still could not understand how Hawkins had attacked him.
That was no longer a question of speed, because the timing simply did not add up. Whether time flowed forward or backward, he could be certain that Hawkins had had no opportunity to strike.
Simply put, Hawkins had no time