"Brother!!!"
A terrifying shock wave surged toward them. Lou Yunxiao pulled the distraught Ning Ke into his arms and raised a spiritual energy barrier to withstand it.
His reddened eyes remained fixed on the center of the explosion.
He had heard it.
What Jiu Yuan had told him.
-Buy time at any cost.
Those had been Jiu Yuan's final instructions to Lou Yunxiao.
He had not singled out A Ke and asked Lou Yunxiao to look after him again.
Instead, he had staked everyone's lives on this battle...
Even if none of them survived, they had to take the Sun God down with them.
And give this world peace again.
"Brother-" Ning Ke's sobs were swallowed by the billowing dust.
Lou Yunxiao clenched his teeth and held the man in his arms tightly, tears spilling from his own eyes.
Jiu Yuan was a senior he respected.
He had accepted every reprimand Jiu Yuan had given him without complaint.
Because he knew Jiu Yuan had always been sharp-tongued but softhearted.
He had never truly tried to hurt him.
And whether ten thousand years ago or ten thousand years later, Jiu Yuan had never been absent from the fight to save all living beings.
His resolve and determination surpassed even theirs.
"Brother Jiu Yuan, cough, cough..."
Ning Ke screamed, his eyes bloodred. His organs churned, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"A Ke!"
Lou Yunxiao fed him a pill. Ning Ke swallowed it, but his complexion did not improve at all.
This was the backlash from Time Reversal.
Only three of Ning Ke's nine tails remained. Not only had his body been damaged, but his strength would also decline.
It was because Lou Yunxiao had noticed his condition that he had steeled himself and held him back.
He could not