"Chao Ding is dead?!"
Although Ander had said as much during his battle with Qi Tian, it had never been confirmed.
Qin Siyang had still held on to a sliver of hope that some mysterious figure would step forward and resolve every crisis.
He had never expected Qian Wendao's words to shatter that hope completely.
"Yes. He died a long time ago, just after the Second Batch of Chosen Ones arrived."
Qian Wendao slowly explained, "He wasn't much of a fighter himself, but he had an incredibly powerful skill that could lock down one of an enemy's skills. You could say he countered every Sequence Ability User and was the ultimate support. That ability stopped Ander from growing stronger as he fought. If he were at the same level as Ander and locked down that most troublesome skill of his, defeating Ander shouldn't have been difficult for us."
Qin Siyang finally understood what kind of ability Chao Ding possessed that made Ander fear him. Then he asked curiously, "...How did he die?"
Qian Wendao lit a cigarette, walked to the window, and took a drag with his back to Qin Siyang. "The World-Destroying Church smashed through the Safe Zone's blast-resistant glass. He happened to be investigating something there. A Ghost-Faced Heron that swooped into the Safe Zone swallowed him whole. Not even his bones were left."
"A Ghost-Faced Heron..."
"Yes. At the time, you Second-Batch Chosen Ones hadn't awakened your sequence abilities yet, so all of us were still at sequence level one. We simply couldn't handle a medium god. Once the Ghost-Faced Heron swallowed him, he had no chance of escaping."
"...And Ander hasn't known he was dead all these years?"
"Because everyone who knew about it died." Standing by the window, Qian Wendao looked at Qin Siyang. "Gu