Boom-
Another Star Stillness shattered the void, collapsing every living being within dozens of kilometers.
Beneath the haze of dust, he stood in the void, clutching his blood-drenched shoulder and gasping for breath. Not a single part of his body remained intact. Blood covered him entirely.
The ethereal woman's eyes reflected his figure, reflected that unyielding face.
For a fleeting instant.
It was as though the face of that God King from countless years ago slowly overlapped with his.
Sinfire...
Had faded.
The scarlet flames covering his body lost their last trace of color, leaving only his scorched form behind. Waves of heat rose from him like dying embers. Only the fine yellow sand of the firstborn power still lingered over his skin.
His head hung low, gray hair filling his vision, as though he had already perished.
He suddenly remembered.
If Zuo Zuo were here now, perhaps she would surely shed sorrowful tears again.
Because almost every time he forced himself into danger, she was always the one crying beside him and scolding him. Yet every time, she would carry him home even as she scolded him.
Why did you always have to make everyone worry so much?
He used to find it so annoying, so very annoying.
But now.
There was no one left to say those words beside his ear.
"This is how it ends."
That figure looked down at him, his tone unchanged.
"If you must blame something, blame the fact that your name is Lynn. Blame the fact that you're a raven, rather than the ordinary person you wanted to become."
"Fate pushed you into the spotlight, and whether you like it or not, you must pay the price it demands."
"But to have fought this far... you've earned my respect."
Yet he still did