Almost the instant his words fell, Zhang Yu's body abruptly turned to charcoal, then shattered across the ground with a crack.
Gazing at the pile of charcoal on the ground, everyone fell silent for a time before bowing deeply in unison.
Even the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord was no exception.
After the bows.
The Pearl Relic House Master silently gathered up the charcoal on the ground.
Cloud Crane True Lord began setting up the formation for entering the barrier together with Great Elder Lou.
"Hey!"
The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, who had been standing idle nearby, suddenly slapped Xu Taiping hard on the shoulder and said:
"Boy, do me a favor."
Xu Taiping, whose shoulder had nearly been fractured by that slap, frowned at the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord.
"What is it?"
Looking at the enormous body of the demonic beast within the distant barrier, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord said expressionlessly:
"After I die, please burn this body of mine to ashes and scatter them in the stretch of heaven and earth where my junior sister Song Yu fell in battle."
Xu Taiping froze for a moment at his words.
Originally, he would not have cared in the slightest whether the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord lived or died, yet after hearing this, a ripple actually stirred in his heart.
"Slap!"
Xu Taiping slapped the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's hand away.
He first slapped the Great Sage Armor's Armor Pellet hard against his chest, putting the armor on, then turned to the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and said, "Senior, you should go yourself. Give Fairy Songyu a proper explanation for why you refused to board the ship back then, even if it meant death."
At these words, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's face, which had been full of domineering arrogance, suddenly looked incomparably old.
The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord