All the strength had drained from her body.
Li Xiang collapsed into the warm pool of blood. Countless agonies engulfed what remained of her consciousness.
Blood kept pouring out, soaking the earth beneath her and carrying away the last trace of warmth in her body.
Her vision had long since blurred and darkened. The world fell utterly silent.
Yet strangely, she felt no cold.
Instead, a gentle warmth slowly enveloped her.
Like a tender embrace she had been parted from for years, softly gathering her in after all her wandering.
It was a warmth she had not felt in so long, one that existed only in her memories.
It was her mother's embrace.
A second before her consciousness scattered, Li Xiang's eyelashes trembled faintly, and the last glimmer in her eyes slowly faded.
She closed her eyes forever.
The sky-spanning Petrification Beam swept across the world right behind her.
Light rained down over everything, piercing the sea of flames and covering every corner of the rainforest camp.
Everyone there was petrified, without exception.
As the Petrification Beam descended, a brilliant light shone in Xeno's eyes.
He tilted his head back to gaze at the radiance filling the sky, his voice entranced.
"Oh... what an elegant power. What a perfect creation."
The light slowly spread over his body. Before he froze completely, he lowered his head to look at Senku Ishigami, who was about to be petrified a short distance away.
"It seems you won in the end, Senku."
Senku laughed.
"Kukuku... you're wrong."
"I didn't win."
"We won."
Xeno froze for a moment, his expression suddenly moved.
Elsewhere, Stanley reached into his pocket and took out his cigarettes and lighter.
He lit the cigarette between his lips, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled. The smoke scattered in the cool