The Spirit Realm, Third Layer.
The raging fire had consumed the dry bones underground and reduced the entire area to ashes.
When Lin En stepped through the shattered doorway and found them, all he saw were charred bones scattered across the ground. The monstrous girl who had devoured Yuzhi Liu Si in her endless hunger had also been burned and scorched into a blackened corpse by the Holy Flame.
The Holy Flame's power against evil spirits was terrifying.
All the more so when it had been ignited personally by someone of Ophiel's caliber.
Countless signs of struggle were visible inside the dark chamber. After devouring Yuzhi Liu Si's body, the girl had clearly tried to escape, but the black chains binding her had cut off any hope of survival.
Or rather...
The moment Yuzhi Liu Si laid down his sword, he had already understood that he could no longer emerge as the final victor in this contest.
"Nothing's left."
Lin En took a deep breath and turned toward the figure standing alone outside.
He knew.
She needed time to process so many things, little by little. The fact that she had not gone mad after suffering so many devastating blows in succession was already proof of her inner strength.
He crouched down and picked up a piece of Yuzhi Liu Si's Origin Substance from the charred ground.
It belonged to the [Sword God] Sequence.
The Eye of Truth-Piercing's Origin Substance had been destroyed by the fire. The Origin Substance of several other Sequences had barely survived among the dry bones.
He turned and gave the pile of charred remains one final look.
In truth, even at the very end, Yuzhi Liu Si had never managed to determine whether the monster he had raised through Demon Rearing was truly the girl