Having steadied herself, Ye Buyu looked up. The mark cleaved by the blazing blade formed a vast cross with the sword scar, the two not quite intersecting.
Like an indelible scar branded onto the Universe.
The Karmic Fire was gradually fading. Su Wuwei pushed up against the windstorm and pulled the half-dead Lou Guanshan out of it.
Lou Guanshan was now too wretched to look at, his body covered in cracks. Amid that savage blade light, his body should never have withstood such an outburst.
But the Origin of life he had comprehended was like an oasis in a barren desert, clinging fiercely to his last lifeline and keeping a breath in him.
Unable to move any part of his body, Lou Guanshan could no longer open his eyes, yet his soul was wildly excited.
He wished he could jump up and boast to his teammates.
Ye Buyu kept an eye on the windstorm as she treated him.
Compared to Lou Guanshan, who had unleashed that outburst, [Madness] and the other Calamities who had faced the impact head-on were more severely injured. After all, when that slash fell, they had been the second group of Calamities to face its impact directly.
Fortunately, [Stagnation] and [Cycle] had restored their condition in time, sparing them from being cleaved to death by an ally and joining [Sinful Karma] in death.
Dust-covered and bedraggled, [Madness] stared at the person beneath Ye Buyu's hands, expression shifting several times, then turned toward the equally disheveled Ying Ruxing nearby.
"This is the second time I've detected the aura of a Deity. Just what are their origins?"
Ying Ruxing listlessly smoothed her hair.
"What origins could they have? They're Hold Up the Heavens."
The Four Seats of Judgment looked utterly bewildered. The Annihilation Seat patted their chest.
"My