Looking at the imposing young man before her, increasingly commanding, handsome, and carefree, Bo Saixi spoke in a choked voice, tears shimmering in her eyes.
How she wished Li Ye would say no. Yet now she sensed Tang Chen's aura on him. However unwilling she was to believe it, she had no choice but to accept this fact that filled her with grief.
"Yes and no. Senior Tang Chen was trapped deep within Slaughter City, parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King. His body and soul were being eaten away day and night, leaving him in unbearable agony with no release. I merely gave him a helping hand. Before he died, he asked me to help you escape your fate, to keep you from dying at its hands. I promised him," Li Ye said calmly.
Hearing Li Ye's answer, Bo Saixi instantly felt as though all the strength had been drained from her body. Had Li Ye not been supporting her, she would already have collapsed to the ground.
She knew in her heart that Li Ye was not lying and had no reason to lie to her. She simply could not accept this fact. She refused to believe that someone as earthshaking as Tang Chen could die so abruptly, refused to believe that the man who had made her a promise would break his word, without even letting her see him one last time.
Looking at Bo Saixi leaning against him and weeping silently, Li Ye could only feel how fickle the world was, how full of regret and sorrow life could be. Perhaps his own journey had gone too smoothly for him to experience such feelings, but now, through Bo Saixi, he felt them deeply.
By the time Bo Saixi's tears had soaked through the front of Li Ye's