"Huff... huff... I... failed..."
Water Ice was already dead.
Only a remnant of his consciousness kept flashing through scenes of when he had still been one of the Silver Race's sixty-six Beasts of Evolution.
Those days had actually been rather happy.
But he had wanted to grow stronger, to become that supreme sacred beast.
So he had become one of the traitors.
But it seemed traitors never came to a good end.
He had lost so quickly, so miserably...
That day, the Silver Race's last trainer had fallen, and the Beast of Sixes, which represented ultimate imperfection, had fallen too.
He no longer hid, nor would anyone ever stand ahead of him again.
And yet... he did not seem all that happy, either.
His memories kept flashing past. Everything he had deliberately forgotten in the past came flooding back.
["Little Ladi, you're amazing! You mastered the authority of water and ice so quickly. I knew I was right about you. You'll definitely grow even stronger!"]
["Of course! I'm the strongest! Don't worry, Master. I'll definitely become a sacred beast!"]
["Ladirien... why did you betray us?"]
["Because this is the only way I can grow stronger, Master! Isn't that what you wanted from me?"]
The scene froze at that moment.
He...
His master, one of the Silver Race's Silver Lion Trainers, was looking at him with both gratification and helplessness.
["Grow stronger... yes... then run, Ladirien. Run as far as you can. Don't stay here."]
Ladirien opened his eyes for the last time.
His body was crumbling.
His will was fading.
He was coming to his end.
"Huff... huff..."
High in the sky.
Ye Qiyan gasped for breath.
The stamina consumed by arresting Ladirien and bringing him back to this moment was terrifyingly excessive.
His stamina had even broken past the