The moment the Six-Flower Beast fell beneath the Giant Eagle's Heavenly Tribulation.
Its eyes were still filled with defiance.
"Why... I never provoked anyone... why... do you all want to attack me..."
Sorrow seeped through the Six-Flower Beast's voice.
"This world was so beautiful... yet He brought down the End just to capture me... I only wanted to try to keep this world from being destroyed. Why... why do people keep coming for my life?!
Just because I'm not one of your kind?
Just because I was once a Beast of Evolution?!
This isn't fair!"
The Giant Eagle stood atop its body, pinning it firmly down.
A sea of fire raged.
Ye Qiyan walked out of the flames.
There was no pity in his eyes, nor any of the remorse the Six-Flower Beast wanted to see.
"What a shame. If I were some sentimental bleeding heart, I might shed a couple of useless tears over those words of yours.
Fairness?
I think a being that's lived as long as you have should know perfectly well that there's never been any real fairness in this Wasteland.
There's one reason, and one reason alone, you've ended up like this."
"Wh-what reason?"
Ye Qiyan raised his hand. The tip of the Driver's Righteous Sword was already pressed against the Six-Flower Beast's core.
"The reason is that you chose to live in peace all those long years.
Of course, no one would say choosing a peaceful life was wrong.
But if you chose peace in a Wasteland where all kinds of dangers could appear anytime, anywhere, then you should also bear the risk of being treated as prey."
The Six-Flower Beast struggled desperately.
Poison fog kept pouring from its body toward Ye Qiyan.
But no matter how concentrated the toxins grew, they still couldn't