Chapter 581: Decline
"Fight?" Baili Qingfeng scratched his head. "Why would we fight? Fighting isn't good. Did I do something to upset you? If I did, I'm really sorry."
"No," Li Pin replied calmly. "It's not that. I've just heard about your achievements, and I wanted to have a proper match with you."
"Achievements? What achievements? I'm just an ordinary student... " Baili Qingfeng hesitated, his voice trailing off. " Well, maybe not so ordinary anymore. It's been a long time since I last went to school."
As he spoke, his expression turned gloomy. It's as though his spirit had been drained away.
Li Pin, confused by the sudden shift, glanced at Zhao Tiangang for some explanation. But Zhao Tiangang was visibly uneasy, not daring to even glance at Baili Qingfeng. Standing this close to the Void Emperor was already pushing the limits of his courage. As for anything else... he didn't dare to even think about it.
With no answer from Zhao Tiangang, Li Pin had no choice but to turn his attention back to Baili Qingfeng. "A student? No, you're not just a student. Who are you, really? You're the human incarnation of the Void Emperor, a being who stands at the very peak of existence."
"Yes, senior, I know about that." Baili Qingfeng nodded seriously. "I've witnessed the rise and fall of countless worlds, the fading of countless eras, wandering aimlessly through endless voids for what could be billions of years.
"In the time it takes a mortal heart to beat, countless galaxies and star systems vanish in dazzling brilliance before my eyes.
"Yet, even now, I feel nothing for them—no emotion, no sympathy. I am the void itself, unable to hear, see, or feel anything... Ten million, a hundred million lives—vanishing into nothingness. I am eternal life, eternal death, eternal emptiness, eternal nothingness...."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "But, senior, I made all of that up."
"No, you didn't." Li Pin's expression grew solemn. "Everything you just said is true. You are eternal life, eternal death, eternal emptiness, eternal nothingness."