Chapter 618: An Empty Dream
Zhang Wannian’s mind was filled with a single, overwhelming question mark. But even he didn’t know what exactly he was questioning. Everything that happened after that slash felt so surreal and bizarre that he felt like the entire world had become an illusion.
The Devourer of Stars was a Star Tier extraterrestrial lifeform! A being that fed on stars and roamed the cosmos as its domain. And yet, it had been killed by a single slash from an Earthly Extraordinary One?
"You..." Zhang Wannian’s voice was hoarse. "Who... who are you? Who... what are you people?"
Li Xiaofei remained silent. The flame blade in his hand slowly dissolved into countless glimmering sparks and faded away. The chaotic, blood-red summoning gate above him faded away.
The enormous body of the Devourer of Stars began to burn like a newly born sun. The entire Taibai Mountains region was illuminated as if a second sun had appeared, brightening the world with its light.
It was as though light had returned to the human realm. The summoning gate vanished, taking the burning extraterrestrial creature along with it. Only the sound of the wind remained between heaven and earth.
Below, the bodies of Song Shiyu, Wang Bolun, and the others crumbled like weathered sand sculptures. They scattered into the air as the wind blew. Along with them, nearly a thousand other Extraordinary Ones, warriors, and ordinary people also disintegrated into ash and dust, their forms dissolving into the breeze.
Even those who had not been drained of their essence and vitality, so long as they had signed the Death Contract, slowly faded into nothingness, becoming part of the dust that swept across the land. Because Zhang Wannian was dying.
"Ultimately, it’s all but an empty dream, a fleeting shadow against the startled swan..."