Bai Feifei's second Word Soul echoed in the sky, pure white light sweeping across the city like a tide.
At that moment, it was as if she had cast a massive purification spell on the entire city.
Many people's bodies stopped mutating, the bulging blood vessels beneath their skin slowly calming down. Finally, there was a powerful force that could counter this massive aberration formation.
The crowd touched their faces in a daze, looking up one after another, staring in shock at the angel descending in the sky above.
In the sky, the illusory, pure white wings blanketed the entirety of Dawn City. The wings of light unfurled, so holy they did not seem to belong to the mortal realm.
Xie Xuan stood on the ruins at the edge of the Inner City, looking up at this scene, frozen to the spot as if nailed there.
He had seen Bai Feifei's Spotless White state and knew the girl came from an extraordinary background with an incredible history.
But when did she acquire this kind of power?!
Was this really her? What on earth was this angelic phantom blanketing the entire city?
“How is this possible...” Xie Xuan muttered to himself, his voice trembling.
On the other side, Scorpio Kong Man's eyes bulged, feeling as though she had truly had her eyes opened this time.
“What... what is this?!”
The ones shut inside the massive black cocoon back then were a girl and a legless City Lord.
What on earth was popping out now?!
Wan Qianhong leaned weakly against a broken wall, staring at the pure white phantom in the sky, her mouth also slightly agape, her mind completely blank for a moment.
They were far from the only ones shocked. Even Bai Feifei herself, enveloped in the white light at the center of the black cocoon's explosion, was astonished by what was going on with this phantom of hers.
Was this some new Word Soul? She hadn't felt anything...
Down below, the citizens who had regained some of their senses began to bow and pray toward the sky.
Crowds of people knelt down in waves like a tide, basking in the holy light that brought them a sense of safety.
“Is that an angel? An angel has come to save us!”
“I knew it... I knew the heavens wouldn't abandon Dawn City.”
“The crisis is over! We finally pulled through! What on earth happened just now?!”
Cries and wails echoed from every corner of the city as the crowd frantically worshiped the angel above their heads.
It was like a drowning person grasping at the final straw; they would do everything they could to believe this straw could save their lives.
Many began to self-anesthetize, telling themselves that the darkness from before had already passed.
The previous hell was only temporary, the darkness before the dawn. Now that this new savior had arrived, the golden age was finally coming.
Looking at this bizarre scene unfolding before her, Bai Feifei felt a pang in her heart as she recalled what the City Lord had said earlier.
Did the people here truly no longer have the courage to face the world directly, wishing only to seek out saviors and sinners?
Although she had said she was willing to bear the destiny of Dawn City... was this really all it was?
Slowly, her gaze grew complex and resolute.
Thus, that holy and inviolable voice spoke once more.
“The crisis has never truly left!”
“It was so thirty years ago, and it is still so thirty years later.”
The voice was calm to the point of being cold. In a flash, Bai Feifei chose not to weave a dream for the people.
“The threat of the Old Ones' Awakening has never truly left this land.”
“The City Lord is not a savior, nor am I. Perhaps there is no savior at all.”
The cheering of the entire city ground to a halt at that very moment.
Everyone looked up in a daze, staring at the angelic phantom, their minds completely blank.
They did not understand what this angel was suddenly talking about.
“If you are unwilling to face it... then choose to fall.”
“Right now, you are just a single thought away from mutating into aberrations.”
In the distance, hearing these words, Wan Qianhong's expression changed instantly, becoming utterly bewildered.
What was Bai Feifei saying?!
Is she still in her right mind? How could she say such things?!
In the next second, the voice suddenly grew resounding, and that holy aura once again swept across the entire city.
“But acknowledging the truth is no big deal.”
“Because whether you acknowledge it or not, the truth remains. Facing reality is the very first step to the birth of hope.”
“Thirty years ago, Dawn City did not fall. Thus, thirty years later, Dawn City will not fall either!”
“Thirty years ago, the power of the Evil Gods of the Old Days failed to rule this place. Thirty years later, it will be the same!”
The entire city fell dead silent.
The people stood there in a daze, their lips trembling, their eyes filled with bewilderment.
Why did they feel like they couldn't understand?
Were they saved or not? Was the matter resolved? What would they do in the future?
The crisis... had still not left?!
Some people's faces began to flush, veins bulging on their arms, and the bone shards that had just retracted began to regrow beneath their skin.
These people were mutating!
But at this moment, this was not the state of everyone.
Under the baptism of these words, some people's bodies slowly stabilized, and their original tendency to mutate was completely alleviated.
The people of Dawn City began to split into two distinct categories.
...
Within her mind, Xu Mo's voice also rang out with some difficulty.
“Not bad. Your talk-no-jutsu has really reached a master class level.”
“What, does bearing the destiny of Dawn City automatically unlock a public speaking skill?”
Bai Feifei sighed and did not answer.
Xu Mo continued, “But next, the performance is just about over.”
“Now it's my turn.”
The moment his voice fell, the pure white armor they jointly controlled began to shift toward a darker shade, transitioning from being dominated by Bai Feifei just now to being dominated by Xu Mo.
Under the gaze of everyone in the city, the holy white phantom vanished in the blink of an eye, replaced by a colossal black phantom that stood tall between heaven and earth!
That was precisely the image of Sinking Black.
If the former was absolute holiness and hope, then the current was the exact opposite—like a demon god crawling out of hell!
At the same time, the aura radiating from the phantom began to climb at an exponential rate!
The effect of the Soul Seed began to truly show its power.
Below, Wan Qianhong's eyes widened, and she instinctively took a step back.
She had truly seen Sinking Black up close, but she had never expected Sinking Black to appear in such a manner.
Did this one come too? Wasn't he supposed to not care?
Since when?!
And he was so strong—unprecedentedly strong! Was this the senior's true strength?
Kong Man stood frozen on the spot, staring up at the colossal black phantom that towered into the sky, her mind buzzing.
She could feel that the aura on the other party surpassed her own almost instantly, and then surged toward an unimaginable height!
“Huh?!”
Xu Mo was equally surprised. He could feel his own strength soaring frantically in a short period of time.
It far exceeded his expectations. Although his level on the panel didn't show any change, his sheer aura alone at this moment pressured the several Prophets below to the point where they could hardly move!
The phantom slowly raised its hand as black air currents condensed and elongated in its palm, turning into a spear that resembled a pillar of heaven!
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