*Crack —*
Lightning tore through the dark sky again and again.
Rain fell like a deluge, pouring madly onto the earth.
Lu Mo’s figure blurred as she ran through the streets of Binglan City.
Venom Fang would never catch her again.
— He remained where he stood forever.
With just a single exchange, Lu Mo had already sliced through his heart.
A surprised and crazed smile even remained on his face.
The petals fell to the ground, and he collapsed with them.
Then, rainwater washed over the street, shattering the petals and washing away the blood that flowed from him.
“Why… did Shadow Moon Hall find this place?”
Lu Mo spoke, a rare hint of anxiety and killing intent appearing on her face.
The past five years had been too peaceful.
It was so peaceful that she had thought the Frostspeak Empire and Shadow Moon Hall had given up on searching for them.
In the time after Elia’s awakening, she had confirmed multiple times that no one from the Frostspeak Imperial Family or Shadow Moon Hall had appeared in the vicinity.
The news of Elia’s awakening hadn’t appeared anywhere beyond this domain.
So why now?
Just when Elia was almost ready to walk her own path, and just as she was about to complete her task?
“Elia…” she whispered the girl’s name.
If Shadow Moon Hall could find her, they would definitely find Elia.
She had to get back to the academy as soon as possible.
She knew Shadow Moon Hall’s methods.
They were truly capable of deceiving the academy’s formations to move against Elia inside the grounds!
*Crack —*
The thunder was incessant, and the rain never stopped.
Inside Binglan Academy, Elia looked out the window with some worry.
“Sister Lu Mo hasn’t come back yet…” she muttered to herself.
The weather was terrible.
Her mood grew restless along with it.
Lu Mo had been a High-tier for a long time; ordinary weather couldn’t affect her at all, and Elia knew that.
But for some reason, she was just a little worried.
*Crack —*
Another bolt of lightning tore through the sky, illuminating the area around the house.
The trees swayed, their shadows cast long and distorted, like a dance of demons.
*Thud, thud, thud —*
She suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
“Sister Lu Mo?”
Elia stood up, about to open the door immediately.
But in the next instant, she instinctively became alert.
That wasn’t right!
Sister Lu Mo always carried her key!
Moreover, the sound of the knocking was significantly heavier!
*Thud, thud, thud —*
Another series of rapid knocks followed.
Elia didn’t move forward again, only staring coldly at the door.
*Creak —*
The next moment, she didn’t open the door, but it was pushed open just like that.
Lightning once again sliced through the long sky, and she saw two figures outside the door.
They wore pitch-black robes, and their entire bodies exuded a chilling aura. The mark on the corners of their clothes…
With just one glance, Elia recognized it.
How could she forget?
She could never forget!
That mark…
It was the emblem of the organization that had killed her sister and destroyed everything she once had.
“Is it her?”
“The name Elia is far too common; it’s not very distinctive…”
“It doesn’t matter. We have the token the Frostspeak Imperial Family gave us…”
The two figures whispered, like demons discussing whether or not to take the young girl’s life.
One of them took out a crystal and pointed it at Elia. At that moment, the crystal emitted a dazzling icy blue light.
“It is. It’s her.”
The figures stepped into the house, approaching Elia step by step.
Elia instinctively backed up a few steps.
The night of blood and fire, the screams, the mangled bodies, her blood-covered sister…
The memories she had suppressed deep in her heart surged up continuously.
Her face turned pale with pain.
“The intelligence said she was trash.”
“She certainly looks like it, being this cowardly.”
Seeing Elia’s expression, the figures thought she was afraid.
Even though they knew Elia had entered the Advanced Class, they still let their guard down.
The two drew closer to Elia and raised their weapons.
“It’s over,” one of the figures said.
And in that instant —
Elia suddenly looked up.
Her eyes, cold, firm, and noble, met the gazes of the two figures!
*Bang —*
The Frostspeak Bloodline erupted. In an instant, pressure violently suppressed the two figures!
Countless surges of frost power twisted the space at that moment, strangling toward the two!
She was only at the late stage of the Mid-tier.
But at this moment, the power of her combat technique rivaled the middle stage of the High-tier!
“Wha —”
Before the two figures could react, they were hit head-on.
One of them was struck directly in the chest, which caved in as he spat out blood on the spot.
The other reacted faster, but even so, his arm and leg were hit.
The two figures slammed heavily to the ground. Immediately after, frost power surrounded them, freezing them to the floor.
“Over?” Elia’s cold voice rang out.
She stood outside the cage, looking down at the two in front of her.
That pressure made people shudder, as if they were facing an empress.
“How could it be over? I haven’t taken revenge on you yet, and I haven’t found out who is behind you…” she said, the killing intent in her tone growing heavier.
“Speak. How did you find this place? And who planned that incident back then? I can give you a quick death.”
“You…” The figure with the injured arm and leg looked at Elia in shock.
He watched helplessly as Elia approached.
But when Elia truly stepped within a certain range, his expression instantly turned from shock to ferocity!
Ignoring his frozen body parts entirely, he lunged at Elia with his weapon!
*Rip —*
His hand, leg, and even parts of his flesh were torn away, left on the frozen ground.
Blood gushed out as his figure neared the girl.
This was something Elia hadn’t expected at all.
This guy was cruel to others, but even more cruel to himself!
“Heh… Hehehe… You’re still too green after all. Typical student mindset, not killing us right from the start…”
“Once I kill you in return, it will be a great merit. The Hall Master will reshape my body and even bestow me… Argh —”
In the reflection of Elia’s pupils, the man’s figure drew closer, about to pierce her chest with his weapon.
But in the next moment, an intense light erupted from behind the man!
Elia subconsciously closed her eyes. Soon, she heard the two men’s shrill screams.
Then came the sound of something being burned to ashes, falling and shattering all over the floor. Elia even smelled a strong scent of charring.
Afterward, the house became quiet. Only the sound of the wind and rain outside remained in her ears.
What happened?
Elia wanted to open her eyes and see the situation in front of her, but she soon heard a familiar girl’s voice.
“Elia.”
It was Lu Mo.
“Elia, don’t open your eyes,” Lu Mo said.
“Sister… Lu Mo…” Elia whispered. She could feel that Lu Mo was standing right in front of her.
Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly settled, and she felt much more relaxed.
“Let’s go. We’re leaving this place.” Lu Mo took Elia’s hand.
Elia didn’t feel confused or suspicious. She just kept her eyes closed and nodded obediently toward Lu Mo. “…Okay.”
So, the two of them bypassed the melting frost on the floor and the charred, shattered skeletal remains that had been burned to nothingness, running out into the torrential rain.
They didn’t look back.
*Splash —*
The torrential rain flowed as if it would never stop.
Thunder rumbled across the sky filled with thick black clouds, and the howling wind blowing against her face made Elia feel a bit breathless.
This feeling was somewhat familiar.
Whether it was in a dream or reality, she couldn’t tell.
She seemed to have been carried on someone’s back once, running through an endless darkness and oppression, with a burning hall and blood-covered ground behind them.
They could only keep running forward.
At that time, a cold and lonely feeling had swept over her entire body.
She should have curled into a ball and shed tears of sadness, but she also felt as though she were constantly wrapped in warmth.
That warmth came from the back of the girl carrying her.
And now —
The same warmth was spreading through her entire body from her held hand.
‘It’s exactly the same as back then.’
‘It’s Sister Lu Mo.’
‘As long as I’m behind Lu Mo, I won’t feel sadness or loneliness.’
‘As long as I’m behind Lu Mo, I won’t be afraid.’
‘Even if this moment is just like that year.’
*Splash —*
Rainwater hit the puddle-filled streets, making noise and splashing.
In the chaotic curtain of water, dark shadows constantly came from all directions, appearing in the path where the two were running.
Their footsteps were drowned out by the sound of the rain.
Their figures broke through the heavy rain curtain, attacking Lu Mo, who was in the lead.
But Lu Mo only looked coldly at the figures in front of her.
When she raised her sword, killing intent and pressure erupted together, causing the figures to pause, their skin crawling.
She swung her sword. The cold blade sliced through the rain and directly through those figures.
Arms, chests, and even heads.
Blood gushed, falling to the earth along with the mangled bodies and the torrential rain.
Rainwater dripped from the girl’s blade, washing away the bloodstains.
Lightning tore through the sky, and it also illuminated the sword in the girl’s hand… making it look even colder.
All sounds were swallowed by the torrential rain.
All lives also blossomed into blood-red flowers in the rain, taken away by Lu Mo.
The sound of the wind, the rain, and the thunder.
Other than those, the world had no fourth sound.
The two ran all the way like this, sprinting toward the end of the city, toward a place beyond the storm.
Elia listened to Lu Mo’s words and didn’t open her eyes.
But at one point, just as the two were about to reach the city gate, Lu Mo suddenly stopped.
She saw a figure standing at the end of the city.
The other person held an umbrella and stood there motionless, seemingly having waited for a long time.
Across the endless rain, their gazes met at that moment.
It was a pair of pale gray eyes, forever calm and forever indifferent.
His eyes reflected the rain and the girl, but the rain and the girl lost their color, leaving only a lifeless gray.
As if… they were going extinct.
Lu Mo recognized those eyes.
And the person before her was also an existence that… all the young Sequences in her memory had to look up to.
He stood there like a lone man, like a wall that could never be broken.
Sequence — Extinction!