Chapter 2067 - 86: Night of Thunderous Roars

"End the war in the most dignified way? Only kill those who deserve it?"

Gu Xiaoman heard this sentence and couldn’t help but laugh out loud in mockery.

There has never been anything dignified about war.

Over the five years, countless people from the Three Continents Alliance have died; they died at the Northern Continent Border, at the Gu Castle Battlefield, and in the chaotic religious disputes in the Southern Continent... She saw and remembered the sacrifices of these people. The Three Continents Alliance paid such a horrific price, leading to today’s full-scale attack. If she chooses to sign a soul contract at the Source Tower and takes away the Wine Spark, she would be failing the countless dead.

Even more so, she’d be failing the old man who left Gu Changzhi’s letter to her.

"Believe me, this is the best choice."

Qinglong calmly said, "I know you carry an ’object’ containing the power of the Divine Throne; relying on that object, you easily subdued Gu Xi... But with merely a dead thing, wanting to take the Wine Spark from me is impossible."

"Take away the Wine Spark?"

Gu Xiaoman shook her head.

She gently kicked a foot, moving the dismounted coffin to the center between them.

"Creak—"

The coffin opened.

Gu Xi’s corpse fell to the ground with a thud. This Origin Strong person had been erased of life in the Dissolving Dream, now lying on the ground, splashing debris like clouds, quickly staining the temple floor a deep red.

Qinglong squinted to glance at it.

Gu Xi’s body was wrapped in a faint golden glow!

He was familiar with this golden glow.

Qinglong chuckled, "So it’s the aura of the Battle Fire... Oh no, it’s the aura of Gu Changzhi."

The five-year Divine War just ended.

He clashed with Bai Shu and Lin Lei, having disrupted the Reverse Flow Divine Domain countless times over the years!

The Sky Spark repeatedly collided and battled against the Battle Fire...

Qinglong was very familiar with this Power of Battle; he suddenly understood Gu Xiaoman’s audacity to venture alone into the Source Tower.

"Gu Changzhi truly was a selfless man to the extreme. Even on the verge of death, he didn’t forget to leave such a shelter."

Qinglong stared at Gu Xiaoman for a moment, already seeing through her. The spiritual aura flowing all over Gu Xiaoman had merged with her heartbeat, and the source of her body’s power was located at her heart... There was a square thing akin to a letter linked to her heart, emitting powerful and stable divine power.

Qinglong’s words, at first, seemed to be praise.

But actually, they were full of mockery.

"Looking at the past six hundred years of the Five Continents, I doubt any Divine Throne died like Gu Changzhi did?"

"Dedicated in service, died, and left a good name throughout history... What’s the point? If he weren’t so ’selfless,’ if he didn’t tout himself as the ’sun,’ he could have lived well."

Qinglong spoke expressionlessly, "If he were alive today, would there be so much trouble?"

Five years ago, it wouldn’t have been Bai Shu and Lin Lei standing before him!

And five years later, coming to the Source Tower wouldn’t have been Gu Xiaoman!

"Yes, indeed..."

Gu Xiaoman extended a hand, silently pressing it against her heart, speaking softly, "If he were truly alive, would there be so much trouble? I’ve heard you always wanted to face off against Mr. Gu Changzhi. If you truly were willing, why did you dare show yourself only after his passing?"

Qinglong’s eyes darkened further.

He did not respond to Gu Xiaoman.

Instead, he kept his gaze fixed on the gold light at Gu Xiaoman’s chest.

"So this is your trump card?"

Qinglong coldly said, "Relying on a dead man’s ’Divine Thought’ and just a bit of divine power to challenge me?"

"No... not challenge you."

Gu Xiaoman shook her head.

She softly said, "The thing we want to do is kill you."

As her words fell.

With a booming sound, an ear-piercing thunder suddenly exploded atop the Skytop!

"???"

Qinglong’s pupils contracted sharply, looking unbelievably upward at the direction of the descending thunder. These days in Upper City, the continuous rain had just ended the Divine War, and he hadn’t hurriedly used his authority to dispel the dark clouds, thinking that the heavy rain would clear after a day or two. But little did he expect the rain to grow heavier instead.

Whenever it rained, he always recalled his disgraceful past.

Who would have thought that the supreme figure atop the highest Divine Throne of the Five Continents was once shot by an arrow into the mud, covered in blood and dirt, nearly unable to get up!

Above Upper City, where the clouds gathered, countless Thunder Lights collided with each other, converging into a humanoid shape.

The Thunder Realm Walker materialized out of thin air beneath the Skytop.

This armor of lightning enveloped Bai Xiu, making him appear as the deity from the myths holding the sky.

At this moment, Bai Xiu’s palm flowed with blazing, scorching white Thunder Light, colliding and forming a large bow shape. In fact, he had already drawn the bowstring... When Gu Xiaoman stepped into Upper City, if she couldn’t handle Gu Xi, he would shoot this first arrow to deal with this troublesome Origin Strong person below the Source Tower.

But everything went more smoothly than expected.

In Gu Xiaoman’s tower ascent, Bai Xiu was able to successfully gather the "arrow momentum."

He could now reserve this arrow for Qinglong.

The hardest part of Extinguishing Candle was the first arrow.

When the thunder echoed through the Source Tower, Bai Xiu released the bowstring, the white Thunder Light clashing against the long night without making a sound.

The fastest thing in the world is light.

And when light kills...

There’s usually no sound.

In an instant, the arrow made of Thunder Light pierced through the clouds gathered at the Skytop, penetrated the chilling mist surrounding the Source Tower, and pierced through the heavy clouds encircling the Sky Divine Domain. In Qinglong’s eyes, it rapidly enlarged, finally striking a straight line through the Heavenly Curtain, directly piercing the Throne!