The self-incineration had worked according to plan. The hostages died instantly, painlessly. They would return without injury.0

But Qilin and Surnamed Li stood unscathed.0

Qilin rose gracefully on the charred wasteland, cane in hand, while Surnamed Li hovered above the ground. Both had turned translucent green, like spirits caught between worlds. Qilin had prepared well—he'd given Surnamed Li a ring enchanted with Unreachable, and before Gao Yang's double ignited, he'd activated the Talent himself.0

Gao Yang wasn't surprised. If Qilin could be killed so easily, the civil war would have ended long ago.0

This, too, was part of the plan.0

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