"Big brother…"

I opened my eyes when I heard Xinran’s heartbreakingly crisp voice. I discovered that I was kneeling at the center of a barren battlefield. There were dead bodies everywhere, and Xinran was lying weakly on my lap. Her long, slender legs had been replaced by charred, broken stumps, and her big eyes were filled with tears. "Big brother… I can’t keep you company anymore. Goodbye, big brother. You will always be my beloved big brother. Always…"

Red light suddenly shone from the stumps, threatening to consume her all body. Cracks started appearing all over her skin, and before I knew it, the Dragonbone Spear had slipped through her fingers. By the time the spear hit the ground, her arms had turned into ashes and become scattered across the barren plains.

"Xinran…"

I desperately tried to catch her arms with my free left hand, but all I got was a handful of ashes. Xinran stared at me with eyes full of despair and death. She never said a word.

"No… no..."

I did everything I could to stop the deterioration from continuing, but I couldn’t stop anything. In the end, I felt like all my energy had been sucked...