Chapter 50 (1/2)

Thewas plucked, all sound muted

The silver haze suddenly joined together and swept into a frenzy But the aether's glow disappeared, only leaving behind the sparse notes from the instrument

Hidden behind the beautiful music was a sharp and sonorous breath Like an unsheathed blade, it scraped and hu its murderous intent

Within the sparse notes, weak ripples spread fro in all directions

Everything in its path dimmed Flames snuffed, fresh blood lost its color, and darkness turned into asee them further and further away

Mist was born from the sky then scattered It wasn't thick—it was thin and unnoticeable until it fully enveloped the space Like a breath in winter air, it dissipated

A vague chill rose, seeping into every open crevice

Her body could still feel the heat left behind by the fire, but all her senses began to feel icy

Hariti turned pale Reflexively, she tried to step back, but her foot stopped mid-step The nonexistent coldness had already seeped into her brain, freezing her thoughts and consciousness Finally, she stood stunned in the white mist, her mind frozen in shock and terror

In this coldcame to a standstill

In the dancing white mist, there was only the sound of the zither

Soon, the spattering of notes changed, turning into a continuous un

In the silence, the zither suddenly produced a harhts appeared, and were hammered into everyone's hearts

The notes reverberated through the air, shapeless and intangible, but powerful and awe-inspiring In its path, all ghosts and demons were crushed by the majestic yet cold air

This was not physical interaction It was purely resonance between souls

The music was sparse, but destroyed every evil spirit The resentment harbored in the aether was easily crushed too Resent in the face of the music

Like a sand castle before a tsunami, it collapsed like a joke

Ping!

The strong and persistent will solidified into a blade Blended into theapart the for and frozen in the white mist

All that was left hite bones scattered on the ground

The re toward Hariti's fragile mind like a tidal wave!

Her rheued open

On her ancient body, Tiryagoni'sfrozen on an iceberg

Quickly, the crazed resent her last bit of consciousness

It was as if she was thrown into a bottomless pit

She could not see, could not hear, could not smell, could not feel…

The cruel zither tore her perception away bit by bit, until all that was left was a stooped soul, falling hopelessly down the into the abyss

Falling, endlessly falling, falling for eternity

An unprecedented loneliness engulfed her thoughts She wailed, but she was not even sure if she could ht jump from the abyss

Ce lost its htmare

With tihtmares seemed to last forever It would trap her for thousands upon thousands of years But this feeling only lasted a moment, and ended before she could react

After that, Hariti was still standing in her original position, un

Boom!

The noise of a firecracker thrown into a ditch sounded

It came from inside her skull, as if some delicate and soft membrane had cracked open Black blood ran from the corners of her eyes, nose, and ears

She was finally freed frohtmare