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This sword beaht’s throat

It pierced right through the knight’s throat

Although the knights earing ar put into it beca the Arte, this attack would not have gained such an effect

In the end, this attack succeeded

After his last three corew dihts were lost Although the at off Arte’s body did not die carew old and the flesh on his body began to wither He seerew old in an instant, a process that could be witnessed by the naked eye

Arte roared again and again and his figure darted about but Nicole refused to let go

Then, Arte suddenly ht with both hands, he flipped the sword and stabbed it into his own chest

This was practically an act of suicide

The sword of lightits way out froht in Nicole screao Arte furiously pulled out the sword of light and turned around to deliver another stab

Despite the pain, Nicole was still a genius of coel Corps Her well-honed co attack

Although she succeeded in evading the stab to her throat, the sword of light struck her ar limply as a result Arte’s sword stabbed at her once more This time, it was aimed at her abdomen

Nicole twisted her body and she fell to the side…

At this ure was on the floor and her Floating Angel mech armour’s thruster blasted out at full power to push her away, creating a distance between her and Arte

Finally…

[Floating Angeloff]

The Floating Angel ht and disappeared, leaving Nicole, whose entire body was covered ounds

As Nicole lay there, Roddy struggled to crawl up to her Without giving any explanation, he shoved a healing substance down her throat

“S it!”

Arte gasped His face now rese since lost his helmet in the earlier battle and his hair was now all white

Moreover, they were devoid of lustre like withered grass

“All of you! All of you will die!”

Arte first charged toward Chen Xiaolian

Chen Xiaolian no longer had the strength to eventhe Goddess of Dawn skill, which had combusted all his attributes, it was considered a miracle for hith to evade this attack?

Although Arte’sat him Chen Xiaolian looked at the countdown timer

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Arte arrived before Chen Xiaolian and his sword of light stabbed toward him…

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Chen Xiaolian exhaled and forced himself to raise his hand He suht hacked one of the Garfield doppelgangers, sending whatever was left flying Another doppelganger was caught in a chokehold and Arte threw it away

[ … tiers fell to the floor in a near death state before returning into the systeain and stabbed at Chen Xiaolian once more

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Chen Xiaolian could feel the tip of the sword of light piercing his chest He could feel the pain co from his pierced ribs

Perhaps… this is death… … however… even by killing et to the others… … everyone… … will probably be safe…

Chen Xiaolian closed his eyes

However… … the finaldid not coreeted by a scene of absolute despair

Qiao Qiao!

Unknown to hied to clihtly gripped… …

Arte’s sword of light

Both her hands had becoel force, her Child of Darkness skill quickly fell apart

She bit her lips and blood stained the corners of her rip the blade of the sword of light, not letting it pierce into Chen Xiaolian’s body

Holy light!

Holy light!

The holy light seely very responsive toward the scent of darkness co radiance as a tidal wave like holy light invaded Qiao Qiao’s body through the blade of the sword

Booht, a powerful force blew Chen Xiaolian, Qiao Qiao and Arte away and they were sent rolling on the floor until they were tens of ainst the floor He forced himself to turn over and direct his eyes at Qiao Qiao…

In the afterglow of the light, he could faintly ht enveloped her body

Little by little, the holy light broke her body apart as it devoured her…

Bit by bit, her body deteriorated

Qiao Qiao’s body gradually turned transparent

Chen Xiaolian hoith all his ht, but no sound could come out from his battered body His mouth was opened as he atteers clawed the floor as he forced hi to htened her body and looked at Chen Xiaolian

Her body began disappearing froht… … threads of black s out!

“Actually… … the ”

Qiao Qiao’s body was bathed in holy light and she became even more translucent to the eye Even so, she s face

“ … I realized that … … I would likely be unable to accompany you till the end… …

“Xiaolian… … take care, you must…

“Live…

“Like what you said back on the roof that day…

“Must…

“Live”

Finally, the beautiful yet poignant face disappeared into the niht

Completely…

Disappeared

No more

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[ Quest co All he could see was the place Qiao Qiao was at when she disappeared

Then… … everything disappeared

His eyes fell shut