Chapter 306: Suit, and Witness

Courtyard.

Chu Muyun picked up the branch that had been frozen into an icicle and tapped it lightly on the ground.

啪嗒——

The branch broke into three pieces and fell into the fire basin with ice dregs, extinguishing the last wisp of fiery embers.

The empty courtyard fell into a cold, dead silence. The fire basin that could barely provide warmth was now frozen by frost, and the sobbing wind echoed outside the courtyard wall, accompanied by roaring...

"The aurora has disappeared." Bai Ye raised his head slightly, his eyes under the duck-billed cap looking at the sky, which was already empty.

"Hmm."

"Is she still alive?"

Chu Muyun's fingers rested lightly on the neck of the woman beside the stove. There was no heat left on the surface of her cold skin... Under the cold wave blowing from the Forbidden Sea, even relying on the stove, she had eventually frozen to death.

"...Dead." Chu Muyun's voice seemed to have no emotion.

Bai Ye sighed and stood up slowly, his silver snake-shaped earrings swaying slightly. He turned to look outside the door.

"The time has come, let's go."

"I'm going to change my clothes." Chu Muyun turned back to the house.

Half a minute later, Chu Muyun returned to the courtyard. At this moment, he had taken off the woolen coat and vest he had worn for a thousand years, and in their place was a solemn black suit... He smoothed out the wrinkles on his black tie gently, stepped in a pair of black leather shoes, and appeared particularly thin in this cold wind.

He solemnly took a black poker card from under the table and put it into the hidden pocket on the left side of his chest, leaving only the height of a letter outside, looking from a distance as if it had completely merged with the suit.

In the upper left corner of that poker card, which was the only part exposed outside the suit pocket, was a white "7".

"And you? Aren't you changing?" Chu Muyun looked at Bai Ye.

Bai Ye smiled slightly. He snapped his fingers, and the clothes on his body were automatically replaced with the same black suit. On his chest, there was also a black poker card.

It was just that the corner was a white-font "Q".

Bai Ye tugged at his black tie, straightened it to the right position, and spoke indifferently: "Let's go."

The biting cold wind blew the hem of the suit jacket. Black coat, black tie, black leather shoes... They stood in front of the frozen courtyard gate, their expressions serious and solemn, as if they were about to attend a funeral.

Chu Muyun pushed open the gate of the courtyard and was about to walk out when he saw a familiar figure walking toward here slowly.

"Senior Chu, Senior Bai Ye?"

Jian Changsheng saw the two dressed in black and confusion appeared in his eyes. "You... whose funeral are you going to attend?"

"You're finally back, we were just planning to look for you." Chu Muyun made way and pointed to a room. "Your clothes are ready, go change into them."

"Clothes?" Jian Changsheng was even more confused. "The same as you? Wearing so little in this weather... you'll freeze to death, right?"

"Less nonsense, go change quickly."

"Oh..."

Although Jian Changsheng was confused, he honestly went back to the house to change his clothes. A moment later, he walked out wearing the same black suit, but he was holding a tie in his hand, seemingly not knowing how to tie it.

Chu Muyun walked up to him, took the tie, and began to tie it for him meticulously.

"Senior Chu, what are we going to do?" Jian Changsheng couldn't help but ask.

Chu Muyun pulled the tie gently, tucked it under the suit, and turned slowly to look at the dead, silent city, speaking with a complex expression.

"...To witness the demise of a domain."

……

Outside Aurora City.

A black figure flew out of the shattered city gate like lightning!

He rushed out of Aurora City without hesitation, crashed into the area of the Forbidden Sea, and ran wildly toward the white coat that was gradually being surrounded by disasters!

Disasters of all shapes and sizes jumped out from under the mirror-like seawater, trying to block his figure, but Tan Xin's gaze never moved from the Aurora Lord from beginning to end. He took a deep breath and stepped his running feet hard on the sea surface!

"Get lost!!"

An invisible domain opened again. At this moment, the forbidden incantations covering the sea surface were as if they had encountered a powerful repulsive force, forcibly dissolved and erased. Those disaster figures rushing toward him also paused suddenly and fell into the seawater limply.

Under Tan Xin's [Stop the War], even the disasters were affected. He was like an eraser that erased everything, forcibly rubbing a vacuum path out of Aurora City!

Hundreds of meters away from him,

The Aurora Lord swayed, half-knelt on the sea surface powerlessly, and coughed violently. Every cough brought out a large amount of scarlet blood, and his aura became weaker and more rapid.

"He... is dying..."

"He killed... too many... lords... kill him... revenge..."

"Let the forbidden flower... bloom on... his corpse..."

The hoarse whispers were like a tsunami, swarming around the Aurora Lord. Those figures flowing with black incantations rushed toward the Aurora Lord frantically, seemingly prepared to tear him into pieces just like that!

The Aurora Lord knelt on the ground. At this moment, he was unable to move anymore. He looked at the black-clad figure killing his way from Aurora City with his gradually dimming eyes, took a deep breath, and a flash of essence burst out from the depths of his eyes again!

"Kill me... you are not worthy!"

轰！！！

Thousands of thunderbolts fell once more, like a pool of lightning cleaving the Aurora Lord from the Calamities behind him. The flickering lightning reflected upon that pale cheek; this was the last bit of time he could buy.

Finally, he saw that black-clad figure rushing wildly toward him!

"Aurora Lord." Tan Xin spoke, his body covered in blood, "...I'm here."

He opened the black box and donned the Hand of Redemption. Fine electric arcs coiled across its surface, emitting a low, humming sound.

The Aurora Lord knelt halfway before the pool of lightning, a smile tugging at his pale lips.

"...You've come at just the right time."

Tan Xin raised the Hand of Redemption, aiming it at the Aurora Lord's heart, but at that moment, he saw the Aurora Lord's eyes, and his movements faltered...

"What? Are you not here to kill me and take my soul?" the Aurora Lord said calmly. "Why haven't you acted yet... what are you waiting for?"

"You..."

In Tan Xin's mind, the image of the Aurora Lord charging alone into the Forbidden Sea flashed once more. Guilt and reluctance surfaced in his eyes. "Is there anything else you wish to say?"

The Aurora Lord smiled. Behind him echoed the frenzied roars of the Calamities and the angry growl of the thunder. He slowly raised his palm, grasped the Hand of Redemption, and then...

Thrust it forcefully into his own chest!

Scarlet blood stained the earth. His soul transformed into a magnetic field, pouring into the Hand of Redemption in that instant. The brilliant, blinding aurora, like a grand display of fireworks, gradually engulfed both him and Tan Xin...

At the same time, the Aurora Lord's whisper sounded from within the light:

"The aurora never fades."