Sang Luo arrived at the scorched forest. At some point, a torrential downpour had begun, extinguishing the flames, but it also washed away any lingering scent of her departed loved one.
She searched through the ruins for a long time but couldn't find Caesar's body. Even the corpses of the Star Beasts in the forest had been reduced to ash. Nothing was left.
'Were even the ashes burned away? And my two children...'
Sang Luo could barely breathe. Devastated and lost, she walked forward aimlessly.
She tried to find that familiar scent again, but there was truly nothing.
She didn't know where she had walked to.
The broad, silvery-white surface of a river shimmered with a cold light.
Suddenly, Sang Luo's body went stiff, the hairs on her arms standing on end—an instinctual biological reaction to danger.
Countless crimson eyes were staring at her covetously from the shadows.
This feeling was very familiar...
