Chapter - 3544

"What's next?" She glanced at Zeke. "What do you plan to do? Let them wait for their death?"

Zeke shook his head. "Of course not. I'm not like you..."

"What are you implying?" Vesper's delicate face turned cold. "Do you think I'm that kind of person? If I were, I shouldn't have teleported you away back then, nor should I have given you Heaven's energy to help you cultivate. Do you think I wasn't gentle enough?"

Gentle?

Zeke was dumbfounded.

Vesper, associated with the word "gentle"?

He didn't dare say anything directly, though, so he just forced a couple of awkward laughs and nodded.

"You're pretty gentle."

Vesper saw through his deceit, so her gaze turned cold.

"I'm leaving now! Wait for your demise! No one can save you."

With that, she turned into a streak of rainbow light and sped away into the distance, vanishing as quickly as she had spoken.

Zeke was stunned. Even Vela and Frostine, who had been admiring the scenery, were left speechless.

"Zeke, did she... leave?" Vela was dumbfounded.

Frostine furrowed her brows. "I knew it. This so-called demonic sect's prodigy was just using Zeke. In the end, we still have to rely on ourselves."

Zeke laughed bitterly.

"I pushed her away." He sighed inwardly, not sure how he had offended that woman and made her furious.

He didn't think much before speaking. If it were in the past, it would have been just a normal argument, and she wouldn't have stormed off like this. Now she had left for real, and he couldn't understand why.

He waited for a while longer, but there was no sign of her returning, not even a trace of her aura.

She really left...

Zeke suddenly felt a bit lonely.

Only Vela and Frostine are left behind now. It seems that I'm alone again.

He took a deep breath, staying silent for a moment before taking out his Eurasia Sword.

"Vela, Frostine, you two should go. I'll fight alone! Soon, I might face something very dangerous, and I don't want to drag you down!"

At this point, an unwavering determination for battle surfaced in his eyes.

I'll fight! So what if I have no one to rely on? I'll earn everything by myself!

If he gave up hope, then he truly was beyond saving.

Even though the situation was perilous, and the dark energy was about to erupt within him, driving him to depravity, he wasn't going to give up just yet.

If he couldn't break through, he would die.

If he couldn't achieve Eternal Class, he wasn't afraid of dying.

The only regret in his heart was Lacey and his daughter.

When he thought of his daughter, a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

"If I die, I might not be able to be by your side as you grow up. Eternal Class..."

It was hard to achieve the Eternal Class.

He knew there was no chance of breaking through!

Even Emerald Sword God didn't believe that the dark energy in his body could truly be expelled.

Even though he said that, Vela remained firm.

"Zeke, I won't leave you. I'm willing to stay by your side forever, to be your junior. Even if you die, I'll follow you. We cultivators don't fear death!"

As she spoke, her eyes glistened with tears, a beautiful mix of sorrow and sweetness.

"Zeke, have you... been infected by dark energy?"

Zeke's body stiffened.

"How... how did you know?"

"I guessed," Vela said. "It's my intuition. These past few days, Vesper has been acting strange. She kept saying you'd die, so I pieced together some clues."

Frostine also looked at Zeke with surprise in her eyes.

Is that true?

Hearing this, Zeke remained silent for a while, then slowly nodded.

"Yes, I've been infected by dark energy. I have only fifteen days left..."

Fifteen days? So it turns out that Zeke's on the verge of death!

"In fifteen days, if I achieve Eternal Class, I'll naturally expel the dark energy. But if I can't, I'll become depraved, just like those humans in the Secret Realm of Mount Kush," Zeke said bitterly.