Because he used his claws to cut open Vic's body.
Vic's warm blood splattered on his face, further fueling the ferocity and instinct within him.
He began to frantically gnaw at Vic's body as if he were tearing into prey.
At that mont, the Saint felt an unprecedented anger and sadness surge from his heart, a fla quickly growing, seemingly resonating with the Karmic Fire engulfing the sky.
It was like this a month ago.
Ade had already realized what he was doing and was desperately trying to stop.
But...
Just like a month ago, the Saint released more of his instinct and ferocity. The countless "Saint" plans over a hundred years and the coldness unique to the Divine Body instantly overshadowed the few years of emotions between Ade and Vic, disappearing quickly under each vicious bite as if they were Vic's own life.
Thus, the fla in his heart was suppressed.
And the Karmic Fire in the sky had already burned everything, leaving only half of Vic's body and the countless "pioneers" that had long turned to bones.
After the last bite, the Saint regained control of his body.
He suddenly turned around, staring fiercely at Bai Wei standing in the sea of fire, his eyes full of mockery and excitent.
"You failed, Visas!" His mouth still hung with Vic's intestines, his face stained with blood, looking especially ferocious, "I ate them! Whether Ade or Vic, I ate them all, and what can you do about it?"
"For a hundred years, I've always done it this way! No exceptions, no changes. I still rember their nas, Finkel, Liren, Vic..." He pointed to the skeletons behind him, "Each of them cared for , each was willing to give everything for , yet I still devoured them after understanding everything about them. Because this is their value, to serve as my stairway to ascension!"
"Do you expect to betray myself for these steps? Do you expect to delay Becoming a God because of a fleeting thought in a dream?!"
"Do you think it's possible, Visas?!!"
The Saint roared at Bai Wei, the wind carrying a strong scent of blood.
Bai Wei's expression still showed no change, until the Saint finished speaking, and he softly said, "Yes, they are indeed your stairway to ascension. Understanding and devouring are just steps on the ladder. From them, you learned trust, learned courage, learned emotions, and after understanding all this, you chose to rise above, because gods must transcend mortals, and for a hundred years you've been doing just that."
The Saint looked coldly at Bai Wei.
Though he didn't know why, even though he'd won, and the last bit of Ade's consciousness had extinguished, he still felt uneasy, deeply uneasy.
As if he had forgotten sothing very important.
"But unfortunately, you encountered an accident at the last mont," Bai Wei said, "The only one, an unexpected incident you can't understand."
...An unexpected incident?
The Saint hadn't figured out what it was when a faint voice suddenly arose behind him.
"Ade..."
He was startled, then slowly turned around to see Vic, with only half his body left, reaching a hand towards him.
"Leave this place, Ade," Vic said softly, "Don't co back again."
The Saint's expression froze.
Why was this happening?
Why would Vic say this to him? He had clearly killed him!
Why was there no mory of this sentence in his mind?!
Why?!
Suddenly, the fla in his heart that should have been extinguished flickered again, quickly intensifying.
"This is the final truth."
Bai Wei's voice rose once more from behind.
"Vic gave you, over the past hundred years, the only emotion you couldn't understand or devour, and that is—forgiveness, or to put it another way, the most extre form of love."
The Saint slowly turned around, staring fixedly at Bai Wei, who was walking slowly towards him.
"For a hundred years, you've killed countless people here. No matter how close you were with them or how good the relationship was, the mont you showed your claws to them, everything changed. They cursed you madly, resisted you furiously, only Vic chose to forgive." Bai Wei stood before the Saint, looking into the Saint's erald green eyes, as if flas were burning, "Of course, now we can no longer deduce what he thought at the ti, maybe his mind was muddled by the bite, or maybe until the end, he didn't believe it was your true intention, in which case... he truly had love for you that transcended life and death, enough to forgive anything you did."
The Saint opened his mouth, yet no words ca forth.
"In any case, you couldn't obtain a definitive answer, so true understanding was out of the question. Without understanding, you couldn't devour," Bai Wei said leisurely, "This greatly disrupted the entire perception you've built over the past hundred years, causing imnse cognitive dissonance, so much that you lost your mory. I'm talking about you, not Ade, a month ago it wasn't just Ade who lost his mory, it was you as well, or else you would have Beco a God a month ago."
The Saint's body trembled incessantly.
He felt it, felt the fla in his heart burning fiercely, roaring silently, forcing him to try desperately to extinguish it.
This mustn't happen, absolutely mustn't!
He scread internally.
He was so close to Becoming a God! Just one last step!
He mustn't waver here, absolutely not!
Bai Wei walked past him, crouching before the face of Vic, consud by flas.
Facing this familiar yet unfamiliar face, Bai Wei gently said, "This youth, whom you used as re sustenance, delayed your ascension by a month with just one sentence, how truly..."
He extended his hand, closing Vic's eyes.
"You did enough," Bai Wei said, "Good night."
After speaking, he stood up again, looking at the Saint.
At this mont, half of the Saint's face was furious, the other half struggling.
Just as it was when He took Ade's body.
"You can't influence , Visas!" He roared at Bai Wei, "A step forward is divinity, a step back is death! Everyone knows the choice to make!"
"Indeed, everyone knows the choice to make," Bai Wei replied, looking at the half furious face, "You should be able to hear now, so make your choice, Ade."
"Going with him is eternity, going with is death."
"But..." Bai Wei extended his hand towards him, "I'll help you end eternity."
Ade slowly closed his eyes, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
And then...
"Awooo!"
He made his choice with all his might.
...
The night sky of reality.
The naless Divine Body suddenly began to twitch.
Then with a "boom."
Flas ripped through the Divine Body, countless teors falling, illuminating the night sky while setting ablaze this graveyard that had lain silent for a hundred years.
The god, was wailing.
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