Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and then in less than half a second, Lü Batian and Su Yiyao came back to their senses.

The former immediately raised his halberd and swung it at the still-stunned Aikaren.

Aikalen raised her slightly trembling eyes, her fighting spirit completely gone.

He dodged the oncoming attack with a sullen expression.

While assisting Lü Batian, Su Yiyao spoke to Lü Weitian behind her without turning her head.

"Quickly summon the Heroic Spirit again to keep you and your sister on high alert, and don't let the enemy's clones attack you again!"

"Mother……"

"hurry up!!!"

Su Yiyao was getting impatient, and beads of sweat dripped from her forehead.

But Lu Weitian behind her never responded again; all that could be heard was Lu Mengmeng's painful coughing.

Su Yiyao gritted her teeth, turned around with a look of exasperation, and prepared to use her abilities to get the two away first.

But when he saw Lü Weitian, he froze on the spot, completely dumbfounded.

Lu Weitian stood there, his small body swaying precariously, as if he were about to fall over at any moment.

There was a large hole made of pixels in his chest, from which pixels were overflowing and dissipating from Lü Weitian's body.

Lu Weitian's half-open mouth trembled as if he wanted to say something.

Kneeling to the side, Lü Mengmeng covered her mouth full of blood, staring at Lü Weitian with an equally incredulous expression.

"day by day!!!"

Su Yiyao suddenly felt as if she had lost everything, and with a desperate scream, she ran towards Lü Weitian.

She suddenly knelt down beside him, and Lü Weitian could no longer hold on, collapsing into Su Yiyao's arms.

Looking at the ever-expanding pixelated mouth on her son's chest, Su Yiyao's face was filled with astonishment and helplessness.

He instinctively tried to stop the wound, but it was no use.

"Why...why! Why hasn't the injury reversed?!"

“I don’t know… cough! cough…” Drops of blood dripped from between Lü Mengmeng’s fingers.

"It was clearly reversed... cough... cough! But why..."

Lu Batian, who was relentlessly attacking Aikaren, felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he heard the commotion behind him.

Yi Yue and Aikaren distanced themselves and looked back.

But he witnessed the scene he least wanted to see in his life.

"day by day……"

The halberd in his hand trembled slightly, and then with a roar, he swung it at Aikaren again.

The attack was even more ferocious and desperate than before, as if they were fighting for their lives.

If... he kills this guy before his son dies, the pixel that's corrupting Lü Weitian might stop!

With only one hand remaining and his strength almost depleted, it was unrealistic for Lü Batian to kill the strongest human, Aikaren, in such a short time.

But Lü Batian didn't care about any of that!

He was like a mad dog, unleashing all sorts of slashes, cuts, halberds, and even kicks at Aikaren.

But all of them were easily neutralized by Ekaren.

As the pixels continued to expand, Lü Weitian's vitality began to dissipate at a visible rate.

He opened his lips as if in a final burst of light, and tried to speak.

"Mom...I don't want to fight anymore...I want to go out and play..."

Tears streamed from his fading eyes, and his young face revealed a weariness completely out of character for his age.

"Okay! Okay! Mom promises you! We won't be gravediggers anymore! From now on, I'll play with you every day! I'll take you to the amusement park, buy you a cell phone, and let you eat whatever you want!"

Su Yiyao agreed through tears, while her hand trembled as she reached out to wipe away Lü Weitian's tears.

But the tears, like the grievances and pain in Lü Weitian's heart, could never be wiped away.

"I...I'm sorry...Mom...Dad...You both died trying to save me...I'm so sorry..."

"Mom doesn't blame you, just stop talking! You won't die!"

At this moment, the hole in Lü Weitian's chest was as big as a person's head, and his entire body was almost broken.

"I don't want to die...I don't want to die..."

"You won't die! You won't die! Tiantian... Hold on! Hold on!"

"I don't want to die..."

Lu Weitian's voice grew softer and softer, and the pixels had spread to his head, disappearing his entire neck.

"younger brother……"

Lu Mengmeng lay on the ground in pain, moving her body as she crawled toward Lu Weitian.

All her resentment and disdain for Lü Weitian vanished.

Because she remembered... Lü Weitian was only thirteen years old.

She reached out her hand, which was covering her mouth, towards Lü Weitian, wanting to touch his face one last time.

The blood-stained hand passed right through him just as it was about to touch him.

Before she could even gasp in shock, a powerful sense of weakness washed over her, and the power that had kept her alive as a soul was gradually fading away.

He collapsed to the ground as well.

"I don't want to die... I want to find Sister Han... to play with her..."

The last half of the head eventually dissipated, leaving only a single tear that fell from the corner of the eye just before it vanished.

"day by day……"

Staring at his empty hands, Su Yiyao suddenly froze, raised his drooping head, and looked around.

There was nothing around...

As if accepting some kind of fact, Su Yiyao screamed in despair and curled up on her knees.

"Tian Tian!!! Ah..."

She was like a baby whose toy had been taken away, crying loudly until she began to become transparent.

thump--

Lu Batian, who had been relentlessly wielding his weapons, staggered and fell to his knees.

His hand could no longer hold the halberd, and it fell to the ground with a clatter.

But he still didn't give up, and with a strong will, he stood up.

His clenched fist slammed into Aikalen's face.

Aikalen did not dodge or resist, letting the sandbag-sized fists land on her cheeks.

His eyes were filled with guilt.

"Give Tiantian back to me! He's only thirteen!"

With a painful growl, fists pounded into Aikaren's body again and again.

"Yes, he's only thirteen years old..."

Lu Batian knelt down, his voice trembling, tears falling onto the steel floor.

This man, who fought in life and continued to fight in death, cried uncontrollably.

"You're only thirteen... and you have to go to the battlefield... Tiantian, Dad is so sorry..."

Under Aikaren's gaze, Lü Batian's body became increasingly transparent until it completely disappeared.

The sobs of Su Yiyao, who was curled up there, grew fainter and fainter until they were completely inaudible, and then her body disappeared.

Only Lü Mengmeng's barely visible body remained at the scene.

Fear.

This is the first feeling that comes to Lü Mengmeng's mind right now, after all, no one can face death without feeling fear.

But what followed was the same self-blame and guilt as Lü Batian and Su Yiyao.

But deep down, she also felt a sense of absurdity at her own foolishness.