The pervasive Evil Qi drifted like smoke.

The giant, who never had a name from the beginning, in the end, chose self-annihilation, carrying his overwhelming power, carrying his boundless Evil Qi... And Du Chengfeng, whose attention was diverted by words, ultimately missed the final opportunity to kill.

There were some things Du Chengfeng didn’t say, namely that the Evil Qi was no longer that important to him. The power he wielded now was something entirely different; using or not using Evil Qi didn’t matter to him.

He just wanted the giant to die a bit more peacefully, after all, using self-annihilation to kill oneself was ultimately a bit too cruel.

In fact, the giant needn’t have died. Although in battle, both sides indeed gave their all, unlike the giant who was bogged down by his full Evil Qi, what drove Du Chengfeng to fight was merely an Emperor’s Sword—a simple sword’s desire for slaughter, which Du Chengfeng could still control. After he sheathed the sword, the Illusionary Sword couldn’t possibly affect him.

But holding back here meant nothing.

Even if he deliberately went easy during the fistfight, the enormous giant still died, whether due to the guidance of the Evil Qi’s resentment or the giant’s own death wish, ultimately no one can stop someone determined to die, especially someone with such overwhelming power and extraordinary mobility.

Indeed, to be able to determine one’s desired way of living with one’s own strength is undoubtedly something only humans can do.

Even though the giant never regarded himself as human, at least in Du Chengfeng’s eyes, whether in speech or actions, the other was indeed a person.

It’s just that this person was too big, requiring one to look up when speaking to him.

Of course, in the future, there will be no need for such trouble, as the giant ultimately died. Perhaps this was what the giant most desired, returning the boundless Evil Qi birthed from battles in this world back to the world itself, thoroughly cleansing the hatred and enmity entwined around him.

But obviously, there’s a problem with this, as the giant’s consciousness itself was a conglomeration of these twisted Evil Qis. When these Evil Qis dissipate, the giant himself would inevitably die.

Perhaps this was also why the giant, until the end, was unwilling to let him land the killing blow.

Although that boundless Evil Qi was indeed power, it was also the most vicious curse. How could something like that be given away?

In contrast, the giant left him what in the giant’s view was the best gift.

That is the freedom from any taint of Evil Qi.

"Isn’t that having nothing at all?"

Du Chengfeng’s face was stiff. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"At least leave me something else... Forget it."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng shook his head.

It really wasn’t quite right. If the enormous giant had insisted on playing the same trick as Yang Sanlang, turning himself into a weapon, leaving him something as a keepsake, he probably wouldn’t have gotten used to it—on the contrary, this current result might indeed be the most fitting for the giant.

The giant who had been pushed by fate all his life could finally rise with the wind, go wherever he pleases, freely and joyously, carefree and at ease.

Just like those Evil Qi drifting under the night sky.

It was at this moment that Du Chengfeng realized that Evil Qi actually had form and color. Perhaps due to its excessive richness, those pale gray Evil Qi truly drifted like smoke in the wind, even making the moonlight hazy.

"Gone! All gone!"

Du Chengfeng waved his hands, driving away the Evil Qi drifting in front of him.

Since the giant didn’t intend to give him these Evil Qis, he had no reason to accept them. After all, for him now, Evil Qi was no longer the sole power source. After going through that inexplicable endless slaughter and emerging from that strange sheath, the power he currently held had taken another path.

Another path he couldn’t even describe himself.

According to his always-held understanding, the world contained a mechanism of Evil Qi, the more people killed, the more Evil Qi, and the more Evil Qi, the stronger—of course, if we truly speak of strong ones, there’s outliers like Ruan Shantao, who become stronger purely through personal will without killing, but accumulating martial Evil Qi by killing was undoubtedly the fastest and most convenient.

Of course, such convenient power couldn’t come without any price, considering Evil Qi is not a stable power, it could rebound at any moment, turning one into a lunatic or a monster. Even if one survives the refining of Evil Qi and reaches the pinnacle like the giant, they would still be led towards death step by step under the subtle influence of Evil Qi.

And such unconscious calamity-seeking or intention of seeking death, Du Chengfeng also experienced.

But now, the power he held was entirely different from the Evil Qi.

Compared to Evil Qi, this power was more condensed and stable; if Evil Qi previously hovered over weaponry, floated around the body, and burrowed inward, this power now hid within the body, sunk into the limbs and bones, and subtly emanated outward.