All the flowers and plants that grew and multiplied embraced transformation in their contraction, gradually sinking into the contour that was slowly closing.

At last, the rift healed.

As if nothing had ever happened, it was just a brief deep sleep, the delicate visage still intact, flawless!

Only behind her, the sinister outline of the Dragon of the End slowly opened its eyes, took one last look at this shallow world, and withdrew its gaze uninterested.

Quickly shrinking back to its original shape.

After a long while, Huai Shi opened his eyes.

Slowly waking from this dreamland that was akin to a hangover.

Beneath the phantom, his own face slowly curved into a smile, along with Huai Zhisu...

Two pairs of distinctly different pupils overlapped in one place, quickly becoming blurred.

Then, Huai Zhisu slowly lifted his head, offering sincere gratitude to Elisa.

"Thank you for your hospitality, I'm immensely grateful!"

Perhaps it was just an illusion or something else, but in the silence, Elisa suddenly felt: before her... this opponent who once seemed like a beauty in a painting suddenly became vibrant.

As if finally stepping out of the painting!

"Have you undergone some transformation?"

Her fingers slightly tapped under the counter, staring intensely at her opponent, trying to discern any trace of solidification.

Yet she felt she couldn't see anything.

If before she felt she was looking at an empty shell, now she felt this empty shell was shrouded in mist, unable even to determine if the other truly existed!

"Thanks to you, there's been a bit of growth, I suppose?"

Huai Shi smiled with reminiscence, looking at the remnants of the beer glass in his hand, "I'm really full, I fear I can't drink any more."

This creation, forged with the Wounds Passing Curse, truly lives up to being an Abyss Bomb.

Once swallowed, it feels as if an entire Hell explodes within your stomach. Nearly stretching his limits to the brink, even the Ravens within the Dream Cage almost drank themselves to death.

Even a little more, and he couldn't continue drinking.

The disaster created by the curse engraved by the Ruler was so enormous, even Huai Shi nearly solidified several times in the process.

But unfortunately, the times he hovered at the edge of solidification were far too many.

Too much experience.

And more fortuitously... he also carried a little phantom specifically designed to substitute himself from being corroded by the Abyss!

The nonexistent phantom, Huai Zhisu, grew amidst this disaster, like those money-swindling games talk about elite upgrades, the Return of the Spirit, first to second transformations, etc.

The old limitations were broken through, numbers increased, the solidity of the phantom greatly enhanced.

Regrettably, the biggest change also resembles those money-swindling games—the card looks prettier!

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Now, Elisa gazed at this opponent, who had become incomprehensible, extremely eerie, finally warning her: "I can make three more glasses of such a drink."

"I know."

Huai Zhisu said, "But you won't have the chance to make the next glass."

"After this round ends, you'll concede—"

She repeated her previous words, smiling, revealing a hint of awe-inspiring solemnity amidst her past enchantment and charm: "Because I have found your weakness."

The Forge Furnace activated again.

This time, pure and sacred light rose from within the sake, illuminating those abyss-like dark eyes.

And so, with hands holding the small cup, so friendly and respectfully presented her final creation.

"The time for the sun to rise has come, Ms. Elisa."

She asked, "Are you ready to embrace the dawn?"