Chapter 453: The Gravekeeper's Inheritance and the Final Chess Game

The wind whipped past Eiland’s ears, a mournful howl that seemed to carry the weight of the coming storm. He moved through the dense forests of Bashan like a phantom, his feet barely touching the ground. The recent cascade of events—Qianye Die's terrifying breakthrough, Emily Chen's nascent, uncontrollable power, and the ominous silence from the new Dragon Scale—had woven together into a tapestry of impending doom. Every instinct screamed that he was out of time. He was no longer just a...