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Meanwhile, at the DiLaurentis Medical Center…Serena sat behind her office desk with a pile of documents scattered before her, a pen moving restlessly between her fingers as her eyes remained fixed on nothing in particular. She was silent, but her mind was not. It was loud, crowded, and heavy with calculations that had already failed a dozen times before she could finish them. Every document on the desk carried another reminder of the same cruel truth: the DiLaurentis Medical Centers were running out of time.The office door opened, pulling her out of her thoughts.Secretary Lisa stepped inside with her bag slung over her shoulder, her expression respectful but concerned. “Ms. DiLaurentis, it’s getting late already. Are you sure there’s nothing I can assist with so we can finish up quickly?”“You’ve helped enough already, Lisa,” Serena replied with a forced smile, dropping the pen onto the desk. “You can go home now. I’ll see you tomorrow. I just need a little time to rearrange my t
Chapter 498
The man in the hood appeared from the corner ahead, his cloud of darkness still trailing behind him, only to be greeted by a heavy punch straight to the face.Bam!He was sent flying backward, stumbling across the pavement before he managed to stabilize himself.When he lifted his head, Elijah was already advancing, fist clenched tightly at his side.“I have underestimated your desperation, Elijah Langston.”The hooded man tried to rise, but his left leg gave way and dropped back to the ground, obviously broken.“We finish this tonight,” Elijah said.He did not wait. His body whooshed forward again, closing the distance instantly. For a moment, it looked as if he would land a clean strike square on the man’s face. But Elijah had already learned from what had happened in the woods, and even now, with everything that had transpired, his mind remained calm enough to notice that something was wrong. The man in the
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“I will kill you…” Elijah vowed, his tone calm, yet carrying a murderous intent so heavy it seemed to darken the air around him. The man in the hood let out a low snicker. “Many have said worse, and all of them ended in their graves before me. The netherworld gave me life; only the netherworld can take it away. Even if you succeed, there are mountains far greater than me in the Order of Seven, and they are not nearly as reasonable as I am.” Elijah clenched his fist, the muscles in his arm tightening visibly. “Reasonable… What does that mean anymore?” The man in the hood removed his hand from the old man’s head and said, “The sooner you realize that this useless revenge of yours is pointless from the start, from the foundation up, the sooner you can live your life. Those who are prepared to take lives in order to reach the truth should first make sure they have no lives of their own. But you do, Elijah Langston. You have lives here. You ha
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Elijah Langston burst out of the woods only to see the trail of darkness cutting far ahead toward a factory building at the edge of the district. His eyes narrowed immediately, a deep suspicion settling in his chest as he watched the unnatural blackness sweep through the structure.One by one, the lights inside the factory exploded with sharp little bursts, and in the span of a breath the entire building was swallowed by darkness. But the darkness accompanying the man in the hood did not stop there. It kept moving, pressing deeper into the West District as though it had a destination in mind.Elijah’s eyes sharpened. “Really…?”There was no way the man in the hood had simply decided to behave like some TV villain trying to plunge the city into darkness for no reason.He was moving toward something. That much Elijah could tell instantly, even if he could not yet see what it was. He stomped his foot into the ground and his body shot forward at
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“This is the start of the road…” Elijah whispered, and then coughed weakly, a mouthful of blood spilling from his lips.The man in the hood chuckled as he began to approach, his steps calm and unhurried, as though he were walking toward a cornered animal. “Maybe it is your brain you are coughing out right now. Even now, you cling to that righteous-path nonsense instead of embracing everything the forbidden arts freely offer…” As he spoke, the darkness covering his face slowly slipped downward and wrapped around his arms like a living serpent, coiling there with a sinister patience.“Nothing is free…” Elijah spat.“You are right,” the hooded man replied, the amusement in his voice deepening. “But everything in this world is give and take. You can give one year of your life for a minute of insane strength, and there are plenty of netherworld merchants who would gladly cling to that deal. Since you know about the forbidden arts, then you must know about this
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“Unbound Qi Ascendance…” the man in the hood muttered, his attention fixed on Elijah, who still stood wrapped in that blazing golden radiance. His fist clenched tighter beneath the dark folds of his cloak, and the hood slid lower until it fully obscured the abyss-like darkness of his face. “I may have underestimated you, Elijah Langston. You are no Grandmaster I should fear, and yet you have reached an unbound state that even mystic elders fail to touch in an entire lifetime.” He tilted his head slightly, his tone shifting into something more intrigued. “No wonder you banished one of my servants to the netherworld and severed its pact to return. Interesting…”“This world is no place for the netherworld, nor for the darkness it brings,” Elijah’s voice echoed through the woods, now heavy and suffocating with the force of his awakened presence. “Anyone who harnesses darkness for evil gain belongs permanently in that world of darkness. This world is no place for you a
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