Bad news

The draconian princess crossed her arms, her gaze fixed on Liam. "I never thought that you were the self-sacrificing kind."

"Am I?" Liam slightly smiled.

The draconian princess raised an eyebrow, getting more and more annoyed. "Heh. You are acting arrogant now? You dare to act arrogant even after this? Or do you still not know the cost of this battle? Look into yourself! Then you will know!"

Liam remained silent. 

"Half your mana pathways should already be gone! Are you even able to sense that? Or has your mind degraded too?"

Liam clenched his fists but did not respond. The woman was not wrong. Half of his mana pathways have indeed been burnt and corrupted. 

The blue meridians were now pitch black. Where once mana flowed like a brook, nether now flowed like a gushing waterfall, the turbulent waves slowly nourishing him but at the same time also changing him.