Evan Yang had no objections, but Gavin White kept urging him not to go. The surrounding Saint Kings also tried to persuade him. Evan just smiled at Master Spirit Caller and said, "Senior, I'll leave my friend in your care."
Master Spirit Caller saw that Evan Yang was determined and could only sigh helplessly. By then, Evan was already slowly walking toward Evil King Darren Duan.
When Evan Yang reached him, Evil King Darren Duan kept his promise and released Gavin White. But just as Gavin was walking away, Darren suddenly struck, trying to sneak attack her from behind. Evan, realizing the danger, leapt forward and blocked the blow with his own body.
Gavin White didn't understand what was happening, but when she saw the attack land, she froze. Evan pushed Gavin back into the protection of Master Spirit Caller and the others, then collapsed from his injuries, staring at Evil King Darren Duan.
In that brief moment, Evan Yang was gravely wounded. Gavin White, heartbroken, looked at him and asked, "Why?"
"This is what I owe you," Evan Yang said with a bitter smile.
"You never owed me anything," Gavin White shook her head.
Knowing his chances of survival were slim, Evan Yang secretly transmitted to Gavin White, "Actually, I knew about your pregnancy all along. If you escape, please raise our child well."
"You..." Gavin White never expected Evan Yang to know, when she herself had only just realized it. But at this moment, her heartbreak overwhelmed everything. She cried, "No, we came here together, so we have to leave together."
Seeing Gavin White about to rush forward, Evan Yang shouted to Master Spirit Caller, "Senior!"
Master Spirit Caller and the others had long been moved by the bond between Evan Yang and Gavin White. Only when Evan called out did Master Spirit Caller snap back to his senses and quickly grab Gavin, stopping her from rushing forward.
"Senior, let me through!" Gavin White cried. Seeing that Gavin was now safely in Master Spirit Caller and the others' hands, Evan Yang finally relaxed and fainted.
Evil King Darren Duan and Evil King Scorch seized the moment, grabbing Evan Yang and breaking through the crowd. Master Spirit Caller was busy protecting Gavin White, and the others didn't realize how Darren and Scorch had suddenly slipped away, leaving a gap that shocked the Saint Kings.
But they had already left, and the Evil Kings sprawled on the ground cursed Darren for abandoning them. Huan Wuqin's eyes glistened with tears, moved by what had just happened.
Evan Yang rarely showed his feelings for Gavin White, but at the final moment, he stepped forward without hesitation, risking his life to shield her from that deadly strike.
Gavin White was utterly heartbroken. She had thought Evan Yang knew nothing, believed he saw her only as a friend, and imagined that after all this, they would simply part ways. Now Evan was gravely injured, his fate unknown, possibly even dead. Overwhelmed, she fainted as well.
"What's wrong with her?" Saint King Wood asked Master Spirit Caller.
Master Spirit Caller checked Gavin White and frowned. "There's a strange power in her body."
"Let me see," said Saint King May, examining Gavin White and raising her brows. "This power comes from her physical body."
"So what should we do now?" asked Master Spirit Caller. Saint King May pondered and said, "Let's take her back to recuperate. The situation in the lower world is almost resolved anyway."