As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1679 - 440: If Dad Were Xi Xi, What Would He Do? The Temple God of Yun E and Zhou Peng’s Reincarnation [Monthly Ticket Request]_2
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A scarlet barrier surged into the heavens, resembling a sudden burst of red haze within a crystal orb, swelling outward swiftly like a raging surge.
The once total darkness of the night lit up in an instant.
The entire sky over the city shifted to a bloody shade!
Illumination poured down on the shadow-cloaked metropolis, but it carried doom in its wake.
Xi Xi stealthily glanced out from the alley, spotting the sinister followers of the Corpse God Cult crowding the city walls, their Corpse Qi and Death Qi twisting around them as they erected a horrifying killing array, akin to a grinding wheel, turning every resident and cultivator inside the city into mere seeds ready to be pulverized into dust.
A dreadful intent arose from the core of that grinder, like a grotesque and warped visage pushing out from within, howling and bellowing over the whole metropolis.
That's... the Corpse God Will!
The Corpse God Will, rivaling the Absolute Peak!
Witnessing this sight, Xi Xi realized the Corpse God Cult and King Ping Luan Ji Mo Li had fully united their strengths.
Xi Xi knew King Ping Luan well; back in her childhood, Ji Mo Li's youngest son, Ji Hai Hui, had clashed with her in competition, igniting a deep-seated grudge ever since.
The grudge between Xi Xi and Ji Mo Li's clan kept growing fiercer.
"Xi Xi! Go!"
While Xi Xi drifted in her thoughts, a hushed yell rang suddenly in her ears.
Yanking her focus back right away.
Next, Xi Xi noticed the four of them concealed in the alley starting to glow faintly...
Roar—!!!
High above in the vast array, the writhing shape of the Corpse God Will whipped its hideous and contorted features sharply toward the alley's spot.
"Exposed!"
"We’ve been discovered!"
Xi Xi's heart dipped a little.
Yet she didn't lose her cool entirely; she was no longer that innocent girl stepping out from the Qian Yuan Divine Sect for the first time. Journeying from Guangling Dao clear to Jiangnan Dao, she'd braved countless fights and perils.
Xi Xi gripped the Thunder Chess Piece firmly in her hand, planning to whisk herself straight out of the city with it.
But to Xi Xi's dismay.
The subtle crimson glow washing over them appeared to stir to life.
"This is..."
Xi Xi's face shifted color just a bit.
But it was already too late.
Buzz—
Normally, the Thunder Chess Piece could encompass Yun E, Jin Taixui, and Zhou Peng, letting them escape as a group.
Yet wrapped in this red radiance, once Xi Xi's teleport wrapped up, she found she'd vanished from Luoyun City on her own.
Reappearing at the chess piece she'd set down outside the walls before.
Gales blended with rain and freezing sleet; Xi Xi held tight to the Thunder Chess Piece, her features drained of color.
"Sister Yun E, Fatty Zhou, and Jin Taixui!"
Xi Xi whispered.
The very next instant, she spun sharply toward Luoyun City's direction, her expression overflowing with alarm and concern.
"I left them... stranded in Luoyun City."
"Stranded in that city... facing slaughter any moment!"
Anxiety flooded Xi Xi's eyes in a flash; her heart chilled like ice.
She hadn't placed another Thunder Chess Piece inside Luoyun City, blocking any way to teleport back in.
Now, at just seven years old, a single path lay ahead of her.
Run away?
Or... head back to save her companions?
Up against the Absolute Peak Corpse God Will, the mere seven-year-old Xi Xi had no hope of winning.
Though Xi Xi had slain Martial Saint Gu Chuan from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect.
That Gu Chuan was just a First Level Martial Saint, nowhere near the Absolute Peak Corpse God Will!
"If it were Dad... what would he do?"
Xi Xi calmed her thoughts, her small belly trembling as she pondered.
What would Dad do?
Xi Xi's eyes flew open suddenly.
If it were Dad, he surely wouldn't ditch his friends, right!
Hesitation vanished as Xi Xi stepped forward and charged toward Luoyun City.
At seven years old, despite beholding the foul darkness of the human realm.
She clung to the innocence deep in her heart.
Fear would seize her, but she'd never yield!
This, maybe.
Is the true purpose of her journey.
...
...
The soaring sword cut through the Cloud Dome, trailing a streak of silver glow.
After directing Lv Taibai toward Wenling Prefecture in Jiangnan Dao and Luoyun City, Lv Taibai ramped up his sword flight's speed without delay; he'd meant to travel at an easy pace before.
But Lv Taibai hadn't laid eyes on Xi Xi in ages, stirring eagerness in his chest, mostly to boast before her about advancing to the Divine Tribulation Realm.
Li Che perched cross-legged on the flying sword.
His split awareness fixed on the vision mirrored from the Heaven and Earth chessboard.
It showed the ordeal of Xi Xi's training.
Watching the girl clutch the Thunder Chess Piece, aiming to flee with Yun E and the rest but only vanishing solo, Li Che's brow creased faintly.
"Xi Xi’s Primordial Spirit lacks the power, and the descending Corpse God Will ramped up the load on the Thunder Chess Piece for carrying others away."
"Above all... Xi Xi and her companions all got marked by Death Qi."
Possessing the Chess Saint’s Dao Fruit, Li Che quickly pinpointed the core cause of Xi Xi's failure to transport the others via the Thunder Chess Move.
The fault didn't lie with the Thunder Chess Piece; it rested with Xi Xi and her group.
The array enveloped all of Luoyun City, crimson light blooming to bathe the metropolis, and the glow falling on Xi Xi and the others' forms signaled the onset of Death Qi's corruption.