As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1679: If Dad Were Xi Xi, What Would He Do? The Temple God of Yun E and Zhou Peng’s Reincarnation (2)
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A scarlet barrier surged toward the heavens, resembling a burst of red fog erupting within a clear crystal orb, swelling outward like an unstoppable surge.
The once dark night sky instantly lit up.
The heavens over the whole city shifted to a bloody hue!
Illumination poured down on the shadowed urban sprawl, but it carried destruction in its wake.
From her hiding spot in the narrow lane, Xi Xi cautiously glanced out and spotted atop the city walls, members of the Corpse God Cult appearing one by one, surrounded by swirling Corpse Qi and Death Qi as they set up a dreadful killing array, functioning like a grinding wheel, with every resident and cultivator inside the city reduced to mere grains caught in its path, destined to be crushed to dust.
A nightmarish intent arose from the heart of that grinding wheel, as though a grotesque and warped visage was protruding from it, howling and bellowing throughout the entire metropolis.
That was... the Corpse God Will!
Equivalent to the Absolute Peak, the Corpse God Will!
Witnessing this sight, Xi Xi realized that the Corpse God Cult and King Ping Luan Ji Mo Li had fully allied at last.
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 a contest, sparking a deep-seated grudge ever since.
The animosity between Xi Xi and Ji Mo Li’s clan kept growing fiercer.
"Xi Xi! Run!"
While Xi Xi was deep in her thoughts, a urgent whisper suddenly rang in her ears.
It snapped her focus back immediately.
Next, Xi Xi noticed that the four of them concealed in the lane started to give off a soft radiance...
Roar—!!!
High in the vault of the sky, inside the massive array, the partially writhing shape of the Corpse God Will whipped its hideous and contorted features sharply toward the alley's location.
"Exposed!"
"They’ve found us!"
Xi Xi’s heart dipped a bit.
Still, she didn’t lose her composure entirely; these days, she wasn’t the naive child venturing out from the Qian Yuan Divine Sect for the first time. Traveling from Guangling Dao to Jiangnan Dao, she had faced countless fights and perilous moments.
Xi Xi gripped the Thunder Chess Piece tightly in her hand, planning to escape the city right away via the Thunder Chess Piece.
Yet, to Xi Xi’s astonishment.
The subtle crimson glow bathing them appeared to awaken.
"This is..."
Xi Xi’s expression shifted a little.
But it was already too late.
Buzz—
The Thunder Chess Piece was supposed to shield Yun E, Jin Taixui, and Zhou Peng, enabling their joint departure.
Yet, enveloped by this red brilliance, once Xi Xi’s teleportation concluded, she found herself outside Luoyun City by herself.
Materializing where the chess piece had been placed beyond the walls beforehand.
Amid swirling wind, rain, and freezing sleet; Xi Xi held onto the Thunder Chess Piece, her cheeks drained of color.
"Sister Yun E, Fatty Zhou, and Jin Taixui!"
Xi Xi whispered.
In the instant that followed, she whipped her head back toward Luoyun City, her features etched with alarm and concern.
"I abandoned them... stranded in Luoyun City."
"Stranded in that doomed city... facing imminent slaughter!"
Anxiety flooded Xi Xi’s eyes in a flash; her heart felt like it had frozen over.
She hadn’t planted another Thunder Chess Piece inside Luoyun City, so returning by teleportation wasn’t an option.
Now, at the tender age of seven, just one path lay ahead for her.
To escape?
Or... return to rescue her companions?
Against the Absolute Peak tier Corpse God Will, the seven-year-old Xi Xi stood no chance.
Even if she had slain the Martial Saint Gu Chuan from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect.
But that Gu Chuan was merely a First Level Martial Saint, nothing like the Absolute Peak tier Corpse God Will!
"If it were Dad... what would he do?"
Xi Xi calmed her thoughts, her small belly trembling slightly, as she began to ponder.
What would Dad do?
Xi Xi’s eyes widened suddenly.
If it were Dad, he surely wouldn’t forsake his companions, would he!
With no second thoughts, Xi Xi dashed forward, charging back to Luoyun City.
At seven years old, despite having seen the vile underbelly of humanity.
She clung to the innocence within her soul.
She might tremble in fear, but she would never surrender!
This, maybe.
Represented the true essence of training.
...
...
The flying sword sliced across the Cloud Dome, trailing a streak of silvery gleam.
After directing Lv Taibai to fly to Wenling Prefecture in Jiangnan Dao and Luoyun City, Lv Taibai promptly boosted his sword flight’s velocity; he had originally planned a relaxed pace.
However, having not encountered Xi Xi in ages, Lv Taibai felt a spark of eagerness in his chest, mostly eager to flaunt before Xi Xi his recent breakthrough to the Divine Tribulation Realm.
Li Che remained seated in a meditative pose on the flying sword.
His split consciousness concentrated on the vision projected by the Heaven and Earth chessboard.
It depicted the events of Xi Xi’s journey.
Watching the young girl grasp the Thunder Chess Piece, attempting to whisk away Yun E and the rest via teleportation, only to transport herself alone, Li Che’s forehead creased faintly.
"Xi Xi’s Primordial Spirit lacks sufficient strength, and the invading Corpse God Will amplified the burden on the Thunder Chess Piece for carrying others."
"Above all... Xi Xi and her group have all been touched by Death Qi."
As the bearer of the Chess Saint’s Dao Fruit, Li Che instantly discerned the core cause behind Xi Xi’s failure to teleport her companions with the Thunder Chess Move.
It wasn’t an issue with the Thunder Chess Piece itself; the fault rested with Xi Xi and the others.
The array enveloped all of Luoyun City, with the blood light blazing forth to bathe the metropolis, and that blood light falling on Xi Xi and her friends marked the onset of Death Qi’s corruption.