As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1678 - 440: If Father Were Xi Xi, What Would He Do? The Temple God Reincarnation of Yun E and Zhou Peng [Monthly Ticket Request]
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Crack, crack—
Up above, endless streaks of lightning burst out, crackling and thundering as they spread across the stormy clouds like a spider's web, savage and horrifying.
The shadowy city, where darkness swallowed everything and you couldn't even spot your own hand, got lit up by that dazzling flash.
Yet right when the brilliance hit, the only things visible were the eerie mystic iron armor and the wicked followers of the Corpse God Cult, draped in black robes and hoods, positioned along the ramparts.
Deep in the narrow streets.
A bone-chilling cold gripped the air, tension stretched to its breaking point.
Xi Xi, Yun E, Jin Taixui, and Zhou Peng—these four kids huddled together, their young faces still carrying that childlike purity, but now etched with a gravity they'd never known before.
"What are they... planning to do?"
Zhou Peng's nerves had him forgetting to munch on his steamed bun, crushed under a heavy weight.
Yun E shut her eyes tight.
Jin Taixui stayed quiet, his Five Fingers balled into a fist, fingers already resting on the hilt of the blade at his side.
Xi Xi squeezed her small hand into a tight ball, her expression turning profoundly somber.
"My father told me..."
Xi Xi's tone carried a deep weight.
Her gaze stretched far out, locking onto a commanding presence amid the Black Armor Guards.
Zhou Chiguo, formerly the top disciple under Nan Lihuo, known as Zhou Daoyuan!
He even qualified as Xi Xi's senior brother, who once risked everything for Master Nan Lihuo by heading to Jiangnan Dao to try and take out Ji Moli, only to end up... as the tool in Ji Moli's grasp.
He went so far as to bow to Ji Moli, taking on the role of Ji Moli's adopted son.
When one of Ji Moli's sons perished, he swiftly filled that spot and became Ji Moli's son for real.
Xi Xi held a deep memory of Zhou Chiguo, not for any grand reason, but purely because he'd been Nan Lihuo's disciple—that alone made her keep a close eye on him.
"My father said... the Clone Technique Ji Moli practices is incredibly ruthless, formed from the essence of Blood Soul, allowing Ji Moli's clone to match the full might of his main body."
"Still, this Clone Technique demands a core and a container: the core... that's the Blood Soul drawn from an entire city, and the container... is the carrier of that Blood Soul, someone tied to Ji Moli's bloodline—his son."
On Xi Xi's small, refined face, a hint of clenched fury appeared.
Clearly, she'd pieced together why such a massive force had shown up at the gates.
"Harvest Blood Soul! Build up strength for Ji Moli's clone, form the core!"
Xi Xi let out a breath and declared.
Stillness, utter quiet...
Yun E and the rest sank into heavy silence.
They skipped asking how to collect Blood Soul—no need to guess.
It meant slaughtering the whole city!
Just as the bloody grudge against Nan Lihuo had ignited, when Ji Moli's clone got destroyed, he needed to forge a new one, which called for a massive surge of Blood Soul energy.
Ji Moli had lost all reason now, even launching into open butchery.
With Qi Tian City unlocked, Ji Moli couldn't afford to drag out his recovery; he had to regain his power in a rush, so... wipe out the city!
Luoyun City must be the target he'd picked.
"Xi Xi..."
"Could it be... Ji Moli found out we slipped into this city, so he targeted Luoyun City for the slaughter, aiming to wipe us out too?"
Worry clouded Yun E's lovely features.
If that held true, it spelled disaster for their group.
The very idea made Xi Xi shiver a little.
No surprise the hits from Corpse God Cult and Hunting God Pavilion assassins had dropped off lately—maybe their cover worked somewhat, but more probably, like Yun E suggested, once they learned the kids had entered Luoyun City, those from Corpse God Cult and Hunting God Pavilion opted for a smarter strike against them?
"So... did we drag this city into doom?"
Xi Xi's lips quivered, her face twisting in agony.
"Xi Xi, don't beat yourself up over it; even without you coming to Luoyun City, Ji Moli would've picked some other place to ravage..."
Jin Taixui, usually so reserved, broke his silence.
He hated watching Xi Xi suffer, so he stepped in with words to ease her guilt.
And he spoke the truth.
If not Luoyun City, then another spot in Jiangnan Dao's cities would've faced the carnage in the end.
"That said, it doesn't dismiss the chance they zeroed in on Luoyun City on purpose, and we're just caught up in it."
Yun E offered up the other angle.
Either take made sense.
"Slaughter a city... But Luoyun City holds tens of thousands of lives—will Ji Moli truly unleash such a monstrous crime?"
Xi Xi drew in a sharp breath.
Her young heart pounded with fierce turmoil.
This journey through the martial world had unveiled a level of darkness she'd never imagined in the realm of men.
Take the Ascending Immortal Pavilion back in Guangling Dao City.
A single Immortal Ascension Pill sparking endless rifts in cultivation clans, with daughters traded off for just one pill!
And here in Jiangnan Dao... wiping out a city to harvest Blood Soul for clones!
Deeds like these... this kind of wickedness... how could they keep erupting in the human domain?
Balling her fist tight, Xi Xi surged with an unnameable fury.
Bang—!!!
All at once.
A massive rush of Divinity exploded from the wall's direction.
Xi Xi, Yun E, and the others jolted in alarm, swiftly masking their auras as they peered toward the walls.
There, the Corpse God Cult's vile members in black robes and hoods unleashed a torrent of Death Qi and Corpse Qi, then weapons laced with Death Qi materialized in their grips, lined up along the battlements; they activated their Movement, and abruptly, the arrays hummed to life, spinning wildly.