As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1680 - 440: If Father Were Xi Xi, What Would He Do? The Temple God Reincarnated as Yun E and Zhou Peng [Seeking Monthly Ticket]
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By that moment, the Corpse God's will had started to impose its power over them.
Thus, Xi Xi's plan to activate the Thunder Chess Piece for teleportation and lighten the load on Yun E and the others grew far tougher.
Should Xi Xi manage to advance to the Divine Embryo Realm, the might of her Heaven and Earth Soul would allow her to whisk Yun E and the rest to safety effortlessly.
Yet Xi Xi's cultivation remained stuck at the Yuan Xiang Realm after all.
So ultimately, Xi Xi chose to teleport out of the city by herself.
This left a tough decision right before Xi Xi.
Would she seek out her friends to battle side by side, or forsake them to ensure her own survival?
It proved an agonizing choice.
Forcing a mere seven-year-old like Xi Xi into such a dilemma felt utterly heartless.
Yet Xi Xi barely paused before settling on her path, heading straight back to Luoyun City.
Deep inside the heart of that seven-year-old Xi Xi burned an astonishing resolve beyond what anyone could imagine!
"Little girl, you’ve grown up..."
Li Che let out a gentle sigh.
Xi Xi picked what she believed was the correct route, though to Li Che, nothing mattered more than Xi Xi's own life.
In this realm, no existence held greater value than Xi Xi's life...
Xi Xi herself remained oblivious to this truth.
"But not much of a growth."
Li Che had considered instructing Xi Xi on the ways of "selfishness," yet upon reflection, he saw no point in it.
"With my power growing strong enough, Xi Xi will never need to grapple with that kind of "selfish" dilemma, so... why force the child to endure such harshness?"
Li Che recalled the vision of Da Xixi amid the endless tide of corpses and gore, her eyes mirroring the brutal struggles through that bloody carnage long ago.
What endless hardships, what deep agony, what countless selfish decisions had she endured to reach that horrifying point.
Xi Xi and Da Xixi... they weren't the same at all.
Da Xixi stood utterly alone with no backing.
Xi Xi, however, possessed support.
Xi Xi had her father by her side.
"Ji Moli..."
Aboard the flying sword, Li Che abruptly snapped his eyes open, a faint trace of golden mist drifting lazily from his gaze.
A torrent of fierce murderous aura exploded outward with overwhelming force.
"Qi Tian City stands ready to unlock, and you aim to head there for battle?"
"But first, you'll need the Underworld's permission."
The sudden burst of killing intent from Li Che instantly roused the other three sharing the flying sword.
Lv Qiankun, Fang Hanshu, and Lv Taibai all turned their heads toward him.
They couldn't fathom the reason behind Li Che's abrupt surge of such raw hostility, or its intended target.
Still, Lv Taibai narrowed his eyes instinctively, his features mixing thrill and anticipation while turning grave.
That killing intent from Li Che...
Was it sparked by some danger threatening Xi Xi back in Luoyun City?
If so...
Lv Taibai's own gaze ignited with murderous resolve.
Boom—!!!
The flying sword's pace surged forward in a flash, tearing across the dark heavens.
...
...
Luoyun City.
Crimson glows kept bursting forth from the narrow lanes.
Yun E, Zhou Peng, and Jin Taixui showed subtle shifts in their faces.
They shared looks, a touch of sorrow flickering in their stares.
"Xi Xi seems to have... left us behind," Zhou Peng muttered with a bitter edge.
His voice carried no accusation, merely a hint of sorrow...
Considering they could all perish right there.
"It's not abandonment; there must be some other cause. Xi Xi wouldn't just ditch us like that—likely... an unforeseen issue arose."
"Could it be this blood light clinging to us?"
Yun E sensed the inner quakes from the temple god.
It kept pushing back against the blood light nonstop, but the sheer volume overwhelmed it, and the strength proved too potent—even bolstered by the temple god, Yun E failed to purge it fully.
Bit by bit, the blood light pooled at their throats, shaping into a crimson emblem.
It resembled a bizarre, chilling bloom that hinted at doom.
"We've been branded!"
"Run!"
Yun E barked out the command at once.
At the same time, high above Luoyun City, inside the grinding wheel formation woven from the Corpse God's will, a monstrous, warped face scanned downward with savage intensity toward the city.
"Roar—!!!"
A dreadful bellow ripped through the midnight air.
In the instant that followed.
Jin Taixui, Zhou Peng, and Yun E, fleeing desperately, sensed an immense pressure crashing down upon them.
Bam—
All three dropped to their knees hard.
In terror, they whipped their heads around to the residents crammed into homes across Luoyun City...
The throngs of people, moving like soulless undead, lurched forward with blood light gathering at their necks into those crimson marks.
They emerged from hiding like puppets controlled by strings.
The sight filled Yun E and the others with sheer dread.
Boom—!!
The earth trembled fiercely.
Yun E and the rest couldn't stop themselves from glancing over, spotting Zhou Chiguo clad in rattling dark armor, his eyes holding a cool detachment.
"Where is my junior sister?"
Zhou Chiguo eyed the trio, a smirk tugging at his lips.
"What a waste and disgrace—she fled too swiftly to behold the full city slaughter..."
Zhou Chiguo lifted his hand and gestured downward lightly.
The elite Black Armor Guards at Great Grandmaster rank closed in quickly, seizing Yun E and the other two.
"I once... saw a slaughter up close, and it shook me to the core."
"That's when I grasped how feeble my strength truly was against real power."
Zhou Chiguo spoke in even tones.
"I craved that kind of might, so I decided to align myself with them."
He drew in a deep, steadying breath.