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Chapter 74: A Pure World, Taking Xixi to Set Off Fireworks
Chapter 74: A Pure World, Taking Xixi to Set Off Fireworks
Thunderstrike City.
Outside the city.
The torrential rain poured down like pillars, as if the heavens were cleansing the world of its evils, washing away the impurities.
In a leisure pavilion.
A figure sat cross-legged, clad in black robes, with a cat mask covering their face. Their body was hunched, and they were carving a wooden sculpture using a carving knife in the pavilion.
The raindrops hitting the ground created shockwaves that merged together, stirring up a fierce wind that blew into the pavilion, lifting the wood shavings that slid off the carving knife.
After a moment, the wooden sculpture took shape.
It was neither a Buddha nor a deity.
Instead, it was a graceful and pure-looking female figure, wearing a silk dress and holding a serpent-headed sword. She turned her head, her eyebrows exuding a hint of heroism.
Beneath the cat mask, the eyes held a complex expression as they caressed the rough carving.
Forty years, the prime of youth had faded...
The years of youth were no more.
The reason he was leaving without most of his divine nature was not solely for the sake of a divine child, but more so to meet his past love.
Unfortunately, time was a sharp blade that even cultivators struggled to resist.
Without forging a divine foundation, it was impossible to maintain vital energy, and one would gradually weaken and wither, losing their youthful appearance.
Outside the pavilion, the raging wind carried the relentless downpour, howling endlessly.
In the four directions around the leisure pavilion, there were four majestic divine auras, distorting the sky, preventing the rain from reaching them.
Four masked figures stood in the rain, surrounding the pavilion from a distance, forming a square formation, trapping the pavilion and the cat-masked elder within.
"All four Divine Foundations acting together, such a grand display... It seems that something significant is about to happen in the city."
The elder spoke softly.
He looked at the four figures, their Divine Foundations as vast as the sun.
"Wrathful Senior Immortal, Heart Shocking Firmness, Wrathful Compassionate Buddha, and... Suspended Thought Flowing Sword..."
"The Xu family is indeed a noble clan. If they're targeting your family's foundation, why not stand your ground and fight instead of running away? You've come here to flirt with me?"
Li Qingshan laughed.
His eyes revealed an unmistakable disgust and killing intent.
...
...
Xu Family Divine Cult Academy.
In the spacious courtyard, the ground was littered with countless sword marks, crisscrossing the blue stone surface.
Amidst the dark clouds, lightning flickered!
"Huff... Huff..."
Mu Granny, drenched in rain, her face deathly pale, tightly gripped her serpent-headed longsword, trembling uncontrollably.
Surrounding her, several Yang Clan cultivators wearing child masks stared at her with icy gazes.
"I guess... I'm just too old..."
Mu Granny's heart sank slightly.
Her vital energy could no longer support such intense combat.
"Xu Mu, give up. We just want to take the divine child. You don't need to risk your life. As a peak cultivation master, cherish your life."
The burly man holding a heavy hammer spoke in a deep voice.
His voice, heavy with vital energy, merged with his divine nature, attempting to influence Mu Granny's emotions, instilling fear within her. Once fear surfaced, his Heart Shocking Firmness divine nature would rapidly erode Mu Granny's mind.
There was no suspense left in this battle.
In fact, there had never been any suspense.
"Yang Kaihe, don't think you can hide behind a mask. I know it's you..."
"The entire Yang Clan is wearing spirit infant masks. Have you all joined the Spirit Infants Sect? How ridiculous, a noble clan acting like ghosts. Disgusting!"
Mu Granny lifted her serpent-headed sword, its blade still gleaming white after decades, emitting a chilling glow.
"If you want to take my Xu Mu's child, you'll have to step over this old woman's corpse!"
Divine nature... Suddenly ignited like fire!
It burned silently in the pouring rain.
Mu Granny chose to fight with all her might, refusing to back down. At her age, what was there left to cherish?
"Refusing sweet wine... Drinking bitter wine."
A faint voice came from the burly man wearing a shocked child mask.
The next moment, the heavy hammer in his hand was swung with force.
Vital energy burst forth, and on the burly man's body, muscles coiled like coiling dragons, shaking off the raindrops and turning them into powder.
However, just as Yang Kaihe was about to swing his hammer to finish off this vital energy-depleted old woman.
His ears suddenly twitched!
Beneath the mask, his eyes narrowed.
A familiar sound of explosion tore through the rain.
Like a bird whose tail had been pinched, a piercing shriek!
"Explosion?!"
A black wooden crow, carrying burning star fire, retracted its wings, like a whistling dark arrow, screaming as it shot forward!
The heavy hammer was raised and smashed towards the incredibly fast black crow!
Boom—!
An explosion erupted!
Instantly, a burst of flames sprayed out, and the powerful shockwave pushed away the countless raindrops in the clouds!
Mu Granny, who was prepared to sacrifice her life, was stunned.
She turned her head, and the violent movement caused water to splash like an explosive lotus.
What she saw in her pupils was a figure even larger and more robust than Yang Kaihe!
A towering figure, like a mountain, and on his shoulder sat a little girl, her eyes fixed on the flames, glowing brightly.
"Li Wanxi?"
Mu Granny's eyebrows furrowed.
Xu Beihu looked towards the burly figure, but what he saw was a cute face, adorable like a little calf... Damn! Ox Demon!
Mu Granny's expression changed drastically, and she cried out in shock.
The hand holding the sword seemed to have its strength sapped in an instant.
Ox Demon...
Brutal and vicious, the Ox Demon who loved to twist children's heads!
"Xixi, run!"
Mu Granny felt a sense of despair.
Wolves in front, tigers out...
These children, why are their fates so bitter!
As a Spirit Child, are they destined to be stepped on by others on their cultivation path?!"
"Granny! Niu Niu is here to save you!"
However, Mu Granny soon heard Xixi's excited shouts as she waved her little hands excitedly. The little girl's face was flushed, and she tightly held onto an oil paper umbrella, her eyes sparkling with excitement, showing no signs of being coerced by the Ox Demon.
It seemed a little different from what she had imagined.
Mu Granny was stunned.
The Ox Demon glanced at her indifferently.
"Step back."
His voice was cold, carrying a powerful inner energy within its roughness.
Mu Granny subconsciously grabbed the python-headed thin sword and took a few steps back.
She then saw the Ox Demon swinging a strange mechanism, aiming several metal tubes at Yang Kaihe, who was being blown away by the explosion.
The metal tubes started spinning at high speed, and within a breath, they seemed to have spun and stopped hundreds of times.
"Dada dada dada dada..."
Brilliant flame tongues erupted from the mouths of the metal tubes, like a fire lotus blooming amidst the pouring rain!
Black wooden crows shot out from the metal tubes, trailing flame tails like meteor tails, and screamed towards Yang Kaihe.
Yang Kaihe was instantly engulfed!
A burst of exploding fireworks, even the heavy rain couldn't extinguish them.
The Ox Demon lifted his chin, his pupils reflecting the firelight, his cold killing intent raging.
Anyone who dares to touch his precious daughter...
Must die! Li Che's wish was simple; he just wanted to give his daughter a clean and peaceful life.
Therefore, all the impurities would be swept away by him!
Divine Gatling Wood Duck...
Roar!
The spinning metal tubes gradually stopped, and green smoke rose from the tubes.
Mu Granny, drenched in sweat, turned to look towards Yang Kaihe's direction...
But what she saw was Yang Kaihe, a cultivator who had reached the peak of his Qi pulse and cultivation, looking miserable to the extreme. His clothes were torn, his skin and flesh torn by the explosions, and his mask was shattered, revealing a terrified expression.
"Ox Demon... Ox Demon!"
Blood dripped from Yang Kaihe's mouth.
He recalled the scene from the past when he was bombarded by the Ox Demon in the alley.
Back then, there were others to share the burden.
But today...
Only he was taking the brunt of the attack!
If not for his recent breakthrough in cultivation, he might have been blown to death by this first round of bombardment!
Escape!
Yang Kaihe stomped his feet, trying to create an opportunity to flee.
However...
The Ox Demon held the strange mechanism with one hand and activated it again.
Countless exploding wooden crows rushed towards him, dragging flame tails!
"No! No—"
Boom boom boom!
Yang Kaihe, who had only taken a few steps, was instantly engulfed by the firelight once more.
When the next round of explosions ended, the firelight faded.
Yang Kaihe had become a charred corpse, emitting thick heat, completely devoid of life.
"Sixty shots are not enough, then let's do another sixty..."
"I prepared six thousand shots, and you're still not dead?"
Li Che's desire was simple; he wanted to improve the power of the Divine Gatling Wood Duck.
Under the mask, his brows furrowed slightly. The power of the Divine Gatling Wood Duck indeed needed further improvement.
It took so long to defeat Yang Kaihe with this weapon; against a Divine Foundation cultivator, six thousand shots might not be enough to kill.
The heavy rain continued to fall, and the entire Divine Cultivation Academy was quiet.
The other Yang Clan cultivators stood there, stupefied like wooden chickens.
They never expected that their Yang Clan's most promising disciple would be blown away like this.
The next moment, these Yang Clan experts broke out in a cold sweat.
They frantically fled towards the outside of Xu Family's Divine Cultivation Academy...
Li Che glanced at them and didn't hold back. He unleashed a barrage of shots, and the wooden ravens screamed as they flew out, accompanied by the courtyard filled with bursting crimson fireworks!
These Yang Clan experts followed in Yang Kaihe's footsteps and died amidst the art of explosion.
Xixi sat on the Ox Demon's shoulder...
She was overjoyed.
This rain of fireworks was so dazzling!
In her young heart, a deep impression was engraved!
"Fireworks... Even my nest will play with fireworks!"
Xixi and fireworks... a perfect match!
The Ox Demon eliminated all the Yang Clan experts.
He skillfully searched the corpses and found a Qianyuan Jade on Yang Kaihe's body, while the others only had a dozen or so leaves.
After searching the bodies, he finally left the Divine Cultivation Academy, where everyone was still in a daze.
With Xixi.
Mu Granny finally snapped out of her stupor and chased after them, leaning on her python-headed wooden staff, her thin from the rain, her body trembling...
"Ox... Ox Demon!"
In the rain.
The burly figure of the Ox Demon paused and adjusted the oil paper umbrella in Xixi's hand, his movements gentle and careful.
Then, he continued walking, his voice carrying a rampant killing intent, overpowering the heavy rain, and reaching Mu Granny's ears.
"To the Yang Clan."
"To set off fireworks."
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