He could not stand by and do nothing, much less allow that staff to fall into the hands of evildoers. Otherwise, the mortal world would surely be plunged into irreversible ruin.
Of course, Ji Dian was not alone. There was also a group of Reincarnators.
It was nothing complicated. They coveted Black Rakshasa's staff.
They had not revealed themselves openly because they feared Black Rakshasa would kill them in an instant.
Dark clouds gathered at the horizon, and thunder rumbled, as though nature itself were warning of the coming disaster. Heavenly Dog Devouring the Moon, this rare astronomical phenomenon, now heralded an even more ominous sign.
The full moon was torn apart bite by bite by the Heavenly Dog, eventually shattering into fragments and slowly sinking into endless darkness. This was not merely a display of natural law, but a symbol that some balance of power between heaven and earth had been broken.
Ji Dian had failed to seize his golden body back from Yuan Batian, because Chang Wei and Esdeath had taken it from Black Rakshasa.
But it did not matter. Once the golden body fell into Black Rakshasa's hands, Guoqing Temple's divine protection would vanish completely.
Then Ji Dian would have no way to stop Black Rakshasa by destroying the golden body and drawing a golden seal.
Thus, Ji Dian was now sprinting wildly with Black Rakshasa's staff, which he had dug out from beneath the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva. He wanted to get far away from Hangzhou City and avoid dragging innocent people into the disaster.
Just as Ji Dian was frantic with worry and prepared to flee Hangzhou City with the staff containing supreme Magic Power, so that innocent civilians would not be caught in the crossfire, an earthshaking roar suddenly erupted from the mountain forest.