In the sky, the youth within the Heaven and Earth Anomaly of ancient trees and blazing suns had scarlet eyes, neither joy nor anger visible within them as he watched a pure and adorable girl barely over a meter tall.
He remained intensely focused, his gaze not shifting away for a long time.
"Again..."
Azure Wood Dao Child Ji Liuyue's delicate body trembled, and she quickly ducked behind the now-recovered Tian Xuanzi.
Then, after some thought, she continued backing away, hiding behind the Myriad Beast Dao Child, Shangqing Lingbao Dao Child, Heavenly Secrets Dao Child, and Shadow Demon Dao Child. Her already petite body curled up with all her might, not revealing even a trace of herself.
People surrounded her on all sides. Dao Children, all of them.
There was the Heavenly Secrets Dao Child, exceptionally skilled in heavenly secrets, able to sense the cicada before the autumn wind stirred, making him extremely difficult to ambush;
There was the Xuanwu Dao Child, whose defensive power was formidable;
There was the Shadow Demon Dao Child, concealed somewhere unknown, patching gaps and filling omissions;
At medium and long range stood the Shangqing Lingbao Dao Child...
The only pity was that the Five Elements Dao Child was absent. Otherwise, their defenses would be even stronger, their mana far more abundant, and their recovery speed faster.
This was not merely Azure Wood Dao Child's wishful attempt at hiding. Many Dao Children were instinctively protecting her; no words were needed.
"Great Sun Sword Son, don't attack me. I absolutely won't attack you."
Ji Liuyue pleaded.
In Azure Wood Immortal Sect's records of the Battle of Great Sun Sword Pavilion, the Great Sun Sword Son had hated the Azure Wood Dao Child most of all. Even at enormous risk of falling, he would insist on killing