Those as Warmhearted as Me Are Few These Days

A mass of black mist slowly rose from Qian Renxue's body, condensing into form in midair!

Pitch-black wings, a pale face, cold mismatched eyes!

The great villain Lucifer made his entrance!

"Lord Lucifer, I'm back!"

Lucifer did not much like the current atmosphere, so one improvised declaration directly changed its tone.

Uh!

That sounded a little too chuunibyo!

Realizing it, he felt a little embarrassed and lightly coughed twice.

Qian Renxue, lying on the ground with tears streaming down her face, looked up. Her boundless grief abruptly stalled, replaced by a touch of fear.

"Y-you... how did you... appear!"

"Little one, didn't I tell you before?"

Lucifer chuckled. "There is only one reason for my appearance: you are embracing darkness!"

"No! I would never embrace darkness!" Qian Renxue instinctively retorted.

At the sight of Lucifer, Qian Xunjie also lost his previous composure.

"Fallen Angel! Lucifer!"

Bibi Dong, who had already walked some distance away, also heard Lucifer's declaration of arrival and could not help looking back.

"What... is that?" Bibi Dong froze for a moment.

"An angel? A black one... Is it a mutated Spirit?"

"Did he say that just now? He can speak?"

"Could this Spirit possess an independent consciousness?" Bibi Dong was greatly astonished.

She stopped walking, feeling that she needed to understand the situation.

She vaguely sensed that this black angel might help her ambition to destroy the angelic inheritance!

Besides, she was curious why Qian Renxue's Second Spirit was also an angel!

That made no sense!

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue hurriedly looked toward Qian Xunjie. "Father!"

Qian Xunjie's expression turned solemn as he recalled what Qian Daoliu had told him a few days ago—

Lucifer's appearance might be related to Qian Renxue's negative emotions.

Therefore, he should avoid making Qian Renxue sad whenever possible.

He realized it was true!

It had already happened three times in a row!

This was bad!

Qian Xunjie's heart tightened.

If his father found out that he had made Qian Renxue sad in order to test Bibi Dong, causing Lucifer to appear...

Qian Xunjie hurried to Qian Renxue's side, crouched down, and pulled her into his arms.

"Xue'er! Deep down, your mother still cares about you."

"It's just that she had some conflicts with your father and needs time to accept things."

Hearing this, Qian Renxue stopped crying and looked at Qian Xunjie with hopeful eyes. "Really?"

"Really! Has Father ever lied to you?" Qian Xunjie was unusually gentle for once.

He gestured for Qian Renxue to look in Bibi Dong's direction. "Look, the moment something happened to you, she stopped."

"That proves she still can't let you go!"

Qian Renxue turned around and found that Bibi Dong truly was watching them.

A faint smile finally appeared on her tear-soaked face.

Bibi Dong heard Qian Xunjie's words and could not help snorting coldly. "Stop being so full of yourself!"

"To me, she is merely a... merely a..."

However, no matter what, she could not bring herself to say the final two words in front of Qian Renxue.

She could only whisper to herself in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, "Merely a bastard."

Her voice was so quiet that even Qian Xunjie did not hear it, much less Qian Renxue.

Of course, Qian Xunjie knew what those final two words had been. He had heard them before.

But Bibi Dong's restraint this time made him even more certain that, deep down, she still cared for and could not let go of Qian Renxue.

But unfortunately, Lucifer vaguely heard the latter half of that sentence.

Moreover, he could read lips. With both pieces of evidence confirming each other, he was absolutely certain of what Bibi Dong had said.

Thus, this great villain warmly leaned close to Qian Renxue and softly relayed her mother's words, afraid that communication between this mother and daughter might be lacking.

After saying that, Lucifer sighed emotionally.

Ah, there really weren't many warmhearted people like him these days!

Upon hearing those two words, Qian Renxue instantly froze.

Qian Xunjie was furious and glared at Lucifer. "Bastard!"

Yet he had no way to attack Lucifer.

Aside from weapon Spirits, all other Spirits were linked to their Soul Masters.

Under normal circumstances, if a Spirit was injured, its Soul Master would be injured as well.

It was the first time Your Eminence the Pope had ever felt so stifled!

Bibi Dong heard it too.

She was furious. The slight favorability she had just developed toward Lucifer vanished completely.

"What a naturally evil angel!"

Still, she was now certain that this Spirit truly possessed an independent consciousness.

Qian Renxue remained stunned for a long while, those two words echoing endlessly in her mind.

So this was how Mother saw me?

Was this why she was unwilling to be close to me?

Seeing this, Qian Xunjie grew somewhat anxious and hurriedly comforted Qian Renxue.

"Xue'er, don't listen to his nonsense! He's lying to you!"

"He is a Fallen Angel of darkness, evil by nature!"

"How could you believe his words?"

"He only said that because he wants you to fall into darkness!"

Hearing this, Qian Renxue came back to her senses, and her expression eased considerably.

Qian Xunjie pressed on. "Have you forgotten what Father and Grandfather taught you before?"

"You must hold firm to your faith in the light. Our Qian Family are the descendants of the Bright Holy Six-winged Angel!"

"You must never be tainted by darkness!"

Qian Renxue believed him.

"Father, I believe you! I also believe Mother would never say something like that!"

Then she looked coldly at Lucifer. "Don't think I'm easy to fool just because I'm young!"

"I'm no longer a three-year-old child!"

Lucifer nodded.

That was right, she was Six Years Old!

However, Lord Lucifer hated nothing more than being misunderstood when he was telling the truth!

He met Qian Renxue's gaze, and a glint flashed through his mismatched eyes.

Memory Synchronization!

Lucifer directly shared the memory from just now with Qian Renxue.

This time, she personally heard Bibi Dong speak the latter half of those words within that memory.

Lucifer had not lied!

This blow was far more devastating than the last one!

How could someone else's retelling compare to hearing it with her own ears?

Qian Renxue froze in place once more, her heavy feelings weighing down on her until she could barely breathe.

"What did you do to Xue'er?" Qian Xunjie asked coldly.

But Lucifer could not be bothered to pay him any more attention.

"Her mind is defenseless. The chance to tear down the roof has come!"

He transformed into a Black Streamer and instantly entered Qian Renxue's body.

"This is bad!" Qian Xunjie instinctively tried to stop him, but he was far too late!

In the distance, Bibi Dong saw the Black Streamer and instantly recalled what she had seen outside the Pope's Palace that day.

"This is..."

"That Black Streamer from that day!"

She realized that Qian Renxue's Second Spirit had most likely not been inherited from Qian Xunjie's mutated Spirit.

"Could it be a god?" She raised her head to the sky.

After the Black Streamer entered her body, Qian Renxue instantly lost consciousness.

The sorrow vanished from her face. She was expressionless, her eyes tightly shut.

"Xue'er!"

"Xue'er!"

Qian Xunjie was truly panicking.

This situation was different from Lucifer's previous two appearances!