The Storm Subsides

Hoo. The evening wind blew through the streets of Lin'an City, drawing the smoke and dust that filled the sky into fine strands, into long strips, scattering them backward without end.

Wisps of white hair at her temples were gently lifted by the wind.

"Mother."

Chen Zhixing froze slightly.

He could feel that the woman holding him in her arms was trembling faintly.

Drip.

Drip.

Drop after drop of tears fell onto the top of his head, like beads of ice.

"Mother, I—"

"Shh, don't speak. Don't look at Mother. Mother's appearance will frighten you."

From the corner of his eye, Chen Zhixing looked at the pale hair hanging down, and felt the icy temperature coming from the arms that held him.

"A Snow Woman?"

Understanding dawned in Chen Zhixing's heart.

In the world setting of "Great Cultivation,"

Snow Women were the rulers of the Frozen Soil Plateau! In the eyes of the world, they were mysterious and powerful, representing calamity and ill omen.

And yet, they were afflicted by a curse, a curse that kept them from leaving the Frozen Soil Plateau for their entire lives.

In the "Great Cultivation" of his previous life, the introduction to Ying Shuangshuang had only been a few sparse strokes.

It was as though this character's appearance had merely been to serve as a tool, the mother of the villain NPC Chen Zhixing.

There had been no mention whatsoever inside that Ying Shuangshuang was a Snow Woman.

And if he remembered correctly, in the final scene where the Chen Family was destroyed, he had not seen Ying Shuangshuang's figure.

"Is it because my appearance caused a deviation in this world's plot? Or did Ying Shuangshuang already have the identity of a Snow Woman to begin with, only in the game, there was no opportunity for Ying Shuangshuang to expose her identity?"

A hint of thought flashed through Chen Zhixing's eyes.

That the plot had deviated was certain.

Otherwise, if things had gone according to the game's plot setting, the original Chen Zhixing absolutely would not have survived tonight.

As for why Ying Shuangshuang's identity in this life was that of a Snow Woman... did that matter?

"Mother, I'm not afraid."

Chen Zhixing raised his hand and gently wrapped his arms around Ying Shuangshuang's waist.

Mother's body was very cold, but he felt a warmth he had never felt before.

At this moment, he truly gained another driving force to move forward in this world.

Not only for himself, but also for Chen Tianliang and Ying Shuangshuang!

He would never allow the scene from the game's plot—the Chen Family's destruction, Chen Tianliang and Ying Shuangshuang both dying miserable deaths—to appear before his eyes! At the same time, outside Lin'an City, Bang bang bang! As if three peerless giant beasts were colliding, earth-shaking booms exploded one after another!

Blade light, halberd radiance, and all manner of techniques erupted, dyeing the entire night sky in dazzling brilliance.

"Slash!"

Chen Tianliang held his halberd and casually cleaved down, directly cutting out an unmatched halberd light that sliced a mountain peak open on a slant!

The bamboo-hatted Black Robed Figure and Kui Mu True Person panted heavily, lifting their eyes to look at Chen Tianliang, who seemed like a demon god descending into the world, their eyes filled with dread.

This fellow's combat strength was simply absurdly powerful.

Suddenly, Chen Tianliang seemed to sense something and abruptly turned his head to look toward the city.

"Zhi'er!"

A shrill scream rang out.

"Wife?!"

Chen Tianliang's expression changed. He immediately threw off the bamboo-hatted Black Robed Figure and Kui Mu True Person and was about to leave.

"Oh? Looks like they succeeded over there?"

A delighted smile surfaced on Kui Mu True Person's face as he said, "To be safe, hold him back for another ten breaths!"

Whoosh whoosh!

In an instant, Kui Mu True Person and the bamboo-hatted Black Robed Figure flashed, blocking Chen Tianliang's path at once.

Chen Tianliang's expression turned cold and grim.

He first silently released his Divine Sense. After sensing that his connection with Ying Shuangshuang had not been severed, he quietly let out a breath in his heart.

Since his wife had already used that final trump card, then naturally, there was nothing to worry about.

"Who exactly are the two of you?"

Chen Tianliang spoke without expression.

No matter how stupid he was, he had figured it out.

What had happened today was not some so-called Act on Heaven's Behalf, but a long-planned assassination!

"In the future, you will naturally know." Kui Mu True Person smiled faintly, everything firmly within his grasp.

With that said.

Kui Mu True Person and the black-robed man in the bamboo hat exchanged a glance, then prepared to leave.

"Chen Tianliang, get ready to collect that little beast's corpse."

Kui Mu True Person turned around, utterly relaxed.

From what he knew of Chen Tianliang, Chen Tianliang would certainly be anxious to return to the city and check the situation right now, and would surely have no mind to bother with him any longer.

And he could seize the chance to shed his shell like a golden cicada, slipping away perfectly.

"Did I say you could leave?"

Suddenly, a low voice exploded beside the two men's ears.

Chen Tianliang's halberd-wielding figure had appeared in front of them at some unknown moment.

"You—" Kui Mu True Person's expression changed, but before he could finish.

"Boundless Blood Realm, open!"

Chen Tianliang slowly spat out a sentence.

BOOM!!! In an instant, with Chen Tianliang as the center, the scenery within a hundred meters—including Kui Mu True Person and the black-robed man in the bamboo hat—changed at once.

The howls of evil ghosts rang out!

A crimson blood moon rose into the air!

Bolts of black lightning shuttled and swayed through the sky, then exploded!

The ground beneath the three of them transformed into a surging sea of blood! Chen Tianliang stood atop the heaving surface of that blood sea, his hair growing wildly.

Within a hundred meters, it had become the very image of an Avici, boundless hell! From the billions of pores all over his body, blood began to seep outward.

That was his Reverse Malady erupting!

"Boundless Blood Realm—this is the power of a realm that forms its own heaven and earth!!"

The black-robed man in the bamboo hat cried out in shock.

Once such a barrier formed, if one wanted to break it open, one either had to possess cultivation and strength far surpassing Chen Tianliang's, using sheer force to break the method, or kill Chen Tianliang!

Chen Tianliang... this was him going all the way to a death feud with them!

"Are you insane?!" Kui Mu True Person's expression changed drastically.

He knew Chen Tianliang's physical condition like the back of his hand. Once Chen Tianliang opened the Boundless Blood Realm, the Reverse Malady would inevitably erupt!

Was he courting death?

"Didn't you want to kill me? Come, kill me!!!"

Chen Tianliang held the Black Gold Dragon Pattern Halberd in his hand, his majestic figure standing atop the sea of blood. His ink-black hair danced madly, and his eyes flashed with a strange, piercing red light.

One pillar of blood after another, like tornadoes, rose from the sea of blood and surged into Chen Tianliang's body.

Bang bang bang!!

Chen Tianliang's aura strengthened step by step at a speed almost visible to the naked eye!

An enchanting flush even surfaced on his face.

"All of you, die!!!"

A low, savage laugh came from Chen Tianliang's throat.

BOOM—!!

He stamped his foot, and the sea of blood beneath him directly exploded into a towering wave.

As for him, his entire body had already appeared in front of the black-robed man in the bamboo hat in an instant.

"No—" The black-robed man in the bamboo hat hurriedly raised his saber in panic, wanting to block.

Bang! The blade shattered. This halberd chopped straight down, directly splitting the long saber in the black-robed man's hands into two!

The bamboo hat split open, revealing the face of a Crane-haired Youthful-faced Old Man.

"Third Master Chen! This has nothing to do with me! If you want to find someone, find him!" The Crane-haired Youthful-faced Old Man's heart was filled with terror. Chen Tianliang, in this moment, had increased his strength by at least severalfold! In his eyes, deep fear appeared for the first time.

"Don't worry. He'll be coming to keep you company very soon."

Chen Tianliang's eyes flickered with scarlet light, and he made only a single horizontal slash.

Pfft! A head with eyes still bulging instantly flew high into the air and fell into the sea of blood.

"Your turn!"

Chen Tianliang's gaze shifted toward Kui Mu True Person.

Boom!!

The sea of blood exploded!

With just one step, Chen Tianliang appeared in front of Kui Mu True Person.

Pfft—! With the sound of metal entering flesh, the Black Gold Dragon Pattern Halberd pierced straight through Kui Mu True Person's chest.

"Let me see who you really are."

Holding the Black Gold Dragon Pattern Halberd, Chen Tianliang slowly pulled him closer and yanked off the hood Kui Mu True Person had been using to hide his face.

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