Bang! Bang! Bang!
The torrential rain pounded down.
The night sky over the entirety of East Heavenly King City was veiled by a curtain of rain, turning hazy and blurred.
The rain fell without end, like a song played by the heavens. From its lingering opening, it swiftly turned into a climax.
Pitter-patter—
On the long street.
The little girl in Xu Xiaoshou's arms looked at the Straw Hat that had suddenly appeared, heard the strange sound abruptly rising by his ear, and felt Xu Xiaoshou's body growing hotter and hotter...
At once, he sensed that something was wrong.
"Big brother, I suddenly don't want you to hold me anymore..."
After saying that,
the little girl's hand, clutching a candied hawthorn stick with only the wooden skewer left, suddenly shot out.
In one motion, it pierced straight through Xu Xiaoshou's chest.
Scht~
Blood splattered.
In an instant, it was washed away completely by the torrential rain.
At the same time.
"Bewitched, Passive Value, +1." "Observed, Passive Value, +1." "Attacked, Passive Value, +1."
The reality of notifications popping up one after another abruptly crashed into Xu Xiaoshou's consciousness as he broke free from the Taixu world, escaped his bewitched state, and returned to the real world.
His eyes flew wide open.
That pain made Xu Xiaoshou feel reality.
On the rain-soaked night street, the instant his eyes opened, two dazzling white beams burst forth.
Pitter-patter—
A soft sound rang out.
Yet the moment Xu Xiaoshou opened his eyes, the torrential downpour was instantly scorched away by a terrifying heatwave capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas.
"This is..."
The little girl's pupils contracted.
At that moment, he could sense that not a single raindrop could penetrate within several miles, not even from the skies above.
A brand-new