Liu Xuewei's Daughter: Kill or Spare?

Just as Lu Yuan was about to bring down his blade and destroy Snow Spirit City, dozens of powerful auras suddenly surged in from the distant horizon.

Lu Yuan looked up, the corner of his mouth curling slightly. Given a choice between slaughtering the strong and slaughtering the weak, he preferred the former.

Whoosh!

Lu Yuan's figure suddenly vanished. The next second, a crimson blade light that stretched across the heavens slashed out.

A thousand miles from Snow Spirit City, dozens of powerful beings came in a fury.

They were all supreme experts nearing the end of their lifespans, with death looming right before them. No one in the world desired to live more desperately than they did.

Ye Fan had given them hope of survival, but that hope vanished in an instant.

The moment they learned that Ye Fan had been killed, they were enraged. Throwing caution to the wind, they emerged from seclusion. Even if they would die of old age after today, they still wanted to kill the culprit responsible for Ye Fan's death.

"Old Man Taiyi, Heaven-Crossing Demon Lord, True Profound Temple Master, Ancient Origin Marquis... Heavens, it's actually them."

In cities across the land, some people recognized the powerful experts who were approaching.

"What happened? These terrifying experts all existed thousands of years ago. Their lifespans should already be at their limits, so why have they emerged together? Aren't they afraid of dying?"

"I can feel their fury. Who angered them?"

"Whoever it is, they're definitely dead. These living-fossil-level experts are all Marquis Realm and King Realm existences. With such towering rage, even a Half-Emperor Realm expert would perish with bitter resentment!"

Countless people discussed the matter in shock. Ordinarily, they might not see even one Marquis Realm expert in their entire lives, yet now they had seen dozens in succession.

Even as they were stunned, they became intensely curious as to why these experts had emerged at the same time and even gathered here together.

But before they could remain shocked for long, an even more astonishing scene unfolded before their eyes.

A world-shaking blade light came from nowhere, carrying overwhelming Demonic Qi as it streaked across the sky.

Many people went temporarily blind after merely catching a glimpse of the blade light, blood tears flowing from their eyes without their realizing it.

The next second, the dozens of terrifying experts who had come attacking only had time to let out unwilling roars before the terrifying blade light cut straight through them!

It was as effortless as an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The scene was simply too shocking.

Everyone stared blankly at the heavens, lost in a daze.

Dozens of terrifying Marquis Realm and even King Realm experts had been killed in a single slash by an unknown being.

Too powerful!

They did not even know how to describe such terrifying might.

Lu Yuan stood in the air with his blade in hand. His white hair gradually turned black, his Demonic Qi receded, and his eyes became clear and bright once more.

"I was careless. I must be more careful next time," Lu Yuan warned himself inwardly.

"Now it seems that a Child of Destiny isn't so easy to kill. I don't fear Destiny Backlash, but I can't become tainted by Tribulation Qi again. This time, the experts of this world conveniently came in a group, but I won't have such luck next time."

Lingering fear remained in Lu Yuan's heart. If his Demon Body erupted again next time and there were not enough living beings nearby—or not enough powerful living beings for him to slaughter—he dared not imagine the consequences.

"I need to speed things up. I must exchange for the Supreme Demonic Heart Inhibitor, as well as inhibitors for the other Demon Bodies, as soon as possible." Lu Yuan's gaze turned dark.

He was not actually opposed to his Demon Bodies fully awakening, but not now. He did not yet possess enough strength to stand against the entire world.

If the Three Demonic Physiques fully awakened while Lu Yuan himself lacked sufficient strength, it would be a catastrophic disaster for both him and the Lu Clan.

"Miss! Miss, where are you?"

Suddenly, Old Steward's anxious voice faintly drifted up from below.

Lu Yuan teleported into the city and saw Old Steward leading a little girl of around five or six, anxiously searching for Liu Xuewei.

"D-Divine Son."

When Old Steward saw Lu Yuan, he hurriedly ran over and bowed. Then, looking around anxiously, he asked, "Divine Son, where is my young mistress? And where did Divine Calculation Pavilion go?"

Old Steward was utterly confused.

Lu Yuan's gaze turned cold. "Are you questioning me?"

"Ah?"

Only then did Old Steward suddenly realize that there was something wrong with his tone. He fell to his knees in terror. "Divine Son, this lowly one knows his mistake. I was truly too anxious. I beg you to forgive me."

Lu Yuan said, "Enough. Get up. Liu Xuewei... uh..."

Lu Yuan froze. Right, where had Liu Xuewei gone?

He looked around, then frowned as he remembered. Liu Xuewei seemed to have been accidentally killed by him.

"This..."

Lu Yuan felt somewhat awkward, not knowing how to explain it to Old Steward.

At that moment, the little girl beside Old Steward looked at Lu Yuan with wide eyes and asked, "Big brother, do you know where my mother went?"

Mother?!

Was this Liu Xuewei's daughter?

A flicker of killing intent flashed through Lu Yuan's eyes.

"Xueyi, watch your mouth! This is the Divine Son. Do not be disrespectful!"

Old Steward rebuked the little girl, then turned to Lu Yuan. "Please do not blame her, my lord. She is my young mistress's daughter."

Lu Yuan waved a hand, irritation rising in his heart.

Calling Liu Xuewei's death accidental was not entirely accurate.

After his Demon Body erupted, Lu Yuan had become extremely sensitive to malicious intent. At the time, everyone in Divine Calculation Pavilion had harbored intense malice toward him, which was why Lu Yuan had wiped them all out together.

Liu Xuewei had also been in Divine Calculation Pavilion then, yet Lu Yuan had sensed no other emotions from her.

In other words, Liu Xuewei had also harbored malicious intent toward him.

By Lu Yuan's nature, everyone who bore malice toward him deserved to die.

Liu Xuewei had not died unjustly.

Having understood this, Lu Yuan no longer had any kindness left in his eyes as he looked at the two before him.

If you did not pull out the roots, they would grow back with the spring wind.

Perhaps the two had done nothing wrong and bore him no grudge, but not everything in this world had an answer. Today's cause would inevitably bear fruit someday.

Lu Yuan would not arrogantly assume that the ants of today could never threaten him in the future.

In fact, in Lu Yuan's memories,

there was more than one being who had risen from the body of a mere ant to become an overlord of the cosmos.

"They say there are Six Paths of Reincarnation in this world. Everyone dies eventually, so let me send you into reincarnation early."

A cold glint flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes as he swung his blade!

This slash was fast!

The two barely felt anything before they had already entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

After doing all this,

Lu Yuan's vision blurred for a moment.

"I seem to be growing colder and colder. Is it because of the Supreme Demonic Heart? Or... was this always my nature?"

"Whatever. If there are consequences someday, then come find me. By then, though, I will probably already be the enemy of the entire world. One more of you won't matter, and one less of you won't matter either."

Lu Yuan laughed at himself, then tore open the void before him and left this region.