The Death of Qian Xunji

But Tang Yin did not die at his hands; rather, he died at the hands of the master he served.

Xiao Wu stretched her shoulders, her blood-red eyes looking down at Qian Xunji, who had exhausted all his Soul Power.

"A good move, but unfortunately—it can only be used once."

Qian Xunji stared at Tang Yin's withered corpse, his eyes filled with shock.

He had expected this woman to be ruthless, but he never imagined she would be this ruthless.

Tang Yin and his son staked the fate of the entire Clear Sky Sect on her, fighting for her.

In the end, she grabbed him and used him as a shield, then drained him dry.

"You even smoke your own people."

"Tang Yin and his son risked their lives for you, and this is how you treat them?"

"A useless dog, it's dead anyway."

"We should kill you instead."

Qian Xunji squeezed out all the remaining Soul Power in his body. The phantom of the God of Light condensed again behind him, and the phantom of the Divine Bow overlapped with his arm. The bowstring was pulled to its limit, and the arrow tip locked onto Xiao Wu's brow.

"The God of Light Bow — Sun Piercer!"

The arrow of light pierced the sky, illuminating the entire night sky once more.

Xiao Wu stood still, without even trying to dodge.

She raised her Divine Staff, and a black aura enveloped her entirely.

The Sun-Piercing Arrow struck the Dark Shield, yet it could not budge it in the slightest.

Peak Douluo can never compare to a god; the God of Light's Sun Piercer failed to break through the Dark God's Dark Shield.

In the instant that Qian Xunji's old power was exhausted and his new power had not yet been generated, Xiao Wu's figure vanished from the spot and appeared in front of Qian Xunji the next second.

She kicked him in the chest, Qian Xunji flew backward like a cannonball, his back smashing through a section of the crenellations on the city wall.

Qian Xunji rolled over from the pile of rubble, coughed up blood, and flapped his six wings to fly back onto the city wall.

His Soul Bone Skill, Ghost Shadow Step, was about to trigger; if she attacked again, he could quickly cut into her flank.

But Xiao Wu didn't look at him again; instead, she turned her head towards the lower inner side of the city wall.

There, Qian Renxue was kneeling beside Qian Daoliu.

Xiao Wu's figure vanished from the city wall in an instant, and the next second she appeared above Qian Renxue.

She looked down at the blonde girl, a venomous glint in her blood-red eyes.

This is Qian Xunji's daughter, Bibi Dong's daughter, the daughter of the man who killed her mother and Daming Erming.

"I'll make you taste the pain of losing a loved one too."

Xiao Wu raised her hand, and her God Level pressure Qian Renxue without reservation.

Qian Renxue felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on her.

She tried to stand up, but the oppressive force wasn't a suppression at the level of Soul Power; it was a crushing crushing force of God Level laws on mortals.

Her Eight-Winged Angel Martial Soul has a natural advantage against Evil Specter and darkness, but when facing a true God of Darkness, that advantage is reversed, causing her meridians to ache intensely.

Countless black vines reached out from the void, wrapping around her ankles, wrists, waist, and throat, lifting her off the ground.

"You... you can't win."

"Is that so? Wait until you've got the guts to say that."

The next second, the Divine Staff, imbued with Dark Divine Power, pierced towards Qian Renxue.

"Let her go!"

Qian Xunji rushed towards Qian Renxue without regard for anything else.

He pushed the Ghost Shadow Step to its limit, leaving several afterimages in mid-air.

Xiao Wu had been waiting for this moment.

She was waiting for that moment when he would lose his temper, lower his guard, and only think about saving his daughter.

She didn't turn around, but simply pushed the Divine Staff behind her armpit.

With a soft "pfft".

The Divine Staff pierced Qian Xunji's chest with pinpoint accuracy.

The tip of the staff pierced his chest and emerged from his back, as dark energy spread from his heart to his limbs and bones like thousands of poisonous needles.

Xiao Wu slowly turned her head and looked at Qian Xunji's face, which was so close to hers. "I will take your life."

The Sword of Angels slipped from his hand and crashed to the ground with a thud.

Qian Renxue's pupils constricted sharply, "Dad!"

Xiao Wu gripped the Divine Staff, about to unleash her power to shatter his heart, when suddenly, a hand gripped the staff tightly.

That was Qian Xunji's hand. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth and dripped down his chin, but his usually gentle golden eyes did not dim. Instead, they ignited with an unprecedented light at this moment.

"You mustn't... hurt my daughter."

In an instant, the little remaining Divine Light Power within Qian Xunji's body suddenly surged, transforming into a power that surpassed the limits of his physical body.

He loosened his grip on the Divine Staff and clenched it into a fist.

Boom!

A simple and brutal punch landed on Xiao Wu's chest.

With a muffled groan, Xiao Wu's body flew backward.

She flew dozens of miles away before finally landing deep in the Black Mist, staggering a couple of steps before regaining her footing.

She looked down at her chest, which was slowly healing.

Her chest had already been pierced by an arrow and hadn't fully recovered, and now she'd been punched again, causing her nerves to throb with pain.

"Madman."

"You crazy idiot."

"The murderer who killed my mother."

Above the city wall, Qian Xunji's body had begun to disintegrate.

He turned around to face the churning Black Mist.

Just then, Qian Xunji opened her arms.

"May the light endure forever."

After saying this, he dissipated all the remaining Divine Light Power within his body.

Golden light surged from Qian Xunji's body, like a lamp burning at its brightest before going out.

He was burning himself, burning his Soul Power, burning the Divine Light Power.

The light spread along the city walls, surging towards the dark land beyond the city.

Golden Seed of Light were released, each only the size of a grain of rice, and entirely golden in color.

They fell from the sky like snowflakes, without wind, yet naturally flew towards every soldier of the Heaven Dou Army.

A seed landed between a soldier's eyebrows.

He shuddered, the red light in his eyes quickly faded, and his pupils returned to their normal color.

The spear he was clutching clattered to the ground. He looked up blankly, surveying his surroundings. "Where... where am I?"

"What... what am I doing?"

More seeds fall on more people.

The soldiers stopped their charge, looking at each other in bewilderment.

A soldier collapsed to the ground, looking at his blood-stained hands, his voice trembling. "We... we're besieging the city? How did we get here?"

Another soldier said, "I remember we took the medicine... and then I don't remember anything... I don't remember anything."

As the golden light faded, the sky darkened again.

Qian Xunji's body fell from the sky, and Qian Renxue broke free from the loose vines and rushed towards the falling figure.

She caught Qian Xunji just before he hit the ground, and her eight wings flapped forward to absorb the impact.

"Waaah, Daddy, wake up!"

She cried out, holding Qian Xunji tightly in her arms, just like he used to hold her when she was a child.

At this moment, Qian Xunji's Pope Robe were soaked in blood, and the penetrating wound on his chest was a shocking sight.

Qian Renxue pressed one hand against the wound on his chest, recklessly pouring her Angel Soul Power into his body.

"Daddy... Daddy, look at me... look at me!"

"You said you'd come back, you said you'd come back safely... You promised me..."