"Haha, you little fellow, you really are thoughtful."
"You truly live up to being a Xiao Clan Descendant." Listening to Xiao Yan recount the events, a wave of heartfelt relief suddenly filled the hearts of both Yu Rou'er and Xiao Zifan.
Although Xiao Gui's situation in his youth had been rather perilous and exceptionally tortuous, feeling a heart-piercing pain as they listened to Xiao Yan speak of it so lightly, as parents the two of them had also been helpless; if they hadn't risked everything back then to send Xiao Gui away, his fate likely would have been no better than theirs. Fortunately, however, the chance for a family reunion was now close at hand, and their moods turned pleasant once more.
"This is the Fourth Layer of the Earth Spirit Pagoda, close to the core of the Earth Spirit Pagoda. Here, we are heavily bound by chaotic power, and the forces of suppression and sealing are stacked layer upon layer, making it extremely difficult to escape this place."
"My current strength has already reached the peak of the Seven-Star Dou Xian. I have tried countless methods over the years, yet I've been unable to escape."
"That is because there is a Great Demon guarding this place without fail. If we want to escape, our only option is to defeat him." After a moment, Xiao Zifan slowly raised his gaze, looking toward a patch of dark clouds far beyond the mountain forest, and murmured.
"A Great Demon?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan asked in immediate confusion, though his sharp perception detected that even someone as strong as Xiao Zifan, at the Seven-Star Dou Xian level, held quite a bit of dread toward this so-called Great Demon.
"The so-called Great Demon is actually an energy body formed by a collection of evil