"Waaah... sob... Daddy..."
The child's cries echoed through the woods, mingling with Taotie's roars and howls and Mo Chen's wild laughter.
"Hahaha... Power! The power is pouring out!"
Mo Chen threw back his head and laughed wildly. He could feel his physique and vitality rapidly growing stronger. A terrifying pressure surged into the sky, tearing the clouds apart.
All of Myriad Tael City trembled beneath that overwhelming might.
Many people in the city still had no idea what had happened. They only felt an inexplicable dread, and even breathing became difficult.
"Let... let him go," the dying Mu Linsen said with difficulty.
"Oh? You're still alive?" Mo Chen gave him a mocking glance. "Your vitality really is something. I've eaten my fill, yet you're still breathing."
With a casual wave of his hand, the phantom of Taotie pinning Mu Linsen down disappeared.
Mu Linsen's body was fully exposed to the air.
His skin resembled torn rags, covered in horrifying cracks.
A great hole had been gouged out of his chest. There was no flesh or blood inside, no internal organs-only crushed little flowers of every color.
His flower eyes had completely withered. The tiny flowers in his sockets had shriveled and retreated into his body.
His eyes were now nothing but two black holes!
Combined with his deathly pale skin, they made him look chillingly sinister.
"Let..."
Bang!
A black military boot slammed down with tremendous force, scarlet blood qi surging from it.
Mu Linsen's words cut off abruptly. His head was crushed beneath the boot, splitting apart as wood chips flew.
Mo Chen lifted his leg with a vicious grin, revealing several pieces of wood embedded with human skin on the ground. Among those fragments, the colorful little flowers lay pressed into the soil like crushed specimens.
"Hahaha... The