Pufferfish: This queen will show you who's really your master! (Continued)

Miss Pufferfish: "..."

"You're courting death..."

While Miss Pufferfish's attention was drawn to Kiana, Fu Hua, exhausted and reduced to a state of kidney deficiency, seized the opportunity to rush forward. She kicked Miss Pufferfish, who had been grappling with Ji Anya, away and rescued Mei, who had been fighting her.

"Dad, now's the chance—"

Kiana took the opportunity to wrap her arms tightly around Miss Pufferfish from behind and shouted, "Fire at me!"

Siegfried: "..."

Having overused Heavenly Fire Annihilation, Siegfried had once again reduced the body Mo Yi had painstakingly healed to a complete mess. He was also in a state of kidney deficiency, and the Heavenly Fire Greatsword in his hand had already reverted from its Heavenly Fire Annihilation form back into an ordinary Heavenly Fire Greatsword.

"Siegfried—"

At first, Siegfried had not accepted Ji Anya as his daughter. After all, she was merely an imitation who looked exactly like his daughter. Yet through their long companionship, he had gradually been drawn to her composure, innocence, and courage. In the end, he acknowledged that she possessed the same Kaslana spirit as him.

Thus, he gave her the name "Kiana," a name that represented everything to him. He hoped she could become what he and Cecilia had wished for, just as he had once hoped for True Kiana. Even though he had long known her path would be fraught with hardship, he believed in Kiana without reason!

He had never expected their reunion to happen under such circumstances.

But—

Siegfried met Kiana's gaze and saw his former self in her clear eyes. So, unlike how things would normally unfold, he did not hesitate until Kiana called out repeatedly before painfully deciding to attack!

Siegfried: Kiana, I'm proud of you, so Dad can't let your resolve be stained by