As the lightning filling the sky was about to strike, Qin Fen raised his head with an uncanny look. "Heavenly Dao, I knew you were there!"
Huh! Hongjun suddenly had a terrible premonition. His eyelid twitched violently, and his heart lurched at Qin Fen's abrupt movement. What trick are you trying to pull now?
"Even though you haven't spoken, the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder has given you away. You've been plotting against me all along, haven't you?" the cat said softly, trying to lift a paw and take a step forward.
Why does that sound so damned irritating? Hongjun felt thoroughly agitated. Am I plotting against you, or are you tormenting me? Let's get that straight.
But Qin Fen's movement made the Heavenly Dao's brow twitch wildly. If the angels were struck dead, Human Path Heaven would lose its administrators and naturally fail to maintain its balance with Hell. That would undermine the core of the Six Paths: the balance between good and evil!
But all that was trivial. What if the embodiment of the Great Dao were struck dead?
Hongjun's mouth fell open. As the saying went, Heaven would deal with scoundrels, but Qin Fen had neither done evil nor committed any wrongdoing. As the impartial Heavenly Dao, he naturally couldn't strike him down-not even accidentally.
The conversation between the two of them had already shifted the blame. Qin Fen had suddenly gone from the instigator to a fucking innocent bystander. The Heavenly Dao was already dumbfounded. If responsibility really had to be assigned, all Qin Fen had done was bring Lucifer down and cause a tiny bit of chaos. His own fault, however, was on an entirely different scale!
Seeing Qin Fen take that step, Hongjun panicked and hurriedly weakened the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
"What do you