Motian Xing's eyes shifted. Su Yueli stepped forward and rushed toward the three cities.
From beginning to end, she never looked back.
It was the first time she had chosen to abandon a pursuit with her enemy right before her eyes.
It was not because she could not catch him, nor because she could not defeat him. She had made her choice.
Motian Xing stood where he was, watching her leave. The smile on his face slowly faded.
He had wanted to see Su Yueli hesitate, to see her suffer and waver because she had let him go.
But Su Yueli had left too decisively, without even looking back. Her reaction displeased him.
"Go on, save them. Let's see how many you can save." Motian Xing turned and vanished into the void.
Before leaving, he raised a hand and sent out three streams of Demon Qi.
That power did not strike the cities. It merely drove the Demon Seeds further into action.
He wanted Su Yueli to understand that her choice today would come at a price.
The first city was already in chaos. People lay fallen across its streets.
The cultivators within tried to disperse the black vapor with Spiritual Power, only to discover that the Demon Qi had already entered the underground waterways.
As long as anyone in the city still breathed, the corruption would reach them.
The commander of the city's defenses stood at the center of the Formation, his voice trembling.
"Seal off the entire city!"
"No one gets out!"
An official beside him grew frantic. "If we don't evacuate now, everyone will die!"
"If we open the gates now, the Demon Qi will spread beyond the city."
"Then what about the people inside?"
No one answered. Those who escaped might carry the disaster elsewhere.
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