Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 262 Guo Shiyi's Protection

"Is that so? Don't underestimate our fox clan. We're not just good at bewitching enemies," Asmodeus retorted defiantly. "I'll make you experience excruciating pain."

As he spoke, Asmodeus swung the chains in his hand, which instantly transformed into dozens of dark red chain shadows, each of which, like a venomous snake, simultaneously lunged at Guo Tianming's throat.

Guo Tianming's figure disappeared again, but the dark red chain shadows followed him closely, trapping him in the very center of the chains.

"Bitter and Pleasant Strangulation!" Asmodeus roared, and dozens of chain shadows converged simultaneously, instantly covering Guo Tianming completely.

"Perhaps you prefer pain," Asmodeus said with a wicked smile, "or perhaps you can only experience true pleasure in pain."

The chains were tightly wrapped around Guo Tianming's body, the writhing chains resembling venomous snakes with barbs strangling their prey—a scene that had just occurred with Fei Fei.

"Dad!" Guo Shiyi's worried voice came from behind.

A cold glint flashed in Guo Tianming's eyes as he coldly said, "You frightened my daughter, and you will pay the price for it." As he finished speaking, spiritual energy surged within his body, and a phantom appeared on his body. The body grew larger and larger, slowly loosening the chains binding him.

"Squeak...squeak...squeak..." The chains made a grating scraping sound on the phantom. Guo Tianming's military knife glowed again, the blade tracing the trajectory of the White Tiger's Seven Mansions. The dark red chains shattered inch by inch in an instant, falling from the sky.

"It's not over yet!" Asmodeus roared, and a sharp silver inverted heart-shaped dart was attached to the end of the dark red chain. It was flying from behind Guo Tianming and aimed at the back of his head.

Guo Tianming tilted his head, and the darts slashed past his ear. At that moment, more than a dozen darts came at him from all directions.

"The game should end now." A sharp light suddenly flashed in Guo Tianming's eyes, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy burst forth from his body, turning more than a dozen darts into dust at the same time.

Not only that, but the once empty and dark mountain belly was suddenly lit up with many bright lights. When Guo Shiyi looked up, she found that the dark mountain belly above had turned into the night sky, with countless stars twinkling in it.

This... Guo Shiyi stared blankly at everything in front of her. It was all too incredible. She had never imagined that her father would be so powerful.

While she was still in a daze, all the starlight began to converge on the tip of Guo Tianming's knife.

Seeing this, Asmodeus clearly realized the danger. She transformed into her nine-tailed fox form, her body swelling to almost twice its size, and her nine tails danced simultaneously, turning into countless phantoms in the sky.

A vast amount of spiritual energy was drawn in, forming a huge vortex in front of her. One by one, flickering foxfire appeared around her. Although these foxfires did not look very big, they gave people a dangerous feeling, as if they could pierce through everything.

Just as the starlight was still gathering on the tip of the knife, the nine-tailed fox moved. She leaped into the air, let out a long howl, and pounced on Guo Tianming.

At this moment, the starlight fully converged, and Guo Tianming leaped forward to meet the nine-tailed fox in the air.

Two figures flashed through the air, and when they landed on the ground at the same time, they maintained their original postures and forms, as if no battle had taken place.

A moment later, a stream of blood spurted from the nine-tailed fox's body, and all nine white tails stopped dancing. The foxfire that had surrounded her went out one by one, and the nine-tailed fox collapsed helplessly to the ground.

Guo Tianming slowly turned around, his face expressionless, as if the battle just now was nothing more than a small test for him.

His cold, stern face remained unchanged from beginning to end, making one wonder if this man only had this one expression. The starlight on the blade slowly faded, and when he sheathed his sword, the mountainside once again fell into its initial darkness.

Then he looked at his daughter, who was still lost in thought.

A smile suddenly spread across his face.

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A beam of white light shot straight into the sky, and after a quarter of an hour, it showed no signs of dissipating. Even in the daytime, even on a snow-capped mountain, the white light remained dazzling, and could be seen at a glance even from a great distance.

When Qin Xiaochuan saw the white light, he suddenly remembered a line from the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng: "The land is rich in natural resources and treasures, and the dragon's light shines on the ruins of the Ox and the Dipper." He wanted to know what had happened at the place where the white light was, but the location of the white light was far beyond the scope of his spiritual world.

"What do you think happened there?" Han Kexin was also staring at the white light, clearly thinking about something. Not only her, but everyone outside the temple was looking at the white light.

"There might be treasures appearing in the world," Qin Xiaochuan replied subconsciously, based on the line from the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng: "After all, Kunlun Ruins is where the ancient gods fought, so it's perfectly normal for one or two divine artifacts to be buried underground."

"However, I can sense that my Contract Stone is in that direction," Kaiming said from the side.

"That demon who possesses your Contract Stone must be very strong, right?" Han Kexin turned to look at Kaiming.

"Yes, very strong!" Kaiming gave a very affirmative answer.

"Is he stronger than you?" Qin Xiaochuan asked as well. Kaiming's strength had reached at least level 8 of spiritual power. If the other party was stronger, then he was at least at the peak of level 8 of spiritual power, and might even have reached the highest level of human strength—level 9 of spiritual power.

"Even better than me!" Kaiming replied affirmatively once again.

Han Kexin frowned and asked again, "So if the other party uses the Contract Stone to order you to attack us, what will you do?"

"I will do as you say without hesitation." Kaiming made no attempt to hide anything. "The binding force of the Contract Stone on us is irresistible."

"What? A demon with even stronger spiritual power than you, plus you, we have no chance of winning." Qin Xiaochuan could hardly believe his ears. Taking back the Contract Stone was far more difficult than he had imagined. He suddenly felt that yesterday's agreement had been too hasty.

"Do you want to back out?" Kaiming seemed to see through his thoughts. "If you want to back out, you can never get back the memories you want."

"That's not it...it's just..." Qin Xiaochuan didn't know how to express his current feelings.

"That's not necessarily true. Once you're beaten to the point where you can't take it anymore, your memories will naturally come back." Only Han Kexin was ruthless, and she retorted to Kaiming without any mercy.

Qin Xiaochuan saw that the right eyelids of all nine faces twitched simultaneously, and he subconsciously took a step back.

If Kaiming were to be classified into a family and genus, given its tiger-like body and tail, it would certainly be placed in the cat family and the tiger genus. However, at this moment, in the eyes of this large feline, it is clear that the woman in front of it is the real tiger.

"Haha, just kidding, it's all just a joke." Qin Xiaochuan quickly laughed it off to ease the tense atmosphere.

"A real man's word is his bond. A promise is a promise, and I will never go back on it," Qin Xiaochuan said with a wry smile. Although he spoke with great righteousness, he felt a little uneasy inside.

"However, we need to formulate a battle plan first," Qin Xiaochuan added, seeing that Kaiming had relaxed.