Chapter 1444: When the Stars of Humanity Shine (Part 3)

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"Haha! Ji Xuan, you big idiot!!"

"Look at him! He's dressed in rags, and he's wearing some piece of cloth he probably picked up from a trash can! He's so filthy!"

"I recognize that rag! That's the placemat our dog Wangcai peed on yesterday. My mom threw it out last night... I can't believe he picked it up and is wearing it like it's some kind of treasure! Hahahahaha!!"

"Look, he's even holding a broken tree branch. What does he think that is? A sword?"

"A little brat with no mom or dad, dirty and stubborn... get lost!"

"And 'Ji Xuan'..."

"A wild kid, actually calling himself a name like that. Pfft!"

On the dirty, cluttered street, several larger children gathered in a boisterous group, holding slingshots and stones, pointing and jeering at a child who was clearly a size smaller than them.

The boy was wearing clothes he had picked up from somewhere, a rag draped over his shoulder, and he gripped a tree branch that had been carefully stripped of its smaller twigs with both hands, staring firmly at the many figures before him...

Behind him, a stray dog, its skin torn and bleeding from slingshot pellets, was curled into a ball. One of its eyes had been blinded by a stone, and with its remaining eye, it watched the laughing children, its body whimpering and trembling with fear.

"Don't be afraid, Heaven-Swallowing Night Dog!" the young Ji Xuan said, turning back to comfort it earnestly.

"If they want to bully you, they'll have to step over my dead body first!"

Having said that, young Ji Xuan turned back sharply to face the children.

"What's wrong with the name Ji Xuan?!"

"I chose this name myself!"

"In novels, everyone with the surname Ji is incredibly strong, you know? You bunch of mortals, and I, Ji Xuan, should avoid your edge??"

Young Ji Xuan let out a shout, gripped his tree-branch sword, and charged at the crowd of figures without a hint of fear!

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Drip—drop—

The hurricane howled.

As the aura of Xizai raged, more and more lives withered in the wind. A rain of blood splattered across the ruins of the Xuanyu Base, gathering into streams of crimson that flowed silently...

Drops of blood, still retaining their warmth, slid off the edge of a shattered stone slab, dripping onto a pale palm.

The fragments of a stasis pod were buried beneath the rubble.

The liquid that maintained life and the state of slumber flowed silently across the earth.

As the dangling hand was gradually stained scarlet by the warm blood, the fingertips trembled slightly...

Then, the palm suddenly clenched tight!

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Bang—

The last of the Tiangang Puppets was easily torn to shreds by Xizai’s skeletal claws. Tian Huai spat out a mouthful of blood, his body unable to stop itself from plummeting downward.

Xizai had no intention of letting this annoying human leave alive. It flapped its wings, and a hurricane capable of tearing everything apart struck out like an invisible meat grinder toward Tian Huai!

"Watch out!"

The voice of the Tower Master came from behind. As he raised his hand, the thirty-six Tiangang Puppets that had been shattered in mid-air reassembled as if time were flowing backward, roaring as they charged toward the hurricane!

Bang, bang, bang—

The puppets exploded one by one in the air. Xizai’s wings, which blotted out the sun, once again shrouded the sky. The next second, a dragon’s roar caused by air compression echoed through the heavens!

Xizai’s aura swept across the world. The puppets, which had been painstakingly repaired by the Path of the Ingenious God, disintegrated into a sky full of fragments. Before this destroyer of worlds, who could easily brush away civilizations, both the Path of the Ingenious God and the Path of the Puppet God were like glass—shattering at the slightest touch!

The Tower Master and Tian Huai, both Eighth-Order, were simultaneously blasted until blood leaked from their seven orifices.

The next moment,

A sharp skeletal dragon claw pierced directly through Tian Huai’s chest!

Each of Xizai’s claws was as thick as a building. The tip of the claw drove into Tian Huai’s body, punching a bloody hole straight through his torso, and warm blood sprayed into the sky in an instant.

The aura of this Master of the Esoteric Sect, the current leader of the Path of the Puppet God, faded rapidly. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but the hurricane torn open by the claw blasted his entire body into a mist of blood!

"Brother—!!!"

Huai Mang, bound within the carriage, was filled with fury.

The Tower Master, standing close by, witnessed Tian Huai’s death. When he sensed Xizai’s killing intent lock onto him, he knew he was finished too... Just as he was about to fight to the death to stall for time, an afterimage wreathed in killing intent flashed past him!

Jian Changsheng!

Seeing the figure in the leather jacket, whose killing intent had stacked to near-Eighth-Order levels, the Tower Master’s pupils contracted slightly.

He hadn't expected Jian Changsheng to be so true to his word. Despite being merely a combatant hired by the Xuanyu Realm with a pardon, he hadn't retreated in the slightest when facing Xizai...

And after Jian Changsheng flashed past, a figure riding a seven-colored awakened lion and a white-haired afterimage also flashed by one after another.

At this moment, only one thought remained in the Tower Master’s mind:

Who said the Twilight Society was just a bunch of villains who wanted to see the world burn?!

These were clearly the light of humanity!

Jian Changsheng’s eyes were filled with determination as he charged toward Xizai’s claws;

Behind him, Sun Bumian saw Xizai slowly turn its head, its gaze locking onto Jian Changsheng. In his pupils, nested colorful rings gradually lit up... The aura of reincarnation began to spread from his body;

Further back, Jiang Xiaohua silently spat a ring from her mouth and slipped it onto her fingertip.

For some reason,

Xizai felt an inexplicable sense of danger.

Just as Xizai hesitated over whether to deal with these three,

A particle beam that pierced the sky rose like a holy sword from the ruins of the Xuanyu Base!!

Boom—!!!!

The pressure of a Nine-Lord level entity raged and surged between heaven and earth.

The particle holy sword, which seemed to pierce the very heavens, suddenly changed direction, forcibly cutting through the thick clouds and slashing straight toward Xizai’s body!

Sensing that powerful aura, Xizai became visibly alert. It flapped its massive skeletal wings with force, and a ball of world-destroying dragon breath shot out to meet the particle holy sword!

Dong—!!!

The auras of the Nine-Lord and the World-Destroyer clashed and rolled in the air. At the point of impact, it seemed as if a sun was rapidly expanding, before finally exploding with a roar!!

Half of the Xuanyu Realm was leveled in this collision. The shockwaves rolled out, and the human figures who had been charging at Xizai one after another were blasted into the ruins of the earth. The battlefield, which had been chaotic, was cleared into a vacuum zone!

Dust drifted in the air.

A figure holding a particle light sword in one hand walked out from the Xuanyu ruins, stumbling with every step.

The Lord of Xuanyu, Ji Xuan.

His figure was taller than it had been in his youth, but his gaze remained as firm as ever. The white lab coat, symbolizing science, fluttered on his shoulders, and the particle holy sword in his palm radiated world-destroying power!!

Those sharp eyes locked onto the massive Xizai in mid-air, his tone devoid of any fear.

"This is my realm."

"If you want to bully my people..."

"You'll have to step over my dead body first!"