Chapter 1656: The Sky Weeping

“A-Qiang……”

“Xiao Sheng……”

Under a dilapidated shop shed, a hunched and weak figure curled into a ball, muttering something, her vacant eyes filled only with pain and longing.

*Pitter-patter—*

The rain fell continuously, shattering the mother’s reflection in the puddle.

A faint toxin drifted from the water vapor, entering the mother’s nasal cavity. Those eyes, filled with pain, gradually took on a different kind of luster.

“Mom!!”

A familiar voice approached from afar, accompanied by the sound of splashing water, as if a boy were running toward her.

The mother froze. She raised her head, subconsciously calling out that name:

“Xiao Sheng?!!”

In the hazy water vapor, a boy was indeed running toward her with a smile.

“Xiao Sheng?! It’s really you!!!” The mother was stunned. She stumbled to her feet, her weak body trembling. “You… how did you come back?”

“Mom, Brother brought me back!”

“What did you say??”

“Brother! It’s Brother!!” Xiao Sheng gestured excitedly. “Brother didn’t completely die; Mr. Han resurrected him… I had just stepped onto the domain train when my brother suddenly appeared and dragged me back!”

After speaking, he pointed to the other side of the rain:

“Look!”

The mother followed his finger and saw a familiar figure braving the rain, also running toward them!

“A-Qiang?!!” The mother blurted out. She was incredibly excited, even shaking.

She rushed out from under the shed, disregarding everything, and stepped into the rain to embrace the two children she had regained… She had thought she would never see them again in this life, but now it seemed fate had played a massive joke on her.

The mother hugged one child in each arm, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes. The pain and despair of this period were all compensated for in this moment.

Her voice was choked with sobs:

“It’s good that you’re back… it’s good that you’re back.”

“From now on, we’ll never be separated again!!”

“Mom! Look! We also brought someone back!” A-Qiang said excitedly. “Look! Who is that?!”

The mother was stunned and looked into the rain once more. A familiar shadow was walking toward them with a smile… That person was the one she thought of day and night, the one she wanted to rely on during her countless moments of helpless collapse, the one she had cried and cursed for leaving so resolutely to go to the Ling Xu Domain.

That was the former pillar of the family, the harbor she could rely on, the father of the two children.

“You……”

“You…………”

The mother trembled all over. Only when the man stood right in front of her did she clench her fist and hit him hard on the chest. “You dead ghost… you finally know how to come back?!”

“……You’ve suffered during this time.” The man pulled her gently into his arms. “From now on, we’ll never be separated again.”

The mother finally couldn’t hold it back. She hugged the man and the two children, sobbing uncontrollably in the rain.

Tears mixed with the red rain, dripping onto the ground.

She cried and laughed in the rain…

The heavy red rain washed away the pain and resentment of this domain, pushing everything toward a beautiful, dreamlike realm. Slowly, the mother seemed tired. She held her husband’s and children’s hands and drifted away into the void bit by bit…

She didn’t know where she was going, but led by her children and husband, a red solitary boat gradually came into her view.

*Pitter-patter—*

On the street, life was extinguished, silent and dull.

……

“Chen Ling!!”

“You beast!!!”

“How many more people do you have to kill before you’re satisfied?!”

With two companions dying one after another at Chen Ling’s hands, Tu Tian was so angry he felt like his lungs would explode. He seemed determined to trade his life for Chen Ling’s, ignoring the poisonous rain soaking his body. He threw a punch, and the entire street instantly turned to dust.

Watching Chen Ling easily avoid his attack again, Tu Tian seemed to have completely broken down. He turned back to glare at the motionless Pu Xiachan and Li Qingshan:

“Attack him already!!!”

Li Qingshan sighed but remained motionless.

Although Pu Xiachan could vaguely guess Chen Ling’s thoughts, seeing two companions die at his hands, it was impossible not to feel anger and pain… She gritted her teeth and moved to rush into the rain!

“Tu Tian! Watch out!!”

Just as Tu Tian turned his head to speak, Li Shengmen’s exclamation rang out suddenly.

Tu Tian’s heart sank, knowing he had exposed a weakness. Just as he was about to turn back, a red cloud almost instantly obscured his front. The aura of the world-ending calamity raged on the street, and a pair of cold, sharp ruby eyes were reflected in his own.

A hideous and terrifying calamity hand swung through the rain, slashing directly at Tu Tian’s neck!

At this moment, Chen Ling’s figure suddenly seemed to be pulled by some force, rapidly retreating, like an arrow shot after being aimed, flying toward a “pot” several streets away!

Li Shengmen’s ability temporarily resolved a certain-death situation for Tu Tian, but before the two of them could relax, a mass of annihilation power instantly streaked through the void!

[Judgment Court]!

This strike came too suddenly, and the timing was too precise, as if the opponent had predicted this event before he had even thrown Chen Ling away. Even though the punch missed, this Judgment Court strike could follow right behind!

Caught off guard, Tu Tian didn’t even react to what had happened before his entire head was instantly annihilated, not even a drop of blood splashing out…

*Thump—*

The headless corpse fell heavily to the ground.

From the start of the battle until now, less than a minute had passed, and three of the six Tongtian Star Position holders were dead. Li Shengmen stood there blankly. When he looked up again, the figure holding the large red paper umbrella appeared once more in the rain curtain.

Like a vicious ghost that could never be shaken off.

Three of the six Tongtian Star Position holders were dead, and one was unwilling to attack… Li Shengmen knew they were finished today.

*Boom—!!*

In an instant, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning streaked through the air. As Pu Xiachan’s Book Dao aura raged and swirled, Chen Ling’s figure was swallowed within it.

Pu Xiachan’s eyes were red. She raised her hands, and countless elements appeared out of thin air around her, then, as if endowed with some spirituality, they bombarded Chen Ling one after another… If one had to use an object to describe her state, it would be a rapid-fire super anti-aircraft gun.

“Why… why?!” Pu Xiachan’s roar echoed through the street.

But as she attacked frantically, wisps of electric light appeared from the roaring explosions. A mountain of steel rose from the street, then transformed into an incomparable hand, pressing down toward Pu Xiachan’s body…