Chang Shi woke up abruptly, pulling Chang Yu Ning's hand. "Go, daughter, let's leave quickly. As long as the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn. We will return to seek revenge in the future."
Chang Yu Ning flung his hand away. "Don't be naive. As long as the green hills remain? What green hills do you have? We seem to be alive, but in reality, we are already walking dead. Rather than be walking dead, it's better to be a real corpse."
Mo Qi felt the deep helplessness and despair in his words.
Indeed, in their eyes, the Ni family was an insurmountable mountain.
Before them, let alone resist, they didn't even have the strength to struggle.
"At least you still have your beauty," Mo Qi said, half jesting, half serious. "Why don't you play to your strengths, use your beauty to divide and conquer his sons, and make them kill each other?"
Chang Shi's eyes lit up. "This plan is feasible."
Chang Yu Ning looked at him furiously. "All you ever thought about was how to exchange your beauty for the glory and wealth you desired. Now that our family is ruined, you are still stubborn. You... are you trying to force me to disfigure myself?"
Chang Shi was stunned and immediately said, "If you don't agree, then we won't use this tactic. But you also refuse to leave with me, and you don't seem to intend to seek revenge. What exactly do you want?"
Chang Yu Ning looked utterly devoid of will to live. "Father, if you want to go, go by yourself. I am staying here. I want to bury the bodies of Mother, Uncle, and all our relatives, to give them a proper burial. If the Ni family sends more people, I will just bury myself along with them."
"You..." Chang Shi looked at his daughter angrily, so enraged he couldn't speak.
Chang Yu Ning said calmly, "In that way, I can also buy you some time to escape."
Chang Shi blinked. "Is that so? It's not that I necessarily need you to buy me time. Your mother and the other family members do need to be buried. Then I shall leave."
With that, he turned and hurried out the door.
Chang Yu Ning looked at Chang Xun Huan. "Aren't you leaving?"
Chang Xun Huan also looked utterly devoid of will to live. "My family also needs to be buried."
Then, the two of them dug pits in the courtyard and began burying the bodies.
They had no intention of staying here, so they treated this place as a graveyard.
Or, to be precise, they had no intention of surviving.
Chang Yu Ning's tears had all dried up. Her expression remained blank, and her movements in burying the bodies were skillfully practiced to the point of being heartbreaking.
As if holding back tears could make one forget sorrow.
However, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a fierce wind wailed beneath them, shaking the mountains and wilderness, like the cries of lonely ghosts, making it impossible to ignore the human tragedy unfolding here and now.
Mo Qi watched quietly at first. Later, seeing that Chang Yu Ning's jade-like fingers were bleeding from digging, he could no longer sit still. He jumped down from the roof to help.
Chang Yu Ning merely glanced at him, saying nothing.
Mo Qi also remained silent, cooperating with them tacitly, placing the bodies into the pits they had dug.
The air was deathly silent.
After a moment, this tranquility was shattered.
A human head flew over the courtyard wall and landed on the ground, rolling a considerable distance before rolling into a pit Chang Yu Ning had just dug.
It was Chang Shi!
He had been killed after all.
Chang Yu Ning did not seem too surprised, nor too saddened. She shed a few light tears, then began to scoop up the nearby soil to cover the head.
The tree desires stillness, but the wind does not cease.
Clearly, throwing the head in was not just for them to bury.
Immediately after, three figures floated in and stood side by side.
Mo Qi and the other two continued to focus on burying the bodies, as if they hadn't seen the arrival of the three.
"Who killed Bi Huan?" one of them asked coldly.
The icy tone penetrated to the bone, sending shivers down one's spine.
These three were Hao Xin Tong, Wu Gui, and An Sai.
Hao Xin Tong was the one speaking.
After completing their task here, the three had rushed to meet Bi Huan, only to find him murdered. A sense of grief from losing a companion inexplicably arose. Enraged, they had no time to report back to the Prince, and immediately rushed to the Chang family's residence, simultaneously spreading their eyes and ears to search for the whereabouts of the Chang family remnants.
As a result, news arrived from another city, Sunset City, revealing Chang Shi's whereabouts.
The three rushed over, captured Chang Shi, and without any interrogation, Chang Shi voluntarily confessed that there were three more remnants in the Chang family compound.
But his cooperation did not earn him their forgiveness; the three still killed him and then headed towards the Chang family.
"I killed him," Mo Qi said, knowing a great battle was inevitable, and stood up, speaking slowly.
"How dare you," An Sai said. "What is your status to dare to kill a god?"
"Oh? You think so? You think you are gods?" Mo Qi chuckled lightly. "And, you mean to say that your so-called gods can only kill, but cannot be killed, is that right?"
"That is precisely the principle," Hao Xin Tong said.
"Then what of it if I killed him?" Mo Qi said dismissively.
"We will exterminate your nine generations of kin," Wu Gui said.
"How terrifying!" Mo Qi feigned fear, patting his chest. "But my nine generations of kin are all here. Let's see how you exterminate them."
Hao Xin Tong suddenly realized something and asked, "Are you that beggar?"
"Yes," Mo Qi nodded. "If you say so, then I am."
Hao Xin Tong quietly scanned him with his divine sense, but found nothing. He couldn't help but be secretly alarmed. Someone who could kill Bi Huan was definitely not to be trifled with. Yet, what was terrifying was that he couldn't discern his cultivation level.
"I suggest," Hao Xin Tong said, glancing at the other two, "we all go together and take him down."
An Sai snorted coldly. "What are you talking about? To deal with a beggar, we need to go together? Wouldn't that make us a laughingstock if it got out?"
Wu Gui also said indifferently, "You're making a mountain out of a molehill. I think he must have used some underhanded tactics like sneak attacks to kill Bi Huan. These tricks won't work every time. Moreover, he claims he killed Bi Huan himself, but we didn't see it. Who knows what the real situation was? Perhaps all four of them killed Bi Huan together."
Hao Xin Tong still felt it wasn't that simple, but he couldn't convince the other two. He then said, "Then you two choose one to go, and I'll observe first."
Upon hearing this, the two felt he was being manipulative. "If you don't want to fight, just say so. Why make so many excuses."
"You don't need to argue there. There's nothing to argue about," Mo Qi said nonchalantly. "Because you are all going to die. Not just you, but all the Ni family members are going to die."
He also realized that he and the Ni family had fallen into a deadly cycle.
On the Ni family's kill list, besides the Chang family, there was also himself.
Therefore, he either died, or he annihilated their entire family.
There was no other way. If he didn't want to die, then he had to annihilate their entire family.
"You are too arrogant! Die!" Wu Gui was furious. He suddenly leaped up and lunged towards Mo Qi.
In mid-air, he circled his hands, and two rings appeared in the air. The two rings rotated alternately, with runes flowing in the center, striking towards Mo Qi.
The runes flowed in strips, like two agile snakes, moving within the two rings. As they moved, red mist continuously gushed out from the two rings, like surging seawater, sweeping towards Mo Qi.
Mo Qi's body slowly floated in the air. He spread his hands, and the golden spear he had just obtained from Bi Huan appeared in his hand.
Wu Gui's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected this treasure to be taken by him.
This treasure was called the Spear of Innocence, capable of destroying heaven and earth, and killing without sin.
At that time, when he saw Bi Huan's corpse, the first thing he thought of was to claim this treasure for himself. However, after searching his body for a long time, he found nothing. He didn't expect it to appear here.
It was indeed fate. Today, it must not slip away again.
Mo Qi stood against the wind, placing his left hand in front and his right hand behind, unconsciously assuming a posture of drawing a bow.
Strange to say, after he struck this pose, an invisible pressure instantly spread outwards.
The clouds in the sky rapidly gathered and swirled, forming a giant vortex.
Chang Xun Huan and Chang Yu Ning, who had been impassively cleaning up the bodies, involuntarily put down their work and looked up at the sudden anomaly.
An Sai and Hao Xin Tong's expressions changed drastically. "This, who exactly is this person? Using the Spear of Innocence, it seems even more powerful than Bi Huan's."
"He defeated Bi Huan, who wielded the Spear of Innocence, with other divine abilities. Now, holding the Spear of Innocence, he exhibits an even more formidable aura than Bi Huan. This is bad, Wu Gui cannot handle him alone."
Wu Gui was already feeling continuous pressure like a tidal wave, making it difficult for him to breathe.
But at this point, the arrow was already on the string and had to be shot. His divine ability had already been unleashed, and there was no reason to retract it.
At this moment, Mo Qi threw his hand, and the Spear of Innocence shot out fiercely, striking towards Wu Gui.
The entire space was torn apart layer by layer, ignited layer by layer.
The spearhead of the Spear of Innocence turned crimson red, with electric light flowing on its surface, emitting continuous crackling sounds. Centered around the spearhead, rings of wind waves spiraled outwards in all directions.
With a series of loud roars, the surrounding courtyard walls and houses collapsed in rows.
Chang Xun Huan and Chang Yu Ning's bodies were swept away into the distance.
The tip of the spear ignited with fiery red flames, emitting a chilling gleam, and pierced towards Wu Gui.
From a great distance, Wu Gui's face was distorted by the wind, with pits appearing everywhere.
His body was also almost unable to stand steady. He used the "thousand jin drop" stance to barely stabilize himself.
Seeing that they could no longer rescue Wu Gui, and that even if they could, they might not be his match after killing Wu Gui, An Sai and Hao Xin Tong made a decisive move and lunged towards Chang Yu Ning's direction.
If I can't kill you, can't I kill her?
Killing her, in a sense, is also completing the mission!
The Spear of Innocence advanced rapidly, tearing through layers of red mist, causing it to gradually dissipate. It continued to advance rapidly, and with a boom, it shattered the two rings as well.