Latercomers, seeing the Demon Emperor vanquished from afar, their grand cause lost, and the "demon" in the middle seemingly invincible and unshakable, no longer attempted to rush forward to their deaths.
Thinking about it carefully, why bother? The Demon Emperor was dead, what was the point of me persisting?
I am free now!
No one can control me anymore! Why was I still fighting so desperately? Who was I fighting for?
Thus, people fled in all directions.
The world became quiet!
Mo Qi suddenly felt a sense of loss, a loss without reason.
If all the bad guys in this world were cleared out, would it make the good guys feel lonely?
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This child was truly a worry.
He didn't know what realm she would reach after merging with Lian Xin's cultivation, but seeing her guileless appearance, she would suffer losses wherever she went!
Mo Qi looked around blankly, searching for Xue Ying's shadow everywhere.
At this moment, a crimson light, trailing a long tail, streaked across the sky, hurtling from the horizon towards Mo Qi's location.
From Mo Qi's perspective, it looked like a comet hurtling towards him.
The intensity and power, even from a distance, had already spread towards him.
Mo Qi's pupils suddenly dilated, feeling like a giant fireball was devouring him.
He didn't dare to hesitate, hastily unfolding his form and darting away.
With a deafening roar, the fireball instantly exploded, flames expanding outwards in all directions.
The scorching blast of air howled towards him, forcefully pushing Mo Qi to the ground. He then rolled and scrambled, tumbling several times before steadying himself.
Mo Qi scrambled to his feet, dusting himself off, and turned back angrily.
A young man in white emerged from the flames, his figure tall and straight, his robes fluttering, appearing somewhat carefree and detached.
The surrounding flames and swirling dust seemed unable to touch his body. He walked out of the chaos so effortlessly, completely unstained.
Mo Qi felt this person was a stranger, yet also seemed familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
However, the young man directly called out Mo Qi's name: "Mo Qi, what are you doing here?"
Hearing his voice, Mo Qi's heart trembled. It was Lian Min!
He had come out of the secret realm. How was the Sun Moon Sect?
"I annihilated the Demon Emperor and his dynasty," Mo Qi said fiercely, feeling that saying this might alleviate his inner pain, as the other party might have destroyed the Sun Moon Sect.
Lian Min was indeed angry, but the reason for his anger surprised Mo Qi: "You truly never cease to worry me. I was planning to return to pay my respects to my father in this world, then kill him, and then leave. But you killed him first, making my trip in vain!"
What the heck, Mo Qi didn't know how to respond!
"Then, since I helped you, how will you thank me?" Mo Qi asked.
"I'll tell you a secret then," Lian Min said nonchalantly. "We are enemies."
Mo Qi chuckled: "You don't need to tell me that, I already knew. I was from the Wu clan in my previous life!"
Lian Min shook his head: "You don't know! You haven't awakened yet. Let me put it this way, you and I are from the same world. Tens of thousands of years ago, I was responsible for hunting you down. We both fell into this world at the same time and entered reincarnation. Unlike you, I awakened after several reincarnations, while you have been forever submerged."
Mo Qi's pupils contracted sharply. He had a vague feeling that the other party might not be lying to him.
He didn't know when it started, but he always had the same dream, dreaming of being chased, falling, and sinking into boundless darkness...
"Then, what makes you so sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else, that I am the person you speak of?" Mo Qi suppressed his thoughts and said slowly.
"Because the Sun Hunter Wheel recognized its master. After tens of thousands of years, it has returned to your side. Doesn't that prove anything?" Lian Min said.
"Sun Hunter Wheel?" Mo Qi was utterly confused. He didn't have any Sun Hunter Wheel.
Seeing that he seemed to be in the dark, Lian Min pointed his finger: "Look, you don't even know what's going on, and it's still following you faithfully. Doesn't that prove anything?"
Lian Min pointed at Mo Qi's storage bag and then beckoned with his finger. Two eyeballs flew out of one of Mo Qi's storage bags, circling in the air before flying back towards the storage bag.
"Demon King?" Mo Qi almost dropped his jaw. Was this what he called the Sun Hunter Wheel?
The Demon King was indeed a mysterious figure.
Mo Qi had rummaged through his storage bag more than once, but he had never found her. Yet, whenever she wanted to appear, she would fly out of the storage bag.
With such a free-spirited and undisciplined demeanor, how could she be his magic treasure?
"See, doesn't it recognize its master? No matter how I try, I can't retrieve it," Lian Min chuckled again.
Isn't that stating the obvious? She had become sentient now, she had her own consciousness, and she chose who she followed. This had nothing to do with whose magic treasure she was. Moreover, it was just two eyes. Shouldn't the Sun Hunter Wheel look like a wheel?
At this moment, something unexpected happened. As the two eyes flew back, something began to spread from around the eyes. It was black iron in texture, with blades on the edges, shaped like a full moon, adorned with two black dots that flickered, like two eyeballs.
Mo Qi instinctively reached out to catch it, and it landed gently in his hand.
Mo Qi's eyes widened like copper bells as he examined the magic treasure back and forth: "This, this is really the Sun Hunter Wheel?"
Lian Min smiled: "Actually, I was only suspecting it before. Now it seems, it's almost certain. This also means that today is your day of death." He suddenly looked up at the distant sky and said leisurely, "I've waited tens of thousands of years. Killing you today will be considered completing the mission."
Holding the Sun Hunter Wheel, Mo Qi's entire aura quietly erupted, his body involuntarily growing taller: "I don't know what grudges we had before, but within my knowledge, you are also someone who deserves to die in my eyes!"
Lian Min froze for a few breaths, then smiled again: "What a strange feeling. For a moment just now, I seemed to see the demeanor of your past life."
Then he lightly shook his head: "But it doesn't matter. I didn't take you seriously in that life, let alone now when you are far from your former state. The reason I'm telling you all this is because you are destined to die today. Don't harbor any illusions."
As he spoke, Lian Min formed a hand seal, and a vertical circular seal appeared in the air, with clear horizontal and vertical lines, and various runes flashing in the center.
Lian Min pointed his finger, and the rune disk pressed down towards Mo Qi. The runes flashed with light, striking out in advance, cutting through the air with a crackling sound.
Mo Qi held the Sun Hunter Wheel, but he didn't intend to use her as a tool anymore. Since she had transformed into a person, she deserved human respect, so he put her away, into his storage bag.
Seeing the opponent's attack, he dared not delay. He formed a hand seal, and the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree surged out, rotating endlessly in the air.
As it spun, the leaves lit up, emitting dazzling light. With the tree's rotation, they formed lines of shimmering gold, densely striking towards the opponent.
The next moment, the dense golden lines struck the runes. With a deafening roar, light erupted, exploding in a mushroom shape and spreading infinitely.
The golden lines were continuous, yet they kept breaking, the runes shattering, and light and energy spilling out.
But the rune disk continued to advance, its power like ten thousand chariots roaring forward side by side. Mo Qi felt an overwhelming force pressing down on his chest, as if his internal organs were about to burst.
The surrounding space continuously exploded, and dust rose from the ground, lingering for a long time.
Mo Qi's entire figure was enveloped in a haze.
He kept retreating, urging the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to rotate incessantly, its light shining, yet still unable to withstand the relentless surge of power.
He could only barely hold on, and it was clear that if he relaxed even slightly, everything would collapse instantly.
Lian Min calmly maintained his magical power and said indifferently: "Stop struggling. Accept your fate. The more you resist, the more tragic your death will be. However, your magic treasure is quite impressive, it's rather interesting. But this still cannot change your tragic fate. Indeed, you are tragic, your every life is tragic, including this one."
Mo Qi felt an unprecedented sorrow and anger. Was it true, as he said, that all of this was predetermined?
Lian Min?
How could I possibly die at your hands? The humiliation and blows you gave me, I could accept fate, but the harm you brought to Xin'er, I haven't repaid it tenfold!
You say this is my destiny? I refuse to believe it!
At this moment, the Sun Hunter Wheel seemed to sense his defiance and unwillingness. With a hum, it roared out of the storage bag, spinning and weaving through the air, emitting light, and striking the rune disk, gradually thinning its heavy radiance.
With a gulp, the Sun Hunter Wheel passed through the weakened rune disk and struck Lian Min head-on.
Lian Min let out a cold snort and extended two fingers to pinch the Sun Hunter Wheel. The Sun Hunter Wheel spun, and with a *chi*, it severed one of his fingers and whizzed away.
Lian Min was furious and released a honeycomb-shaped magic treasure. Countless bee-like creatures emerged from the honeycomb and lunged at the Sun Hunter Wheel.
The Sun Hunter Wheel spun, slicing through some of the bees, but was entangled by more, instantly covered densely all over.
The rune disk had a hole in it, and spiritual energy leaked out. For Mo Qi, the pressure was greatly reduced. As one side weakened, the other strengthened. The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree suddenly rotated, its light intensifying, and it pressed forward with overwhelming force, shattering the rune disk.
The light of the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree surged forward, directly pressing towards Lian Min.
Before the spiritual energy even reached him, Lian Min was swept by the strong wind, forced to retreat repeatedly.
Lian Min's rage was immense, and he roared like thunder: "You have successfully angered me! Next, you will die a terrible death!"
As he spoke, Lian Min drew an arc with his hands in front of his chest, and a blazing fireball appeared out of thin air, striking towards Mo Qi.
The fireball grew as it met the wind, instantly becoming the size of a house, then the size of a small mountain. It continued to expand endlessly, emitting a scorching light as it hurtled towards Mo Qi.