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Xu Weizhou fell heavily from a height of hundreds of meters, raising a cloud of dust.

Of course, falling from a height of a hundred meters was nothing for a Hedao realm (Harmony of Dao) expert. It could even be said it was a trivial matter.

But the problem was, before Xu Weizhou fell, he was hit by that lump of feces.

That lump of feces contained his Heavenly Human Union Dao intent (Tianren He Yi), possessing earth-shattering energy. Although its power had been greatly reduced after being kneaded by the Earth Devil, it still hit Xu Weizhou's face squarely, causing him severe injuries.

Seeing Elder Xu fall to the ground, the Holy Son and Holy Daughter of the Earth Sect quickly ran over.

"Elder Xu, are you alright?"

"Elder Xu, are you okay?"

The two helped Xu Weizhou up and asked.

Xu Weizhou's face was ashen. Although there were no visible injuries on the surface, he had suffered severe internal injuries and his cultivation had been greatly damaged.

But these were not the most serious issues.

"It's over, it's all over, I'm done, I'm completely done..."

Xu Weizhou looked at the Holy Son and Holy Daughter, muttering to himself.

"Elder Xu, what, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Xu Weizhou was not in a good state, Li Miaozhen asked worriedly.

"My Dao intent, my Dao intent is scattered..."

Xu Weizhou's face was full of颓然(tuí rán - despondent) and ashen. All the injuries on his body combined could not compare to the blow this dealt him.

"What? Dao intent scattered? This, what are we going to do..."

Li Miaozhen immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

The so-called Dao intent is a trace of intent produced by cultivators after entering the Hedao realm (Harmony of Dao) and reaching the Heavenly Human Union.

This trace of intent is used to communicate with the Upper Immortals, which is the Dharma Idol.

However, with the Dao intent scattered, it is no longer possible to communicate with the Upper Immortals because the Upper Immortals no longer recognize this person.

And this also means that Xu Weizhou has regressed to the Hua Xu realm (Transformation Void), and, for the rest of his life, he will no longer be able to enter the Hedao realm (Harmony of Dao).

Because losing the recognition of one Upper Immortal means losing the recognition of all Upper Immortals.

Therefore, this is what truly made Xu Weizhou feel despair and pain.

Perhaps for the vast majority of cultivators in the Immortal Hidden World, the Hua Xu realm (Transformation Void) is an unattainable height.

But Xu Weizhou was obviously not among them. He was one of the dozens of cultivators standing at the peak of the Immortal Hidden World. His goal was to ascend one day.

But today, his Dao intent was scattered, all his lifelong efforts were in vain, and his life had no more goals. It was conceivable how big of a blow this was to him.

"Elder Xu, you, you must try to think positively..."

Li Miaozhen didn't know how to comfort Xu Weizhou, because she knew very well what the loss of Dao intent meant to a Hedao realm (Harmony of Dao) expert.

Xu Weizhou shook his head in despair and smiled bitterly, "Holy Son and Holy Daughter, you two don't worry about me. It seems that I can't stop this Earth Devil. Run quickly, as far as you can, otherwise, you will all be refined by that beast!"

"Hou Tu City is sealed. Where can we run to? Even if we want to run, how can we outrun a Hedao realm (Harmony of Dao) expert..."

Li Miaozhen said with a wry smile.

Xu Weizhou shook his head: "No, you don't need to outrun the Earth Devil, you just need to outrun the others... Hold on for another half an hour, your master, and the elders of the Earth Sect, should break the city protection array by then, and you will be saved."

Hearing this, Li Miaozhen's face became a little ugly.

But Li Shouzhen deeply agreed. He said softly, "Elder Xu, Junior Sister, you two hide first, and watch me stir up trouble and divert the disaster!"

After saying that, Li Shouzhen stood up and shouted loudly at the crowd: "Everyone, it seems that we are doomed today. You have also seen that even our Earth Sect's Elder Xu is no match for this Earth Devil. What does this mean? I believe I don't need to say more, right?"

The already desperate crowd became even more desperate after hearing what Li Shouzhen said.

Some even blamed him, shouting loudly at him: "What are you talking nonsense here for? If you ask me, blame your Earth Sect. You organized the Tianjiao Battle preliminaries, but you can't even guarantee everyone's safety. What is your Earth Sect good for?"

"That's right, what is the Earth Sect good for? If we all die here today, the responsibility lies entirely with the Earth Sect!"

"The Earth Sect is too arrogant, sending out such a useless elder to maintain order. Didn't they consider this situation? Where are the other elders? What are they doing?"

Everyone spoke one after another, criticizing Li Shouzhen.

Li Miaozhen on the side was speechless and muttered softly, "Holy Son Senior Brother, is this what you call stirring up trouble and diverting the disaster? You're just diverting the disaster onto yourself, aren't you?"

And Xu Weizhou was even more desperate, he just sighed and covered his eyes, saying, "Let me die..."

Even the Earth Devil watched Li Shouzhen with interest.

Anyway, the people from the Earth Sect wouldn't be able to break the city protection array anytime soon, and he had plenty of time.

He wanted to see what kind of medicine this Earth Sect junior was selling in his gourd. He would just treat it as watching a monkey show!

"Everyone, please calm down!"

Li Shouzhen pressed his hands down, trying to appease the crowd, "I admit that we, the Earth Sect, have an unshirkable responsibility for causing the current situation, but it's useless for you to blame the Earth Sect now. Moreover, the Earth Sect Holy Daughter, Elder Xu, and I will all die here today, but before we die, we must find the real culprit and never let him off!"

"The real culprit? What do you mean by that, Earth Sect Holy Son?"

"That's right, who is the real culprit? You should explain it clearly!"

The crowd shouted loudly.

Li Miaozhen's mind moved, and she immediately understood what Li Shouzhen was going to do.

She shook her head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "My Holy Son Senior Brother is still as petty as ever."

"Hehe, the real culprit is him!"

As expected, just as Li Miaozhen had expected, Li Shouzhen pointed his finger at Chen Xiao.

"Has everyone forgotten? How did this Earth Devil emerge from the ground? Wasn't it because of this kid, Li Beiwu from the True Martial Sect! It was all him trying to show off and be in the limelight..."

Li Shouzhen didn't know if the appearance of the Earth Devil had any direct relationship with Chen Xiao, but it was right to throw the dirty water on him anyway.

At this time, someone suddenly remembered and shouted, "That's right, he's the culprit. The Earth Devil also said just now that it was thanks to this little guy..."

After this person's reminder, everyone remembered, and suddenly there was a clamor, pointing at Chen Xiao and scolding him.

"Li Beiwu, do you want to die? If you want to die, go somewhere far away to die. Why do you have to drag us down with you?"

"That's right, it's all your fault, you culprit, damn Li Beiwu, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go!"

The crowd was agitated, but Su Meinan, mixed in the crowd, had an embarrassed look on her face: "Poor Li Beiwu, even after death, he has to suffer these unwarranted abuses."

Chen Xiao was also speechless: "Since everything was done by Li Beiwu, what does it have to do with me, Chen Xiao?"

"What do you mean by not letting him go even as a ghost? I won't let him go now. Let's all go together and kill him. We can't kill the Earth Devil, but can't we kill him, Li Beiwu?"

Li Shouzhen shouted loudly, continuing to lead the rhythm.

Everyone was immediately worked up when they heard this, and they all surrounded Chen Xiao.

Su Meinan immediately became worried: "It's over, it's over, it's over, what should we do?"

Chen Xiao sighed helplessly. Were these idiots so willing to be used as pawns?

"Pah!"

However, at this moment, a mouthful of thick phlegm fell from the sky, instantly killing the person who was surrounding Chen Xiao.

"Let me see who dares to touch him today!"

The Earth Devil stood proudly in mid-air, with his hands behind his back.

The crowd immediately stopped and retreated timidly.

This kid helped the Earth Devil, maybe they were in cahoots from the beginning!

With the Earth Devil protecting him, even if everyone was gnashing their teeth with anger, they didn't dare to do anything to Chen Xiao.

"Little guy, I helped you, aren't you going to thank me?"

The Earth Devil looked at Chen Xiao with interest. This kid was obviously different from everyone else.

Chen Xiao said lightly, "You helped me, and I helped you. At most, we're even. Why should I thank you?"

"Oh?"

The Earth Devil's狰狞(zhēng níng - hideous) face actually showed a smile, "You're an interesting kid, I like you!"

Everyone could now be sure that 'Li Beiwu' and the Earth Devil were not in cahoots.

But this was not something to be happy about, because the Earth Devil said that this kid was interesting and he liked him.

"I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you for a lifetime. How about this, I'll recognize you as my adopted son, so that no one will dare to bully you in the future. What do you say?"

The Earth Devil stroked his chin and said tentatively.

Hearing this, Li Shouzhen was even more desperate. It was over, it was over, it was over. The Earth Devil was going to take this kid as his adopted son. How could he deal with him now?

Everyone's thoughts were similar to Li Shouzhen's, and they immediately felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

But Su Meinan breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, Chen Dage (big brother) had saved his life this time... and if Chen Dage (big brother) became the Earth Devil's adopted son, maybe I wouldn't have to die either.

Just as Su Meinan's little abacus was calculating rapidly, she suddenly heard Chen Xiao say, "Who do you think you are? What are you? You want to be my godfather?"

Su Meinan was dumbfounded, Li Miaozhen was dumbfounded, everyone was dumbfounded.

Did this kid have a problem with his brain? Daring to talk to the Earth Devil like that, didn't he want to live?

Could it be that he dared to talk to the Earth Devil like that because he had helped him?

The Earth Devil frowned fiercely and said coldly, "Kid, do you know who you're talking to? Don't think that just because you helped me, I won't kill you!"

Li Shouzhen was overjoyed. This time 'Li Beiwu' was dead for sure. It was simply gratifying.

"Hehe..."

Chen Xiao suddenly sneered twice disdainfully, "Just a wisp of remnant soul, neither human nor ghost, and you dare to be arrogant in front of me? Are you worthy?"