Chapter 190 Mother

Chi Kuai climbed the stairs and stopped a few steps away from Gongsun Xiong.

She lowered her eyes to gaze at the nearly charred body and smiled, "Now that your realm has fallen and your body has been destroyed, how many more thunderbolts can you withstand?"

Gongsun Xiong became even angrier, his eyes threatening to spit fire.

If he hadn't been busy repairing his body and had no time to be distracted, he would have definitely killed Xie Yuqing.

Gongsun Xiong hastily repaired his right arm, and with his newly grown fingers, he grabbed the white pagoda and smashed it towards Chi Qi.

He suddenly raised his voice, piercingly sharp, "How dare you! Your clumsy tactics can't threaten me!"

Chi Li reached out and easily caught the white pagoda that was falling in front of her. The smile on her lips remained, but her eyes were cold. "Master, you are still as arrogant as ever."

Her tone was calm and her expression was natural. Compared with the furious Gongsun Xiong, she looked more like a simple and noble immortal.

When the people around saw this scene, they all despised Gongsun Xiong from the bottom of their hearts and admired Chi Lu even more.

Gongsun Xiong panted rapidly, cursing, "You traitor to the Immortal Clan! If you hadn't arbitrarily changed the laws for the Demon Clan, how could the Immortal Clan have lost? When I recover, I will make sure your soul is shattered!"

Chi Li said in a calm voice, "You are wrong. It was not me who turned people into demons, but you, Gongsun Xiong."

"It was you who, in order to cultivate resources, massacred the entire Yuque Sect, forcing Senior Murong to fall into the devil out of hatred, and thus setting off the immortal-demon war that lasted for two hundred years, causing great suffering and countless bloodshed."

"And now, it's you who, in order to ascend to godhood, orders the immortals to endlessly exploit the spiritual energy of the human world, forcing them to fall into demonic ways to protect themselves. People like you who bring disaster to all living beings and vainly hope to pave the way to godhood with the flesh and blood of humans, should go to the Eighteen Levels of Hell, not the divine realm."

As this declaration, which sounded like a judgment, came down, the thunder that was roaring above his head suddenly exploded into a blinding flash of lightning.

Gongsun Xiong's face turned pale. "What do you know? We cultivators are fighting for our lives against the heavens. Those mortals are just ants that waste the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. To be able to help me achieve the great Dao is already a blessing they have cultivated for several lifetimes!"

When the others heard his conversation, they became even angrier.

Although they had long known that Gongsun Xiong was a beast who regarded human life as worthless, they had not expected him to be so beastly and so confident.

It’s a pity that they couldn’t get close to the ladder, otherwise they would have rushed up and killed Gongsun Xiong with their own hands.

The hatred in everyone's eyes almost solidified into substance, stabbing like a sword, but was simply ignored by Gongsun Xiong.

He grinned coldly, a bunch of trash with low cultivation level, not worth his attention at all.

You know, the reason he had the patience to talk nonsense with Xie Yuqing was just to buy time. But now, he had recovered, his body was full of spiritual energy again, and the powerful original power flowed through his limbs and bones, making him feel that he was fine again.

Gongsun Xiong took a new robe and put it on, then stood up. His eyes became cold and arrogant again. "Since you want to pretend to be a savior and speak out for them, then die for them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, one hand turned into a giant palm and rushed towards Chi Li.

Chi Qi stood where she was, without blinking, and simply raised her hand to throw out the lightning-proof magic weapon.

The white tower hung in front of Gongsun Xiong, and instantly grew several times larger, casting a heavy shadow on his face.

With a loud bang, the thunder from the sky shot down like a sharp arrow and hit the top of the tower.

Gongsun Xiong's heart was pounding, and he thought to himself that something was wrong. He was about to stop, but it was too late. The giant palm slammed down on the tower.

The moment of contact, a terrifying and enormous force of heavenly thunder rushed along the tower. Gongsun Xiong's newly repaired flesh and skin cracked and exploded again in the lightning, causing him excruciating pain.

After finishing, he immediately withdrew his hand, but before he could even curse, another bolt of lightning struck down.

Gongsun Xiong's pupils trembled, and without caring about anything else, he turned around and flew up the jade steps to escape, but he didn't expect that the white tower was following closely behind him, and the thunder tribulation hit him again!

Only then did he understand that this magic weapon had locked onto him, and whether he made contact with it or not, the heavenly thunder would be guided towards him.

But this is totally unreasonable!

What realm is Xie Yuqing at? How could he have such a heaven-defying magical weapon?

If he had this magical weapon that could guide thunder tribulation, he would have transcended the tribulation and ascended to heaven long ago. Why would he be criticized by mortal demons and ants here?

Just thinking about it makes him hate it.

However, the thunder tribulations came faster and faster than the last, leaving Gongsun Xiong no time to think. He could only desperately cast spells to resist them.

He hated Chi Li so much that he wanted to vomit blood and cursed her endlessly, but he had no idea what to do and couldn't even destroy the white tower.

He was completely panicked, fearing that if he continued like this, he would really die under the thunder. In this case, he might as well take a gamble - bet that he could reach the top of the ladder before being struck to death by the thunder!

Thinking of this, Gongsun Xiong turned into a ray of green light and flew straight to the sky above the ladder. In just an instant, he passed Qiu Qianling and reached the hundredth jade step.

The thunder chased above his head, and the faintly flashing arcs of lightning were terrifying.

Qiu Qianling saw that he had climbed very high and his figure had turned into a small egg, and his tense nerves relaxed.

Looking back at Chi Li, I saw that she was still wearing her black robe, with the wide hem fluttering in the wind. Her face had a calm expression, as if everything that had just happened was within her expectations.

Unlike her, the hand holding the knife handle was already soaked with cold sweat.

Although she was very happy to see Gongsun Xiong being chased and beaten by thunder, she felt heavy-hearted when she thought about how her master had climbed the ladder to heaven for her and was afraid that he would not be able to escape death.

Why is she worthy of the master's efforts for her?

Just as she was feeling sad, a hand reached out to her, its palm gleaming with healing light. "Qian Ling, are you seriously injured? Let me heal you."

Qiu Qianling was stunned for a moment, then looked up in surprise, only to meet a pair of eyes filled with worry.

His heart instantly softened, his eyes reddened, but the words he spoke were cold and hard, "Why did you come? Even without you, Gongsun Xiong would surely die!"

She turned away, not touching the hand, and whispered, "He's going to die anyway, there's nothing to cure him."

Chi Qi looked at her trembling shoulders and was slightly stunned. So this child has always been determined to die?

Unfortunately, she doesn't feel guilty about it.

She chuckled and said, "Why would he die? Can't I be the one to reach the top of the ladder?"

Qiu Qianling turned around abruptly, his eyes filled with surprise, "W-what?"

Although she was not sure about Chi Lu's level of cultivation, it would definitely not be higher than Gongsun Xiong's. Otherwise, she would not have to train her, a demon king, to deal with the immortals.

Chi Li didn't explain, but just smiled and said, "Okay, let me heal your wound first, won't it hurt?"

As he spoke, he reached out and gently touched Qiu Qianling's shoulder. The healing aura turned into a transparent ball of light that enveloped her.

Qiu Qianling opened his eyes wide and felt a gentle spiritual power flowing into his body. The damaged meridians and dried-up dantian were nourished, and his magic power gradually recovered.

Chi Qi withdrew her hand. It was just a healing spell, and it wouldn’t cost her many points.

"Next, you just stand here and watch me reach the top."

Chi Qi turned around swiftly and continued walking up the jade steps.

Thunder roared in the sky. Gongsun Xiong had already reached the 500th step. After enduring ten thunders, he was still struggling to hold on.

Qiu Qianling could only see Chi Qi. At this moment, that lonely and determined figure seemed to be shining with dazzling heavenly light. As she slowly walked up the jade steps, she was like a god descending to the earth.

She was shaken, remembering once again how Chi Yu had asked her to call her "mother" in front of Shangyang Palace. At that time, she had only thought that she was hypocritical and pretending to be accommodating. Only today did she understand what a noble person she was.

Unable to bear it any longer, he shouted loudly: "Mother——!"

The figure walking on the jade steps paused, but did not look back.

Qiu Qianling's eyes were filled with tears. "My daughter will always be watching over you. Please come back with success!"

Chi Qi's eyelashes trembled slightly, a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curled up without her permission.

This silly boy finally gave his true heart to her.

It's a pity that she didn't know that all of this was planned by her.

She smiled and said, "Of course."

He then exchanged the teleportation technique with the main god system and flashed to where Gongsun Xiong was - the 500th level of the jade steps.

Gongsun Xiong was already dying, at the end of his strength. His whole body was charred, with arcs of electricity jumping all over his scarlet flesh, and a faint smell of burnt food emanating from it.

He lay on the jade steps, feeling unwilling.

When Chi Qi walked up to him, his five charcoal-black fingers were still tightly clasping the jade steps in front of him, and he was desperately trying to crawl upwards.

But no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't move forward even one step.

Chi Li looked at him coldly and chuckled, "Isn't this our Grandmaster Gongsun who is about to ascend to the summit and become a god? Why is he lying here meditating? It's really pitiful to see him."

Gongsun Xiong paused and froze.

Although he wanted to kill Chi Li, he also knew that it was impossible given Chi Li's condition where he couldn't even stand up.

Now, rather than killing someone, he was more afraid that Chi Qi would kill him.

He opened his toothless mouth and struggled, "Don't be too happy. Even if I die, you still won't be able to survive this thunderbolt. Why don't we cooperate?"

Chi Li raised an eyebrow, "Cooperation?"

Gongsun Xiong thought she was moved and said anxiously, "I have the Soul Devouring Cauldron and the spiritual fluid collected by the Sky Devouring Beast. Just give me some time and I will recover."

Seeing Chi Lie's silence, he lowered his stance even more. "Really, I can even give you the chance to become a god, as long as you let me go. Please."

Chi Li smiled, her eyes cold. "Your suggestion is good, but rather than going through the trouble of cooperating, why not just give me your cultivation?"

She had a sword in her hand, the tip of the sword against his heart.

Gongsun Xiong froze, fear in his eyes, "No——!"

The next moment, the long sword pierced his heart, and the heart blood condensed with the cultivation level of the Tribulation Realm floated out and landed on Chi Li's fingertips.

The surrounding demons watched Gongsun Xiong die at the hands of Chi Luan, and immediately burst into joyful cheers.

They hugged each other excitedly and waved their arms towards the ladder.

But the next moment, there was a loud bang in the sky, and the flash of lightning brought them back to reality.

The thunder hasn't dissipated yet.

Everyone turned their gazes to the figure high up in the ladder, their eyes filled with worry. Could the savior who killed Gongsun Xiong really survive the remaining ninety heavenly thunders?