Chapter 1251 It’s You
She knew it was just a victory in a battle.
Yan Ye's retreat and Bone Demon's defeat were only temporary.
The darkness deep in the Demonic Abyss is still lurking, and that rift is like a sword hanging over the heads of the Continent of Gods, which may fall at any time.
But at this moment, looking at the lively faces around her and listening to their heartfelt laughter, Luo Li suddenly felt that no matter how much calculation and sacrifice she made, it was all worth it.
"What are you thinking about?" Di Xuanming came over and handed her a piece of roasted brown meat.
Luo Li took a bite, and the aroma of meat mixed with the smell of fireworks filled her mouth.
She narrowed her eyes, which seemed to be filled with tiny stars, and said, "I'm thinking about how to make them lose even more miserably next time."
Her voice was soft, but it was filled with undeniable determination.
Di Xuanming smiled, his eyes reflecting fire: "With you here, we always have a chance of winning."
As the night deepened, the celebratory noise slowly faded away, transforming into the steady sound of breathing and the footsteps of patrolling soldiers.
Luo Li stood at the highest point of the city wall, gazing at the starry sky, the Awakening Fruit in her palm emitting a faint glow.
Celebrating is to remember the victory and to accumulate strength.
This war has just begun, and she is already prepared.
Di Xuanming sat beside her, guarding her silently.
In the moment of silence, a sharp arrow tore through the void and flew straight towards the gate of the City of Gods.
Luo Li narrowed her eyes slightly, grabbed the arrow with one hand, and held it in her hand.
A piece of paper was nailed to the tip of the arrow.
Luo Li glanced at Di Xuanming, then took the note down.
"Meet outside the City of Gods at 11:00 PM tomorrow." She whispered the words on the note.
Di Xuanming frowned slightly, "Who could it be that invites you to meet at this time?"
Luo Li held the note tightly and slowly raised her head, "I already know who it is."
Di Xuanming followed her gaze towards the wasteland outside the city where the demonic energy had not yet dissipated. He gathered spiritual energy at his fingertips and asked, "Is it someone from the Demon God Temple?"
Luo Li nodded and looked at Di Xuanming, "That's right."
Di Xuanming was a little worried, "Do you want me to..."
Before he finished speaking, Luo Li shook her head and said, "I'll go by myself."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Xuanming was worried, but he also believed in her decision.
He tightened his grip around her shoulders and said in a low voice, "Be careful."
Luo Li hugged his waist and said, "Don't worry."
The next day, at dusk
The Dark Night Forest is located three hundred miles outside the city.
Deep in the dark forest, the branches of towering ancient trees are tangled like ghost claws, blocking out the sky and the sun.
The humid air was filled with the mixed smell of rotten leaves and strange fragrance. There was a thick layer of fallen leaves underfoot, wet by the rain, almost mixed with the soil.
The footsteps were silent, with only the occasional cries of monsters breaking the silence.
Luo Li was still wearing her silver-white armor, but the harshness of the war had faded.
Her long hair was tied up with a red hairband, and a few strands of hair hung down on her cheeks, swaying gently with her steps.
A faint trace of chaotic power condensed on her fingertips, and she seemed to casually brushed it across an ancient tree beside her that was wrapped in blood-red vines.
Just as the vine was about to quietly tighten, it was burned by the golden light and made a "sizzling" sound, and drooped down limply.
"It's a moment earlier than the agreed time."
A slightly hoarse voice came from the fog ahead, "You are quite brave, coming here alone."
Luo Li pretended not to hear and continued walking straight through the diffuse mist.
When the fog cleared, a man in a black robe was sitting on a huge blue stone.
The man was playing with a short blade in his hand and did not turn around.
The surroundings were terribly quiet; even the roars of the monsters had disappeared.
Luo Li stood three feet away, looking at the man's figure, and sneered, "It's you."
Hearing this, the man let out a strange laugh and slowly turned around, revealing a familiar face.
He tilted his head and stood still on the ground. "How are you, Luo Li?"
Luo Li's expression gradually turned cold, "Mo Xuan... No, I should call you the Lord of the Demon God Temple."
Mo Xuan raised his eyebrows with interest, "How do you know I'm the Lord of the Demon God Temple?"
Luo Li scoffed lightly, "When you suddenly showed up to look for me, I already had my suspicions. At the time, I just thought you were from the Demon God Palace. I never thought that the former Senior Mo Xuan would now be the master of the Demon God Palace. It's really ridiculous."
Mo Xuan's eyes remained calm, "Isn't that good? Now I am the supreme Lord of the Demon God Temple. Once the Demon Abyss is broken, I will be the ruler of the entire Continent of Gods."
Luo Li looked at him and shook her head slowly. There was no trace of the senior who practiced both refining weapons and forming formations on the Tianyuan Continent.
The short blade at Mo Xuan's fingertips suddenly stopped, and the blade reflected the dark light surging in his eyes, like ice tempered with poison.
"Ridiculous? Luo Li, why do you think I helped you back then in Tianyuan Continent?"
He took two steps forward, his black robe sweeping across the fallen leaves, bringing up a gust of cold wind.
Luo Li remained calm: "So your approach to me was a plan from the beginning."
"No," Mo Xuan chuckled, his voice filled with an almost crazy paranoia, "It's just because you are Qing'er's daughter."
When Luo Li heard the name from his mouth, her expression changed slightly. Her mother was indeed in the Demon God Temple.
She flipped her hand, held Xuan Yue and raised it up, and the place where it landed was his heart.
"My parents are indeed in the Demon God Temple."
Mo Xuan turned his wrist slightly, and the short blade hit the spine of the Xuan Yue sword accurately. There was a crisp "ding" sound, which made Luo Li's palm numb slightly.
He retreated several feet like a ghost, his black robe leaving a trail of shadow in the forest. The madness in his eyes faded a little, replaced by a hint of joy. "Your father? He's still alive, but he's in the Soul Locking Tower at the bottom of the Demon Abyss. Life isn't easy for him."
"What did you do to him?!" The golden light on Luo Li's Xuan Yue sword became brighter, and the power of chaos surged around like a tide.
"What?" Mo Xuan chuckled, the short blade spinning in a cold arc at his fingertips, "Actually, I wanted to kill him."
Before Luo Li could question him, he smiled with a look of madness and regret, "What a pity, Qing'er doesn't want to."
The next second, anger rose on his face again, "Damn Luo Qi, he actually made a life-long oath with Qing'er!"
Luo Li's hand holding the Xuan Yue Sword suddenly tightened, and her knuckles turned white.
The oath of life together is a bond based on the soul, and only lovers with the deepest faith in each other dare to make this oath.
It turns out that the love of parents is so deep.
Mo Xuan looked at the shock that flashed across her eyes, and suddenly laughed softly, his laughter filled with an indelible chill and madness.
"Why do you think Qing'er is willing to stay in the Demon God Temple?"
Mo Xuan's short blade spun faster in his palm. "She thought that by guarding Luo Qi, she could keep you safe? But she forgot that my patience with her has long been worn away by this thousand years of waiting."
Luo Li's Xuan Yue Sword was trembling, not because of fear, but because of the anger that was about to burst out of her chest.
"Let them go." Her voice was as cold as ice. The power of chaos condensed into a solid light shield around her, forcing the surrounding evil spirits back three feet.
Mo Xuan laughed as if he had heard a joke, his shoulders shaking violently under his black robe. "Let them go? Luo Li, have you forgotten that if Luo Qi hadn't interfered, Qing'er would have been mine!"
He suddenly stopped laughing and pointed the short blade at Luo Li's eyebrows: "Your mother owes me, and it is you who should repay her. Either surrender to the Demon God Temple and kill Luo Qi with your own hands, and I will reunite you with Qing'er; or..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly turned into a puff of black smoke and rushed towards Luo Li. The strong wind brought by the short blade made her cheek hurt.
Luo Li was prepared. Xuan Yue swung out a sword flower, and golden light and black air exploded in the forest, shaking the ancient trees and making their leaves drop.
"Wishful thinking!" She used the momentum to flip backwards, her toes tapping on a horizontal branch. The Xuan Yue Sword traced a crescent-shaped trajectory. "Today, I will settle the score with you for imprisoning my parents!"
Mo Xuan's figure shuttled between the shadows of the trees, his black robe blending into the shadows. Only the occasional cold flash of the short blade revealed his whereabouts. "Settlement? My relationship with Qing'er was destined before you were born!"
He suddenly stopped a few feet behind Luo Li, pointing his short blade at the ground: "Do you know the flaw in the life oath?"
Luo Li turned around suddenly, holding the Xuan Yue Sword in front of her.
Mo Xuan's smile was filled with cruel anticipation: "As long as Luo Qi breaks his vow of his own free will, Qing'er will no longer have to worry about anything. You said, if he could see you die with his own eyes..."
"Shut up!" Luo Li's chaotic power suddenly erupted, and the light illuminated the entire forest like daylight.
The Xuan Yue Sword cut through the air, leaving a trail of afterimage, heading straight for Mo Xuan's throat.
This time, Mo Xuan did not take it head-on, but turned into black smoke and dissipated on the spot.
When he regained his composure, he was already on the top of a tree a hundred feet away.
"Luo Li, in three days, the Demonic Abyss rift will expand three times."
Mo Xuan's voice drifted on the wind, carrying a chilling smile. "By then, the seal of the Soul Locking Tower will have weakened. If you want to save Luo Qi, why not try coming to the North Territory? I'll be waiting for you."
As his black robe billowed, his figure completely melted into the dusk, leaving only one final whisper, like a venomous snake's tongue licking past an ear: "Don't forget, your mother's life is also in my hands."
The forest returned to dead silence, only the chaotic power around Luo Li that had not yet subsided was rustling the leaves.
She gripped the Xuan Yue Sword tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force, and the golden light on the sword flickered, reflecting the emotions surging in her eyes.
Soul Locking Tower,
Father,
Mother.
The three names rolled on the tip of her tongue, burning her heart.
She took a deep breath, suppressed the surging anger, and stroked the lines on the sword's spine with her fingertips.
Be calm, calm down.
She regained her composure and began to think about what Mo Xuan had just said.
The Soul-Locking Tower that Mo Xuan mentioned is at the bottom of the Demon Abyss, but the seal of the Demon Abyss has not been broken and has been guarded by the Ice God. Is it possible to enter the Demon Abyss from the Demon God Temple?
"Father." She whispered softly, with an imperceptible tremor in her voice, which was then replaced by a firmer determination.
When he turned around, the silver-white armor glowed coldly in the moonlight.
She did not return to the City of Gods immediately, but walked in the opposite direction of the city.
It is a restricted area of the Continent of Gods. Legend has it that it contains a Pool of Light that allows a brief glimpse into the past.
She needed to know more, about her parents' past, about the oath of life together, about the Demon Abyss... there were too many questions.
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