Chapter 1254 Your Father
He suddenly raised his head, staring at Luo Li with his scarlet eyes, and suddenly inserted his hands into the bloody hole in his chest, ignoring the burning power of chaos, and tore it apart fiercely!
"With my soul, obey my command. All demons return to their source and perish here!"
"boom!"
An indescribable loud noise did not come from outside, but from inside Mo Xuan's body.
His entire body swelled and twisted instantly, like a black balloon stretched to its limit.
Countless clearer magic patterns burst out from his torn wounds, spreading madly like living things, instantly covering his entire body, and even beginning to pierce into the surging black mist under his feet.
The entire northern snowfield suddenly began to tremble violently.
The ground began to crack, and no longer did blood mist and demonic shadows appear. Instead, bottomless cracks appeared directly.
A demonic energy, thick as a substance, surged forth from the depths of the earth. The sky was dyed completely inky black, even the first rays of dawn were devoured, as if doomsday had arrived.
Luo Li, as if facing a formidable enemy, spoke sternly, "Or is Mo Xuan planning to sacrifice himself to break the seal of the Demon Abyss? He wants the entire Continent of Gods to be buried with him!"
Liuli said anxiously, "We must stop him! If this continues, the seal of the Demon Abyss will really be broken, and the Demon God will be resurrected prematurely!"
The demonic energy surged like a raging wave, and Mo Xuan's swollen body had become one with the crack in the abyss.
Luo Li gripped the Xuan Yue Sword tightly. She could feel that the barrier beneath the earth that had been sealed for hundreds of thousands of years was shaking violently, as if it would collapse at any time.
"Hahaha! Luo Li, look! This is the Continent of the Gods that you are to protect! Today, I will merge it with the Demonic Abyss!"
Mo Xuan's voice came from the black fog, with a madness that was determined to destroy everything.
Countless thick demonic roots stretched out from the cracks, like greedy giant pythons, frantically gnawing at the sealed light wall.
Luo Li gritted her teeth, raised the Xuan Yue Sword above her head, and the golden power of chaos poured down like a waterfall, trying to cut off those demonic roots.
But just as she chopped off a batch, more emerged from the deeper cracks. Her strength was being consumed madly, and Mo Xuan's sacrificial ceremony was nearing its end.
At the moment the first spiderweb crack appeared on the sealing wall, a clear female voice suddenly rang out between heaven and earth, like a mountain stream clearing away the evil spirit:
"Mo Xuan, you have finally come to this point."
Luo Li looked up suddenly and saw a figure in green standing slowly on the snowy field not far behind Mo Xuan.
The woman's black hair flowed like a waterfall, and her eyes and brows held a coldness similar to Luo Li's. A faint moonlight halo lingered around her. It was her mother, Mu Wanqing, whom she had only seen in portraits.
But that figure was clearly a phantom, and the hem of her skirt had begun to blur, so it was obviously not a real entity.
Mo Xuan's sacrificial action suddenly stopped, and the speed of the surging black fog slowed down a bit.
"Qing'er? Impossible! You were clearly trapped in the Soul Locking Tower by me..."
"You can trap my body, but you can't trap my soul." Mu Wanqing's shadow raised her hand, and a little white light condensed on her fingertips.
"Back then, because of our old friendship, I softened my heart towards you for a moment, but I never expected to make such a huge mistake. You sealed my husband, and now you want to attack my child. Mo Xuan, you truly deserve to die."
Her eyes swept over Luo Li, filled with endless tenderness and apology, "Li'er, mother is late."
Before she finished speaking, the light on her fingertips suddenly turned into fireflies all over the sky. Those fireflies did not attack Mo Xuan, but flew towards the crack in the abyss.
Every time a firefly touched the sealed light wall, the crack healed a little, and the originally dim light wall was lit up again with a soft but tenacious white light.
"You're trying to stop me?!" Mo Xuan was completely enraged, and black energy surged around him. "I gave up the spiritual path and fell into the devil's way for you, but you protected the Luo family time and time again! Mu Wanqing, you're doing very well!"
He roared and pounced towards Mu Wanqing's shadow, but just as his fingertips were about to touch the green-clothed figure, his whole body seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and was bounced away by a soft but irresistible force, crashing heavily onto the snowy field, stirring up a cloud of snow dust.
"Luo Qi is right. You are no longer the Mo Xuan of the past." Mu Wanqing's voice was tinged with a sigh, and her shadow gradually became transparent. "This seal is about to be broken, and I have a reason for it. Today, my last remaining soul will add another lock to it."
Her figure turned into a stream of green light and fell straight into the crack of the abyss.
"No!" Mo Xuan's eyes were bloodshot and he struggled to get up, but he found that the black air around him was dissipating rapidly. The magic power in his body seemed to be forcibly extracted by something, and even the power of sacrifice could no longer be mobilized.
In the cracks of the abyss, green light and white light intertwined into a huge light curtain, and those madly gnawing demon roots melted away inch by inch in the light curtain.
As Mu Wanqing's residual soul completely merged, the entire crack began to slowly close, the tremors of the earth gradually subsided, and the inky color of the sky faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The seal of the Demon Abyss was sealed again.
Although it was still unstable, it was absolutely impossible for Mo Xuan to break the seal by offering sacrifice again.
Luo Li stood there, looking at the direction where the green light disappeared, her eyes suddenly moist.
She wanted to call out "Mom", but found that her throat seemed to be blocked, and she could only let the tears flow down.
"Puff!" Mo Xuan spat out a mouthful of black blood. Looking at the ground that had closed again, all the blood color disappeared from his face, and only an unbelievable emptiness remained in his eyes.
He lost, miserably.
The heart of this woman, Mu Wanqing, still belongs completely to Luo Qi!
No! He can revive her!
Yes, he can revive her!
At this moment, the sound of flapping wings was heard from the sky, and hundreds of spiritualists from the City of Gods wearing silver armor came riding on birds, led by Feng Wuhen.
"Luo Li! We're here!"
Mo Xuan looked up at those people, then at Luo Li, and suddenly laughed miserably. He stood up frantically, "I'll let you go for now! I'm going to find Qing'er."
His figure twisted and deformed in the black fog, turning into a black light and rushing towards the depths of the Arctic ice field at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared in the wind and snow.
Feng Wuhen rolled over and landed on the ground. Seeing the remaining demonic energy and cracks on the snowy plain, his face became solemn. "Is this a tampering with the seal of the Demonic Abyss?"
Luo Li withdrew her gaze, leaning on the Xuan Yue Sword to barely stand. Her voice trembled, "Mo Xuan wanted to sacrifice himself to break the seal, but was stopped by my mother's residual spirit."
"My aunt..." Feng Wuhen hesitated to speak, and finally just sighed. He waved his hand to signal the spiritual masters to clear the battlefield, "Let's go back to the City of Gods first. The demonic energy here needs to be purified."
Luo Li nodded and was about to take a step when the Tower of Gods in her body suddenly vibrated violently.
Her face changed and she looked inside hurriedly, only to see that her father's soul light in the tower was rapidly dimming, and the originally suppressed black energy was seeping out from the depths of his soul.
"What's going on?" she cried out in surprise, and the power of chaos rushed over to strengthen the seal, but was repelled by an even colder force.
Feng Wuhen noticed her strangeness: "What's wrong?"
"Father's soul is deteriorating." Luo Li gritted her teeth, cold sweat oozing from her forehead. "Mo Xuan's chains contain a soul-eating curse."
The Soul-Eating Curse, guided by demonic energy, devours the soul. Once it enters, it becomes like a maggot in the bones, and there will be no peace unless the caster dies.
Feng Wuhen's expression suddenly changed: "Then Mo Xuan..."
"He can't run away." Luo Li looked up at the direction of the Arctic ice field, with a flash of determination in her eyes. "As long as he's alive, Father won't be truly safe. And Mother..."
She clenched her fists, and her mother's residual soul merged into the seal, seemingly calming the crisis, but the seal had already cracked and would collapse completely sooner or later.
She exhaled, "Let's go back to the City of Gods first. I can control my father's Soul-Erosion Curse, but to completely resolve it, Mo Xuan must die. However, this requires careful planning."
Feng Wuhen nodded, "Okay."
Luo Li stood up straight, raised her hand and waved, "Return to the city!"
The disciples of the City of Gods behind Feng Wuhen immediately responded, "Yes, City Lord!"
The gates of the City of Gods slowly opened in the morning light. When the spiritual masters guarding the city saw the figure in silver armor stained with blood, they all knelt on one knee, shouting loudly throughout the long street: "Welcome back to the city, Lord!"
"Wuhen, let's keep the Soul-Eroding Curse a secret for now." Luo Li lowered her voice.
Feng Wuhen nodded when he heard this: "Don't worry, I have already given the order, and all the disciples who know about it will not say anything. But..."
He looked at Luo Li's pale profile, "You forcefully activated the Origin of Chaos and then fought a series of tough battles. Now your spiritual power is severely depleted, and you have to divert your attention to suppress the Soul-Erosion Curse. You won't be able to hold out for much longer at this rate."
Luo Li didn't stop, her fingertips brushing against the Chaos Jade at her waist. Liuli's breath was weak but steady: "Liuli is helping me find a way to break the curse. I don't have to spend much energy suppressing the Soul-Erosion Curse."
Feng Wuhen nodded, "Okay, then I'll get busy first."
"Go ahead."
After Feng Wuhen left, Luo Li returned to the City Lord's Mansion.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Grandpa and the others were waiting for her return.
The moment Luo Li stepped into the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, she was fixed with several anxious gazes.
Luo Xiao and Luo Xiong strode forward, their eyes filled with fear: "Xiao Li, you're finally back! Are you hurt?"
Behind him, several elders of the Luo family also gathered around her. When their eyes fell on her blood-stained armor, they all looked worried.
Luo Li forced a faint smile: "Grandpa, Second Grandpa, Elders, I'm fine."
Luo Xiong still pulled Luo Li around for a while, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that everything was fine.
Luo Xiao tapped Luo Li's forehead and said, "You, you, you didn't even tell us where you were going. You actually ran to such a dangerous place like the North."
Luo Li chuckled, "I'm fine."
Luo Xiong snorted heavily, his eyes reddened. "Are you alright? Look at the blood on your armor! If Feng Wuhen hadn't sent a message ahead of time saying you were safe, your grandfather and I would have led our men to the northern border last night!"
Luo Li stuck out her tongue, "This is not my blood!
Luo Xiao waved his hand, signaling everyone to take a seat. His eyes fell on her, hesitant to speak: "Your father..."
Mentioning Luo Qi, the smile on Luo Li's face faded, and her fingertips turned white: "I have taken my father's soul into the Tower of Gods, but Mo Xuan has cast a soul-eating curse on him, and we need to find a way to break it."
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