Chapter 989: Hua Shen Appears, All Beings Prostrate
“Father.”
From behind, the blonde woman with a mask placed her hands on his shoulders, bent down, and whispered into his ear with a clear, smiling voice, “Long time no see.”
Xia Feng glanced at her sideways, unfazed, and calmly replied, “My dear daughter, are you planning to kill your father?”
“How could I? With Sayame here, Father, you won’t die,” the blonde masked woman said, her fingertips sliding from Xia Feng’s jaw down his cheek with amusement.
Xia Feng showed no reaction, but Ke Yanqing was startled by the masked woman’s sudden appearance at close range. Her legs went weak, and she plunked down.
The crisp sound drew the attention of both the blonde woman and Xia Feng, and they stared at her in surprise.
Ke Yanqing’s pretty, cold face instantly became like a boiling furnace, flushed as steam madly billowed upwards. Her mind buzzed and churned. Every nerve was stretched to its limit, drawn taut, and began to snap one by one—
If shame and disgrace were ranked on a scale of 10, her unashamedly pleasing the K-Masked Man would be a 10.
Kikyō Sayame’s appearance and her direct, close-range gaze at Ke Yanqing’s actions doubled her shame and disgrace.
Her mind went blank, her vision filled with a chaotic, colorful light. Her body felt lighter, and she began to fall backward, experiencing a strong sense of weightlessness as if falling from the clouds, filling her with panic and confusion, yet also excitement.
But she could no longer think, only wishing for everything to end, to fall into the abyss called death.
Tired, she thought, this is it. Mother, Yanqing, I’ve tried my best. She felt a sense of relief.
However, amidst the seven-colored chaotic sky, a slender white hand suddenly reached out, clasped her wrist, and in her horrified gaze, fiercely pulled her back from the abyss to the sky.
“Ms. Ke, your mission isn’t complete yet, you can’t just fall like this,” the blonde masked woman said with a faint smile, her eyes crinkling.
Ke Yanqing slumped back into Xia Feng’s arms, trembling all over. After regaining some composure, she stared coldly at the masked woman, her voice disjointed, “Kikyō, Kikyō Sayame, how… how are you here?!”
In Ke Yanqing’s memory, Kikyō Sayame had once wanted to become a maid-in-waiting. But a clueless nobody from a back alley thought she could compete for the position of maid-in-waiting?
At that time, she had stomped Kikyō Sayame’s half-masked face under her feet, easily winning the victory.
“I’m here, naturally, with the same mission as you.”
The blonde masked woman’s tone was calm, her demeanor very different from the insecure girl Ke Yanqing remembered.
“The same mission?” Ke Yanqing’s unfocused pupils brightened, as if she had thought of something. She was initially delighted, but for some reason, she also felt a pang of reluctance and loss. Her fair, slender arms instinctively tightened their grip on Xia Feng’s broad back.
Immediately after, she suddenly realized something was wrong. Her body stiffened, and her hands abruptly released him.
“You don’t need to worry. The task of intensifying the curse has always been yours; I won’t snatch it from you, nor am I interested. I’m just an observer.”
Kikyō Sayame took half a step back, her beautiful phoenix eyes sparkling. “En, so you continue. Just don’t break my father.”
“…”
“Kikyō Sayame, I’m very curious, what is your true identity?” Xia Feng asked sideways, feeling a little strength return.
“Father, what you should be considering now is how to escape, not asking so many questions.”
Xia Feng mused, “You’re not that old protector of Huojin, are you?”
“…Father, that’s not right. Lord Huojin is young and beautiful, with a face like a flower, the most beautiful woman in the world!”
“Huojin is female?”
“She is a woman!”
“Oh, and what about Caijie and Xuhuang? Are they male or female?”
“…Father, you have too many questions.”
Ke Yanqing’s expression stiffened. She looked up again at Xia Feng’s slightly sweaty face. Seeing that he was constantly looking at Kikyō Sayame, and the two of them conversing as if she, Miss Ke, didn’t exist at all, as if they didn’t care about her one bit.
Truly…
An inexplicable displeasure and anger welled up. Ke Yanqing raised her cool, beautiful eyes, her enchanting crimson eyes turning cold. Reason was firmly under her control. She placed her hands on Xia Feng’s shoulders.
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Xia Feng never paid much attention to Ke Yanqing. Compared to Miss Mu’s perfection, Ke Yanqing’s effect on him was just… average.
Too weak, needs more practice.
He looked towards the source of the Blood Corrosion Cage, to the north, where another Cloud Platform stood.
It seemed like Hezi was within that fog-shrouded Cloud Platform.
The Authority Conversion of the Blood Corrosion Cage was 9.06%, several times higher than the Black Moon Pope’s Gui Xu Meng Yan, which was only a little over two percent.
Xia Feng had previously used two Sumeru Throne·Descending God Arrows to downgrade Gui Xu Meng Yan.
This Blood Corrosion Cage would likely require more Descending God Arrows.
He currently didn’t have that much Spirit Particle reserves.
However, this was not important. Although the Blood Corrosion Cage imprisoned him, it wasn’t a bad thing.
The only current issue was whether Hua Shen had managed to obtain Sky Pivot Five.
Three hours passed quietly.
In the ink-white world to the north, the Spirit Awakening Wood, once a broken stub, had quietly grown into a hundred-meter-tall majestic sacred tree.
Its branches were lush, and its greenery was vibrant. Within the thousand veins of its leaves, golden threads of light flickered.
At the same time, the Star Devouring Ritual on the ground was nearing completion.
Three thousand Golden Sparrow tribesmen faced the Spirit Awakening Sacred Tree and prostrated themselves in unison.
In front, above the twelve sacrificial pillars, twelve figures were also kneeling on one knee. Countless ancient and profound divine patterns, centered around the sacrificial pillars, emitted golden radiance, extending towards the Spirit Awakening Tree. Like surging seawater, they quickly connected.
The originally semi-circular formation instantly transformed into a perfect circle, with Xia Feng’s Cloud Platform located at the very center.
Xia Feng looked up. The radiance of the Spirit Awakening Sacred Tree cascaded down, making him feel as if he were bathed in holy light, his entire being clad in a magnificent divinity.
However, Ke Yanqing, clinging to his neck and emitting a divine maiden’s mournful cry, added a touch of absurd wickedness to this scene.
Ke Yanqing had completely fallen, sobbing and calling him “Lord K-Masked Man” in his ear.
Xia Feng clearly sensed that in these three hours, eighty percent of his Mental Power had been devoured and absorbed by Ke Yanqing through the “Cage Seal” that bound the “Blood Corrosion Seal” on him.
Once his mental power was exhausted, his consciousness would be next. His consciousness was already feeling drowsy.
Fortunately, it seemed the time had finally come.
He felt something in the depths of his being, his black pupils narrowing slightly as he looked up.
Further up in the heavens, a majestic divine light, interwoven with crimson and gold, suddenly pierced through space.
Buzz—!!
A pillar of light descended with a roar, illuminating the entire Spirit Awakening Sacred Tree in golden-red. A graceful divine silhouette appeared indistinctly within the flow of light.
Snow-white feet adorned with strange red sparrows did not emerge from the light. Next came a divine phoenix dress, followed by ink-black hair that gracefully cascaded past her hips. A bright red ribbon tied around a small section of her hair’s end fluttered in the wind.
She wore a mysterious fox mask covering the upper part of her face. The delicate lower face that was exposed already possessed a captivating, world-toppling charm, causing all things to prostrate themselves, and even the gods to willingly abandon their divinity and fall into obsession for her.
(End of this chapter)
