Li Xiuzhu’s face was pale, and his entire figure looked emaciated, with wrinkles gradually forming at the corners of his mouth and eyes.
Just a mont ago, when he had been trapped by the formation of Greedy Wolf True Jun, he first used the 33rd Hexagram and expended 10 years of his life span to enter a penetrative state, allowing him to pass through almost all matter in the world.
Using the ability of the 33rd Hexagram to penetrate the ground and the Seven Stars Formation, he then used the 2nd Hexagram, at the cost of half of his physical constitution, to heal his injuries.
Then, once again, he extended his hand, dragging the distorted Wang Xuanhua into the penetrative state, and spent another 10 years of life.
The two were then seen plumting rapidly, instantly covering the 2000-ter height of Donghua City, falling straight from the top floor to the underground space.
The instant they arrived in the underground space, Li Xiuzhu cancelled the Hexagram’s power, and both regained their physical forms. After a quick and crisp battle, Li Xiuzhu stuffed the distorted Wang Xuanhua into the space gourd created by the 47th Hexagram, at the cost of his entire body stiffening for an hour.
Li Xiuzhu was then seen lying weakly on the ground, his Primordial Spirit force flowing into his physical body from his sea of consciousness like the great Yangtze River, sustaining his bodily functions.
Not far away, Annie had been waiting on one side as agreed and hurried over to begin treating Li Xiuzhu.
But when she discovered the extre exhaustion of the organs inside Li Xiuzhu’s body, she couldn’t help but shed tears, "It’s no use, your physical body has been weakened too many tis and can no longer function on its own. The mont you stop converting Primordial Spirit force into physical strength, you will die within five minutes at most."
Li Xiuzhu was still suffering the side effects of the 47th Hexagram, his body barely able to move, unable to speak, and could only use his Primordial Spirit force to vibrate the air to say, "How many tis can I still use it?"
Annie said, "You want to use the 2nd Hexagram again? Do you realize how serious the situation is after halving your constitution and losing another 20 years of life?
Your organs are severely failing; you must constantly use your Primordial Spirit force to maintain normal body functions. This ans you won’t be able to sleep, rest, or even increase your Primordial Spirit force for a long ti!"
Li Xiuzhu: "I’m sorry, Annie. I didn’t expect a True God to intervene. I had no choice."
"Was it to capture that mutated being?" Annie said, "Is it worth it?"
"Cultivators who mutate at the ninth realm are no trivial matter; we can’t just let the Heavenly Court take them away." Li Xiuzhu: "Annie, help up."
Annie: "What are you trying to do? You need to rest!"
Li Xiuzhu, exerting his Primordial Spirit force with difficulty, slowly straightened himself and drifted out, "No ti to waste. There are other traitor cultivators in Donghua City who failed to join the Heavenly Demon and are now facing capture and execution. This series of blows is bound to greatly increase the likelihood of their mutation.
One of the reasons why the True God of the Constellation Departnt ca here must be to harvest these mutated beings. I must capture them first."
Annie glared at him angrily: "You still want to fight? Can’t you see the state you’re in? Most of your Primordial Spirit force is being used just to keep your body functioning! Can’t you at least recover before you go into battle?"
Seeing Li Xiuzhu unaffected and continuing to float away, Annie sighed deeply and still followed him, "I’ll end up dying with you one of these days!!"
...
anwhile, although Greedy Wolf True Jun had failed to kill Li Xiuzhu or keep Wang Xuanhua, he quickly recovered from his disappointnt and irritation, taking matters into his own hands to capture the cultivators who had mutated in the great battle.
He also ordered Zhao Shouyi and others to seal all the captured mutated cultivators and await their handover to the Heavenly Court.
Historically, whether the mutated beings were killed or not, they were all to be turned over to the Heavenly Court, and no one raised objections on the spot.
Thus, a massive manhunt began throughout Donghua City, while outside the city, the vast army of Heavenly Demons seed to realize their operation had failed. They stopped wasting their forces against the Celestial Star Formation and soared up into the sky, retreating.
At the sa ti, 500 ters away at the military district, a figure in a black robe staggered through the shadows.
Looking closely, it was clearly Xiao Pei who had completed the transformation into a Heavenly Demon.
Just monts ago, Xing Jun had also been affected by Zhou Bai’s dire calamity and was controlling the Heavenly Demon body in pursuit of Zhou Bai when Xiao Pei suddenly discovered she could control her own body. She secretly ran out, wanting to find Zhao Shouyi to explain her current situation.
But the military zone was still riddled with a large number of Heavenly Demon infiltrators, so seizing the opportunity, she crossed the military border and leapt down, plumting towards the civilian area.
Boom!
Just as Xiao Pei was about to crash into the ground, streams of fla burst forth from the thrusters that had ford on her hands and feet, helping her to stabilize her figure and gently land on the ground.
With a thud, she knelt down and stared blankly at her hands. After a fluctuation of her skin, the plasma thrusters that had just been present vanished without a trace, and her hands once again took on a fair and delicate appearance.
’I must tell Grandpa... about the situation after transforming into a Heavenly Demon...’
At that mont, Xiao Pei’s gaze flickered slightly, and her vision started to change, presenting various thermal imaging, sonar detection, and electromagnetic detection visuals before her eyes. All around her, within a radius of several hundred ters, various sounds of conversation and cries incessantly flowed into her ears.
"Mommy, I’m scared."
"If those Heavenly Demons break in, I’ll fight them to the end."
"Waaaaah..."
Xiao Pei shook her head, trying hard to get rid of all the chaotic stuff in her head. Suddenly, her pupils constricted, and a telescopic sight appeared in her vision. Her hands transford and she spun around, aiming at a little boy beyond a window.
’Kill him! Kill him!’
A strong killing intent erged from Xiao Pei’s heart. It seed as if there was a crazy, cruel version of herself within, wanting to co out, desiring to destroy and annihilate everything.
Xiao Pei let out a great roar, and the parts of her body composed of Heavenly Demon tissue seed to send a cooling sensation through her, helping her suppress the madness within. Her hands transford once more, returning to their normal appearance.
However, distant screams had already begun to echo; Xiao Pei realized soone had discovered her.
She got up, intending to walk outside, but the madness and killing intent inside her surged again. Her back twisted, and instantly nurous laser cannon barrels unfurled from it.
"Don’t!" Xiao Pei slamd her palm onto the ground forcefully: "Don’t kill civilians!"
At that mont, ard civilians with knives, guns, and clubs daringly charged towards her.
"It’s a Heavenly Demon!"
"Damn the Heavenly Demon!"
"Kill her!"
Blades struck Xiao Pei’s body but naturally couldn’t even leave a mark, only serving to further provoke the violence and insanity in her heart. Blood-red tentacles began to spread from her face, extending towards her entire body as if she were infected by so virus.
"Get away from !"
Amidst her furious roar, several white incandescent streams of light shot from the laser cannons on her back, directly piercing and lting the nearby houses and frightening the civilians into fleeing.
"I need to find Grandpa, Grandpa will surely believe . He knows that my siding with the Heavenly Demons was all for the sake of humanity."
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