Mo Qi patted his storage pouch and released the Fire Demon.
The Fire Demon laughed joyfully, darting among the fire dragons. With every breath, it swallowed the flames, its belly swelling in an instant.
The Old Man of the South Pole raised his coiled dragon staff and struck at Mo Qi.
Mo Qi did not wish to entangle with them further, lest Hong Jin escape. He immediately summoned the Heaven-Overturning Seal and struck at the coiled dragon staff, shattering it in an instant. The Heaven-Overturning Seal continued to grow, striking down at the Old Man of the South Pole as if the sky were collapsing.
The Old Man of the South Pole’s face turned ashen with fright, and he fled as a golden light.
“See, didn’t I say he killed Yin Jiao?” Li Sanlang shouted, retracting his Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover and running away.
The Yuqing Sect was strategic in combat; they would not engage without absolute certainty.
Mo Qi put away the Heaven-Overturning Seal and continued to pursue Hong Jin.
The delay caused by these individuals had given Hong Jin an opportunity to escape. In the blink of an eye, he had fled a great distance and was almost out of sight.
At this moment, a graceful figure blocked his path, thrusting the Two Dragon Sword towards Hong Jin. Hong Jin waved the banner in his hand and vanished from his spot.
Long Ji immediately waved her white banner again, and Hong Jin’s lewd figure fled into the distance. “They were all prepared to let me go, why are you being so aggressive, Princess?”
“He is right. Since your name is on the list, go and take your rightful place quickly. Don’t cling here shamelessly.”
Long Ji formed a hand seal, and the sky changed, dark clouds churning ceaselessly.
Moments later, a vortex spun within the dark clouds, opening a massive black hole. With a thunderous roar, it was as if the sky had opened its floodgates, and immense, blinding lightning poured down, striking at Hong Jin.
Hong Jin simply fled for his life. The lightning roared down, scattering across the ground in a diffused pattern, with continuous rumbling everywhere, instantly turning the area black.
Some of the lightning struck Hong Jin. Golden light flared, and the lightning slid off his clothes like rain on a raincoat. Hong Jin merely trembled and continued to flee forward.
The talismans on his body had once again served their purpose, saving his life.
At this time, Mo Qi held his left hand forward and pulled his right hand back through the void. Between his hands, a phantom bow and arrow appeared, shimmering with light and emitting a resonant hum. A world-destroying aura instantly permeated the air.
With a "thwack," Mo Qi released his right hand, and the arrow whistled out.
Hong Jin paid it no mind, focusing only on his escape. He believed the arrow could not penetrate his talismans.
However, he was mistaken. This misjudgment directly placed his name on the Investiture of the Gods.
With a resounding boom, as the arrow's light merged with Hong Jin's figure, a burst of white light instantly spread out, engulfing Hong Jin's body.
As the light dissipated, Hong Jin's body vanished from its spot.
Long Ji walked forward, looking at Mo Qi with a strange expression. “Kid, you didn’t have to kill him. At worst, I wouldn’t have agreed.”
Mo Qi’s lips curled. “Earlier, when I saw you attack, you didn’t seem to hold back either!”
“How could that be? If I hadn’t held back, he would have died long ago, and it would be your turn to act? You don’t actually think you’re more powerful than me now, do you?” Long Ji said indignantly.
Mo Qi smiled slightly. “Alright, you are powerful. Strictly speaking, you are the one who led me down this path.”
Long Ji’s delicate eyebrows rose. “You still remember? Then I should be considered your master, shouldn’t I?”
Mo Qi grinned slyly. “No, if that were the case, you wouldn’t be able to fulfill your worldly destiny.”
Long Ji tried to put on a stern face but couldn't help but chuckle. “You really are conceited!”
At this moment, the Matchmaker walked up. Seeing that Hong Jin had vanished into thin air, he felt as if the sky had collapsed. He stamped his feet and cried out to the heavens, “Heavens, what have you done? You’ve affected my performance for this year again!”
Mo Qi pointed at Long Ji, winked, and said, “It’s alright. Here’s a ready-made thread, a ready-made performance. Take it.”
Long Ji’s face was full of smiles. “That’s too much, kid.”
The Matchmaker looked at Mo Qi and said indignantly, “Don’t even think about it. I’d rather not be an immortal than help you with matchmaking.”
Long Ji genuinely feared Mo Qi might offend the Matchmaker, so she immediately looked at Mo Qi and changed the subject. “Kid, why haven’t you left yet? Are you waiting for them to come back and kill you? Their reinforcements are endless.”
Her words jolted Mo Qi awake. He immediately realized he should indeed leave.
The Heaven-Overturning Seal had been exposed, and the disciples of the Yuqing Sect would not let him go.
First, they wanted to reclaim the Heaven-Overturning Seal. Second, Yin Jiao’s bizarre death made them feel their authority was completely lost. They were constantly thinking of killing the person who had manipulated the situation.
By killing that person, they could regain some face.
At this moment, the Fire Demon let out a heavy burp, its stomach shrinking considerably. Only then did it exhale with relief, “Much more comfortable. I almost choked to death.”
Then, it came up and circled Long Ji, its red nose bleeding. “Oh my, she’s too beautiful. Matchmaker, help me with a match.”
“You shameless Fire Demon.” Mo Qi’s hand, a ribbon-like phantom, shot out, wrapped around the Fire Demon’s body, and retracted rapidly, pulling the Fire Demon back into the storage pouch.
The Matchmaker glanced at Long Ji and snorted, “Princess, you refuse the path I’ve shown you. The road ahead will likely be exceptionally arduous.”
Long Ji glanced at Mo Qi. “I am willing to bear all consequences.”
“Whatever consequences there are, come at me,” Mo Qi immediately glared at the Matchmaker. “Don’t get it wrong. It’s not that the young lady isn’t taking the path you pointed out; it’s that she can’t. She has no choice even if she wants to!”
The Matchmaker snorted and turned to leave.
Long Ji urged again, “Leave quickly. If you delay further, you won’t be able to. I have to go too.”
“Where are you going? You don’t have to leave. It’s not like you disagreed with their proposal; it’s just that you can’t fulfill it now.”
“I’m returning to the Phoenix Mountain’s Azure Phoenix Palace,” Long Ji said. “I was living quite well here. With you stirring things up, do you think I can stay?”
“That’s good,” Mo Qi thought for a moment. “If one day I have nowhere to go, I’ll come to Phoenix Mountain to find you.”
“How can you be so confident that I will definitely accept you?” Long Ji said with a smile and left.
Feeling she had left Mo Qi’s sight, she immediately went to chase after the Matchmaker. Others could be offended, but the Matchmaker could not.
Mo Qi watched her back disappear before turning around and flying off into the distance.
Mo Qi had originally intended to return to Biyou Palace. Midway, he saw a troop of people heading towards Xiqi City. He couldn’t help but look more closely, and with one glance, he clearly saw that the leader of the troop was Kong Xuan!
It turned out that after Hong Jin was captured, the Yin army was leaderless and in disarray. The Yin Dynasty then sent Kong Xuan to attack Xiqi City.
Mo Qi surmised that Kong Xuan was also heading to attack Xiqi City, so he descended from his cloud, intending to persuade Kong Xuan to retreat and not to throw himself against a stone, as everyone said that the Zhou Dynasty was destined to replace the Yin Dynasty. This was the general trend and the will of the people, which no individual could stop.
Kong Xuan was riding his horse when a human figure suddenly appeared in the air, looking as elegant as jade. “Kong Xuan, long time no see.”
The soldiers, as if facing a great enemy, all gripped their weapons tightly, looking nervously at the sky.