Invincible Dad-Chapter 547 547: A Thousand-Year Empire_1
The twelve Sea Demons surrounding Gudu Island gradually grew colder. All of them were Great Demons, equivalent to peak Ninth Grade Martial Artists of the Human Race and merely a single step away from the Demon King Realm. But this one step was like the chasm between a peak Ninth Grade Martial Artist and the Divine Gate Realm—an abyss that one might never cross in a lifetime!
Hearing the Faceless Spider's words, they didn't hesitate, each transforming into a stream of light that shot into the island. Though that spider shared their Boundary, being only a Great Demon, it had come directly from their slumbering master's side. Its status was not to be underestimated.
Xu Lai watched this scene, making no move. By his side, a three-year-old child appeared, wearing a red bellyband and holding a sugar-coated hawthorn stick. He was Heavenly Dao, but he had a human name—Sikong Jiu.
"The little princess is in danger." Sikong Jiu mumbled around a mouthful of sugar-coated hawthorn, "Supreme Emperor, do you need me to intervene?"
"No need," Xu Lai replied, glancing at Heavenly Dao.
Two days ago, Heavenly Dao had shamelessly borrowed one hundred Ten-color Immortal Grade Spirit Stones from him, claiming he needed them for a breakthrough. Yet, the little fellow now looked exactly the same as he had that day.
Feeling Xu Lai's undisguised stare, Sikong Jiu smiled sheepishly. "I haven't collected all the spiritual treasures yet, so I haven't attempted the breakthrough. It'll be tomorrow or the day after, though." He hesitated. "This island has a Concealment Formation. I've never sensed it before."
Never sensed it before? Xu Lai believed Heavenly Dao and didn't question it. If not for the wisp of Divine Sense he had attached to his daughter, he also would not have detected the slumbering presence of a Quasi-Emperor here.
The island's Concealment Formation was formidable, capable of deceiving the very heavens. Without being physically present, no Cultivator of any Boundary could detect the strangeness of this place. The one who arranged it had to be at least of the Emperor Realm. It hid all signs of life and concealed the death qi from the countless Sea Demons who had perished here.
So, who slumbers here? And why?
Xu Lai's gaze flickered as he suppressed his questions. Once the Quasi-Emperor sleeping beneath the island awoke, everything would come to light. He turned his attention back to his daughter.
Faced with twelve Great Demons, what will Yiyi do?
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"Sister Yiyi, it looks like we're surrounded," Qian Xiao's voice trembled.
Surrounding them were twelve bizarrely shaped monsters. There were fish-headed humanoids, enormous octopus monsters with human heads but whose eight tentacles were entirely human arms, and a massive seahorse with black wings.
On the seahorse's back sat a legless young girl. Her body was covered in fish scales, she had a beautiful mane of blood-red hair, and she was squinting as she sized them up.
"I do not kill the weak. You will come with me," the young female Great Demon on the seahorse said, her voice filled with endless indifference. Her attitude was lofty, as if she were facing not a human life, but a piece of cold, lifeless cargo.
Although Yiyi hadn't been cultivating for long, she practiced her father's Qingfeng Emperor Scripture, which was exceptionally compatible with her. Xu Yiyi could sense the formidable power of these twelve Great Demons, so she didn't make a rash move.
She whispered, "Qian Xiao, we might die here."
"Die?!" Qian Xiao cried out anxiously. "No, we can't die! We haven't achieved our grand ambition yet! How can we die here!"
"Grand ambition?" A Great Demon with a nearly human form tilted his head, looking slightly interested. "Do tell."
Qian Xiao's eyes widened. "You're all bad guys! I'm not telling you anything!" He moved to shield Xu Yiyi, his gaze sweeping over their enemies. "Big Sis, I'll hold them off with my life! You find a chance to escape!"
The twelve Great Demons all snickered.
Even the Faceless Spider in the sky chuckled. "Humans truly are ignorant and arrogant."
Xu Wandao's heart twisted as if being sliced by knives! Forget that his heart was still in the Faceless Spider's grip; his current injuries alone were critical, leaving him unable to even fend for himself.
"Who are you people?" Xu Wandao asked, his breath as thin as a thread. "Why did you lie low for fifty years? For what purpose?"
"Lie low?" The Faceless Spider withdrew its hand, its palm drenched in blood. It sneered, "This star has belonged to my master for hundreds of thousands, even tens of millions of years. My master has never needed to lie low. Why would he concern himself with a few flies and ants that have infested his home?"
The Faceless Spider grasped Xu Wandao's neck and said, word by word, "Humans... so low and disgusting. Your only purpose is to be food."
The Faceless Spider didn't know that two people were sitting right above its head.
One was Xu Lai. The other was Heavenly Dao.
Heavenly Dao Sikong Jiu glanced cautiously at Xu Lai and took a tiny step back, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
However, Xu Lai's mind wasn't on the spider. He stood up and sighed. His daughter and Qian Xiao probably couldn't handle the twelve Great Demons. They had, in the strictest sense, only been cultivating for two or three months. Qian Xiao was putting on a brave face, but his legs were shaking uncontrollably. While Xu Yiyi wasn't as frightened, her heart was pounding at more than twice its normal rate.
So, Xu Lai decided he would step in.
But just then, he let out a soft "Hm?"
He saw Qian Xiao, completely surrounded by the Great Demons, suddenly bellow, "Big Sis, you go first!"
With his roar, Qian Xiao's body swelled, expanding to a height of one zhang as his muscles bulged explosively. Of course, his clothes were torn to shreds. An aura that startled everyone on the island erupted from him.
"Pinnacle of Foundation Establishment." Heavenly Dao's eyebrows rose slightly. "Comparable to a peak Ninth Grade of the Human Race. But this is a Blood Ignition Technique. It seems to be from... the Primordial Giant Race?"
The Primordial Giant Race. Ranked thirty-third among all races, they cultivated not Divine Skills but sheer brute force, standing at the pinnacle of the Immortal Domain with their physical bodies alone. This Blood Ignition Secret Technique was exclusive to the core families of the Primordial Giants, allowing them to burn their Essence Blood to become stronger.
For an adult Primordial Giant, this secret technique could enhance their strength fivefold. But for Qian Xiao... it meant burning his lifespan for a temporary boost in power. First, he did not possess a pureblood Primordial Giant lineage. Second, his body lacked sufficient Essence Blood to burn.
To think he actually learned this secret technique... Xu Lai was slightly taken aback. This was a racial talent that only the royal family of the pureblood Primordial Giants was supposed to possess. Back then, the First Divine General Taotie had gone to the Primordial Giant Race to train, hoping to learn this very move, but had returned in failure.
"Still, this alone is likely not enough," Heavenly Dao said, shaking his head.
Qian Xiao knew it probably wasn't enough either. But in his mind, it would be enough if he could just hold off these bizarre monsters for a little while. Because Qian Xiao's goal was not to kill these monsters but to buy time. He wanted his Big Sis to get away alive.
As for himself… that no longer mattered.
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Chapter 547 547: A Thousand-Year Empire_1
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