"Kongkong,"
Tang Hao, who had disappeared from the sight of Zhao Wuji and Flander, did not go far. He landed on another branch of the tree, facing Tang Sui.
Father and daughter stood silently in the darkness, facing each other from a distance, with no words exchanged.
The darkness posed no obstacle to him, but as Tang Hao's scrutinizing gaze fell upon his younger daughter, and their eyes met, he froze.
His younger daughter's eye color was originally the most like his wife's, but now it had turned into another deep black...
Hmm? Black?
Tang Hao frowned, immediately recalling the anomaly with Tang Sui the night his son had exposed him.
Could it be... that another Sui Sui's consciousness was currently in control of the body?
As soon as this thought surfaced, Tang Sui slowly shifted her gaze, her deep black eyes fixed on Zhao Wuji, who was babbling incessantly with Flander not far away, unblinking.
That gaze... it wasn't like looking at a living being at all!
"Whoosh—!"
Almost instantly, the sound of something breaking through the air rang out in the dark forest.
Flander, who had been chatting with Zhao Wuji, changed his expression. He yanked the oblivious Zhao Wuji towards him and, using his immense arm strength, lifted Zhao Wuji into the air, avoiding the rapidly flying black shadow.
"Bang—!"
The solid ground was struck, creating a deep pit. Flander, who had instantly activated his martial soul and grabbed Zhao Wuji with his eagle claws, his face changed drastically, a look of lingering fear in his eyes.
If Zhao Wuji had been hit just now, he might already be dead!
"Shui!?" Zhao Wuji, who knew all too well what would have happened if that attack had landed on him, his face already swollen like a pig's, widened his panda-like eyes. He glared suspiciously in the direction from which the "hidden weapon" had come, like an agitated cub.
"Sui Sui!"
A low exclamation sounded. Flander's brows furrowed tightly. Zhao Wuji, who clearly heard the call, had a momentary blank expression on his face.
Sui... Sui Sui?
Was that voice from His Majesty the Clear Sky School?
Shouldn't that little girl be sleeping in the dormitory? How did she sense this and follow them so late at night?!
Numerous doubts swirled in his mind, but the next second, Zhao Wuji's right eyelid twitched violently. An ominous premonition crept into his heart. He suddenly stared wide-eyed, looking almost in panic at the dirt pit from which the dust was slowly settling.
When he saw the fox mask, identical to the shadow in his mind from earlier that day, only with a different color, leisurely flying out of the dirt pit, Zhao Wuji, still being held ungracefully by Flander, clutched his head in agony, looking completely dejected: "It's this little girl again!"
If Tang Sui had dared to do this to him during the day, he would have retaliated long ago.
But now... that little girl's father was still here!
He had heard that voice just now very clearly; it was His Majesty the Clear Sky School!
Below, Tang Sui, her attack missing, turned her dark eyes to the human who had obstructed her hunt. A sliver of black-red light flashed in her unfocused, vacant pupils. The next moment, her figure suddenly disappeared from Tang Hao's sight and reappeared behind him. With a sideways sweep of her small hand, she made a chopping motion, controlling the fox mask that had instantly flashed to her side, and unreservedly slashed fiercely at Tang Hao.
Sensing the presence behind him, Tang Hao's pupils contracted sharply. His body, accustomed to combat for years, instinctively adopted the best evasive posture, narrowly missing his daughter's attack.
"Boom—!"
A thick giant tree was cleaved in half by the terrifying force and fell to the ground, also toppling smaller trees.
"Sui Sui, wake up, I'm your dad!"
Tang Hao quickly reached out to grab Tang Sui's slender wrist, intending to restrain her movements by controlling her hands.
But Tang Sui did not dodge or evade. Her direct charge towards him surprised him greatly.
"Whoosh—"
Tang Hao instinctively reached out to catch her, but his hand passed through her delicate, fragile body. He himself, propelled by inertia, lunged forward, narrowly missing Tang Sui.
"What?" For the first time, Tang Hao personally experienced his daughter's third soul skill and was filled with astonishment. He hadn't expected his daughter, who had never endured hardship, to possess such excellent combat awareness!
A sense of proud warmth rose in his heart, but Tang Hao's pride quickly faded.
Because Tang Sui, who had passed him by, maintained her ethereal form. Her tiptoes rested on the faintly visible fox mask. The small figure, like a dragonfly skimming over water, moved swiftly and accurately straight towards Flander and Zhao Wuji in the air. The vacant look in her dark eyes receded slightly, replaced by an astonishing intensity.
"Bear... bird... eat..."
A soft murmur was dutifully carried by the wind to the ears of the other three living people present.
Flander, whose hearing was extremely sharp: "......?"
Tang Hao, who had already rushed into the air to intercept Tang Sui, swayed, almost falling down in embarrassment.
And Zhao Wuji, once again targeted by Tang Sui and realizing Flander wasn't moving, his eyes filled with terror. He instinctively tightened his grip on the eagle's claws, gruffly urging Flander to fly faster: "Boss Fu! Fly!" He couldn't let the little girl catch him!
Otherwise, they would really fall out this time!!
—Author's Note—
Sui Sui (holding a knife and fork): Black bear, owl, cute, want to eat 0v0
Zhao Wuji, Flander: Don't come over!
Alright, since so many little cuties are begging for more content in each chapter, Mo Li will combine some chapters and add them into one.
The current update schedule is one chapter at noon and two chapters at night~
The results of the PK should be out today. If they are, I'll post them in today's last chapter.
See you tonight~