Hai Yue Guang heard her daughter's cry, but it was too late. She had already become a patricide and could not turn back.
"Moli! Don't come over! Leave quickly!"
But Hai Yue Guang's shouts were of no use. Hai Yue Moli still struggled to walk towards the battlefield. Frail as she was, reaching this point was already extremely difficult.
Seeing that her daughter showed no signs of stopping, Hai Yue Guang looked towards Li Xing and Xiang Lin, who were watching from the side.
"Young man, it was wrong of me to ambush you before. I apologize now. Please help me stop my daughter from coming over. Thank you!" As she spoke, Hai Yue Guang knelt and bowed towards Li Xing in gratitude.
Li Xing already felt some guilt towards the little girl named Moli. Without Hai Yue Guang needing to ask, he would have stopped her and saved her life.
"Xiang Lin, stop her. Don't let her come any further. I have a premonition that the demon sealed by the Sage of Six Paths is about to emerge."
Xiang Lin also sympathized with the little girl. Like herself, she had lost her loved ones. However, Moli still had a father, while she was fortunate enough to meet Li Xing. She then ran over and hugged Hai Yue Moli, preventing her from moving forward.
Held by Xiang Lin, Hai Yue Moli struggled incessantly, but her meager strength was insufficient to break free from Xiang Lin's embrace.
"Let me go! I don't know you. Why are you stopping me? I want to be with my father! I want to stop my father's fight! Let me go..." As she spoke, Hai Yue Moli couldn't help but burst into tears. In that moment, Xiang Lin's heart softened slightly. To quiet Hai Yue Moli, Li Xing gently knocked her unconscious with a chop to the head. Now, they only needed to watch.
Seeing that Li Xing had agreed to her request, Hai Yue Guang breathed a sigh of relief. However, as she stood up, she was ambushed and stabbed in the abdomen with a blade.
"It's all your fault! Hai Yue Guang, you are a sinner of the Hai Yue clan! You started this war and killed so many of our people! Die..." Before he could finish speaking, the man who ambushed her was impaled in the head by a black thorn, which then absorbed him as nourishment.
"Heh heh heh! Kid! As you wish! I will devour everyone. Don't worry, the one just now doesn't count. To thank you for releasing me, I'll devour you first!"
The thorns on the ground slowly extended, forming a black monster before everyone's eyes, like a fiend from another world, with a pair of bat-like wings on its back. In Li Xing's eyes, it looked like a legendary demon king!
Hai Yue Guang was greatly alarmed. "Why? Didn't you promise to take me out with you and let me feel the sun?"
The demon god chuckled. "Yes, I promised. But it was inside my belly. That way, I've taken you out. As for the sun, I'll feel it for you!"
"However, I can let your Hai Yue clan die with understanding and tell you the truth of these past years!"
"When that kid Hai Yue Chuan was young, my seal had already loosened. I secretly created a seemingly ancient scroll containing a secret method to break the barrier and filled it with depictions of the outside world. All of this captivated Hai Yue Chuan to no end."
"But that kid was useless and meekly became the head of the Hai Yue clan. Yet, he still longed to leave. With no other options, he thought of making you, his son, the sinner to carry out this plan."
"He named you Guang and always spoke of the beauty of the outside world. As a child, he deliberately brought you to this altar, letting you know where it was. However, he didn't know that you could communicate with me in the seal through your blood."
"And he orchestrated an accident, causing you to enter the secret chamber that only the clan head could access. There, he deliberately let you discover the secret technique to break the barrier, though it was all given by me."
"Honestly, I never thought you would actively break the seal. I only relied on that secret technique, having you people secretly capture living sacrifices to offer to me, so that I could eventually break free."
"Indeed! Over the years, you have offered me a total of two hundred and thirty people as sacrifices. Your father sacrificed one hundred and fifty-three of them. It is your father's hypocrisy, and your foolishness, that have caused the deaths of these Hai Yue clan members! Hahahaha!"
After revealing the truth of those years, the demon god immediately shot countless thorns from its back, killing all the Hai Yue clan members at the altar, and then swallowed Hai Yue Guang whole.
In his dying moments, Hai Yue Guang realized how foolish he was. He cast one last glance in Li Xing's direction, his eyes filled with guilt, and at the same time, he made his final plea to Li Xing.
"Young man, please escape. Help me take care of my daughter..."
Thus, Hai Yue Guang died. Subsequently, every member of the Hai Yue clan was absorbed by the thorns. The demon god's body directly doubled in size, reaching nearly five meters tall.
Li Xing and Xiang Lin had heard everything the demon god said. Xiang Lin merely found Hai Yue Guang too foolish, being manipulated by his own father. Hai Yue Chuan was also a disgusting individual, wanting to leave and gain fame while making his son take the blame.
"Now it all makes sense. Why Hai Yue Chuan tolerated the existence of the radical faction, why people often disappeared from this village. I've truly witnessed quite a show! Xiang Lin, leave this girl to me. Your battle begins now. Remember, don't disappoint me!"
"Yes, I will not disappoint you, Star Lord!"
With that, Xiang Lin leaped towards the demon god, activating her Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Raiton, Raihon Geki!"
This time, Xiang Lin used her full strength, fusing Fire Release with Lightning Release. Although it was still Lightning Release, the lightning fused with fire on her fist made it far more powerful than ordinary Thunderclap Palm.
"Hmm? Little insects! I haven't found you yet, and you come to me? Watch this king devour you!" The demon god looked down at Xiang Lin and directly unleashed a black thorn. This attack was much faster than the previous one, clearly indicating that its strength had recovered after consuming many people.
"Don't underestimate me!!"
Xiang Lin shouted, grabbing the thorn with one hand and punching the demon god. The air where Xiang Lin struck erupted violently, and a powerful shockwave sent the demon god flying back, while Xiang Lin also tore off the thorn.
The wound on Xiang Lin's palm, caused by the thorn, healed instantly. Without time to think, Xiang Lin charged at the demon god again.
"Kairiki Shin'i!"
"Raikō Shin'i!"
This time, Xiang Lin attacked with both fists. Her right fist used the Strength of Hundred, taught by Li Xing, and her left fist used her self-developed Lightning Fire. Both fists were infused with the power of her Mangekyo Sharingan, Shinra Tensei!
The demon god had been momentarily careless earlier. Now, it naturally would not allow Xiang Lin to hit it. Of course, being struck by Xiang Lin had already enraged the demon god immensely, like being bitten by a mosquito – unforgivable!