Mutated Tao

Chapter 953: Truth

“Miaomiao...”

Li Huowang felt at a loss for words when he saw Bai Lingmiao in Zuoqiu Yong’s hands.

Zuoqiu Yong didn’t stop there. Fleshy tumors grew in Bai Lingmiao’s body.

The ball of flesh exploded. Bai Lingmiao exploded along with the bone spikes.

Whether it was intentional or not, a single bone spike impaling Bai Lingmiao’s head fell in front of Li Huowang.

“Miaomiao!” Li Huowang shouted in despair.

Zuoqiu Yong laughed. “Hahaha! Savor this well, for this is just the start. You have a lot of people you care about in the Liang Kingdom, don’t you? All of them shall die.”

Zuoqiu Yong turned around and grabbed the fox-faced Twisted One in his palm.

As the Twisted One danced, a rift connecting the Qi Kingdom to the Liang Kingdom appeared before Zuoqiu Yong.

Zuoqiu Yong was too big for the rift, but it wasn’t an issue. He only needed a path into the Liang Kingdom.

He stuck two fingers into the rift and pulled it apart. The rift slowly widened like the rift that Chan Du had desperately tried to seal shut just now.

However, Li Huowang remained standing in place, his gaze fixed upon Bai Lingmiao's head.

Xuan Pin stood beside him but did not stop Zuoqiu Yong. He knew that he could not stop a Siming’s rampage.

He was still thinking about what to do when he heard Li Huowang’s voice. “Xuan Pin! Xuan Pin!”

He looked down and noticed that Li Huowang was abnormally calm.

Li Huowang said, “Miaomiao isn’t here with us. The one in front of us is fake.”

The moment he uttered those words, Bai Lingmiao’s head disappeared, as if it had never been there.

“I used the Sitting Oblivion Dao’s methods to buy us some time,” Li Huowang explained, staring intensely at Zuoqiu Yong’s back.

Li Huowang angrily shouted, “Maybe if I was at the seventh stage, I could defeat her! As long as I can reach the seventh stage!”

He abruptly glanced up at Xuan Pin. “Wait, aren’t you a Strayed One too? The Black Taisui assimilates its victims. After eating so much of my flesh, you must be a Strayed One too, right?”

Li Huowang's plan completely took Xuan Pin by surprise. He had never imagined Li Huowang would think of something like that.

Xuan Pin nodded thoughtfully. “Take it back then. I suppose it's a form of repaying her parents.”

One of the heads of an Unspeakable popped out from the tower of heads. Xuan Pin reached into his own body and extracted his own primordial breath and inner sight. His tentacles were already trembling from the ordeal.

Looking at Zuoqiu Yong, who was trying to enter the Liang Kingdom, Li Huowang embraced his last hope and absorbed the primordial breath.

He started cultivating immediately.

This was his final chance. If he didn’t take it, Bai Lingmiao would truly die. It would no longer be an illusion.

He didn’t know how long it took, but when he stood up, he realized he hadn't reached the seventh stage.

Zuoqiu Yong was gone, and Li Huowang found himself back in the Liang Kingdom. Li Huowang dared not think about what was happening because one stray thought could wipe out the Liang Kingdom.

“Why? What’s going on? Why isn’t it working? I’m already so strong, but I still can’t protect my family!” Li Huowang shouted, his mental state crumbling.

Everything around him swiftly changed.

The people and scenery changed randomly.

Zhuge Yuan suddenly appeared in one of the scenes and stopped him. “Junior Li, remember that you are not cultivating the seventh stage. You are cultivating the ‘Truth’!”

The words of Zhuge Yuan hammered into Li Huowang’s mind, revealing the reason behind his inability to reach the final stage. He had always believed he was stuck in the sixth stage, which had prevented him from ever progressing to the seventh stage.

“I’m not cultivating the sixth stage. I am already at the seventh stage,” Li Huowang declared firmly in his heart.

As he spoke, several familiar scenes flashed before his eyes.