Invincible Dad-Chapter 803: I Pity You

The scope of the Quasi-Emperor battle doesn’t extend far.

The two restricted the battlefield within a hundred-mile radius, yet a smaller combat area makes it more dangerous.

The principles of the Great Dao and Divine Skills collide in the narrow battlefield, and the aftermath of explosions is enough to effortlessly obliterate the Immortal Venerable Realm.

"It’s a shame. The Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Phoenix Clan is one level higher, but the injuries from the previous battle with Divine General Taotie have yet to fully recover."

"Both parties have gained little."

Sister Qi muttered to herself: "The vital essence of Ji Biyun at the Third Heaven of Quasi-Emperor Realm can’t be ignored even by the Emperor Realm. If one could devour it... it might accelerate recovery to peak strength."

"Could this be part of Xu Lai’s calculations as well?"

"Xu Qingfeng, oh Xu Qingfeng, you are not as simple and pure as the wind."

Sister Qi mused: "Ruan Lan, do make sure you never become like your brother-in-law. Our Star Origin Sect should win fairly and honestly, overwhelming our opponents with formations."

"????"

Ruan Lan was completely bewildered, unable to comprehend anything Sister Qi said suddenly.

"Just remember, those who rely on schemes have dirty hearts."

"..."

Ruan Lan seemed to understand somewhat, nodding and shaking her head.

Suddenly, Sister Qi let out a soft exclamation.

Due to a Spiritual Energy pressure erupting from the starry sky, detectable only by cultivators of Quasi-Emperor Realm, spreading from a nearby star system across the Four Immortal Domains.

"A strong figure from the Ji Family has arrived."

Sister Qi looked toward the distant starry sky.

...

Xu Lai, holding his daughter’s hand, hadn’t gone far. They hadn’t yet left the most remote star system of the Eastern Immortal Domain when they were halted.

Anyone who could stop an Emperor Realm person must have a formidable boundary.

Xu Lai tilted his head to look at the sudden space teleportation gate, from which a middle-aged man stepped out.

Clad in a green long robe, carrying an ancient zither on his back, the sorrow in his eyes was inextinguishable, like a dissatisfied scholar from the mundane world of the Immortal Domain.

The middle-aged man stepped through the teleportation gate, bowing deeply to Xu Lai: "Ji Family’s third Supreme Elder Ji Changgeng greets Great Emperor Qingfeng."

"You can’t stop me," Xu Lai said calmly.

"Naturally, someone at Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven can’t stop you."

Ji Changgeng sat cross-legged in the void, placing the zither on his legs, closed his eyes: "But I must try."

"The Ji Family and the old immortals of the Nine Kings’ Palace won’t step out, sending a disciple to die is intriguing."

"For the Ji Family."

Ji Changgeng gently caressed the zither strings: "Also for myself, ending a period of karma."

Xu Lai remained silent.

He didn’t remember any karma with this Quasi-Emperor of the Ji Family, even unaware of such a person in the Immortal Domain.

After all, the nine great families guarding the Nine Kings’ Palace had such a weak presence in the Immortal Domain that apart from the ancient Holy Lands and Tao Lineages, ordinary forces almost forgot them.

"My name is Ji Changgeng, born seventy thousand years ago into the Ji Family’s third lineage, my talent unparalleled in the Immortal Domain, unmatched among my peers."

"Cultivating for seventy thousand years, I never took a step away from the Ji Family, always in seclusion in the cave dwelling."

"Just as the elders and masters in the clan expected, I reached Quasi-Emperor within ten thousand years. At that time, the Immortal Domain had just witnessed the emergence of a Venerable Qingfeng."

Ji Changgeng’s eyes showed regret: "I thought breaking through a level in ten thousand years meant achieving Emperor Realm in a hundred thousand years, but unexpectedly..."

"At the end of the first ten thousand years after reaching Quasi-Emperor, you became an Emperor."

"I remained in seclusion in the cave dwelling, seventy thousand years passed, and according to plans reached Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven. Yet the path... was cut off by you."

Ji Changgeng forcefully struck the zither strings, producing a resounding string vibration: "Great Emperor Qingfeng, do you think there’s still unresolved karma between us?"

"Then."

Xu Lai’s voice carried no emotional fluctuation.

"Then I request you suppress your boundary and fight me, your Emperor Realm wasn’t achieved by your own efforts, but through heavenly fortune!"

"..."

Xu Lai was silent for a long time, doubting if the person before him became brain-dead due to excessive seclusion.

Indeed.

Seventy thousand years without contact with the outside world, cultivating alone to this day, couldn’t be considered a normal cultivator.

What cultivator with a sound mind would seclude for seventy thousand years without leaving the cave dwelling?

Even those in the Emperor Realm with a lifespan of millions wouldn’t do that.

"Draw your sword."

Ji Changgeng said in a deep voice.

"Today, I won’t kill you."

Xu Lai shook his head, intending to leave with his daughter’s hand.

"I demand you draw your sword!"

Ji Changgeng struck the ancient zither on his legs forcefully.

Layers of zither sound transformed into streaming light, and hundreds of stars along the path exploded instantly.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

Several continuous loud bangs occurred a hundred feet before Xu Lai, unable to proceed further, an invisible barrier blocked all of Ji Changgeng’s attacks.

"Never having seen this realm, never truly comprehending the Great Dao, never understanding the reason for cultivation, only cultivating for the sake of cultivation, you aren’t worthy as my opponent." Xu Lai said coldly.

"I’ve seen myself, thus have seen this realm. Why comprehend the Great Dao? I am my own Dao."

Ji Changgeng suddenly laughed: "Xu Qingfeng, you are afraid."

"What I said earlier about not killing you today wasn’t because I’m afraid of you, but because I pity you." Xu Lai spoke with arrogance.

"Boom!"

The aura of Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven swept across the Four Immortal Domains.

At this moment, no matter the location in the Immortal Domain, any cultivator above the Quasi-Emperor Realm looked toward this place.

"So this is the Ji Family’s stance," Xu Lai laughed.

"My Ji Family isn’t lacking manpower, yet a mere Human Race who luckily reached Emperor Realm dares demand explanations, utterly laughable!"

Ji Changgeng plucked the zither strings, the sound transformed entirely into long blades.

Converging densely in the sky, numbering in the millions, each blade glinted coldly, and under the surge of Quasi-Emperor Divine Sense, it fell fiercely toward Xu Lai below.

"Daddy."

Xu Yiyi had never seen such a scene, frightened, she clutched Xu Lai’s hand tightly.

"Swish!"

Xu Lai’s smile gradually froze, millions of long blades simultaneously paused in mid-air, no matter how Ji Changgeng urged them, they couldn’t descend further.

Xu Lai took a step forward with his daughter.

The millions of long blades evaporated into thin air, disappearing without a trace, and before them was no longer Xu Lai’s figure.

This scene caused Ji Changgeng’s pupils to contract, ten fingers on the zither strings suddenly froze, at some point all the strings had broken.

He could no longer urge this personally refined Quasi-Emperor Artifact!

Ji Changgeng attempted to stand but gradually lowered his head, his face turning pale in an instant.

Seeing all the broken strings piercing his body, from his perspective, the strings resembled a blade.

And the person holding the hilt was surprisingly himself.

The Dao Fruit of Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven had already shattered, vital essence quickly draining away, even his soul was collapsing.

But he wouldn’t die immediately, able to linger until tomorrow, watching helplessly as death slowly approached.

"Haha, hahaha, hahahahaha."

Ji Changgeng hugged the zither, laughing skyward, with a mocking tone in his voice.

Not only did he fail to compel Xu Qingfeng to draw his sword, but he couldn’t even see the opponent’s move, defeated in an instant.

"You scared my daughter just now."

A voice distant and indistinct spoke.

As Xu Lai departed, no Emperor Realm pressure remained, only a Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven breeze gently brushed by.