“Not good…”
Hearing the fierce roar, Shui Miao’s heart jolted, realizing immediately that trouble was coming.
For after the roar, a strange aura erupted from the bronze coffin. This aura was actually capable of resisting the devouring spiritual force.
Therefore, Shui Miao concluded that this evil entity must be extremely powerful, perhaps even beyond his ability to overcome.
If he couldn’t overcome it, he wouldn’t be able to ensure everyone’s safety.
Shui Miao’s mind raced, and suddenly inspiration struck. A whirlwind drilled beneath the sand city…
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The whirlwind roared, pulling the evil entity from the bronze coffin. The sand and earth lifted into the sky were carried back by the storm and fell again, burying the sand city beneath layers of sand, raising it higher, lifting it above the horizon.
Several whirlwinds merged into one, suspending the evil entity from the bronze coffin in midair, mercilessly battering and tearing it apart.
“Boom!”
The sand city settled down. What had been an endless desert was now suddenly replaced by an ancient-looking city.
Everyone stared in astonishment at the sand city, momentarily forgetting the whirlwind still raging above.
Shui Miao focused intently, infusing his devouring spiritual force into the whirlwind, using it to attack the evil entity.
No matter how powerful the evil being was, it couldn’t withstand the whirlwind’s torment.
Shui Miao asked himself—if he were the one caught in the whirlwind, battered and torn apart for over ten minutes, he’d probably be in pieces, impossible to reassemble.
“Pop!”
The whirlwind dissipated, and a corpse fell before everyone, landing on a stone from the sand city.
It was a strange corpse indeed. It looked like a freshly dead werewolf—its general outline resembled a human, but its naked body was covered in fur. Its face was half-human, half-wolf. Most terrifying of all, its pitch-black eyes still moved, and under the sunlight, black mist was rising from its entire body…
It must fear sunlight!
Realizing this, Shui Miao immediately summoned a surge of yang-based immortal energy to envelop the creature, combining it with his devouring force to further weaken it.
The creature’s body seemed to catch fire, and thick black smoke billowed into the sky.
Inspired, Shui Miao quickly activated fire-based immortal energy, causing the creature’s body to burst into flames.
“Roar…”
Burning fiercely, the creature slowly rose to its feet. It roared at Shui Miao, then surprisingly spoke in human language, angrily demanding, “Why are you killing an innocent? Why harm me? We have no grudge or enmity—why are you doing this?”
“Because you are a demon. You kill innocents and bring disaster to the living. I am acting on Heaven’s behalf.”
Shui Miao stood up straight, simultaneously sending a telepathic message to everyone, warning them not to speak and not to act rashly.
“On Heaven’s behalf?”
The monster seemed unbothered by the flames. Calmly shaking its head, it said, “No, that’s not it. I can sense the impurity in your powers. You, like me, have killed people—several, in fact. You are a demon too. You have also slaughtered innocents and brought disaster. You have no right to judge me!”
The monster was actually sensing Shui Miao’s power.
That was terrifying.
At once, Shui Miao realized the monster’s strength was immense. He probably couldn’t defeat it. He quickly prepared to send a telepathic message ordering everyone to escape. But just then, the monster continued, “In truth, we are the same. I am a monster, and so are you. You and I should be friends, not enemies. Thousands of years have passed, and for the sake of this friendship, I want to tell you a story I’ve never wanted to remember…”
Even under Shui Miao’s full assault, the monster still acted as if nothing had happened—and now it wanted to tell a story!
Shui Miao found it utterly absurd, wishing he could just use the whirlwind to fling the creature into outer space…
“A long, long time ago, a baby was born on the grasslands. But from the moment of birth, this child was despised as a bastard! For its father was a wolf, not a man… Surprisingly, many didn’t expect this child to be raised by its loving mother instead of being abandoned. But perhaps it would have been better if it had never been raised, for the more it learned, the more pain it endured!”
“The tribe discovered it, and together with its mother, they were captured and taken back.”
“It was caged like a dog by its own people, beaten, cursed, and tortured whenever they remembered its existence…”
“It could speak human language, but no one would treat it as human.”
“It helplessly watched as its mother was humiliated, beaten, and cursed. It begged them to spare her mother, but they killed her in front of its eyes!”
“Then, it went mad!”
“Just as it was about to starve to death, a pack of wolves rescued it. It found warmth and a home among the wolves!”
“From then on, it believed itself a wolf, not a human.”
“With time, it gradually realized that those people were no righteous men—they also made mistakes, but never punished themselves. They only knew how to use all sorts of excuses to kill others and bully the weak… At that time, I wondered, shouldn’t all living beings be equal? Why did fate treat me this way? What had I done wrong? I admit I inherited my mother’s kindness, but that was never what I wanted!”
“Later, I learned the language of wolves and discovered that the pack’s alpha was actually my father… How ridiculous, right? I’m sure many would laugh at me for having an animal for a father! But I believed he was the true father. He avenged grudges, he distinguished between kindness and hatred, he was more open and honest than humans, he had deeper emotions. He left the pack alone to avenge my mother, using his wisdom and courage to kill those who had killed her. Finally, he came before me, covered in wounds, and said only one sentence… ‘I’m sorry!’ Then, in front of my eyes, he dashed his head against a rock and died…”
“Since then, I have been silent…”
“Later, I kept thinking—why did he apologize to me?”
“Eventually, I met a shaman priestess. She took me in, never showing the slightest disgust. She taught me so much. She told me that none of this was my fault, but the fault of those evil people. Most humans are evil, she said. True good people are rare—they all deserve to die! From then on, I believed that killing those wicked, greedy, selfish people was not wrong, but acting on Heaven’s behalf.”
“But today, you come here, and you tell me you want to kill me—also claiming to act on Heaven’s behalf?” Suddenly, the monster trembled, the flames on its body instantly vanishing. All the immortal energy wrapped around it shattered. It stood there unharmed, its wolf-like eyes fixed on Shui Miao, its sharp fangs exposed, suddenly roaring, “Tell me now! Why is this happening?!”
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