Chapter 0038

Chapter 38: They already scolded me, so you can’t scold me again…

“The moment you came back, I finally felt safe,” cried the little demoness, her voice shaky with grievance.

“Don’t worry,” said Zhou Tong as he stepped past her to face Zhao Wu Tian: “with me here, even if the sky falls, I will hold it up.”

Watching his back, the demoness could not help smiling, strange feelings rippling in her eyes.

“Brat, who are you to ruin my plans,” roared Zhao Wu Tian: “believe it or not, I’ll spill your blood on the spot!”

Seeing him like this, Zhou Tong chuckled and said: “So it’s you.”

“You know me,” asked Zhao Wu Tian, surprised.

“Hmph, you’re only a remnant soul split off from your true body,” said Zhou Tong: “I don’t need to know anything else.”

“Hah, such big talk for a brat,” sneered Zhao Wu Tian: “look behind you.”

A fierce aura swept in at once. Mu Rong Ya had struck.

“Careful,” cried the little demoness and Long Ling Yun together, their faces changing; this blow was no small thing.

“You went into demonic mode on your own,” said Zhou Tong with gentle reproach: “what an unreliable Master.”

He moved in a flash. One finger, one punch, one palm. Three streaks of red light crossed the air and pierced Mu Rong Ya’s brow, chest, and lower core, yet did not harm her at all. Red lines rose across her skin as the Joyous Union Lock activated and pressed down all her power.

“Calm down for a while,” said Zhou Tong.

After subduing Mu Rong Ya, Zhou Tong turned to Zhao Wu Tian, seized the remnant soul in one grasp, and let terrifying spiritual force explode as he used Soul Search.

“Ah… impossible,” howled the remnant: “a yellow-haired kid shouldn’t have such means!”

With a boom, the remnant soul burst apart. Zhou Tong had what he needed.

“So you really are Zhao Wu Tian of the Heavenly Dao Prefecture,” he said with a slow smile, confirming the man’s identity.

In his past life, Zhou Tong had met Zhao Wu Tian around this same time. A shocking event had shaken the continent then. The Heavenly Dao Prefecture used the Yin Yang Dao Physique as bait to host a grand gathering, drawing countless experts. In truth, it was Zhao Wu Tian’s trap. He activated a Sacrificial Grand Array and refined those experts into pure essence, feeding only himself. Years later he appeared again as a devil hated by the world, so strong almost no one could stop him. His luck ran out when he met Zhou Tong on the verge of becoming Dao; Zhou Tong crushed him, and then a Sword Saint cut him down, ending it in haste.

“You dog,” thought Zhou Tong as killing light flashed in his eyes: “meeting me again in this life means your luck is over.”

A small, timid sob shook him out of it. Mu Rong Ya was crying while the little demoness scolded her.

“I’m never talking to Master again,” pouted the little demoness.

“Yue’er, I was wrong,” pleaded Mu Rong Ya in a panic: “I promise I won’t slip into demonic mode again… please forgive Master this once.”

Zhou Tong gave a heavy cough and turned back with a very stern face.

Seeing him, Mu Rong Ya panicked at once. She curled up, even hiding her white, soft feet under her skirt.

“She knows she was wrong, and she already reflected on it,” said the two girls as they stepped before Zhou Tong to speak up for Mu Rong Ya.

Zhou Tong didn’t answer. He kept his eyes on the woman pretending to be an ostrich. Mu Rong Ya blinked her watery eyes, playing the pitiful look to the fullest; even a hard-hearted person would struggle to scold her.

“They already scolded me,” she said in a small voice: “so you can’t scold me again.”

Zhou Tong sighed long, sat beside her, and gently pulled her into his arms.

Mu Rong Ya trembled, her heart racing.

“I know your hurt,” he said softly: “and I will stay with you always, no matter when or where.”

Hearing that, Mu Rong Ya broke down completely, tears pouring like a flood.

“Waa… little one, I feel awful,” she sobbed as she clung to him: “they all bullied me. Help me beat them, okay?”

“Okay,” said Zhou Tong with iron resolve: “I’ll make them regret being born. And I’ll protect everyone you care about, including our eldest senior sister.”