Invincible Dad

Ruan Jin waved his hand to form a fist. An ethereal shadow soared behind him, towering more than ten zhang high and bursting through the roof of the abandoned factory. The shadow also formed a fist and smashed it violently toward Xu Lai and Ruan Tang.

At the sight of this punch, Ruan Jin's muscles swelled, and he laughed maniacally with unparalleled confidence. He had never felt so powerful before—powerful enough to shatter the heavens with one punch and crush the earth with a single stomp!

Ruan Tang tilted her head. Even though the shadow looked fierce and terrifying, her heart was as calm as still water. With Xu Lai standing next to her, she felt an inexplicable sense of security.

Xu Lai waved his hand lightly, and the shadow instantly shattered!

"AAAARGH!"

The shadow let out a series of agonizing screams.

"What!?" Ruan Jin's heart trembled violently.

Meanwhile, Ji Wuming, who had been thrown into a corner and was now on the brink of death, wore a look of agony. Xu Lai is suspected to be in the Nascent Soul Realm! That shadow isn't even half a step into the Golden Core Realm, and this idiot Ruan Jin is still overestimating himself enough to confront Xu Lai? For the moment, this vessel can't hold another soul. The only option is to use the Blood Curse Killing Technique and threaten Xu Lai with his wife!

"Ruan Jin, implement Plan One!" Ji Wuming shouted weakly.

Upon hearing "Plan One," Ruan Jin's face filled with reluctance. But he understood the gap between him and Xu Lai was vast—so vast that he might need to resort to despicable means to win.

He bit his fingertip fiercely. A string of blood flew into the air, forming two ghostly silhouettes: his father, Ruan Qingshan, and his mother, Song Ru. As soon as the two souls appeared, the temperature inside the abandoned factory plummeted as if a biting cold wind had blown in from a mountain of ice.

Ruan Jin exclaimed with all his might, "Xu Lai, you killed my parents! Today, you'll pay with your life!"

Xu Lai was completely bewildered.

Seeing Ruan Tang about to speak but stopping herself, Xu Lai made a quick calculation with his fingers. His gaze turned icy as he said, "Ruan Jin, you really are a filial son. To think you'd sacrifice your parents' lives for power. How did it feel to see them die right in front of you?"

At the memory of the tragic sight of his parents dying, Ruan Jin's body trembled uncontrollably. His eyes were bloodshot as he retorted loudly, "It was clearly you who killed them! Their deaths have nothing to do with me!"

Xu Lai shook his head in disappointment. There is an old saying in Hua Country: 'Filial piety is the foremost of all virtues.' Someone who can harm his own parents has already ceased to be human. His body is merely a shell inhabited by a dormant evil spirit. The Ruan Jin before him was just a walking corpse filled with vengeance and bloodlust, a vessel for an evil spirit. The Moon Clan... they truly are malicious.

"Ruan Jin, stop wasting words with him! Quickly use the Blood Curse Kill on Ruan Tang," Ji Wuming urged anxiously. This was their only way to escape, and they had to act quickly.

Ruan Tang didn't understand this Cultivation Terminology, but she sensed the imminent danger in the so-called curse and instinctively tightened her grip on Xu Lai's sleeve.

Xu Lai chuckled. "Don't worry, it's just child's play."

"Ridiculous!" Ruan Jin laughed deliriously. "Do you realize that if I detonate my parents' souls to initiate the Blood Curse Kill, not only will Ruan Tang die, but your daughter will perish as well? Your ignorance is terrifying!"

Xu Lai fell silent. He was at a loss for words. What was there to boast about using the lowest form of blood curse, one that required a fresh blood sacrifice?

"Kneel and beg for mercy!" Ruan Jin commanded arrogantly. "I might consider sparing your daughter's life. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless!"

"You think you hold all the cards?" Xu Lai raised an eyebrow.

"Unless you don't care about the lives of Ruan Tang and Xu Yiyi."

Ruan Jin stated word by word, "I'll give you five seconds. If you don't kneel, you'll bear the consequences!"

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

A wide grin split Ruan Jin's face. "Ruan Tang, it seems your man doesn't care about you at all. So... please die."

Ruan Jin fiercely stamped his foot. In the sky, the souls of Ruan Qingshan and Song Ru exploded, letting out hysterical wails. Their screams were so piercing that the nearby birds and small animals scattered in fright.

At the same time, the shattered souls contorted in the void to form a single, bloody word—

DEATH!!!

The blood-soaked word hovered three inches above Ruan Tang's head. It made her skin crawl. She repeatedly tried to wave it away, only to find the word was illusory and could not be touched.

"Are you scared now!" Ruan Jin said excitedly. "With just a thought, I can make Ruan Tang die before your very eyes. Then her soul will become another Blood Curse Kill, and your daughter will die too."

"Idiot!" Ji Wuming was so furious his lungs could have burst. True to Ruan Jin's words, Ruan Tang's life and death hung on a whim. But the moment she died, they wouldn't be able to escape either. A furious Xu Lai would surely tear him and Ruan Jin to shreds! What they should be doing now was appeasing Xu Lai and using Ruan Tang as a hostage to escape, not provoking him!

Xu Lai said indifferently, "Oh."

Ruan Jin's face darkened. Xu Lai's nonchalant attitude infuriated him. "Ruan Tang, do you see?" he said coldly. "This is the man you chose to entrust your life to."

Ruan Tang did not respond, but sighed softly. "Ruan Jin, it's never too late to turn back. Don't keep making the same mistakes."

"Mistake? You're the ones who are wrong!" Ruan Jin said emotionally. "What's wrong with avenging my parents by killing Xu Lai? Everything I'm doing is right; it can't be wrong!"

"Xu Lai, let us go, and I promise Ruan Jin won't harm Ruan Tang," the badly wounded Ji Wuming said, struggling to his feet and coughing up blood, his face deathly pale.

"In my presence, not even an Emperor Realm expert could harm a single hair on my wife's head. What makes you two think you're in any position to negotiate?"

Xu Lai's voice was filled with disdain. "I thought you might have another trump card, but this is it? How disappointing."

"Fine," Ruan Jin said coldly. "Since you don't care, you can watch your wife and daughter die!"

Under the control of Ruan Jin's Divine Sense, the blood-soaked word "DEATH" burst into flames.

"No—" Ji Wuming's eyes widened in crazed desperation as he tried to intervene, but it was too late.

In the blink of an eye, the word was burned to ashes. The Blood Curse Kill... was activated!

Ruan Jin licked his lips bloodthirstily, eager to see Xu Lai's agonizing grief over Ruan Tang's death.

But one second passed, and Ruan Tang was unharmed.

Five seconds passed, and she was still fine.

After a minute, not only was Ruan Tang unharmed, but she was also looking at Xu Lai in confusion. "Am I dead?"

"No," Xu Lai replied seriously.

He had neutralized the mere Blood Curse Kill before it even reached Ruan Tang. It was simpler than crushing an ant.

Ruan Tang looked puzzled, rubbing the space between her eyebrows. "I think I just saw my uncle and aunt. They had a message for Ruan Jin."

Ruan Jin's pupils constricted as he screamed, "Nonsense! They're already dead!"

"They said they don't hate you, but they are very disappointed."