Invincible Dad-Chapter 672 That’s Settled Then_1

RUMBLE...

Wherever the spear passed, space itself shattered. Even the void couldn’t withstand such a ferocious strike.

A sense of crisis surged in Xu Yiyi’s heart. She swung her sword, and a wisp of Qingfeng spread out from its blade.

Sword Intent was formless.

Yet, it forcefully stopped the Blood Moon Spear three meters in front of her. However, the impact still threw Xu Yiyi back a full five meters.

By the time she regained her footing, sweat was dripping down her forehead. That old man is so strong!

What weighed most heavily on her heart was that the old man before her was not alone. There were fifteen others with the same overwhelming aura.

A total of sixteen cultivators at the Peak of Golden Core.

Qian Xiao was drenched in cold sweat. "Sister Yiyi, are you okay?"

"I’m fine." Xu Yiyi shook her head.

From the corner of her eye, she glanced behind her. Teacher Miao Momo, Mao Dou, and the others lay on the ground just ten steps away.

I can’t retreat even one more step!

***

So strong.

Mou Yuan’s pupils shrank. The shock in his heart was no less than Xu Yiyi’s—in fact, it was probably even greater.

He was a Half-step Nascent Soul existence, at the Peak of Golden Core. A full-powered strike using his Blood Moon Technique should have been enough to instantly kill any late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Yet, it had only pushed the five-or-six-year-old girl back five meters without causing so much as a scratch.

The other Moon Clan Elders remained outwardly impassive, but inwardly, they were all astonished.

Is this the younger generation of the Human Race’s cultivators?

No wonder Tan Chang fought to the death to stop them. If these children were given another fifty years... no, even just ten years... They’ll grow to a height we can never hope to reach!

These two must die.

At that moment, the same thought flashed through the minds of all sixteen Crescent Moon Clan Elders. We absolutely cannot leave any survivors.

"Screw ’em!" Qian Xiao roared furiously as his body swelled to nearly ten feet tall.

This was the Blood Ignition Secret Technique of the Primordial Giant race, a desperate move that consumed one’s own Essence Blood. Even for the Primordial Giants, it couldn’t be used casually. Qian Xiao was prepared to fight to the death.

Of course, he wasn’t just doing it for the "old woman" Miao Momo lying on the ground, but also for his classmates and Sister Wang, the security guard.

Most importantly, he was doing it for Sister Yiyi.

His fists and Xu Yiyi’s sword struck at Mou Yuan simultaneously. The two could sense that Mou Yuan was the strongest cultivator here. He was the linchpin. Killing him was their only chance to escape alive.

***

「Haitang Court.」

It was a clear and sunny Sunday in East Sea City.

Her sister-in-law, Ruan Lan, was sleeping in. Ruan Tang sat in the backyard, sipping tea and watching the waves roll in, one after another.

Xu Lai, in turn, watched Ruan Tang. His gaze was so tender that it made her feel slightly exasperated.

"You’ve been staring at me all morning. Haven’t you had enough?"

"A lifetime of looking at you wouldn’t be enough."

"A man’s words can never be trusted."

Ruan Tang smiled. "Xu Lai, do you remember what you said when we first met?"

"I just remember you were drunk and kept trying to crawl into my arms."

"You’re lying!" Ruan Tang’s face grew hot. "I don’t remember that at all."

"Oh, it happened. Then, while sobbing, you dragged me to a hotel and started stripping my clothes off without a word."

Xu Lai sighed with mock sentimentality. "I’m a gentleman, so I was going to leave. But, well, I thought you looked decent enough, so I just went along with it."

"???"

Ruan Tang was dumbfounded. "What do you mean, I looked ’decent enough’?!"

She was so irritated. If only she hadn’t gone to that bar six years ago, this man wouldn’t have the chance to act so smug in front of her today!

"I misspoke. I meant *you* thought *I* looked decent enough."

Sensing mortal danger, Xu Lai quickly added, "But I do remember you vomiting all over me and insisting I give you a bath."

"That did happen." Ruan Tang nodded, her face flushing. Then her eyes twinkled. "So, think again. What else did you say that night?"

"So smooth."

"Xu Lai!!!"

An exasperated Ruan Tang slammed her fist down in front of him.

"Alright, alright, let me think carefully." Xu Lai closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened them again, having remembered.

Ruan Tang, however, assumed he had forgotten and began to speak, almost to herself.

"All the other men were trying to get me drunk, pushing drinks on me with ill intentions. When I sat down next to you, you were the only one who said..."

"Stay away from me," Xu Lai said earnestly.

Ruan Tang glared at him. "So you *do* remember!"

She reached out and pinched his arm hard. "You said fewer than twenty words to me that whole night, and every single one was more infuriating than the last!"

"The past is like smoke." Xu Lai grimaced in pain. "Let bygones be bygones."

Ruan Tang pouted. What could she do? It had been six years. They had a child, they were married, and a second one was on the way.

But she was also thankful he had said that. Otherwise, she never would have felt safe enough to sit beside him.

And if she hadn’t... then the rest of their story would never have happened.

At this thought, Ruan Tang took Xu Lai’s hand. "Thank you, honey."

Her voice was incredibly sweet.

It filled Xu Lai’s heart with warmth. He smiled and leaned his face closer. "A ’thank you’ should be delivered with your mouth."

"Didn’t I just say it?" Ruan Tang asked, confused.

Suddenly, realization dawned. Flustered and annoyed, she pinched his arm again. "You’ll sleep on the couch tonight, you flirtatious man!"

"I just asked you for a kiss. How does that make me a flirtatious man?"

"..."

Ruan Tang stammered, "Is... is that all you meant?"

"What else would I have meant?" Xu Lai asked, looking genuinely curious.

"Oh. Then it’s nothing." Ruan Tang covered her face.

Xu Lai studied her cherry-red lips, a grin slowly spreading across his face. "Honey, a moment ago, were you perhaps thinking..."

"That’s not it! I wasn’t! Stop making things up!"

"I haven’t even said anything yet."

"Shut up and drink your tea." Ruan Tang’s eyebrows arched sharply. "Say one more word, and you’re sleeping on the couch for a month!"

Xu Lai picked up his teacup, but then his brows suddenly knitted as he looked toward the outskirts of East Sea City.

"What is it?" Ruan Tang asked.

"It’s nothing," Xu Lai chuckled lightly. "Our daughter ran into a little trouble on her trip. Do you want to see?"

"If it’s just a little trouble, I don’t need to."

"Mm."

Xu Lai chuckled as he looked at Ruan Tang, making her inexplicably flustered. "I have some work to do. I’ll be in the study."

With that, she quickly slipped away.

My wife is so thin-skinned.

Xu Lai stood up and stretched. He’d been drinking tea all morning. Might as well go have a look.

***

「By the creek.」

The battle had been raging for half an hour.

Qian Xiao and Xu Yiyi were pale, with bloodstains at the corners of their mouths.

One-on-one, they could handle it with ease.

One-on-two, they could put up a fight.

One-on-three, they were not afraid.

But against eight opponents each, all of whom were at the Peak of Golden Core... for Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao, two cultivators merely in the initial stage of Golden Core, it was becoming impossible to hold their ground.

"That little girl has an impressive Sword Intent."

"And the little boy’s physique is incredibly powerful."

The eyes of the Moon Clan Elders glittered with greed. The Moon Clan possessed many Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills, but the truly superior ones were monopolized by the Royal Clan. The strongest they could cultivate was the Blood Moon Technique. Yet compared to the abilities of these two cultivators from Earth, even the Blood Moon Technique was falling short. The sixteen Moon Clan elders coveted the girl’s Sword Intent and the boy’s physical Cultivation Technique with an intense desire.