"Hoo~ hoo~" Qiu Chibao lay on the ground, blowing air carefully under the broken bowl.

"Goo goo goo" Hearing the growling of her own stomach, Qiu Chibao grabbed the belt rope and tied it tightly.

Although her name is Chibao, Qiu Chibao rarely has the chance to eat her fill.

It was the same when she was with her parents, and even more so after she got married.

After burning for a while, seeing the fire weaken, Qiu Chibao suddenly felt anxious.

Looking around, she quickly picked up some human bones from the side and put them into the fire.

Seeing the fire under the broken bowl rekindle, Qiu Chibao breathed a sigh of relief.

She carefully lifted the tile covering the bowl, revealing three rolling geodes inside the boiling water.

After poking the stone lightly with a rusty knife, Qiu Chibao's filthy face suddenly showed a happy expression.

She covered the tile again, added some firewood, and carefully cradled the swaddling clothes made of tattered cotton, gently rocking it.

"Son, the stone will be cooked soon. When it's cooked, you can drink the stone soup. Not only will your illness be completely cured, but you can also become a god!!"

The more Qiu Chibao spoke, the happier she became, watching her babbling son in the swaddling clothes.

Just as she was saying this, the drowsy crowd around her began to stir from far to near.

The old man sleeping next to her was awakened, and he stretched lazily, kicking over the broken bowl.

"My stone soup!!" With Qiu Chibao's miserable cry, the followers of the Law Sect with white headbands all around stood up.

"Kill him!! Kill the one in the red robe! He killed our witch doctor!" The crowd began to get agitated, and the atmosphere became heated.

"Who! Who killed our witch doctor! Without the witch doctor communicating with Lord Shidu through the stone soup, what if the stone soup doesn't work!"

Qiu Chibao, who was picking up stones on the ground, instantly forgot her previous emotions, put the rusty knife inside the swaddling clothes, and stood up unsteadily.

She wanted to follow the others to the source of the noise, but her small stature and thin body couldn't squeeze through.

"Make way! Let me through! I can't get through!!" Qiu Chibao shouted loudly, but no one listened to her.

Suddenly, Qiu Chibao saw that the people in front of her seemed to have heard her shouting, and they split apart, making way for her.

A Daoist in a red robe, covered in black tentacles, with a copper coin mask on his face, appeared in front of her.

Looking at the blade in front of her, Qiu Chibao felt the protection of Lord Shidu and felt no fear. Instead, she rushed towards the monster with her crying son in her arms.

"I'll let you kill our witch doctor, I'll let you ruin my stone soup!" Qiu Chibao gritted her teeth, fiercely stabbing the red-robed Daoist in the chest with the rusty knife.

However, the next moment, Qiu Chibao suddenly felt the sky go dark, and then she knew nothing.

"Dad, dad!" Li Sui's voice made Li Huowang, who was staring at the flesh and blood in front of him, suddenly come to his senses.

He couldn't be distracted at this time! All around him were his enemies!

Covered in almost blood, Li Huowang took a deep breath, gripped the sword handle tightly, and chased after Peng Longteng, who had gone completely mad in the distance.

"Don't circle around nearby! Go forward! Charge forward as much as possible!!"

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However, in the face of Li Huowang's command, Peng Longteng seemed to have not heard, continuing her killing spree.

"I'll say it again! Go forward! Be careful, or I'll make you intangible again! I won't let you out for the rest of your life!"

Peng Longteng suddenly stood still, gripping her right hand tightly. With a cracking sound, she instantly crushed the mouth of the person's head in her palm, squeezing out red and white from between her fingers.

Although she seemed very resistant, faced with Li Huowang's threat, Peng Longteng obediently complied.

Only with a living body could she enjoy this exhilarating killing, and to have a physical body, she could only rely on Li Huowang for now.

With the tall figure of Peng Longteng clearing a path in front, Li Huowang felt much easier, but at this moment, he couldn't be happy at all. The woman holding the dead baby in his arms was still vivid in his mind.

He looked around at the followers of the Law Sect, looking at their emaciated bodies and round bellies.

The redness in front of his eyes gradually receded, and everything returned to its original color.

Peng Longteng stomped down, squeezing something out of a person's belly. There was no food in the belly, just a lump of congealed earth, Guanyin earth.

Eating Guanyin earth wouldn't keep you alive for long. Li Huowang also saw a thin thigh, and they were still eating rice and meat.

Li Huowang knew that if he joined the Law Sect, these people would surely commit arson, murder, and looting. They prayed to the god of the mortal world, and they were probably not up to anything good. But were these the only choices these people had?

"Lord Shidu, protect us!" An old man with white hair raised a stick and shouted, rushing towards Li Huowang without hesitation.

The copper coin sword in Li Sui's hand flew over, coiling around the man's neck like a whip, and with a sharp tug, a head fell to the ground.Li Huowang stepped over a severed head, continuing to charge forward.

Surrounded by faces on all sides, Li Huowang inexplicably thought of his master, Danyang Zi, whom he had killed.

These people resembled the ones from back then—gullible and ignorant, manipulated at will.

When he saw the fervor in the eyes of a severed head, Li Huowang realized that the tribulations of the world had left these people with nothing, not even their sanity. They could only place their hopes in the so-called divine child, even if this deity was the culprit behind their dire straits.

They were not to blame, but at this moment, Li Huowang could only pave his path with their flesh and blood.

Perhaps it was for the best. Living like zombies, death might offer them some relief.

Beside him, Jinshan, who was left with only half a body, trembled as he watched everything unfold, his eyes filled with sorrow and anger, tears streaming down uncontrollably. "Ah!" After following Li Huowang for so long, he finally let out his first sound.

Just as Li Huowang slightly opened his eyes to look at him, the ground suddenly gave way, and his lower legs sank into the earth.

Immediately after, three mounds of earth rose from beneath the feet of the crowd, rapidly closing in on Li Huowang.

Li Huowang knew that among so many followers of the sorcerous sect, there were bound to be some tricky individuals hidden, directing the chaos. He just hadn't expected that despite his swift escape, they had still managed to cling to him!

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