Chapter 376: The Power to Contend

"The things you hold a grudge over are already distant history, and the people you pine for have long since passed away," Guan Xinyue reminded him, though she herself did not yet know whether to believe these preposterous things she had heard. "If the last time you saw us humans, we were still living in caves, then at least nearly ten thousand years have passed since then. The blue seas have turned into mulberry fields; what is the point of you still saying these things? Who exactly is it that you hate? No matter who you hate, they are no longer here. As your great-great-great-great-great-grandson, how has Luo Qi ever wronged you? Besides, I know what kind of person you are. Luo Qi often talks to me about people like you—spouting nonsense, with mouths full of the interests of the entire race and grand collective causes, but in reality, you are a lunatic and a war criminal. You are not unique at all; every war criminal uses such grand pretenses. I can help you borrow a history book so you can count for yourself exactly how many paranoid clowns have been recorded in human history! You really are nothing special! What right do you have to use Luo Qi's life? Because you think you are more important? You aren't important at all! All those deeds of yours that you insist on fighting for have all become farts; there isn't a single person left in this world who remembers the Progenitor Mage! Who are you fighting for? Who are you fighting against? Your old friends and your enemies have all turned to ash together."

Guan Xinyue saw a flash of murderous intent in his eyes. She was terrified, but she still couldn't help but finish what she wanted to say. "You are a war criminal. Am I right? They locked you in the place Luo Qi went to, and now you have simply broken out of prison. You said so much nonsense just to make yourself feel better, to rationalize your crimes; you just want to prove that you are more qualified to live than Luo Qi! Go eat shit!"

Guan Xinyue suddenly kicked hard at the man's groin. Perhaps it was because that Ancestor had not used a human body to move for a long time, or perhaps because he had just taken over Luo Qi's system and was not yet skilled in using it, but this great Mage Ancestor did not realize what the human girl's movement meant, nor where the target of the movement was.

In short, as a girl raised with love by her Great Mage grandfather, most of the family education Guan Xinyue had received in her life was about guarding against the male sex. She kicked the opponent's critical area, and the Mage Ancestor inside Luo Qi's body experienced the ultimate pain of a man's life for the first time.

He let out a shriek, his eyes widening in disbelief. Guan Xinyue didn't even look at the results of her strike; she turned and ran. She didn't remember which direction she had come from, and at this moment, she couldn't tell the direction either, so she sprinted along the corridor. She ran for her life, not knowing how far she could run in one breath, but as long as she could run back to the crowd of tourists, she would have hope.

Guan Xinyue ran wildly, her heartbeat like a drum. Countless magnificent murals flashed past her on both sides. She turned two corners at random, sprinting crazily in the depths of this palace. She rushed into a hall, abruptly stopping her steps. In the dim light of the room, she saw a row of figures.

She was so scared she almost screamed; her nerves were stretched to the point of breaking and could no longer withstand any stimulation. After steadying herself, she saw clearly that it was a row of statues in various poses, but the face of every statue was ferocious and eerie. She didn't want to get close to those things at all. She calculated that, at a glance, the hall was filled with flickering ghostly shadows, and the distance was abnormally dim, not looking like there was an exit. This gave her a reason not to move forward, so she made up her mind and turned around.

The moment she turned her head, she saw a pair of eyes flickering with a faint light in the darkness. Her scalp tingled, and she screamed. A hand suddenly reached out from the darkness and gripped her neck. She truly admired herself for being able to think at such a time that the reason she only saw a pair of eyes was because human eyes have many blind spots in their visual ability, while a Mage's vision is better, so when they see things in dim places, their eyes shine like those of a leopard.

The person gripping her neck was Luo Qi; she saw his silhouette clearly. It wasn't that she was brave enough not to be afraid; it was truly that things happened too suddenly. Before she even had time to be afraid, Luo Qi let her go.

She looked at Luo Qi blankly, still holding a final glimmer of hope, hoping that Luo Qi was still Luo Qi and that everything that had happened before was because Luo Qi had a mental breakdown. If one is sick, one must be treated; if it is an illness, there is still hope.

But Luo Qi raised his head and looked at her, "What are you wearing?"

Guan Xinyue was stunned for a moment, then instinctively touched the Ear Bone Stud on her ear. It was the one her grandfather had given her, which Luo Qi had later returned to her, instructing her to keep it on and never take it off.

"It was given to you by Luo Qi," he said in synchronization. His expression went blank for a moment, as if he were searching through Luo Qi's memories in his mind, confirming Guan Xinyue's thoughts.

Then, she saw his expression change drastically, his rage simply uncontrollable. "Bold little brat!"