Light Fortress
Chapter 607 - 151 There Is Nothing Impossible in This World

Chapter 607: Chapter 151 There Is Nothing Impossible in This World

She pushed open the wooden doors of the ancestral hall.

Li Qingsui stood at the entrance of the meeting room, looking at several figures that stood up. Illuminated by the flickering candlelight, they were like mountains, tall and imposing. These people were standing too tall; their expressions were so dim that she could not clearly see them.

Second Elder Li Changchi slowly walked out.

In his hands, he held a thin sheet of yellow paper, which did not bear much content.

It was the collective written decision of the Elder Council to strip her of the position of acting Family Head.

Li Changchi slowly began to read.

"New Year 629, the Li Family announces, due to extraordinary circumstances, the removal of Li Qingsui from her position as the acting Family Head..."

The rest of the words were no longer significant.

Li Qingsui looked up at the elder blocking a great deal of candlelight; for some reason, as she heard her "verdict" pronounced within the Li’s Ancestral Hall, her state of mind did not change at all.

It was perfectly calm.

Perhaps it was because... before she entered the ancestral hall, she had anticipated such a situation.

This was indeed a war.

But it did not last long.

Li Qingsui looked back once more at the room Uncle Gao had entered.

That room was deathly quiet.

Less than a hundred meters apart.

She was very aware of just how strong Uncle Gao’s spiritual power was. It was not a matter of a mere hundred meters; even a thousand meters away, every sound that emanated from here could be clearly heard by Uncle Gao.

Until the entire edict had been read.

Still, there was no movement from that room.

Li Qingsui’s gaze never even rested on the Second Elder who was reading the collective decision; she just looked towards that room and, once all the sounds had ceased, she softly asked, "Is it over?"

The Second Elder also looked toward the distant room.

"There’s no need to look anymore. Gao Tian won’t come out... at least, not for a while," he said with a faint smile. "So, it’s over."

Li Changchi stretched out his palm, reaching for Li Qingsui, who was only an arm’s length away.

The next moment.

Li Qingsui raised her head.

"Bang!"

A burst of fireworks exploded at the entrance of the ancestral hall!

Li Qingsui raised her pitch-black umbrella, which she always carried with her. Its tip erupted with dozens of dazzling, burning flames so bright that for a moment, the whole dim ancestral hall was as brightly lit as day!

Flame Demon Umbrella!

This was a top-tier A-class sealed artifact left to her by her father, Li Quhu!

Every strike it unleashed possessed unparalleled destructive power!

The only flaw was that it required the consumption of a large amount of "Extraordinary Essence," and with Li Qingsui’s current strength, she did not have any such essence to replenish.

Therefore... after a full charge, the Flame Demon Umbrella, no matter how terrifying its power, could only erupt once or twice!

But... that was enough!

The Second Elder, who had extended his palm, bore the full brunt of the "Blazing Flame" onslaught at close range, roaring and staggering backward. His eyebrows and beard were instantly ignited by the flames, engulfing his entire figure in a sea of fire—

The entire inside of the hall, where the impeachment meeting was held, was filled with the overflow of Blazing Flame!

Li Qingsui quickly turned.

Without any hesitation, she started to flee in the direction away from the ancestral hall, and in the next moment... a huge white-robed figure burst forth from the sea of fire. Li Changchi, his whole body ablaze, stretched out his two large hands toward Li Qingsui!

But before he could expand his domain, brilliant fireworks blossomed before his eyes once again!

"Boom!"

This time, Li Qingsui poured out all of the essence stored in the umbrella without any reservation.

The effluent Blazing Flame dyed the night sky over the Li’s Ancestral Hall red!

Li Changchi was blown away, crashing heavily back into the ancient buildings of the ancestral hall.

And Li Qingsui too, her slender body hit by the mighty recoil, was propelled dozens of meters away. Forced back by the push of the umbrella handle, she skidded across the ground, leaving bloody streaks like a rag doll. Yet her expression remained ice-cold as she braced herself on the ground, swift as a young cheetah. Opening the car door, she knew she had little time. If Uncle Gao had been trapped... it would mean the Elder Council had indeed decided to make their move against her.

She couldn’t let them catch her.

Flee!

Li Qingsui stepped on the accelerator, and in front of the Li’s Ancestral Hall, now a fiery inferno, the intense heat evaporated all moisture, casting everything in a hellish glow. Amid the roaring of the fuel tank, the black car parked at the entrance of the ancestral hall sped away like a phantom.

Li Changchi, emerging a second time from the sea of fire, could only catch the shadow of the black car vanishing on the horizon.

...

...

The roar of the flames was far behind her now.

The shriveled black umbrella lay on the passenger seat, its tip still emitting rolling heat. It was hard to imagine that this umbrella, ordinarily used for shelter from wind and rain, was actually a weapon of immense power.

Most of the Li Family’s sealed artifacts were registered.

But... there were exceptions.

This Flame Demon Umbrella was one such exception.

Considering the amount of Extraordinary Essence the umbrella could store, even when fully charged, it could only release two strikes... It might seem somewhat insignificant at a glance, but for Transcendents with vast amounts of Essence, the limit of this fiery umbrella could be infinitely raised.

The explosive limit of this umbrella depended on... how much Extraordinary Essence the wielder possessed.

Li Qingsui’s expression was calm, yet her complexion was a bit pale.

Raise the umbrella.

Open fire.

Everything happened so fast... her decisions and actions seemed to be habits etched into her very bones. It wasn’t until she had started her "escape" that she realized what she had just done.

In the rearview mirror, all she could see was the retreating tranquility of the trees.

The second half of the night in Changye was incredibly quiet.