171: Chapter 171 An Unexpected Joy: She's Already Born?!

"Holy shit! Wait! Hold on!"

Xu Chen fumbled to support Jiang Liuli, shouting incoherently:

"This is way too fast! From the ICU straight to the delivery room?!"

"Are you kidding me?!!!"

However, the children in her belly clearly didn't understand their father's complaints.

"Ah—!"

Jiang Liuli let out a short, pained cry, her body trembling violently. A warm liquid, a mixture of medicinal potency and amniotic fluid, instantly soaked the bed.

Her water had broken.

At this point, no matter how stunned Xu Chen was, he understood. She was really going into labor! And it was a dire emergency!

"Midwife! Fetch the Midwife!"

"And the Divine Physician Elder! Bring in everything we prepared earlier!"

Xu Chen roared towards the outside of the hall, his voice cracking.

"Bang!"

The doors of Yangxin Hall were thrown open violently.

Ji Wushuang, who had been waiting outside, as anxious as ants on a hot pan, rushed in like a gust of wind, leading a group of the family's most experienced, gold-ranked Midwives.

"Chen'er, step aside quickly!"

Ji Wushuang pushed her flustered son aside in one swift motion, then began commanding with decisive efficiency:

"Hot water! Spirit liquid! Arrange all the Fetal-Warming Jade!"

"Check Jiang Liuli's condition quickly! Is there heavy bleeding?"

The Midwives, well-trained, swiftly took over the scene.

Xu Chen stood to the side, watching his wife, who had just been intimate with him moments ago, now plunged into a different kind of agony. Sweat beaded on his forehead from anxiety; he wanted to help but feared he'd only cause trouble.

"Mother, I..."

"You, out!"

Ji Wushuang turned and glared at him, "You're of no use here! Stand guard outside, don't let anyone disturb us!"

"But..."

"No 'buts'! Go now!"

Helpless, Xu Chen could only be chased out of Yangxin Hall by his own mother.

...

Outside the hall.

Xu Changsheng was pacing back and forth anxiously, hands clasped behind his back. Seeing Xu Chen get chased out, he hurriedly went up to him.

"How is it? How is it? Is she going into labor?"

"Her water broke." Xu Chen wiped the sweat from his face and plopped down on the steps, feeling his legs go a bit weak.

"Wasn't she fine just a moment ago? How did it happen so suddenly?"

Xu Changsheng was also bewildered, "Her body just recovered, can she handle this?"

"It must be the potency of the divine pill being too fierce, plus the children are eager to come out..."

Xu Chen took a deep breath, trying hard to calm himself down.

"Father, please keep watch here. I'm going to activate all the clan protection arrays."

"What are you going to do?" Xu Changsheng was taken aback.

Xu Chen looked up at the sky, his eyes turning sharp and fierce.

"These two children have heaven-defying aptitudes. They will certainly attract the envy of the heavens."

"There were already phenomena when Jiang Liuli's constitution evolved earlier. Now that they're being born, I'm afraid that old bastard the Heavenly Dao will try to cause trouble again."

Before his words even finished.

"Rumble—!!!"

As if to confirm Xu Chen's suspicions, the sky, which had just been filled with auspicious, colorful clouds due to the constitution evolution, suddenly darkened without warning.

A terrifying pressure, a hundred times more oppressive than before, poured down from the highest heavens.

Those were not auspicious clouds.

Those were tribulation clouds!

And they were specifically targeting the birth of heaven-defying prodigies—the Violet Heaven Annihilation Tribulation!

"It's here after all!"

Xu Chen snorted coldly, the aura belonging to Quasi-Saint Peak erupting from his body instantly.

"Want to touch my sons? Ask the sword in my hand if it agrees first!"

"Clang—!"

The zhu xian sword embryo left its sheath, carrying overwhelming, ferocious killing intent, pointing straight at the firmament.

Meanwhile, inside Yangxin Hall.

"Ah... it hurts..."

Jiang Liuli gripped the bedsheet tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.

That tearing pain was causing her recently restored stamina to drain rapidly.

"Young Mistress, push! Push harder! I can see the head!"

A Midwife shouted anxiously.

"I can't... they're stuck..."

Jiang Liuli gasped for breath, her eyes filled with helplessness, "The two children... are fighting to come out first..."

These two little ones, possessing Chaos Bloodline, were not only full of vitality but also inherited their father's temperament—each was domineering, neither willing to yield to the other. The result was—difficult labor!

"Not good! Empress! The Young Mistress is hemorrhaging heavily!"

The Midwife's panicked cry came from within.

Hearing this outside the hall, Xu Chen felt a 'buzz' in his head, his heart nearly stopping.

"Heavy bleeding?!"

"System! Is there any way? Save her, quick!"

[Ding! Host, please remain calm.]

[Jiang Liuli has already taken the Nine Revolutions Replenishing Heaven Pill. Her life essence is extremely stable. The current crisis is solely due to the excessive energy of the fetuses.]

[As long as the host can suppress the Heavenly Dao phenomena outside, preventing the mother from being disturbed by the heavenly might, mother and children will be safe.]

"Suppress the Heavenly Dao, is it? Fine!"

A flash of ruthless determination passed through Xu Chen's eyes.

"Father! I leave this to you! I'm going up there to have a good 'chat' with that Heavenly Dao!"

With that, his figure flashed, transforming into a stream of golden light that shot directly into the vast expanse of tribulation clouds.

"True Dragon Manifestation! Appear!"

Roar—!!!

The phantom of a ten-thousand-zhang-long violet-gold True Dragon roared and coiled above Yangxin Hall, shielding the entire hall completely.

"Let's see who dares touch my sons today!"

Standing atop the dragon's head, holding the zhu xian sword embryo, Xu Chen seethed with murderous intent. Relying on his own power alone, he blocked the oppressive might of the countless divine and demonic presences in the sky.

Seemingly intimidated by Xu Chen's domineering aura.

The Heavenly Dao, which had intended to unleash thunderous punishment, actually hesitated.

And in this brief moment of stalemate.

From within Yangxin Hall, an incredibly loud and clear cry of a newborn finally rang out.

"Wah—!!!"

This sound pierced through metal and shattered stone, resounding through the heavens!

Even the vast tribulation clouds were dispersed somewhat by this cry.

"They're born! They're born!"

"Congratulations, Empress! Congratulations, Young Master! It's a pair of Dragon and Phoenix Twins!"

"Mother and children are safe! Mother and children are safe!"

Hearing these four words, Xu Chen up in the air went limp, nearly tumbling off the dragon's head.

He sheathed his sword, a smile uglier than crying appearing on his face.

"Good boys... that lung capacity, takes after me!"