vrcanaries Chapter 336 A Sacrifice Made in Vain
Chapter 336 A Sacrifice Made in Vain
Hui stopped laughing, her blood-red eyes fixed on Yuan Xiao, a vicious smile spreading across her lips: "What do you mean? I suppose... you've already heard about the incident at Yulong Mountain?"
Yuan Xiao's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
Yulong Mountain, child!
Yu Mo, Chi Miao, and Ao Shuang's expressions also darkened.
"How...how did you know?"
Yuan Xiao's voice trembled slightly as she stared intently at Hui: "Did you do this?"
"I did it?" Hui scoffed, his eyes gleaming with smugness and madness. "I don't have that kind of ability. But... it really was my idea! Hahahaha!"
He watched as Yuan Xiao's face instantly lost all color, and he became even more smug.
"After the incident at Yulong Mountain, I knew Di Lin would definitely go back. He values his territory so much, and so does he..."
He paused deliberately, his gaze sweeping maliciously over Yuan Xiao's abdomen.
"What he cares about. Once he goes back, he'll be tied up, which gives the adults more time to extricate themselves. Tsk tsk, a simple plan, but very effective, isn't it?"
"My lord?" Ao Shuang frowned and snorted coldly, "Oh, you mean that fake? That guy who impersonated the Beast God?"
Hui's smile vanished instantly, his facial muscles contorted, and he snarled, "What fake! What do you know? The true Beast God is long dead, long dead! This one is the one destined for greatness! He was meant to be the Beast God. He possesses power and ambition far greater than that dead man! You foolish lot only cling to the shadows of the past, you can't see the arrival of a new era!"
His tone was fanatical and obsessive, as if he were proclaiming some kind of faith.
However, Yuan Xiao was no longer listening to what he was saying next.
Her entire attention was focused on the information revealed in the first half of Hui's words.
The incident at Yulong Mountain was Hui's idea; her aim was to stall Di Lin and buy time for the "Beast God"...
What about her child? Di Lin rushed back; how is her child?
Longquan... Dragon Egg...
Looking at Yuan Xiao's pale, almost unsteady appearance, Hui's eyes were practically overflowing with smugness.
He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a slow, deliberate yet piercing tone, "It's just a pity... your child, tsk tsk, was sacrificed for nothing..."
hum...
Yuan Xiao's mind went completely blank, as if she had been hit hard by a hammer.
All sounds disappeared, leaving only Hui's vicious words and the ringing in my ears echoing wildly.
Sacrifices...
The child...was sacrificed for nothing...
"No...it can't be..." Yuan Xiao murmured to herself.
Di Lin rushed back. He's so strong, he can definitely protect the dragon egg...
Longquan still has so many guards...
But Hui said...
Yuan Xiao trembled violently uncontrollably, her hands and feet were ice-cold, and her heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly by an invisible hand, causing her unbearable pain.
She took a sudden step back, almost losing her balance, but was caught by Chi Miao beside her.
"Xiaoxiao...you have to hold on..." Chi Miao looked at her with concern.
Yuan Xiao seemed not to hear her. She suddenly closed her eyes, concentrated all her energy, and frantically called out in her mind, "Xiao Chu! Xiao Chu!!"
Soon, Xiao Chu's somewhat panicked voice rang out: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Yuan Xiao's voice echoed in my mind, each word seemingly squeezed out from between her teeth, her voice trembling: "Where is my child?"
Xiao Chu was clearly taken aback: "W-what child? What are you talking about?"
Yuan Xiao bit her lower lip so hard it almost bled.
She spoke slowly and deliberately, as if she were using all her strength: "In Dragon Spring, what happened to my child with Di Lin... our dragon egg?! Tell me!"
Xiao Chu fell into a deathly silence on the other end.
The silence was like a bucket of ice water poured over Yuan Xiao's head.
“Xiao Chu…” Yuan Xiao’s voice was pleading, and also carried the last glimmer of hope, “Tell me… I am the child’s mother, I have the right to know the truth… Please… tell me…”
After what felt like an eternity, Xiao Chu's voice finally rang out again, choked with sobs, a voice that had never sounded so heavy and sorrowful.
"When Wang arrived... half of the main peak of Yulong Mountain... had collapsed. Longquan... was buried deep inside..."
Yuan Xiao's heart sank to the bottom.
Xiao Chu's voice continued, each word like a knife, cutting deep into Yuan Xiao's heart.
“We…we dug with all our might…and then we found the dragon egg…the shell of the dragon egg…was broken…”
Yuan Xiao's vision went black, and she almost fainted.
"It's...it's empty inside..." Xiao Chu's voice sounded like she was about to cry, "The child...the child might...maybe is already..."
Yuan Xiao painfully closed her eyes, forcibly severing her connection with Xiao Chu.
She couldn't bear to listen anymore.
She couldn't bear the possibility of that outcome.
Empty...
Broken……
It may already be...
She knew all too well what these words meant when put together.
The child she and Di Lin had longed for for so long... still hadn't hatched and come into this world to see it...
Just... just...
"Is your so-called new era about selfishly paving the way for yourselves with the blood of others...?"
puff……
A mouthful of blood spurted out of Yuan Xiao's mouth without warning, staining the front of her clothes red.
Her body swayed, her face was as pale as paper, and her eyes were empty and desperate, as if all her life had been drained away in an instant.
"Xiaoxiao! Xiaoxiao!"
Yu Mo, Chi Miao, and Ao Shuang exclaimed in surprise and rushed forward to support her.
Ye Shang frowned, stepped forward, and gently touched Yuan Xiao's brow with a gentle, soothing black and red aura swirling around his fingertips.
A cool breeze rushed in, stabilizing Yuan Xiao's mind, which was on the verge of collapse.
Yuan Xiao leaned against Chi Miao's chest, panting heavily, tears silently streaming down her face, mingling with the blood at the corner of her mouth.
She opened her mouth, but no sound came out; only broken sobs and desperate trembling could be heard.
Yu Mo felt as if his heart was being torn apart when he saw Yuan Xiao's appearance.
He turned his head sharply and looked at Hui, who was bound by Ye Shang's demonic energy and slumped on the ground. His eyes were filled with killing intent and rage.
The python-transformed black mamba writhed restlessly, ready to unleash a massacre at any moment.
"What a mess you've made!"
Yu Mo spoke slowly and deliberately, each word carrying immense rage and a bloodthirsty stench, "You're really tired of living... Di Lin won't let you go! None of us will let you go!"
Despite Yu Mo's terrifying killing intent that seemed to want to tear him apart, Hui appeared completely indifferent.
He looked up at the gray sky and burst into maniacal laughter again, his laughter a mixture of vengeful pleasure and twisted satisfaction.