Volume 5, Chapter 99 – Feeding

After a bout of hysterical screaming,

Isabelle, who had barely regained consciousness from the excruciating pain, tremblingly opened her eyes. At this moment, she found herself collapsed heavily on the ground.

What reached her ears was a low and eerie chewing sound, like countless wild beasts devouring flesh and blood.

“What on earth…”

Following the sound, this Second Ancestor of House Solrog struggled to turn her head, her gaze falling behind her. Immediately, Isabelle’s pupils contracted and her blood froze.

At this moment, the originally solid ground had actually collapsed into a massive abyssal maw. That mouth seemed to pierce through the earth’s core, countless twisted teeth undulating and writhing in the darkness, blood foam splashing between their gnashing, emanating a putrid stench.

The “food” being devoured was herself.

Isabelle looked down to see nothing below her hips—both legs had vanished without a trace, blood gushing like a fountain from the severed ends, soaking the rubble beneath her feet crimson. The agony nearly suffocated her, but what terrified her more were the changes in her surroundings.

As Isabelle raised her head, the air suddenly became still.

In the darkness, one, two, hundreds and thousands—countless blood-colored pupils emerged from walls, ceiling, and void.

Those eyes had no whites, only continuously rotating blood-red rings of light, as if examining her soul with malice. They floated densely in the surrounding darkness, flickering bright and dim like breathing, causing hearts to skip beats.

“This, this is? Crimson Spectre Eyes?!! How is this possible?!”

Isabelle whispered in disbelief.

As if to help her better accept reality, a suffocating curse power oppressive aura also suddenly surged from all directions with the appearance of the Crimson Spectre Eyes, directly causing Isabelle’s heart to suddenly stop.

“This, this aura?? Gaia Lobir?!”

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This aura was all too familiar to Isabelle.

It was precisely the aura that had given her enormous psychological trauma and made her fearful for a thousand years… the Terran Malevolence’s aura.

“Bai Lianyue!! You bastard, why won’t you leave me alone!!!”

At this moment,

The suddenly enlightened Isabelle let out a hysterical roar toward that petite figure surrounded by Crimson Spectre Eyes.

While going mad, emotions of terror continuously overflowed from the bottom of her heart.

She knew very clearly that Bai Lianyue would never let her go.

It would be one thing if she died, but if the sacred artifact energy core was also devoured by the Terran Malevolence, Lord Astral’s situation would become even more perilous.

Under the influence of fear and loyalty, Isabelle desperately mobilized her spiritual power to regenerate her legs.

Unfortunately,

After several seconds of attempts, Isabelle discovered in horror that no matter how she mobilized her spiritual power, her legs still couldn’t regenerate. Not only that… the wounds on her legs were withering and rotting at a visible rate, continuously spreading toward her upper body.

Every moment, Isabelle’s hips and abdomen were corroded and eroded, flesh corrupting and quickly becoming as shriveled as a mummy.

“No, this is bad.”

Gritting her teeth, Isabelle raised her hand, trying to swing her sword to cut herself in half at the waist.

As a Peak Divine Departure Realm Blood Clan Ancestor, even if cut in half at the waist, Isabelle could quickly complete regeneration. But if she continued to be corroded by the Terran Malevolence’s power, she would definitely die.

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However, although she had made the decision, Isabelle’s body seemed to lack the ability to carry it out.

Because after raising her hand, Isabelle discovered in horror… her right hand that had been holding the sword had also vanished without a trace, blood continuously flowing from her wrist… Obviously, during Isabelle’s brief contemplation, her right hand had been devoured by an abyssal maw that appeared from nowhere, just like her feet.

“How, how could this be?!”

Before Isabelle could react, more terrifying giant mouths emerged from the ground, madly tearing and biting at Isabelle’s flesh one after another.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and Isabelle let out even more heart-wrenching screams.

—”Ahhhhhhhhh!!!”—

As the tearing continued, corruption spread from the bitten areas as the center, continuously extending throughout Isabelle’s flesh and blood body.

Before long,

Accompanied by piercing wails, the originally graceful woman transformed into a hideous ‘rotting corpse.’ Even so, Isabelle didn’t die then and there, but stared with her remaining single eye that hadn’t yet corrupted, full of venom and hatred as she glared at Bai Lianyue:

“Bai… Lianyue!! You monster who betrayed humanity!! May you… not… die… a good death!!”

Using a hoarse voice, Isabelle let out her final unwilling roar.

However,

Faced with Isabelle’s venomous angry roar, the silver-haired elf blinked somewhat bewildered, then tilted her head.

“Bai Lianyue?? Me?… enmm, oh, seems like it… whatever, I’m hungry… time to eat… ah woo~”

As the elf girl opened her small mouth.

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The ground beneath Isabelle suddenly twisted, transforming into a massive abyssal maw constructed from black mud, thorns, and countless Crimson Spectre Eyes. The giant mouth suddenly opened, and Isabelle, whose body had almost completely decayed, fell helplessly into this abyss.

I,

This is… failure?

Am I going to die?

Looking at the light source growing increasingly distant from her, emotions of unwillingness and fear continuously overflowed from her remaining eyeball.

—”Lord Astral… please forgive me… I… love…”—

Unfortunately, before her final words were finished.

The abyssal maw suddenly closed.

—”Snap!!! —Crunch crunch crunch…—

Just like that, Isabelle’s remaining half-body, along with the sacred artifact energy core she still held tightly in her arms, were chewed into fragments by the giant mouth…

Before long,

As the silver-haired elf completed her swallowing motion, this individual named Isabelle was completely erased from this world.

Smacking her small lips, the silver-haired girl extended her tongue to lick her lips, quite satisfied as she rubbed her small belly.

At the same time,

The skin on her chest suddenly twisted, transforming into another hideous mouth that bit by bit chewed and absorbed the sword that Isabelle had pierced through her chest into her body.

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The surrounding Crimson Spectre Eyes closed again, the twisted ground returned to normal, and the elf girl raised her hand to rub her belly.

Her pretty face no longer held the previous coldness, instead showing an expression of still wanting more.

At this moment, the elf girl’s appearance began to collapse.

Her disguised skin gradually disintegrated, transforming into countless azure blue light particles, her silver hair gradually changing toward emerald green.

At the same time, the girl slowly raised her head, gazing at the ceiling ahead. Of course, the girl wasn’t looking at the ceiling, but through it at something else.

—”Not enough… I want… to eat more.”—

At the same time,

High above Sacred Commandment Island, while dodging Ulutiel’s Abyss Hex Cannon and forcibly tearing off a dragon head, Astral’s brow instantly furrowed, his entire body suddenly trembling.

?!!

“Hm?”

Tremblingly turning to look behind him, a drop of cold sweat slowly slid down Astral’s forehead.

What was that feeling just now?

Also,

My connection with Isabelle… why has it been severed??