Volume 2, Chapter 55 – Unexpected

What was Lei Jie afraid of?

Without a doubt, it was the Abyssal Demons, specifically the demon king tier Abyssal Demons. Although it was an eighth tier existence, Lei Jie knew very well that it did not yet have the ability to challenge a demon king tier being. The shadow of being bullied by Inferno back then remained vivid in its mind.

Of course, besides the demon king tier Abyssal Demons, there was another existence that Lei Jie feared even more: the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, specifically Lady Yumo. Although Lady Yumo usually seemed to have a good temper, even if Lei Jie were given a hundred times its current courage, it would never dare to provoke her.

One had to understand that once Lady Yumo was provoked, even if she herself didn’t get angry, Lei Jie would definitely be targeted by those demon king tier monsters! If it were targeted by one demon king tier, it might still have a chance of survival, but if it were marked by six of them, it might as well prepare its will in advance…

Originally, Lei Jie believed that after leaving the Deepwinter Forest, the most it would encounter would be a demon king tier existence, and it would likely never see Lady Yumo again in this lifetime since the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons couldn’t exactly move around everywhere.

However, today, Lei Jie discovered it was wrong, devastatingly wrong…

At this moment, looking at the ‘harmless’ pink-haired girl before it and the Blood Butterfly hidden within her collar, Lei Jie’s pupils suddenly constricted! An unprecedented sense of trembling instantly surged in its heart. In an instant, Lei Jie broke out in a cold sweat as the familiar crimson butterfly immediately triggered the nightmares within its heart.

Furthermore, based on Lei Jie’s memory, there was likely only one existence capable of controlling the Blood Butterfly…

And as it felt the power rippling slightly at the pink-haired girl’s fingertips, Lei Jie’s heart suddenly stopped. Its entire beastly face transformed into a expression reminiscent of a certain world-famous painting.

As the young patriarch of the Thunder Beast Clan, it had accompanied the clan leader to the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons to visit Lady Yumo more than once during the Spring Festival celebrations in the Deepwinter Forest. It had even come into contact with Lady Yumo’s energy projections several times. Her aura had left a profound impression on Lei Jie.

Although the power emanating from the pink-haired girl’s fingertips wasn’t strong, Lei Jie could still recognize that this aura was identical to Lady Yumo’s. The lack of potency was likely because this little girl was intentionally suppressing it so as not to attract anyone else’s attention!

In other words, this seemingly insignificant little thing in front of it was freaking Lady Yumo herself!!

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‘Is this some kind of mistake?! My lady, please do not toy with me!’

Lei Jie couldn’t help but let out a hysterical roar in its heart. It knew very well that if it actually attacked, even if Lady Yumo didn’t personally tear it to shreds, those demon king tier Abyssal Demons would skin it alive! If things went wrong, this day next year would be the anniversary of its death! It had worked so hard to reach its current status; it couldn’t just end up as a failure like this!!

However, considering it had already made its move, Lei Jie felt like crying but had no tears. Its brain worked at high speed, thinking of how to break this death trap!

‘What… what the hell should I do?!’

Wait!

There, it had it!

In an instant, a flash of inspiration struck Lei Jie’s mind…

On the other side, facing the oncoming Lei Jie, Xiumu’s heart was filled with utter despair. Was this child really not Xia’er? How could this be…

No, even if she wasn’t, he couldn’t let her be killed by the Guardian Beast just like that! Seriously, what was going on? The Guardian Beast was usually very gentle, so why did it suddenly go berserk this time!

Though filled with doubts, Xiumu immediately channeled his battle aura, attempting to rescue the innocent girl from Lei Jie’s claws.

At this moment, the pink-haired girl who was the protagonist of this scene, our Lady Yumo, though faking an expression of extreme terror, was actually quite calm internally. In fact, she was even a bit unhappy…

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‘Hmm, wouldn’t it be enough to just recognize I’m not Xia’er and drive me away? Is it really necessary to attack me? This is making things very difficult for me.’

The slave girl she was playing needed to leave Windward City alive to accompany Mengxi back to the Ashurmos Church. How could she allow herself to be killed by a Guardian Beast just like this?

Yumo pouted her little lips in displeasure. To delay Lei Jie’s movement and give Xiumu time to ‘save’ her, Lady Yumo slowly raised her hand and accumulated a tiny, insignificant amount of Shadow Essence at her fingertips. Her azure eyes narrowed slightly as she locked onto Lei Jie’s limbs.

However, just as almost everyone except Mengxi wore expressions of horror, and just as Lady Yumo was about to act, a scene that no one could have anticipated suddenly occurred. In the next instant, under everyone’s dumbfounded gaze, Lei Jie pounced toward Yumo.

Wait, no, strictly speaking, it pounced behind Yumo and fiercely swung its sharp claws! Suddenly, the claws wrapped in thunder power released a terrifying, world-shaking lightning! In the next moment, the earth shook as a certain cockroach-like thing that had been leisurely flying behind Yumo was suddenly pulverized into ash by Lei Jie’s claws, along with several stone statues nearby…

‘What? What was going on?! It… it wasn’t attacking the girl?’

This sudden turn of events left everyone completely bewildered. Not far away, Afnora, who had just rushed forward a few steps, froze in place, staring at her Guardian Beast with an expression of disbelief. Under everyone’s confused gaze, the imposing Lei Jie continued to swing its claws, sending one ‘cockroach’ after another to the afterlife.

Watching the lightning raging across the sky, everyone felt as if they had been struck by five bolts of thunder, freezing in place. Even Marquis Xiumu, who had been desperate to save her, was stunned.

Wait, Lei Jie was… killing cockroaches? Such a grand display of power just to kill bugs?

Taking in this scene, Afnora rubbed her eyes as if doubting her own reality.

‘Does Lei Jie… hate bugs that much?!’

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And in the next instant, an even more bizarre scene played out before them.

After slapping a few cockroaches to death, the previously murderous Lei Jie suddenly retracted its outward hostility and its erupting thunder power. Its massive body shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In an instant, it transformed into a small black cat with two tails.

Then, under everyone’s incredulous gaze, this little black cat trotted over with its tail wagging and ran to the pink-haired girl’s side. It used its little face to affectionately rub against the girl’s small feet.

At this moment, Lei Jie didn’t have a shred of the majesty of a Guardian Beast. It was as if it had completely turned into a pet cat…

Looking at the little black cat beside the girl, Xiumu entered a state of trance. However, as a veteran of many battles, he quickly recovered from his shock. Then, a feeling of ecstasy surfaced in his eyes!

Although the current Xiumu didn’t understand why Lei Jie was acting so strangely, judging by its intimate behavior toward the pink-haired girl, this girl must be his granddaughter! She was Xia’er, no doubt about it!

Thinking of this, the overjoyed Marquis Xiumu directly lifted Lady Yumo high into the air, his excited voice ringing in everyone’s ears.

“Hahahaha! I knew I wouldn’t be wrong! You really are Xia’er!!! Hahahaha!”

Seeing this, the members of the Duke Family around them couldn’t help but burst into cheers! Afnora, who had been anxious for a long time, also breathed a long sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted. She smiled as she walked toward her husband and granddaughter…

While almost everyone was cheering, some people’s moods became quite complicated.

First and foremost was our Lady Yumo. Glancing down at the black cat that was persistently hugging her leg and acting cute, countless black lines appeared on Yumo’s forehead.

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‘What… what the hell is going on?! This isn’t part of the plan, hey!!’

Similarly, standing there in a daze alongside Lady Yumo was Benjamin Duke, the one who had proposed letting Yumo see the Guardian Beast. He clenched his fists in frustration, staring with a distorted expression at the pink-haired girl who was being surrounded like a star.

How… how is this possible?!

He had secretly ordered someone to smear undetectable sandalwood incense on the girl’s clothes! That was the scent Lei Jie hated most! Why?! Why didn’t this beast show a single shred of disgust?!

It even freaking rushed up to hug the girl’s leg?!

Don’t you have any dignity as a Guardian Beast?!

Benjamin found it difficult to accept and roared hysterically in his heart. No, it couldn’t be like this. If this continued, the inheritance he had worked so hard to obtain would be taken away! No, absolutely not!

Thinking of this, Benjamin decided to risk everything. While no one was paying attention, he left the cemetery area and took out a communication magic stone from his spatial ring.

After taking a deep breath, Benjamin spoke slowly in a respectful tone.

“My Lord, I have something to report…”