Volume 3, Chapter 78 – The Beginning of the End

When the man in the black robe activated the communication magic stone in his hand, a thousand miles away, within the Imperial Tomb in the southern part of Sky Dome city, a grey-haired little girl as delicate as carved jade slowly walked out of the thick fog and entered the mausoleum under the confused gazes of the guarding Imperial Guard. Although the little girl’s clothes were tattered, they could not hide her rare and lovely face.

She had beautiful grey twin tails and pupils as clear, bright, and spirited as emerald jade. Her curved willow-leaf eyebrows and long eyelashes trembled slightly. Her porcelain, flawless skin held a faint pink hue, and her thin lips were as tender as rose petals.

There was no doubt that if this child grew up, she would definitely be an unparalleled beauty.

However, the moment this child appeared, the Imperial Guard members protecting the Imperial Tomb had no energy to appreciate her cuteness. Instead, their expressions instantly turned grave! After a brief moment of shock, Nuoka, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard in this area, directly drew the sword at his waist and watched the little girl before him with extreme vigilance.

Behind him and on the high platforms around them, hundreds of Imperial Guard members did the same. They did not relax in the slightest due to her harmless appearance. After all, in this world, there were plenty of old monsters who used the skin of a little girl.

Furthermore, the fact that she could pass through the thick Mist Rain Barrier outside the mausoleum and avoid the patrolling guards to reach this place without a sound was enough to prove the little girl was extraordinary.

His Majesty Xue Tian’ao had instructed that the Imperial Tomb must remain absolutely safe!

Nuoka did not dare to be careless. He immediately commanded the Imperial Guard to surround the little girl! The powerful battle aura within the Imperial Guard members suddenly erupted. The originally silent mausoleum area was instantly enveloped in a tense atmosphere where swords were drawn and bows were bent.

Nuoka, who had attached battle aura to his longsword and assumed an attacking stance, questioned her harshly without any politeness, “Who exactly are you?! How did you get into the forbidden grounds of the Imperial Tomb?”

Faced with Nuoka’s words, the grey-haired little girl blinked her cute emerald eyes and tilted her head with a soft smile. “How did I get in? I wanted to come in, so I just came in.”

“What did you say?” Hearing her disdainful words, Nuoka’s brow furrowed as anger rose in his heart. “I will ask you one more time. Who exactly are you?! How did you get in?! If you don’t answer, don’t blame us for being impolite!”

“Ummm…” Hearing this, the little girl pouted her small mouth and put on a contemplative expression. “How did I get in? Umm, regarding your Mist Rain Barrier, isn’t it broken once you find the eye of the formation? Is there any difficulty in that?”

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“Difficulty?” The little girl’s answer caused Nuoka’s brow to twitch frantically.

This Mist Rain Barrier was a gift from the Dragon King to the Snownight Empire! It had protected the Imperial Tomb for hundreds of years! How could it be so easily breached?! Even someone like him who was familiar with formations didn’t even know where the eye of this formation was!

“You are talking nonsense!”

“I’m not talking nonsense~” The little girl smiled playfully, then scanned the majestic Imperial Tomb behind Nuoka and the Imperial Guard thoughtfully. “As for who I am, that’s not important anymore. You just need to know that we are here to demolish the Imperial Tomb~”

The girl spoke in a cute voice. Her voice was sweet, but it instantly enraged everyone present.

“Demolish the Imperial Tomb? To think you would say such treasonous words!” Hearing this, Nuoka gritted his teeth. Seeing that the little girl had no intention of saying more, Nuoka no longer hesitated.

With a wave of his hand, dozens of Imperial Guard soldiers rushed toward the grey-haired little girl from multiple directions under Nuoka’s command, attempting to arrest this rebellious person directly.

As for how the girl got in, they could interrogate her later!

However, faced with the group of Imperial Guard soldiers surrounding her, the little girl remained unmoved. Instead, she slowly lowered her head and looked at the small white wolf in her arms, which was sticking out its tongue with a derpy expression. “Xiao’s instructions have arrived. We need to hurry, Sister~”

??!

‘Sister?’

Seeing the little girl call a snow wolf “Sister” so affectionately, Nuoka couldn’t help but show a confused expression. Calling a wolf “Sister”? What was the situation? And instructions? What did that mean?

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Unfortunately, Nuoka did not have the chance to continue pondering these questions.

As the grey-haired little girl finished her sentence, the snow wolf in her arms let out a strange ‘Meowoo~’ sound and jumped out of the little girl’s arms, landing in front of the Imperial Guard soldiers.

?!!

‘This… this wolf?’

However, before everyone could react, a terrifying aura of Shadow Essence suddenly erupted from within the small white wolf! It turned into a horrifying tsunami of energy that swept through everything, swallowing every existence within the Imperial Tomb. The Imperial Guard soldiers with insufficient strength were suddenly struck by the storm of power and were sent flying backward!

Even for those who weren’t directly blown away, the energy fluctuations erupted by the small white wolf directly shattered the skills they were charging…

?!!

‘This… this Shadow Essence? That wolf… that wolf is an Abyssal Demon?!’

In the next moment, under the unbelievable gazes of Nuoka and the others, this small and cute spirit beast, an existence they thought they could easily slap away, suddenly erupted with earth-shattering, chilling power. Its body began to expand further! It transformed into a terrifying existence as large as a mountain, standing tall before Nuoka’s group!

When his own body was locked onto by the giant wolf’s violent red eyes, Nuoka felt as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue. He stood frozen on the spot, unable to regain his senses for a long time…

‘Sh*t…’

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After a cursed thought, the giant wolf’s hideous maw rapidly enlarged in Nuoka’s vision…

…

Accompanied by series of booms and one scream after another, a few seconds later, the one hundred and eighty-nine Imperial Guards, including Nuoka, had all turned into a ground full of wretched corpses. The originally solemn and dignified Imperial Tomb was now covered in a large amount of blood, severed limbs, and scattered internal organs.

It looked exactly like a living hell on earth.

Although Nuoka and the others had let out tragic screams like slaughtered pigs when they died, due to the existence of the Mist Rain Barrier, the outside world never felt the disturbance at the Imperial Tomb. In a street not far from the mausoleum, the people were still joyfully celebrating the coronation of the new emperor…

After glancing indifferently at the severed limbs on the ground, the grey-haired little girl, our little Li Yu, focused her attention on the Imperial Tomb ahead, which was continuously emitting a pure white light.

Under normal circumstances, when an emperor passed away, the coronation ceremony for the next emperor would generally be held the following year. During that period, the entire country would mourn the passing of the old emperor. This was the tradition of the Snownight Empire, which had remained unchanged for hundreds of years. This time, however, Xue Tian’ao had actually ignored all opposing opinions and even defied the High Priest to hold the Coronation Ceremony early, wanting to formally become the Empire’s Emperor.

It was clearly just a formal coronation ceremony, so why did the Chosen Son care so much?

To be honest, neither the demon king tier existences like Li Yu nor the Blackrose Family had clearly investigated the reason…

However, since Xue Tian’ao placed such importance on this matter, there must be a reason. Since the Chosen Son wanted to do this, then they, as Abyssal Demons, would simply go against him~

It couldn’t be wrong~

With a slight smile, Li Yu raised her hand and pointed at the solemn Imperial Tomb ahead. “Sister, blow it up~”

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“Awoooooo~” (Alright~!)

Hearing the destruction order from her younger sister, the giant wolf transformed from Li Mo let out an excited roar. Then, the lovely giant wolf slowly opened her blood-filled maw lined with sharp fangs! In an instant, endless crimson Shadow Essence gathered within it and was continuously compressed!

The terrifying fluctuations of power caused the surrounding space to gradually warp.

In the next instant, the crimson Shadow Essence compressed in the giant wolf’s mouth was suddenly released!

In that moment, the earth tore apart and the sky changed color! The world-destroying crimson laser beam was like a violent, bloodthirsty beast that had broken its chains, roaring as it charged toward the Imperial Tomb ahead with a majestic momentum that could devour all things!

Under the Annihilation Cannon, all things are turned to ash~

At the same time, inside the Dragondance Plaza, as a tremor transmitted through the earth, the massive phantom that was placing the crown upon Xue Tian’ao suddenly trembled, and its movements came to a complete halt.

Xue Tian’ao: ??! Huh?!

‘This… this… what’s going on?’