Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 378 – Sister is Back

High in the sky, the sea of clouds was violently torn apart by four streaks of light.

Lin Fan’s toes lightly touched the void, her pure white gown remaining perfectly still amidst the fierce winds.

Long Yan followed closely behind, his golden pupils filled with struggle. After hesitating for a long moment, he finally couldn’t help but accelerate and draw up beside Lin Fan.

“Lady Lei Li…” Long Yan’s voice was kept very low.

Lin Fan glanced at him sideways. “You want to ask about Ning Shuang?”

“Yes.” Long Yan clenched his fists, the veins on the backs of his hands pulsing. “Wu’er mentioned before that she was hidden in the Dragon Ancestral Land for recovery. How… how is she now?”

“Her injuries are worse than you could possibly imagine.” Lin Fan fabricated without batting an eye. “Her Dragon Bone was stripped away, her life source exhausted. The only reason she’s still holding on by a thread is my life force and the special environment of that place.”

Long Yan’s face instantly turned deathly pale, the rims of his eyes reddening.

“Don’t look at me like that.” Lin Fan turned her head, gazing forward. “The most dangerous place is the safest place. Those old bastards on the Council of Elders are busy scouring everywhere for ‘traitors’—they’d never think she’s right under their noses.”

“When can I see her?”

“When you have the ability to overturn the Dragon Emperor Hall.” A slight curve tugged at the corner of Lin Fan’s mouth. “Going there now, besides getting yourself killed, would just add to her psychological burden.”

Long Yan lowered his head, his voice hoarse: “I understand. I’ll grow stronger—strong enough to make everyone bow their heads.”

“Heh, not bad ambition.”

[The motivation of a simp truly knows no bounds.] Lin Fan mentally scoffed.

Long Teng still cradled “Long Wu’s” corpse in his arms, his expression wooden, but his gaze remained locked on the distant horizon. A black Spiritual Power Barrier surrounded him, blocking all the Astral Wind three feet away.

Even while moving at several times the speed of sound, not a single strand of the person in his arms’ hair was disturbed.

That was probably the tenderness of a top-tier powerhouse.

“We’re here.”

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Long Yi, flying at the very front, halted his movement—the transition from extreme motion to absolute stillness was utterly seamless as he hovered steadily in midair.

Lin Fan followed closely, her toes lightly touching the void as her pure white gown slowly settled.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze piercing through the thin clouds to the land below.

The next moment, even Lin Fan, who had mentally prepared herself, felt her pupils involuntarily contract.

“Holy shit…”

A beautiful piece of profanity nearly slipped from the lips of this aloof “Goddess of Life.”

The Azurewood City she remembered—once full of exotic charm, built primarily from wood and stone—had now completely transformed.

A colossal steel beast now sprawled across the plains.

The city’s area had expanded to more than three times its original size.

The original low city walls had been demolished, replaced by towering fifty-meter reinforced concrete ramparts. The wall surfaces were covered with some kind of black metal plating, gleaming with a cold luster under the sunlight.

Upon the walls were not the common arrow towers of the Dragon Spirit Continent, but densely packed automatic artillery turrets and anti-air arrays bearing the industrial aesthetic of Blue Star.

Countless massive tower cranes stood like steel giants within the city, rotating busily.

Building after building rose from the ground. Though not yet reaching skyscraper heights, the uniform, blocky architectural style seemed utterly out of place in this world of fantasy—yet carried a certain violent sense of ordered beauty.

And in the very center of the city, a massive blue rift stood upon the plaza.

That was the Otherworld Rift.

Heavy trucks were driving out from the small opening at the bottom of the rift, loaded with steel, cement, and all sorts of intricate instruments that defied comprehension. Like diligent worker ants, they streamed forth endlessly, supplying nourishment to this city.

“This…”

Lin Fan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart.

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She knew how crazy the Federation’s infrastructure crews could be, but she never imagined they could go this far.

How long had it been?

Half a month? A month?

Had they moved their entire engineering corps over here?

“This is Azurewood City.”

Beside her, Long Yi stood with his arms crossed, calmly gazing down at the steel fortress below.

“I was startled too when I first arrived. I thought the world had changed beyond recognition just fifteen years after we went into seclusion.”

Lin Fan’s mouth twitched slightly.

At this rate, give them another year, and these people could build a high-speed railway across the Dragon Spirit Continent.

“Let’s go down.”

Lin Fan resumed her calm, unruffled expression and spoke lightly.

Though her heart was shaken, in front of everyone, the Life Goddess’s aura could not be compromised.

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Azurewood City, the newly built North Gate Command Tower.

Su Xiaoxiao was wearing a sleek, form-fitting combat suit, pointing and giving instructions to several engineers from Blue Star.

The little fox girl who had once been timid and submissive in Green Hill Village now carried a hint of authority befitting a leader.

“The defensive array in this section must be reinforced. This is a windward point, vulnerable to surprise attacks from Flying Magical Beasts.”

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Su Xiaoxiao’s small face was stern.

“Yes, yes, Supervisor Su is absolutely right.” The engineers nodded repeatedly, not daring to show the slightest negligence.

Everyone knew that this Miss Su was the personal attendant of the elusive “Lei Jie.”

Just then.

Su Xiaoxiao’s body suddenly trembled.

A familiar fluctuation, one that made even her soul quiver, abruptly appeared in her perception.

It was the resonance of the Soul Imprint.

“Sister!”

Su Xiaoxiao jerked her head up, her light pink eyes bursting with immense joy.

Forgetting that she was still in a meeting, she shoved the blueprints in her hands into Sun Jing’s arms beside her.

“What’s wrong, Xiaoxiao?” Sun Jing looked utterly bewildered.

“Sister is back!”

Su Xiaoxiao was so excited that her tail slipped out, wagging wildly behind her. “Quick, let’s go greet her!”

With that, she transformed into a blur and leaped straight off the command tower, dozens of meters high.

“Hey! Wait for me!”

Sun Jing hastily set the blueprints down, a milky-white Healing Halo glowing around her body to cushion the impact of her landing, and jumped down after her.

The moment the two landed, the surrounding engineers and soldiers all jumped in fright.

“What’s wrong with Supervisor Su?”

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“No idea, but she looks really excited.”

“Could it be that Lady has returned?”

“Probably. I heard both Supervisor Su and Supervisor Sun are Lady’s personal attendants.”

The engineers whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with curiosity and reverence.

After landing, Su Xiaoxiao and Sun Jing immediately sprinted toward the city gates.

By now, a crowd had already gathered at the gate.

The city guard was maintaining order.

“Move aside! Make way!”

Ah Hu, at the lead, shouted loudly, “Lei Jie is back! Everyone, stand at attention!”

The city guards immediately formed two neat rows, standing ramrod straight.

Outside the city gates, four figures descended slowly.

Lin Fan landed first, her pure white dress gently fluttering in the wind, her stunningly beautiful face appearing even more ethereal under the sunlight.

Long Yan, Long Teng, and Long Yi followed closely behind.

Long Teng still held the body of “Long Wu” in his arms, his pale face devoid of any expression.

“Sister!”

Su Xiaoxiao and Sun Jing rushed over almost simultaneously, throwing themselves into Lin Fan’s arms.

“Sister, you’re finally back!”