In the boundless darkness, Sang Luo didn't know where she had arrived. She walked aimlessly for a long, long time, yet couldn't find even a sliver of light.
A drowning-like panic gripped her heart tightly, and Sang Luo's heartbeat became increasingly rapid and forceful. She wanted to use her innate abilities, but couldn't.
After being here for an unknown amount of time, Sang Luo slowly began to suspect she was dreaming, and her mood calmed down instead.
She kicked something large, hard, and cold, like a rock, and leaned against it to rest when she got tired.
Whoosh—
Whoosh, whoosh—
Where did that wind come from?
The whistling, deep wind grew closer, and Sang Luo's hair and dress fluttered wildly.
It felt as if a scrutinizing gaze was upon her.
Sang Luo's hair stood on end!
The sound of breathing grew closer, carrying a hint of warmth from a living creature. Upon closer listening, it wasn't the sound of air leaking, but rather—the exhalation of some enormous creature!
Sang Luo's entire body stiffened. In the darkness, she couldn't see anything, but instinctively felt as if a massive beast, as large as a mountain, was lying prone beside her, lowering its head and quietly staring at her…
The moment the “stone” behind her wriggled, she couldn't pretend any longer and took off running.
Bang!
She crashed into a “wall,” blocking the path ahead.
Without a second thought, Sang Luo turned and ran.
Thud!
She was blocked again.
Sang Luo felt like a small ant being toyed with, unable to escape the invisible and mysterious Wuzhi Mountain. Her spirits collapsed, and the moment her legs gave way and she fell, something cold, hard, and slender hooked her.
A dizzying sensation followed, as if she had flown hundreds of thousands of miles. She landed in a stuffy, turbid place.
Her fingers trembled as she carefully groped around. The touch was still like steel and rock, the only difference being that these stone walls had the warm temperature of a living creature.
Whoosh—
The giant beast's breath grew closer.
Where had this giant beast bound her with its tail?
A sudden gust of wind almost blew her away. This time, Sang Luo was finally certain: Wings!
She was being “hidden” under the wings of that unknown creature.
Was it not hungry yet, and storing food?
Sang Luo worried anxiously, but the other party made no further movements, as if it had forgotten about her.
…
She woke up.
Sang Luo was even more exhausted than before she slept.
Yan lay beside her, wiping the cold sweat from her face, and asked with concern, "Did you have a nightmare?"
"Yes, that nightmare was so strange. I've never had a dream like that before." Sang Luo recounted what had happened in her dream in detail.
"Perhaps you've been too stressed lately. Your body is tired during pregnancy. Rest well and don't think too much during the day," Yan comforted.
Sang Luo nodded, touching her round belly, and suddenly became curious about something. "What is the Rakshasa King's beast form?"
She wondered what kind of baby she would give birth to.
Yan shook his head. "No one has ever seen the Rakshasa King's beast form."
This made Sang Luo even more curious.
"You'll naturally know when it's born," Yan said.
Sang Luo: …That's true.
Sang Luo had been suffering from neurasthenia recently and hadn't had a good night's sleep for almost half a month.
Every time she closed her eyes, she would fall into that darkness, unable to wake up.
Little Nuonuo snuggled into Sang Luo's arms, fluffy and soft, and said in a childish voice, "Mother, hold me to sleep~ Sister Xiaozhenzhen and the others all like to hold me to sleep. They say I'm so soft to hold, and they always sleep so soundly! If Mother holds me to sleep, she'll definitely have a good dream!"
If it weren't for its nine big tails always uncontrollably moving around in the quilt, Sang Luo would really enjoy holding this little son to sleep.
"With your fussing in the middle of the night, your mother will get dark circles under her eyes," Yan wanted to pick up his son.
Nuonuo quickly burrowed into his mother's arms. "I'll definitely be good and won't disturb Mother!"
Having said that, it also put away its tails, turning them into one, and obediently hid them in the quilt, without moving.
Yan looked at Sang Luo, "I'll brew some calming and soothing soup for you to see if it helps."
Sang Luo was about to nod when she suddenly felt a pain in her abdomen. She let out a scream, her entire face wrinkled up and covered in cold sweat.
"Luo Luo!"
"Mother!"
Yan and Nuonuo both panicked.
Yan reacted first, holding Sang Luo in his arms and feeding her a pain-relieving pill, then quickly channeling his power into her body to check the situation.
In the next instant.
His expression changed drastically, turning pale!
Except for those who hadn't left seclusion yet, the beast husbands all came with their children.
They had also sensed the change in the mate bond at that moment and rushed over. Seeing that Sang Luo was still alive, the stone in their hearts not only didn't fall, but became even more fearful, because within a short half-incense stick of time, Sang Luo's body was rapidly thinning, becoming as thin as skin and bones, making people feel heartache and fear!
Quan Jin looked at Sang Luo, who had fainted on the bed, his hands clenched into fists, his voice cold and deep, "What happened? How could this happen?!"
Yan sat by the bed, releasing Sang Luo's hand,
"The child is gone."
What?!
Everyone's hearts shook violently.
Yan looked at them, carefully choosing his words, "It's not exactly gone… it was, eaten."
"What does the Divine Lord mean by that?" Lou Xian Yue frowned and asked.
The other beast husbands were also extremely puzzled, not understanding what this sentence meant.
Obviously, Yan, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, was also encountering this situation for the first time. He calmed his mind and explained in an easy-to-understand way,
"The lifeform that Luo Luo had been carrying for a hundred years was devoured by something else."
Si Ye's eyes turned red, "Someone wants to harm Luo Luo?"
Yan shook his head. "She has been living in Qingqiu all these years, and I have also set up layers of formations outside the mansion. No evildoer can have the opportunity to harm Luo Luo, unless that thing was originally hidden… parasitized within the previous fetus."
Lou Xian Yue was saddened, "Then isn't Sang'er's child…"
Yan said, "Now the child in her belly is the truly conceived offspring. The previous fetus was just a sacrifice."
"The previous embryo was not suddenly devoured by this child, but… it was never alive. From the moment it was conceived, it became food for this child, providing it with the most suitable breeding ground."
After Yan finished speaking, everyone was shocked and couldn't speak for a long time.
Yan's long-standing doubts were also explained.
He finally knew what was strange about this offspring. The Ghost Clan bloodline was just a disguise. That strange aura, which even made Yan feel terrified, was emanating from this child!
The energy required for the growth and development of this offspring far exceeded the previous embryo. After this child devoured the flesh and blood of the previous embryo, it began to devour the mother's body.
The reason why Sang Luo would suddenly become skinny and bony was because her power, flesh and blood, and soul had all become food for this offspring!
Even divine-grade supplements could not satisfy this child's desire to eat.
It needed more power to feed it!
