novelraw Chapter 256 - 172: An Identical Mi Yin and Her Child
Chapter 256 - 172: An Identical Mi Yin and Her Child
Heh heh. He was looking forward to meeting his twin brother more and more. He was sure his brother had already felt it—the very moment he’d stolen his female.
Chi took the beautiful female he had captured to a cave.
He threw her onto the ground, his eyes burning with an aggressive heat.
An Jin’s body was covered in wounds. Some were from his sharp nails, while the rest were scratches from the thorns and weeds along the path.
"..." She stared at him in silence, her gaze icy. She realized the Snake Beast before her was not Gu Yin.
But... why did they look so similar and have almost the same aura?
Even she hadn’t recognized the difference at first.
If it weren’t for the fact that his smooth, pale chest was completely devoid of a mate mark, she would have thought Gu Yin had undergone a sudden, drastic change in personality.
No, perhaps it wasn’t a change in personality. Before he met her, Gu Yin had been just as cold-blooded and savage as the Snake Beast before her now. They were practically carbon copies of each other.
It was only after they became mates that he learned to restrain his brutal, bloodthirsty nature in her presence, revealing a rare gentleness and docility.
"Who are you?"
She lowered her gaze, one hand covering the red marks on her neck, and asked in a raw, difficult voice.
"Chi." The man, a perfect likeness of Gu Yin, slithered toward her, dragging a black-and-red snake tail.
His aura was far more sinister and terrifying, radiating an untamed wildness and savagery. He had eight red beast markings on his arm.
Horror flashed in An Jin’s eyes. Her fingers dug into the ground, her entire body stretched taut with tension.
She suddenly realized her phobia of snakes wasn’t cured at all—it just didn’t flare up when she was with Gu Yin.
"My beautiful, enchanting female. As my twin brother’s mate, surely you can sense the familiar aura about me?"
’Twin brother?’
"To think that the Snake Beast who failed to hatch, who was casually abandoned in the jungle by our father, would end up with such a beautiful female. It’s enough to make me sick with jealousy!" Chi hissed sinisterly.
An Jin leaned back against the stone wall, her head lowered and her expression unchanging, but her mind suddenly recalled something Gu Yin had once told her.
’No wonder... He told me he had never met his parents or siblings. It’s because he was abandoned when he was just a child.’
’No wonder he’s always so clingy. Perhaps being abandoned so young left him feeling utterly alone?’
"That Snake Beast is going to be my next meal anyway. Female, why don’t you come with me? You really are the perfect female for mating and bearing offspring."
He shot her a cold smirk, then lunged, pinning her down. His hand reached out to grope the female’s alluring body.
"Get off me—" An Jin’s hand formed a blade. The lust-filled touch made her sick to her stomach, and she thrust the blade straight at Chi’s chest.
But it only left a faint red line!?
His chest was as hard as rock. The blade, condensed from her spiritual power, had actually shattered the instant it made contact?!
This act, however, completely enraged Chi. His muscles bulging, he suddenly shot out a hand, wrapped it around An Jin’s neck, and lifted her into the air. His voice was dangerously cold. "If you want to die, I can make it quick. Once your mate senses you’re dead, he’ll surely come for you in a frenzy. And I, for one, can’t wait."
He had waited for this day for over twenty years, searching half a continent just to find this place!
The man’s dangerous, blood-red snake eyes stared furiously into her own black eyes, which were misting over with pain. Slowly, his ferocious expression slackened, and his tightly clenched fists suddenly relaxed.
[Successful Gaze: 3 seconds. Buff ’Head Over Heels’ activated. Duration: 24 hours. Side effects: Currently unknown.]
"I-I didn’t mean to hurt you! I love you! How could I have possibly hurt you just now?!"
His once sinister and ferocious expression changed in a flash, his eyes filling with adoration. He stepped forward and pulled her into a tight embrace, handling her as carefully as if she were a priceless treasure.
The buff had kicked in.
Forced into his embrace, An Jin buried her face in his chest. She stared blankly at the empty air beside her, her pale lips pressed into a thin, silent line.
Seeing Chi’s face, now forcibly filled with adoration, reminded her of Gu Yin. The only difference was that Gu Yin didn’t need any external influence to love and protect her; he did so of his own free will.
Chi, thinking his earlier roughness had frightened her, began to panic. "I really do love you. I don’t know why I did that just now. Please don’t reject me, alright? I truly love you."