novelraw Chapter 579 - 518: Heart-wrenching Pain
Chapter 579 - 518: Heart-wrenching Pain
"As you’ve guessed, the World Soul contains the purest source of energy in the Ghost Domain. The Evil Spirits have an instinctual desire to devour this powerful and pure energy. A newborn World Soul has no power to protect itself, making it the most delicious prize in the world to these Evil Spirits. Whoever can devour the new World Soul will become the Lord of Ghost Realm!"
Little Carp took out many Talismans from her spatial storage, all drawn by her and her siblings: Defense Talismans, Attack Talismans, Array Talismans... and especially her Blessing Talismans. She frantically stuck them all over the room, the bed, and her mother’s body!
Seeing this from amidst her agony, Sang Luo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. A small smile sent another sharp cramp through her belly, and she quickly stifled it, whispering in a weak voice, "Mommy’s fine... D-don’t worry, sweetie..."
But how could she be fine looking like this? Little Carp’s heart ached, and she felt tears welling up again.
She grabbed Sang Luo’s hand and held up a Blessing Talisman. "I hope Mommy and the baby in her tummy will be safe and sound, blessed with good fortune, and remain healthy and well!"
Sang Luo gently stroked her pink-haired head. "Mm, thank you for the blessing, my darling. Mommy is still holding on—Ugh!"
Little Zhenzhen also rushed to grab her hand. "Mom, don’t talk anymore! Just focus on delivering the baby!"
Sang Luo couldn’t hear the commotion outside, but she could feel the violence of the struggle through the vibrations in the floor and walls!
Little Zhenzhen, on the other hand, had been watching the battle outside. She saw that the number of Evil Spirits was dwindling; more than half of them had been wiped out.
Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a sudden clap of thunder exploded, shaking the heavens and the earth!
BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM—
Streaks of Heavenly Thunder, like giant axes splitting the firmament, hacked across the sky. Boundless lightning coalesced into world-devouring dragons and serpents. Burning stars fell from web-like cracks in the void, and the ground was torn open by what looked like giant claws, creating abyssal fissures thousands of miles long.
Anything struck by the Heavenly Thunder, whether resentful spirits or members of the Ghost Clan, was instantly obliterated. Its power was terrifying enough to chill one to the bone!
"Ah! What is this?"
Little Zhenzhen was nearly scared witless by the sight.
The second she finished speaking, a second wave of the Heavenly Tribulation came crashing down on the Royal Palace.
The entire palace was reduced to rubble.
Only the delivery room remained unscathed, but the Barrier around it had dimmed slightly.
Another Golden Thunder that spanned the heavens descended. It was deflected by the Barrier and struck the sky instead. A piece of space was permanently devoured, as if bitten away, revealing a boiling purple void behind it.
Bolt after bolt of Heavenly Thunder! Each one stronger than the last! It was simply horrifying!
"This—!"
The two children were stunned.
Even Yan and the others outside could no longer bother with the Evil Spirits. They gathered the children into their arms and dodged the pursuing Heavenly Thunder.
They looked up at the sky, their faces grave. In all their long lives, they had never encountered a situation like this.
Minos closed his eyes, a haggard look on his face. "This is also what I foresaw. It’s a heavenly condemnation meant to obliterate!"
He looked sorrowfully at Sang Luo, who was still in labor. "This child should never have existed. It is a life born in defiance of the Heaven and Earth Laws and is destined to be erased by them!"
"And the mother will be dragged down with it, erased as well!"
"The Heaven and Earth Laws?" Sha scoffed. "I have never feared the Heaven and Earth Laws!"
"It wants to take my wife and child from me! We’ll see if its kill order is faster than my power to reverse yin and yang!"
Sha’s figure suddenly vanished, reappearing in the air above the palace.
Perhaps enraged by his words, the most terrifying third wave of the thunderstorm arrived!
It was a storm of countless translucent torrents of time and space. Mountains that were struck existed simultaneously in their pre-destruction and post-annihilation states. Tens of millions of Ghost Clan members and resentful spirits were turned to ash. The entire land began to disintegrate into diamond-shaped fragments, which were then sucked backward into the eye of the storm in the sky.
The heavenly condemnation shook souls and destroyed all things!
The sky was eating the earth!
Cracks appeared on the Barrier. It was on the verge of collapse!!
The thunderbolt, concentrating the mightiest blow of heaven and earth, shot straight for the delivery room!!!
At that very instant, Sha transformed into a monstrous beast. Its body, over ten thousand feet tall, was like a moving mountain range that could blot out the sun and sky. Dark gold Hell totems were embossed on the surface of its beastly form. Every bone spur on its back and tail was as sharp as a sword, and its moving joints crackled with the roar of nether thunder.
On its head grew a single horn shaped like an inverted, blood-red moon. The tips of its nine bony tails were wreathed in endless cyan flames. Wherever it stepped, a dark Domain automatically spread, and from the soil, billions of ghostly hands reached out to weave a net of curses.
"ROAR!"
A deep, furious roar from time immemorial made the very heavens and earth tremble.
Sha met the roaring heavenly condemnation head-on. A blinding white light shattered both sight and sound. When the Heavenly Thunder dissipated, he was still unharmed, standing proudly in the air!
"The Nine Nether Beast Body!" A flash of shock appeared in Yan’s eyes.
’No wonder the Rakshasa King is so arrogant and fearless. His true form is an Ancient Ghost God Beast!’
Bolt after bolt of Heavenly Thunder grew increasingly intense. Sha withstood hundreds of them, and visible wounds and bloodstains appeared on his beastly body. Yet, his form remained standing proud and unshakable. At the same time, his giant claws tore through space, leaving behind infernal rifts that would never heal. Even the Heaven and Earth Laws would have to fear him greatly!
The once arrogant and tyrannical heavenly tribulation began to show signs of weakening. As if it had lost its patience, it gradually reined in the scope and force of its attacks.
Inside the delivery room, Minos also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the accident from his prophecy would not happen. Sha had clearly made ample preparations for the birth of this child; even the Heaven and Earth Laws were powerless against him.
’The Evil Spirits are gone, the Heavenly Tribulation has dissipated, and Luoluo and the child will both be safe...’
"WAAAH!"
In the silent delivery room, the tender first cry of a baby rang out!
Minos was overjoyed. He rushed back to the bedside to lift the baby from the blankets, but when his eyes fell upon the large patch of crimson blood on the bed, he froze completely, the blood in his veins turning to ice.
Little Zhenzhen’s crying voice reached his ears.
"Mommy... Mommy isn’t breathing!"
...
「Central East Continent.」
Years ago, Fei Yuan had found an opportunity for a breakthrough and had entered seclusion for several hundred years.
Just as he was on the verge of his breakthrough, a sharp pain pierced his heart. His mind was instantly thrown into chaos, and he coughed up a large mouthful of blood. His cultivation realm fell, and he showed faint signs of becoming a Fallen Demon.
But he had no time to think. He hastily emerged from his seclusion, intending to find someone.
But the partner’s mark on his chest suddenly vanished.
"Luo’er!"
...
Far away in the Star Vortex Insect Nest, Anubia blew apart a rebel’s head with a single shot. Before he could even enjoy the pleasure of victory, his expression suddenly changed. Without time to inform his children, he departed in a hurry.
...
「Meanwhile, in the Ghost Domain.」
Si Ye had lost count of how many remaining Evil Spirits he had slain. His blade was coated in viscous black blood. He took out a clean cotton cloth to wipe it.
Suddenly, his hand trembled—and the sword broke!
A trickle of blood escaped the corner of his lips. His eyes filled with panic. "Luoluo..."
Hundreds of Evil Spirits swarmed him at once.
In the next instant, a bloody light bathed the mountains and rivers as he rushed back in the direction of the Royal Palace.
...
Amidst a sea of fire and ruins, Yan’s long hair was almost stained crimson. His cold and lonely aura now held a hint of fiendish bloodlust. He had no idea how many tens of thousands of resentful spirits he had cut down. No more dared to approach and court death.
But suddenly, a single tear traced a path down his cold, bewitchingly beautiful face.
"Luo’er."
...
Lou Xianyue was leading Little An through a trial, slaying Evil Spirits, when he too sensed the disappearance of the partner’s mark. It felt as if a sharp blade had been viciously plunged into his heart and twisted, an excruciating pain!
A message from Little Carp arrived. He opened it with trembling hands.
"Daddy, Mommy’s gone."