Beastmaster of the Ages

Chapter 1118 - Shadow

Xian Xian pressed the ear of its spirit body against the fragrant petals and listened for a while. She finally excitedly said, “I can hear a heartbeat!”

“Little sis, you’re saying there’s a human hiding inside?” Ying Huo asked curiously.

“Of course. How could it really be a plant?” Xian Xian pouted.

“That’s good. Mom still wants her grandkids, and we couldn’t let Tianming do the dirty with a flower,” Ying Huo sniggered.

“Stinky Brother Chick!” Xian Xian glared at the foul-mouthed fowl for a moment before hopping around the flower. “Still, it seems she’s become super duper small. Will she grow big again after she comes out?”

Ying Huo was speechless. “What, she’s going to become a child bride?”

“That’s good! Then Ling’er will have to call me uncle! My seniority will rise!” Meow Meow lazily stretched.

They were all optimistic, already convinced that Feiling would get through this.

“By the way, Ling’er’s power just now during the ninety-ninth Perpetual Nirvana was pretty scary. She offed Sovereign Xi just like that.” Ying Huo was still incredulous when he thought of that scene.

‘Maybe it’s related to Vaporize? I wonder if she can recover quickly once she comes back.” Xian Xian’s face was still filled with worry.

It had to be said that Sovereign Xi’s luck had been terrible to come and bother Feiling at this time.

There was no crime Sovereign Xi hadn’t committed in pursuit of her goals during this period of time. In the end, she had even wanted to take Feiling hostage to threaten Tianming. However, Feiling had ended her in what could only be called rightful retribution. Honestly, if she hadn’t come and agitated Feiling, Feiling might have failed to survive the repeated Perpetual Nirvanas without that rage boost.

Here at the mooncore, only Sovereign Xi’s ashes were left. No matter how beautiful you were, everyone would stay away once you were ash.

The divine moonrace outside surely wouldn’t expect that their main pillar could be dead.

Ying Huo had already tied the dimensional rope to Lan Huang and Xian Xian’s bodies to ensure stability. Now, all that was left was to wait for Tianming.

They huddled together, focusing their concentration on the gate to the xenomemory space. All of them were united in their anxious expressions. They didn’t notice that Sovereign Xi’s Moondream Soul was still floating there. Nor did they notice a white hand grabbing onto it.

The action produced some sound that made Ying Huo and the rest realize they weren’t alone.

They turned around and saw a white-robed person standing at the entrance, holding onto Sovereign Xi’s sword and looking at them coldly. His attention seemed to be on the flower bud Feiling had transformed into.

It was Bodhi!

His expression was inscrutable, and no one could tell what he was thinking.

“How long have you been hiding there?” Ying Huo lifted its head, its crimson eyes with coldness.

“For a while. I saw Sovereign Xi die. You all are pretty good, directly killing my greatest enemy,” Bodhi said. Now that Feiling was sleeping, Tianming was still in the xenomemory space, and Sovereign Xi was dead, no one could get in the way of his grudge with Tianming anymore. As soon as he acted, he would be a mortal threat to Ying Huo and the rest.

Sovereign Xi at least still wanted Tianming back, but Bodhi would be praying that Tianming wouldn’t return. Ying Huo and the rest easily grasped this logic.

“Sovereign Xi? Pfft. What miserable thing is she anyway? She can only be blamed for courting death herself,” Ying Huo said emotionlessly. This was a very troublesome and awkward moment. Just now, Sovereign Xi had already caused so much trouble.

They knew that Ling’er could use the curse to control Bodhi, but how could she activate it now that she was a flower bud? Bodhi had more or less escaped their control already.

The only route left for mutually assured destruction was to escape and publicly announce Bodhi’s identity. Even with Sovereign Xi dead, the divine moonrace still had more than enough gods to get revenge on the specters. Still, a complete breakdown in diplomacy would at least make Bodhi trap Tianming in the xenomemory space forever.

Neither side said anything.

Bodhi lifted up the Moondream Soul, mildly looking at the four beasts as they prepared themselves for battle.

Bodhi suddenly smiled. “No need to worry. Li Tianming once told me that our two races have similar enemies and circumstances. Now that our greatest enemy has died, I just have to finish off the lackeys. You don’t mind if I take this sword to sow some chaos, right?”

If Tianming was here, he would have immediately taken away the battle spoils. Ying Huo and the rest hadn’t taken notice because they had been worried about Feiling.

Now that the sword was already with him and Tianming didn’t lack for weapons anyway, Ying Huo and the rest didn’t press the matter. It was already a miracle that Bodhi wasn’t kicking them while they were down.

“If you want. Our matter is already settled, so we don’t care about your feud with the divine moonrace,” Ying Huo said.

“Then let’s meet again one day.” Bodhi smiled, before entering the passageway and directly leaving. He hadn’t taken the opportunity to take revenge, surprisingly.

“Is he really going to peacefully coexist with us? He didn’t even do anything just now. Maybe he’s really scared of us?” Meow Meow said.

“Something’s off,” Ying Huo said.

“What’s wrong?” Lan Huang asked.

“I\'ve never seen him smile before, but he smiled twice just now! He must be really excited inside. Is it just because Feiling killed Sovereign Xi? He wasn’t the one who did the deed, so why’s he so happy?” Ying Huo wracked its brains.

“True. Something really good must have happened for someone like him to smile,” Meow Meow said.

Now that Sovereign Xi was dead, he could start a massacre. But he had already killed so many that it didn’t feel like that would lead to smiling.

“If I were him, I would’ve killed us just now.” Xian Xian pursed its lips.

“Maybe he was afraid of dying in a strange way like Sovereign Xi. After all, he doesn’t know what condition Feiling is in now,” Ying Huo replied.

“He can really endure. His style is completely different from Sovereign Xi’s. Why do I feel this kind of person is scarier?” Lan Huang’s eyes widened.

“True! But it’s good that he’s cautious. If he was hotheaded, we would have to pull Tianming out.”

But that would have ruined Tianming’s rescue, and as the eldest sibling, Ying Huo had to think hard about Bodhi now that Tianming and Feiling weren’t here.

Tianming and Bodhi had made a pact to work together against Sovereign Xi and the divine moonrace first. They had planned to resolve their enmity afterward.

Tianming had later mentioned he was willing to coexist with Bodhi and the specters. However, Tianming was aware that Bodhi wouldn’t stop.

Now that his counter was gone, the shadow he cast was growing.

……

The blood lake at Sovereign Xi’s palace had once been a forbidden zone of the divine moonrace. However, Bodhi could now casually enter. He quickly reached a palace with no people around.

“Daddy.” The room’s door opened and a little girl wearing white clothes was standing inside. She had a happy expression upon seeing her father back.

“Little You, let me tell you some good news.” He bent down and picked up his daughter, flourishing the Moondream Soul in his hand. “See what this is?”

“You have the key?” Little You’s eyes lit up. She extended her hands and touched the sword, excitement in her eyes, as well as an unconcealed ferociousness.

“It was very lucky. That girl who gave you the curse suddenly had the power to kill Sovereign Xi.” There was some fear in Bodhi’s eyes as he recalled that scene.

“She seems to be the reincarnation of some god from Flameyellow’s legends, Xuanyuan Xi, Xuanyuan’s descendant. People call her Feiling. Daddy, is she stronger than Li Tianming?” Little You had been controlled by her before, so there was some fear in her heart, too.

“I can’t tell. Li Tianming is in the xenomemory space now. This is technically my best chance to kill him and his lifebound beasts. However, I still fear Xuanyuan Xi, even though she’s a flower now. I fear dying in some strange manner, like Sovereign Xi. Those two are both unimaginable existences. It was still fine to go against them before, but now, if we’re not careful, we’ll end up like Sovereign Xi.” Bodhi frowned.

“Then, are we giving up?” Little You was full of unwillingness.

“Who said that? If we were, why would I take this sword?” Bodhi lifted the sword, his expression filled with malevolence.