Chapter 896: Death is Just a State! Lady Lingyue's Initiative
A deafening explosion shattered the air.
Lady Lingyue's attack, imbued with the searing fire of vengeance, struck with devastating power. She had launched a complete ambush, pouring every ounce of her demonic energy into the strike to obliterate Black Devourer Fang.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Thick, acrid smoke from the massive blast swept over the battlefield, causing Izayoi to cough violently. Despite the choking dust, her tear-stained eyes remained locked on the epicenter of the destruction. Her hands were clenched so tightly her knuckles turned white, betraying the sheer turmoil churning in her heart.
How she prayed that the cruel, terrifying monster had perished in that sudden, overwhelming strike.
At this moment, Izayoi and Lady Lingyue shared the exact same desperate hope. They both wanted nothing more than to see Black Devourer Fang, the beast who had mercilessly slaughtered their kin, reduced to ash.
However, a sudden change warped the atmosphere.
"Awooo!"
A chilling, guttural howl—something between a wolf's cry and a rabid dog's snarl—tore through the settling dust.
Immediately after, a vast, suffocating surge of blood-qi erupted outward in a violent shockwave. The sheer malice in the air caused Izayoi's face to drain of all color, while Lady Lingyue's elegant features twisted into a grim mask.
The explosive wave of crimson energy violently dispersed the lingering smoke, sending heavy rubble and shattered debris flying in all directions. A massive, blood-red claw slammed into the ground, tearing through the solid earth as easily as wet paper.
The owner of that claw revealed itself. It was a monstrous, nightmarish beast, measuring at least ten meters in length and standing over four meters tall. Its massive frame was covered in coarse, matted fur of pitch black and deep crimson. Its appearance resembled a twisted, demonic wolf, radiating a fierce, suffocating terror.
This was Black Devourer Fang's true demonic form.
His glowing, blood-red eyes locked directly onto Lady Lingyue.
"Hehehe."
A chilling, raspy laugh bubbled up from his enormous, drool-slathered maw, thick saliva dripping onto the ruined earth below.
"So there was a Dog Demon I hadn't eaten yet. How interesting. I've changed my mind. You will be my appetizer!"
Lady Lingyue's expression changed drastically. She had never expected Black Devourer Fang to emerge completely unharmed after taking her full-power attack head-on.
Just as she desperately gathered her remaining energy to cast her demonic arts once more, a black flash blurred across her vision.
The sudden, overwhelming shadow looming directly in front of her made the blood freeze in her veins. Her limbs went entirely cold.
Black Devourer Fang had crossed the distance with unimaginable speed. His abyss-like maw, reeking of fresh blood and rotting flesh, opened wide enough to swallow her entire body.
Sorrow flooded her beautiful eyes. Lady Lingyue knew instantly that it was too late to resist. The gap in their power was absolute. Her fate was sealed.
In that fleeting fraction of a second, her mind drifted to her life's regrets. She thought of how she would die without ever experiencing the beauty of becoming a wife. It was simply because her pride had always been too high; she had sworn that only a man stronger than herself, a man possessing the true, unyielding heart of a conqueror, would ever be worthy of becoming her husband.
Unfortunately, her life was reaching its abrupt end. She would never live to see that day.
Lady Lingyue slowly closed her eyes.
Death itself did not make her afraid. She had already witnessed the tragic deaths of her kin. Perhaps joining them in the afterlife was simply her final destination.
Yet, even as she accepted her impending demise, a deep, lingering reluctance remained in her heart.
"Ugh! So... so scary... Wuwu..."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. If you don't want to look, just lean on me."
"Ren, that is the source of the fierce aura I sensed. It appears to be an evil Dog Demon causing havoc among the common people."
The sudden, casual conversation drifting from above made Lady Lingyue's mind go blank with confusion.
She fluttered her long eyelashes and slowly opened her beautiful eyes.
The sight that met her gaze defied all logic. Black Devourer Fang was completely frozen in place, suspended mid-lunge with his massive, terrifying maw wide open, utterly incapable of moving a single muscle.
Following the source of the voices, she looked up and saw three figures hovering in the sky a short distance away.
Ren was casually holding a trembling, beautiful girl named Kasumi in his arms, while a serene shrine maiden, Kikyo, calmly examined the frozen form of Black Devourer Fang.
Sensing her gaze, the young man turned his head. His eyes met Lady Lingyue's.
A mutual flash of astonishment flickered between them.
Ren was momentarily stunned by Lady Lingyue's stunning beauty and her regal, ethereal temperament.
Lady Lingyue was equally amazed by Ren's striking appearance, but what truly shook her to her core was the indescribably vast, terrifying aura radiating from him—an aura so deep and unfathomable she couldn't even begin to comprehend its limits.
That man... he was incredibly powerful.
Her body's deepest instincts trembled, recoiling in absolute submission just from meeting his casual gaze.
He calmly withdrew his gaze.
Ren looked back down at the immobilized Black Devourer Fang. While admiring beauties was always a pleasant pastime, he hadn't forgotten the main business at hand.
"This fellow is truly interesting."
He pinched his chin thoughtfully. He had originally assumed this Abnormal Doomsday might be related to a certain King from the higher realms. However, completely contrary to his expectations, this beast named Black Devourer Fang had absolutely no connection to them, nor was it a Dependent of any known King.
It was simply a pure, mutated life form born naturally within this specific world.
Although it was nothing more than a mistakenly born Dog Demon, possessing only raw ferocity, endless greed, and mindless cruelty, its potential was terrifying. If they hadn't intervened today, this creature's strange devouring ability and explosive growth attributes would have eventually allowed it to evolve into an apocalyptic threat to all life in this world.
More crucially, this beast had already learned of the Shikon Jewel's existence.
"Kikyo, you seem to be this fellow's target as well. Or, more precisely, the Shikon Jewel you carry."
Kikyo did not look surprised by this revelation. However, her elegant features were tinged with deep sorrow.
"Did the Shikon Jewel cause the lives in this city to be extinguished?"
Looking down at the ruined city, its streets littered with dismembered bodies and soaked in blood, she felt a heavy weight of guilt pressing down on her chest.
"No, this isn't your fault, nor is it the fault of the Shikon Jewel. This beast simply treated this place as a casual snack stop."
Ren gently rubbed her hair, his voice softening as he comforted her. "You don't have to take all the blame upon yourself."
"The essence of this monster is pure ferocity and a gluttonous greed for all living things. We just need to deal with it."
He raised his hand and grasped the empty air casually.
Black Devourer Fang's massive, frozen body suddenly emitted a series of sickening, wet crunches.
Lady Lingyue's eyes widened in absolute shock.
She watched as countless tiny, dense cracks spider-webbed across the entire body of the immensely powerful monster—the very same beast she had been entirely powerless to resist.
Right before her eyes, Black Devourer Fang shattered into countless microscopic pieces with a sharp crack, scattering like fine dust toward the ruined earth below.
His life force was instantly extinguished.
Black Devourer Fang was as dead as could be.
Lady Lingyue, fully realizing the sheer absurdity of this fact, immediately fixed her intense gaze back on Ren.
This human man did it.
But she couldn't even begin to fathom what he had actually done. Was it some supreme form of magic?
[Ding! Detected that the Abnormal Doomsday factor in this world has been resolved by the Doomsday Chat Group leader, Ren. Doomsday Companion ends, Doomsday concludes!]
[Ding! Ren gains 1,000,000 doomsday points. Kikyo and Kasumi gain 100,000 doomsday points!]
Just a small fry.
Ren didn't really care about these points.
"Brother Ren... are all the people here dead?"
Kasumi, seeing such a tragic, blood-soaked scene for the very first time, couldn't stop her slender frame from trembling with fear. Her knuckles turned stark white as she buried her face into his clothes, clutching the fabric tightly.
Ren patted her back in slow, comforting rhythms.
Perhaps he had ended countless lives himself, so the sight of mass slaughter no longer stirred much emotion within him. also, in his eyes, death was merely a state of being, not something entirely irreversible.
"Excuse me... did you kill that Dog Demon?"
At this moment, Lady Lingyue suddenly appeared before the three of them, her beautiful, piercing eyes fixed squarely on Ren.
She had a deep premonition.
This man was her savior.
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