Chapter 182: Seville Bravely Rescues Anan
Su An’an’s pink fox ears suddenly perked up.
A five-colored light gathered at her fingertips, forming a fine net of light that enveloped Nicola.
Her spiritual power moved like a Spiritual Snake, searching within Nicola’s body for the horrifying black tumors.
"Hang in there!"
Su An’an gritted her teeth, fine beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
Her Spiritual Power Tentacles tightened abruptly, forcing all the writhing black foreign objects toward Nicola’s right hand.
"Ah!"
Nicola let out a blood-curdling scream.
Her teeth sank deep into her lower lip, blood dripping down her chin.
Her right palm swelled and deformed at a visible rate.
The black tumors bulging beneath her skin writhed violently.
Seville’s eyes sharpened, and the Wings on his back instantly unfurled.
A cold glint flashed. His sharp Feather Blade precisely sliced off the swollen tumor on Nicola’s hand.
SIZZLE!
The moment the severed tumor hit the ground, it dissolved into a puddle of golden-red slime.
It corroded the rock, which hissed as it released plumes of acrid, green smoke.
What was more terrifying was that the slime began to squirm on the ground as if it were alive.
In the blink of an eye, it formed the outline of a sinister, one-eyed red totem.
"Something’s not right!"
Seville flicked his Wings, using the tip of a feather to lift a drop of the slime.
The drop of liquid floated strangely in mid-air, shimmering with an eerie light.
"This thing is absorbing the Energy from its surroundings!"
Night Abyss’s pupils contracted. "This is... the Rebel Army’s Divine Medicine!"
"I’ve seen this pattern on prisoners I’ve interrogated!"
He abruptly grabbed Su An’an’s wrist.
"Stop the treatment! That totem is—"
Before he could finish, Nicola suddenly let out an inhuman shriek.
A blinding red light erupted from her body, perfectly overlapping with the one-eyed totem on the ground.
It formed a complete, bizarre pattern.
"Everyone, fall back! It’s an Otherworldly Space anchor point!"
Ying Jiuyao’s roar shook the entire mine.
Su An’an’s pink fox ears shot up. To her horror, she saw the one-eyed totem on the ground suddenly open its eye.
Its blood-red pupil locked directly onto her.
’Oh no!’
Su An’an turned to flee, but tentacles shot out from the blood-red totem and wrapped tightly around her feet.
The slimy tentacles writhed like living creatures, dragging her toward the center of the totem at an astonishing speed.
[Your Highness, blow it up! Now!]
Little Pink shrieked in her mind.
Without the slightest hesitation, Su An’an ripped the star necklace from her neck.
She aimed for the center of the totem and threw it forcefully.
BOOM!
Amidst the deafening explosion, a blinding white light swallowed the entire totem.
The violent shockwave sent all the surrounding Beastmen flying, and debris and dust flew everywhere.
Su An’an tumbled uncontrollably in the shockwave, only to suddenly land in a firm embrace.
An unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar cold scent, mixed with the smell of gunpowder, filled her nostrils.
"Done crashing around?"
Seville’s cold voice sounded from above her head.
Su An’an frantically looked up, meeting his amber eyes.
They were so close they could see the dust on each other’s eyelashes.
"S-Sorry!"
She scrambled to break free, but her fingertips accidentally grazed a bloody scratch on the side of his neck.
Seville frowned and released her, his gaze turning to the deep, still-smoking crater.
’They can even control an Otherworldly Space... Could the Black Priest be part of the Rebel Army?’
"Anan!"
Ying Jiuyao charged over like a silver bolt of lightning, but before his tiger claws could even touch the corner of Su An’an’s clothes...
WHOOSH!
A monstrous mist of blood suddenly erupted from the deep crater.
A scarlet vortex, like the gaping maw of a giant beast, wrapped around Su An’an’s waist with lightning speed.
"Anan!"
Ying Jiuyao’s tiger claws tore through the air, but just as they reached the edge of the vortex...
...they were violently repelled by an invisible barrier, sending blinding sparks flying from his claws.
Lan Cangming’s Ice Crystal Barrier had just formed when it shattered into a sky full of ice shards.
Night Abyss’s poison mist was devoured by the blood-red vortex without a trace.
Fei Zhao’s Fox Fire burned futilely on the vortex’s surface, unable to leave even a single mark.
Seville’s amber pupils suddenly contracted into thin slits. The six wings on his back trembled slightly, then stilled.
’Why should he save this vicious female who once poisoned his voice?’
In that fleeting moment...
"Auntie!"
Qiuqiu’s young but heart-wrenching cry pierced the air.
His small body erupted with a dazzling light, and black scales covered him like a suit of armor.
He flew off Seville’s back and actually forced his way through the blood-red vortex’s restraints.
He lunged toward Su An’an.
The ancient prophecy exploded in Seville’s mind.
’Could Su An’an be the legendary Divine Female?’
"Troublesome pest!"
Seville secretly gritted his teeth.
His six black-and-white wings fully unfurled, Holy Runes flowing over them with a brilliant radiance.
The instant the spatial rift was about to close, he transformed into a bolt of silver-purple lightning and shot into the vortex.
[Your Highness, the signal is too weak! I have to go offline! You have to protect yourself!]
Little Pink’s staticky voice disappeared after a moment.
Su An’an hugged Qiuqiu’s small body tightly, struggling to stabilize herself within the vortex.
Seville’s spiritual power formed into silver-purple chains that precisely wrapped around her waist.
But the moment they made contact, they were hit by the backlash of the Space Law, and the chains shattered link by link.
Seville let out a muffled grunt, a trickle of blood escaping the corner of his mouth.
His golden spiritual power surged wildly in the distorted space, finally weaving an airtight cocoon of light.
It completely enveloped the trembling Su An’an and Qiuqiu, pulling them into his embrace.
"Remember this!"
Seville’s bloodstained fingers gripped Su An’an’s chin, his amber eyes churning with complex emotions.
His voice was filled with gritted-teeth fury. "When we get out of here, you’ll owe me your life."
From the depths of the vortex came a distorted, crazed laugh that slithered into everyone’s ears like a viper.
"How perfect! The Holy Power of this Swan Priest."
"The most perfect culture medium for the Divine Medicine’s evolution!"
"Anan!"
Ying Jiuyao’s tiger roar shook the rock walls, causing dust to rain down.
He transformed into a silver bolt of lightning and charged toward the vortex, his sharp claws tearing through the air, only to grasp a wisp of dissipating blood mist.
"Come back!"
Lan Cangming’s Ice Crystal Lock Chain suddenly wrapped around Ying Jiuyao’s waist.
"Without spatial coordinates, you’ll just get lost in the chaotic void if you go in!"
Ying Jiuyao’s fur stood on end, his Gilded Beast Eyes shot with blood.
"I don’t care! I’ll turn the entire void upside down if I have to, but I will find her."
"Calm down."
Lan Cangming pressed fingertips gathering frost to Ying Jiuyao’s temples. The bone-chilling cold barely managed to suppress his rampaging spiritual power.
"Seville is a Holy Priest. His Six-winged Golden Light is strong enough to create a barrier in the Alternate Space."
"Hah, a barrier?"
Night Abyss’s Dragon Tail slammed down, shattering the rock floor. A cold, sinister fury churned in his dark red vertical pupils.
"That sharp-tongued Swan hates her to the bone. How could he possibly protect her?"
Lan Cangming’s brow furrowed.
"But he did just charge in after her."
"That was because of Qiuqiu!"
Night Abyss cut in, his voice hoarse. "Seville found Qiuqiu long ago but deliberately hid him. What’s he playing savior for now?"
Lan Cangming shook his head. "Seville doesn’t even know about Qiuqiu’s relationship with us."
He looked around at the others, his voice low and cold. "Arguing about this now is pointless."
"Su An’an and Qiuqiu both fell in, and he’s the only one who can protect them in that godforsaken place."
Ying Jiuyao’s tiger claws dug deep into the rock wall as a suppressed growl rumbled in his throat.
"He’d better. Otherwise, I will never let that damn sharp-tongued Swan go!"
Just then, Fei Zhao walked over and said something that shocked them all.
"It’s highly likely that Louis is the mastermind behind Anan’s persecution!"