Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress-Chapter 383 : This Lord Will Be Waiting

Chapter 383 - This Lord Will Be Waiting

Eh…?

Hearing the seductive whisper by her ear, Long Yao's face was blank. Her heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cavern, and she looked at Yaohuo with utter disbelief.

"Mother… y-you're lying to me, aren't you…?"

"This can't be true, right…!"

Long Yao cried out in question.

She couldn't believe it, and she refused to believe that this woman, who had adopted her as a child, taught her power, and whom she regarded as her closest family, had been deceiving her all along!

"Heehee~ It's all true, you know~"

"My good daughter~"

Yaohuo smiled seductively and replied softly, her expression full of deep affection.

However, at this moment, those words "good daughter" were so piercing to Long Yao's ears.

"Aaaah!"

"Y-You lied to me!!!"

Hearing this, Long Yao finally lost control and, as if she had gone mad, lashed out at Yaohuo with her dragon claws.

"Long Yao, how could you make a move on Mother? Mother will be sad, you know~!"

"Don't you remember? You were the one who insisted on calling me Mother~"

Yaohuo sneered with disdain. She caught Long Yao's hand with one of her own and, with the other, slammed a heavy palm into her chest, shattering it!

"Pfft!"

Long Yao violently spat out a mouthful of blood and, like a kite with a broken string, floated down from mid-air.

"Luo Shen, Demon Lord, farewell for now~"

"We will meet again very soon!"

After mercilessly casting Long Yao aside, Yaohuo looked at Luo Ruying and Ning Yechen and bid them farewell with a smile.

With the Demon Lord and the Luo Shen present, and a Word-Spirit woman with unfathomable spiritual power whose words become law, she had no chance of winning. There was no point in staying any longer.

She would be back after she was fully prepared~!

"You don't really think you can get away, do you!"

As Ning Yechen's voice fell, two pitch-black shadow blades suddenly shot out from the shadow beneath Yaohuo!

Yaohuo reacted quickly, her arms instantly transforming into two thick tortoise-shell shields to block.

No matter how many shadow blades Shadow shot from the darkness, her body could grow just as many various beast armors to block them.

Her entire person was like a beastly hybrid that could change at will!

"This isn't enough to keep me here~!" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

After blocking dozens of Shadow's attacks in a row, Yaohuo laughed smugly from behind her beast armor.

However, from behind her, an ice-cold voice had already sounded.

"You seem to be celebrating a little early."

"The one who will be keeping you here is this Lord."

Yaohuo's expression was one of shock, her laughter coming to an abrupt halt.

The Demon Lord was already behind her?!

She hadn't even noticed!

It was too late to turn around now. Without hesitation, Yaohuo's back split open, and a bloody, cavernous mouth full of fangs shot out!

If this were any other time, Ning Yechen might have been a little interested in playing with Yaohuo, but after seeing her vile and wicked hobby of toying with others' emotions, he had completely lost interest!

"Die!"

Ning Yechen's cold voice fell. He clenched his hand, and a massive demonic god arm burst from the void, directly crushing Yaohuo into a blurry mass of flesh and blood with one slap!

Looking at the flesh and blood scattering from mid-air, Ning Yechen frowned.

Too weak! This wasn't Yaohuo's real body! It was more like a fleshy corpse haphazardly pieced together from various beast remains!

Just as Ning Yechen had guessed, Yaohuo, with only a mouth left on the ground, still laughed and said:

"As expected of the Demon Lord who killed Poxian. Truly amazing~"

"But I haven't given up yet~"

"Soon, we will meet again!"

After speaking, Yaohuo's mouth went silent and turned into a pile of rotten meat.

"Hmph, this Lord will be waiting."

Ning Yechen snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.

He wished Yaohuo would come and find him again! He was only afraid she wouldn't!

……

On the other side.

Long Yao, falling from the sky, was caught steadily by Luo Ruying.

"Long Yao…?"

Luo Ruying gently placed Long Yao on the ground, letting her head rest on her knees as she called out softly.

At this moment, Long Yao only had half a body left, her chest was shattered, and her entire body was being eroded by the Woe Demon Poison. It could be said that she was beyond saving…

Long Yao rested on Luo Ruying's lap. Her body felt cold, but for some reason, her heart felt warm. A familiar memory, long sealed in the depths of her heart, surged forth. That familiar feeling made her feel a great sense of nostalgia…

Vaguely, she seemed to remember…

Once, when she was very, very young, there seemed to be a woman who had let her rest on her lap, softly calling her name, coaxing her to sleep.

Although she could no longer recall that woman's face in her memory, she was certain that gentle woman was her mother…

"Mother…"

Crystalline tears flowed from Long Yao's eyes, sliding down her cheeks as she called out again softly, full of longing.

This time, she was no longer calling for Yaohuo, but for the real mother in her heart.

Luo Ruying, hearing Long Yao's emotional call, like that of a pitiful child, couldn't help but feel her heart tremble. She reached out and gently caressed Long Yao's forehead.

At this moment, Long Yao felt as if her real mother were caressing her, and a childlike smile appeared on her face.

Before, how had she never noticed that the sky was so blue, the gentle breeze so comfortable…

Long Yao stared blankly at the azure sky, a sense of regret and sorrow in her heart.

Because of the obsession in her heart and a hatred that never even existed, she had never truly seen the world.

For over two hundred years, she had done too many bad things, killed too many people…

And now, even if she felt remorse, it was already too late…

With the crimes she had committed, her death was not worth pitying.

At this moment, she had no complaints.

Long Yao glanced at Luo Ruying before her, then turned her head to look at Luo Hongye, who was being held by Yue Qingyou in the distance. A faint smile touched her lips as she slowly spoke:

"Thank you…"

In her final moments, everything in Long Yao's heart was released.

She had not been abandoned by her birth mother; her mother was as gentle and loving as Luo Ruying.

She, too, was a child who had been loved…

Under Luo Ruying's gentle caress, Long Yao gradually closed her eyes, a smile on her lips as she fell into an eternal sleep.

Her divine soul did not leave her body, meaning she had no lingering attachments, but instead faced death calmly, stepping into the cycle of rebirth.

"Rest well…"

Luo Ruying said gently, her palm resting over Long Yao's eyes.

This was perhaps the best end for Long Yao.

From now on, she would no longer be tormented by the Woe Demon Poison, would no longer feel pain, and could also be reunited with the mother she so longed for…

Just then, a figure, dragging a heavily injured body, slowly came to Luo Ruying's side.

Looking at the eternally sleeping Long Yao, Long Chen knelt on both knees, his face filled with sorrow.

Seeing the smile on Long Yao's face as she lay on Luo Ruying's lap, a gratified smile couldn't help but appear on Long Chen's face.

Lord Dragon Emperor has finally smiled.

"Thank you…"

"Thank you for letting Lord Dragon Emperor leave with a smile at the end…"

"Lastly, may I implore you to return the Dragon Emperor to me…?"

Long Chen kowtowed heavily and pleaded.

"Mmm…!"

Luo Ruying nodded lightly.

Long Chen did not hesitate in the slightest, nor did he pay any mind to the Woe Demon Poison on Long Yao's body.

He reached out with both hands and gently took her into his arms, allowing the poisoned blood to stain him without any intention of avoiding it.

Just like that, under the gaze of the million-strong beast army of the Beast Realm, Long Chen, holding Long Yao's corpse, slowly walked away, step by step…