Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 420 - 359: A Hold and an Escape Route

After Sang Luo gave birth to her quadruplets, the Anubia, her cultivation broke through to Late Stage Emperor Rank.

She hadn’t even had two days to be happy before a sharp pain pierced her heart again. Immediately after, she discovered the Angel Totem Mark on her abdomen was slowly turning from gold to black...

This was! The mark of a Fallen Angel!

Minos... he hadn’t managed to suppress it!!!

When Sang Luo rushed to the Holy Palace, she found the forbidden grounds surrounded inside and out, with layer upon layer of barriers erected.

The Bishops and all the Holy Envoys of the Holy Hall had also been mobilized, on high alert with swords drawn.

The Holy Hall had activated its highest level of defense.

It was as if... they were afraid the person inside the forbidden grounds would escape.

"Minos is the supreme Holy Monarch of the Holy Hall. Isn’t what you’re doing a breach of protocol?" Sang Luo’s brows furrowed tightly.

Seeing her approach, a Bishop bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Holy Empress. Please, Holy Queen, do not misunderstand. It was the Holy Monarch who ordered us to do this."

Sang Luo said no more. She tried her best to appear calm, but inwardly she was anxiously staring at the activity around the forbidden grounds.

’I should have realized something was wrong two days ago, when Minos sent people to bring the children to me.’

"Please rest assured, Holy Empress. The Holy Hall is keeping watch here. We ask that the Holy Queen retire to the palace to rest," another Holy Envoy stepped forward and said.

Minos was on the verge of turning into a Fallen Angel; how could Sang Luo possibly get any sleep? But their attitudes were firm. This must have been a direct order from Minos, who didn’t want her involved in this matter.

Sang Luo nodded. "I’ll leave it to you, then. If there are any changes, please report to me at once."

"The Holy Monarch is blessed by a radiant light. He will surely turn this crisis into a blessing," said the Archbishop.

After the Holy Queen left, he looked toward the forbidden grounds and sighed heavily.

’The Holy Monarch had long foreseen today’s situation and had issued a final order. If he couldn’t make it through this time... they would have no choice but to do *that*...’

’I watched the Holy Monarch grow up. To outsiders, His Majesty was a Divine Angel of infinite glory, but all I saw was a man star-crossed by fate.’

’Perhaps His Majesty’s greatest solace in this life was meeting the Holy Empress and having two lovely, outstanding Young Masters...’

’But the Young Masters are still so young. If the Holy Monarch were to pass, how could the surging dark currents be quelled...?’

...

Sang Luo spent another day in the Holy Palace.

Minos’s condition hadn’t improved in the slightest. The Angel Mark had turned almost completely black.

She abruptly stood up and walked outside, bumping into Ilodi, who was carrying a tray of food.

"Greetings, Holy Empress." Seeing her anxious expression, Ilodi asked worriedly, "Your Highness, are you going to the forbidden grounds?"

"Yes. I can’t wait any longer." ’The Archbishop was just trying to placate me. If I really keep waiting like this, the only news I’ll receive will be of Minos’s death. I won’t even get to see him one last time.’

"The Holy Queen has seen for herself. There are layers of Array barriers set up around the forbidden grounds, and the Archbishop and the Holy Envoys are guarding it closely. They won’t let you pass."

"You don’t have to worry about that. I have a Talent Ability that can break them; those Arrays can’t stop me." Sang Luo thought for a moment, then instructed him seriously, "When the Holy Hall sends someone to ask, just tell them I’m resting in my chambers."

Ilodi’s heart skipped a beat. ’Isn’t this falsifying a report on a critical matter? If they find out...’

"Don’t worry, I’ll be right back. Nothing will happen." Sang Luo patted his shoulder and took out a lustrous, translucent piece of High Grade Spirit Jade. "There’s a reward for you when this is done."

"You’re too kind, Holy Empress." Ilodi waved his hands repeatedly, not daring to accept the bribe.

Sang Luo was losing her patience and was about to use her spiritual power to control him, but Ilodi spoke up first. "If the Holy Queen is truly determined to go, I will help the Holy Empress conceal her whereabouts. I only hope Your Highness remains safe. Also..."

He trailed off, hesitating.

Sang Luo gestured for him to continue. "I am the Holy Queen of the Holy Hall. I have the right to know everything. You don’t need to hide anything from me."

"The Holy Monarch may not be the man he once was."

...

「The Forbidden Grounds.」

Black Qi filled the air.

Minos’s face was pale. His eyes were shut tight, and he had bitten his lip until it bled.

The blood was already turning an inky black...

"Minos!"

Sang Luo appeared in the forbidden grounds. Seeing him so haggard and in so much pain, her heart felt like it was being twisted in knots.

"Luoluo..." Minos opened his eyes, his voice as faint as a gossamer thread.

Sang Luo rushed forward and hugged him tightly.

Her warm, fragrant body made his breath catch in his throat.

But in the next instant, his pupils turned pitch-black, and a sharp sword materialized in his hand.

He thrust it straight toward Sang Luo’s heart!

At this distance, it was impossible for anyone to dodge.

Sang Luo realized it too late.

SQUELCH!

His trembling hand had shifted by an inch. The blade didn’t pierce her heart, but sank halfway into her chest.

Sang Luo’s face went deathly pale. She looked in disbelief at the unhinged Minos, only to discover that an identical wound had appeared in the same spot on his own chest.

She was shocked. ’This is...’

Perhaps the intense pain drove away that other consciousness, because clarity returned to Minos’s eyes.

He saw the blood flowing from Sang Luo’s chest. His pupils constricted, the Longsword in his hand clattered to the ground, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. "Luoluo, I..."

"It’s just a small wound. I’m fine." Sang Luo shook her head, her healing ability rapidly closing the injury.

She reached out to heal him, but Minos shoved her away. He clutched his chest and staggered to his feet. "You... Stay away from me! Don’t touch me..."

In an instant, he vanished completely.

"Minos!"

Sang Luo started to chase after him but stopped abruptly. She braced herself against the wall, frowning as she clutched her chest.

’The Soul Mark—it’s been erased! My connection to Minos is completely severed. I can no longer sense where he’s gone. And he... or rather, the thing inside him, can no longer sense my presence either.’

This was the greatest protection he could leave her.

"Sangsang, it’s come to this. Give up on him." Quan Jin appeared in the secret chamber, supporting her collapsing body with a pained expression. "He undid the Soul Mark because he doesn’t want you to look for him anymore."

"I... I’ll go find his Life Soul Bone. As long as I find his Life Soul Bone, he can return to normal," Sang Luo said, tears streaming down her face.

Quan Jin pulled Sang Luo into his arms and couldn’t help but sigh.

’She feels so much, and loves so deeply. I truly don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing.’

"Stop looking. You won’t find it," Quan Jin stated the truth.

Sang Luo, her eyes red, looked up at him. "What do you mean?"

Quan Jin gently brushed aside a strand of her tear-soaked hair. "Minos wasn’t telling you the truth from the very beginning. His Life Soul Bone was gone long ago, destroyed by the Saint Ancestor. Even if you search for a lifetime, you’ll never find it."

Sang Luo froze, speechless for a long time as she struggled to process a truth she couldn’t accept.

Quan Jin continued, "Him leaving you was the right choice. Otherwise, if this had dragged on, the first person ’he’ would have hurt is you."

Sang Luo looked down at her healed chest. "I saw. ’He’ already tried to hurt me."

Quan Jin grew tense. "Let me see."

Sang Luo shook her head. "I’ve already healed it. It’s nothing."

She pressed her lips together and said bitterly, "Minos used his Divine Blood to make a life-and-death pact with me. He can’t harm me, or he’ll suffer the same backlash... At the time, I just thought he was being spontaneous..."

Quan Jin was slightly taken aback, then let out a sigh that was almost a laugh. "It seems he foresaw the day he would have to leave you long ago. He took the initiative to leave you with leverage against him—and an escape route."