Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 424 - 363: Kill Me

"We’ve only been apart a few days, and you’re already arranging a consort selection?" Sang Luo asked, a wry smile on her face.

"No, Luoluo, I don’t want to select any consorts," Minos denied hurriedly. "It must be my subordinates. They’re just trying to curry favor with me."

He wasn’t the City Lord of the Lost City. The true City Lord was that ancient Fallen God Angel. After the Fallen God Angel died, his Life Soul Bone was integrated into Minos’s body, and Minos’s aura was being gradually assimilated by it. In the eyes of the city’s Demon Beast Men, he was their resurrected City Lord.

The original City Lord was lecherous and licentious, so his subordinates were naturally scrambling to please him. If they could send a beauty to the City Lord’s bed to whisper in his ear, there was no telling how many benefits they could reap.

"I knew you didn’t have the guts."

Sang Luo hmphed softly. She walked over to him and took out a brilliant, jade-green Elixir.

"I had Fei Yuan refine this Elixir for me. It can suppress Demonic Qi, clear the mind, and sharpen one’s wisdom. It also contains a trace of Little Rose’s Life Rules aura. I don’t know... if it’ll have any effect on you."

"Little Rose?"

"It’s our daughter’s nickname. Fei Yuan helped come up with it. I think it’s quite pretty."

"Mm, it’s very pretty. He certainly got the better of me there." Minos smiled but didn’t take the Elixir. "This Elixir is useless for me; it would be a waste. You keep it. You might need it someday."

Sang Luo stood by his side, at a loss. Minos’s aura was growing turbulent again.

In his eyes, the woman’s figure slowly distorted, twisting into a dark shadow... ’It’s happening again.’ He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

For the past few days and nights, whether his eyes were open or shut, Minos would see a figure.

It looked like him, but it wasn’t him.

The remnant consciousness the Fallen God Angel had left in the Life Soul Bone was slowly devouring his body.

He could no longer clearly hear Sang Luo’s anxious cries. His ears were filled with nothing but vile, maniacal laughter.

...

"Minos!"

Sang Luo’s eyes widened, and a scream escaped her throat.

Tears of blood began to seep from Minos’s tightly shut eyes!

The aura inside him could no longer be suppressed. All over his jet-black wings, eyes blinked open. Countless round eyeballs swiveled rapidly at bizarre angles, their gazes all landing on Sang Luo, staring at her with a mixture of horror and excitement. The sight was utterly grotesque.

"Luoluo, help me." Minos’s eyes snapped open. They were scarlet red, and his face was a mask of agony. A golden dagger materialized in his palm. He staggered to his feet, stumbled over to Sang Luo, and pressed the dagger into her hand.

"This Divine Blade is imbued with the Angel Divine Power of every Holy Monarch before me. Because of our contract, you are the only one who can kill me."

Sang Luo’s hand trembled around the dagger’s hilt.

"Help me. Kill me," he said, his gaze firm.

Sang Luo’s throat was dry. "I..."

"Luoluo, if we wait any longer, it will be too late." His hoarse voice was tinged with a desperate plea.

’If death is my destiny, then I hope to die by her hand.’

Minos grabbed her right hand, the one holding the dagger, and forced it toward his own chest.

The moment the blade tore through skin and flesh, Sang Luo’s mind went blank. She held her breath and instinctively pulled back, but Minos held her hand fast, slowly forcing the blade deeper, toward his vital point.

But those few wasted seconds cost them their best chance.

A black-and-gold eye opened in the center of Minos’s forehead.

A dense, malevolent energy burst from the eye, forming a sharp blade that shot toward Sang Luo, who was only inches away.

A black Longsword slashed it in two!

Quan Jin wrapped a firm arm around Sang Luo’s waist and leaped back several meters, putting distance between them. With his other hand, he aimed his sword at the Fallen Angel.

A confused, sinister voice hissed from "Minos." "You carry the scent of that old geezer."

Quan Jin replied, "Senior Cruise. Long time no see."

"You know my name, so why do you stand in my way!"

"I’m afraid you may not be aware, Senior Cruise, but Minos placed a unilateral life-and-death contract on her. If you were to harm her, this Divine Angel body you worked so hard to obtain would suffer fatal damage. I am only thinking of your well-being, Senior."

Cruise’s eyes rolled unnervingly. ’It wouldn’t be easy to find another vessel this outstanding.’

His gaze fell to the golden dagger in Sang Luo’s hand, which was stained with black blood. His pupils constricted, and his voice grew raspy. "The life-and-death contract only prevents this body from harming her. It doesn’t stop an outsider. Since you’re a descendant of that old geezer, you can kill her for me!"

"I’m afraid I can’t fulfill your wish, Senior!"

Quan Jin cast a dense Demon mark, then teleported away with Sang Luo, vanishing on the spot.

That seal could only hold Cruise for half an hour at most, so Quan Jin didn’t take Sang Luo back to the Demon Palace.

The Lost City was originally part of the Void Demon Realm, and there was no mandatory Gate between the two territories. The so-called Gate was actually a Barrier seal that was added later. This meant there was a constant risk of Cruise coming after them for revenge.

Quan Jin took Sang Luo back to the Phoenix Palace. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

When Fei Yuan saw Sang Luo return safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief. But when he saw her desolate and haggard expression, his heart couldn’t help but ache for her.

Quan Jin gave him a brief summary of what had happened in the Lost City.

’Minos... no, I should call him Cruise now.’

Cruise was an ancient Fallen God Angel who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years. In his prime, during the Shenyong period, he had been an absolute overlord. Unlike the Demon Lord, who had only left behind a wisp of a remnant soul, Cruise had been cunning. Before his death, he sealed the remainder of his power within the Life Soul Bone. The moment he reawakened, that power would be released, and Minos was completely powerless to suppress it.

Quan Jin’s gaze fell on the golden dagger in Sang Luo’s hand. The best solution was to kill him now, before he and Cruise had completely fused.

"Sangsang, if you can’t bring yourself to be ruthless, I’ll do it," he said.

Sang Luo replied, "...Let me think it over."

She let the two Little Angels out from her dimensional space.

Little Apple asked, "Mommy, why did you lock us up? ...Huh? Where’s Daddy? And why are we back here again?"

Little Rose also looked around, a little disappointed when she didn’t see her daddy.

Sang Luo looked at her children, at the eyes and brows so similar to Minos’s, especially Little Apple’s. She reached out to stroke his face, her heart a whirlwind of complicated emotions.

Quan Jin frowned as he looked at the children. "Sangsang, I know you haven’t given up hope, but you must not go to the Lost City again. And especially don’t take these two to the Void Demon Realm in the future."

He explained, "Cruise has only just awoken and doesn’t understand the current state of the world. If he were to find out these two children exist, he would undoubtedly target them."

Sang Luo nodded. "I understand. The situation at the Holy Palace is still uncertain, so I’ll have the two Little Angels stay at the Phoenix Palace for now."

"Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of them." Fei Yuan took Little Rose from Sang Luo’s arms. His gaze rested on her face, unable to miss the sorrow she couldn’t hide. He pressed his lips together, then said,

"Luo’er... if you want to save him, there is one other option. Though it can hardly be called a solution."