Today's second update: Chapter 2966! 2/4!
Erh followed his instructions, slowly raising his head with a heart full of confusion and a faint sense of foreboding.
Before he could even clearly see Xu Kun's face, Chan Meili behind him let out a brief, strangled "Urgh!" As though struck by an invisible force, she was instantly sent tumbling across the ground in utter disgrace!
She struggled to prop herself up, her eyes darting uncertainly in that direction.
At first glance... disbelief!
At second glance... it seemed... it really was?!
At third glance...
"Ah—!!!" A scream of absolute terror tore through the air. Chan Meili's eyes rolled back, her entire body convulsed, and she actually fainted from fright!
At the same time, as one of the core upper ranks of the Huang Race, Yanran clearly sensed the subtle change in Xu Kun's aura—the mist-like disguise that had always shrouded him and made it impossible to glimpse his true face receded completely like a tide!
When that outline, sealed away for eighteen years yet still etched deep within the memories of all races, came clearly into view...
Thud!
Yanran's legs went weak, and she collapsed straight onto the ground as though all the bones had been pulled from her body.
Fortunately, A Li had anticipated this. With quick reflexes, he grabbed her and steadied her swaying body.
"Brother Li... Brother Li!" Yanran's voice trembled uncontrollably. She clutched A Li's arm tightly, as if it were her only lifeline. Her lips parted several times, but that name—the name that had once stirred the entire Myriad Races into turmoil, made countless races pale at its mention, and whose legend was still passed from mouth to mouth even today—was like a red-hot branding iron lodged in her throat, impossible to speak.
"Master's Wife... he... he...