Snake Demon Little Girl

"Greedy little thing, don't you know that divine artifacts choose their masters? Once they acknowledge a master, only that master can use them," Empress Fei Wenli said with a smile.

"Then give me a hundred divine beasts!" Yue Yang's demands were not very high.

"Aren't you afraid the divine beasts will turn on you instead of obeying, and swallow you whole? Little thing, relying on outside help is a crooked path—the stupidest, most foolish method. If you cultivate that miraculous technique that even I cannot see through and raise it to its peak, then divine beasts before you would be nothing more than puppies, even insignificant ants. Why seek what is far away when what you need is close at hand?" Empress Fei Wenli gently shook her head and said softly, "Right now, you are like a young eagle that has just grown feathers but has yet to learn to fly, like a tiger cub that has shed its milk teeth and grown fangs but has yet to learn to hunt... Before you lies a boundless sky for you to soar through, a vast earth for you to race across. All you need to do is bravely show the world who you are! And besides, does your proud manly heart truly need my help? Little thing, before you, I am not the Snake Demon Empress. I am merely a weak woman without even a body..."

"You're a weak woman?" Yue Yang felt a sudden urge to bang his head against a wall.

"To others, I am very powerful, but before you, I am without question a weak woman. Look at what happened just now—you shamelessly molested me with your hands, and I could not stop you!" On Empress Fei Wenli's peerlessly beautiful face appeared the pitiful expression of a bullied young wife.

"Molested?" Yue Yang was dumbfounded. That counted as molestation?

He had only been curious and reached out to touch her.

Fine, even touching counted as molestation. Who told her she was Her Majesty the Empress?

Empress Fei Wenli gave a soft sigh. "I would rather not be the Snake Demon Empress. I would rather become an ordinary human woman of flesh and blood, running freely beneath the sunlight. Even if I lost everything, it would still be better than sleeping within this black hole space! Little thing, perhaps once you leave, you will not be able to return for a year. The black hole's seal will likely grow even stronger. Unless your strength advances by leaps and bounds, perhaps it will take one year, ten years, or even a hundred years before you see me again. And during that time, I will once more have to wander alone through lonely dreams..."

Yue Yang felt somewhat sympathetic toward this empress. Losing one's freedom was indeed terrifying.

Especially after being trapped in this black hole for ten thousand years and still unable to regain her freedom. If it were him, he would probably have gone mad already!

"Do you need help? Is there anything I can do?" Seeing the sorrowful darkness in Empress Fei Wenli's eyes, Yue Yang suddenly felt a man's urge to protect her. Though this beautiful empress had an impressive title, she was truly living the life of a prisoner. Setting everything else aside, sleeping for ten thousand years alone was miserable enough.

"Become stronger. Become stronger than me, stronger than the person who created this black hole to imprison me. Only then can you let me leave this cage!"

The moment Empress Fei Wenli said this, Yue Yang nearly fainted.

It sounded easy enough, but doing it was incredibly difficult!

Yue Yang decided he should leave first. He could not linger too long and end up trapped in this black hole space himself.

The thought flashed through his mind, and he hurriedly asked Empress Fei Wenli, "How do I get out?"

Seeing that Yue Yang wished to leave, a trace of reluctance surfaced on Empress Fei Wenli's face. However, she quickly regained her composure and nodded with a smile. "I can send you out immediately, but doing so will consume a great deal of spiritual energy. It may even severely affect my recovering body and cause me to fall dormant again... Are you leaving now?"

By the time she spoke the last sentence, her voice held an indescribable melancholy, like a weak woman watching the man protecting her ruthlessly leave her behind.

Hearing the resentful tone in the empress's voice, Yue Yang's heart softened for a second.

Come to think of it, she was quite pitiful.

Besides, she had treated him well. Not only had she welcomed him with a kiss, she had tolerated his molestation, and she was even willing to expend so much to send him away.

But asking him to stay and keep her company was impossible. Yue Yang was not that noble.

"Is there anything you wish to accomplish outside? Maybe I can think of a way to help!" Yue Yang thought that if this empress had countless beautiful female subjects who needed his care, that would not be a problem.

"I have been dormant for ten thousand years. My nation has most likely vanished long ago. Besides, you are a human living on the Dragon Soaring Continent, while I am the Snake Demon Empress of the Demon Abyss. Even if I had a wish, you could not fulfill it. And my only wish is to gain freedom." Empress Fei Wenli smiled, so breathtakingly beautiful that Yue Yang was nearly intoxicated by the sight. As she prepared to send Yue Yang out, Fei Wenli suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right. Your bloodline is like divine blood—perhaps even more mysterious and extraordinary. It may be able to revive her..."

With a point of Empress Fei Wenli's jade-like hand, she summoned a pet egg gleaming with seven-colored light without even summoning the Summoning Codex.

This move made Yue Yang's eyes light up.

If he learned how to directly summon battle beasts without summoning the Summoning Codex, would he not be able to conceal himself even better? His enemies would definitely mistake him for someone without a Codex contract and underestimate him! This was practically an essential skill for home defense, travel, murder, and silencing witnesses!

Then he looked at the pet egg shimmering with rainbow light, and Yue Yang's heart began pounding furiously. Could this be the legendary dragon egg?

"What is this?"

"She was the captain of my personal guard. She died in battle protecting me back then. I had no way to revive her, so I could only return her to her original state! If your blood can revive her, perhaps she can help you with some small matters. However, I cannot be certain whether she still retains her former battle memories." Fei Wenli first bit her index finger and drew a strange rune upon it, then gestured for Yue Yang to extend his hand.

She first cut a bloody wound across Yue Yang's palm, then gently placed the sparkling egg upon it.

The egg was like a little vampire, greedily sucking Yue Yang's blood.

It nearly drained him dry...

As Yue Yang became dizzy and lightheaded, an intense radiance rose up, revealing the image of a snake demon warrior over ten meters tall. In less than a second, it vanished without a trace, and all the light was swiftly absorbed by the black hole space.

The egg, having drunk its fill of blood, melted away and vanished. It became a blood-red pattern that slithered along Yue Yang's arm until it reached his chest, forming a delicate snake demon design upon his skin. Six arms were raised high, each holding a different weapon, while a long snake tail twisted downward around Yue Yang's waist and lower abdomen. Before Yue Yang could get a clear look, the pattern moved as though alive. A rainbow beam shot out from his body, streaking through the space between them like lightning and plunging straight into Empress Fei Wenli's body.

"Heavens!" Empress Fei Wenli cried out, raising all six arms as though she wished to stop the rainbow light from entering her body.

Yet her expression only hesitated slightly.

In the end, she lowered her guard and allowed the rainbow light to enter her body.

Yue Yang suddenly caught a refreshing fragrance wafting from her body. Amid the radiance and fragrance, a tiny little girl was born from the wondrous snake demon pattern on Empress Fei Wenli's lower abdomen.

This little one looked exactly like Empress Fei Wenli, except she was a miniature little girl.

She also had six arms and a snake tail, though her features were somewhat immature and youthful.

Her body was about the same size as little Yue Shuang's, and she stood only as high as Yue Yang's waist.

The snake demon little girl seemed unable even to stand steadily. She stretched out her six arms and hugged Fei Wenli's snake waist, but her little head of cascading golden hair turned back. With sapphire-like eyes, she stared unblinkingly at Yue Yang. She looked like a little girl seeing her father return from a long journey—wanting to recognize him but not daring to, wanting a hug but not daring to reach out, adorably timid and shy.

"What is this?" Yue Yang could only stare in utter shock. What... what exactly was going on?