Chapter 831: The Awakening of the Monster

Chapter 831: Chapter 831: The Awakening of the Monster

Far away from the dark mountain, Xuan Long was losing his mind.

Yue Yue was his precious daughter, a delicate little cub who was only a few months old. How could she just disappear?

Most importantly, she hadn’t lost her way on her own... She had been kidnapped! Someone had dared to sneak into his home and steal his precious child!

Who could have done such a wicked thing?

Xuan Long felt like his brain was going to explode with rage. The beast world was filled with cruel, dangerous creatures. If someone had dared to kidnap a helpless baby, it meant they wanted something from her. They were going to use her, hurt her, or even kill her!

The terrifying thought filled him with an overwhelming, destructive anger.

Xuan Long raised his hands in front of his face. They were trembling violently. As he stared at his pale fingers, the calm, gentle husband he had been for the past year completely vanished.

Deep inside his chest, a dark, long-dormant bloodthirst began to awaken, threatening to swallow his sanity whole.

A sudden memory flashed in his mind... the heartbroken, tear-filled face of his mate, Su Qinglan, looking at him with terror as he lost control in the courtyard.

His heart bled for her, but he knew he couldn’t turn back. The beast inside him was slowly waking up, clawing its way to the surface. He hated this monstrous side of himself.

He never, ever wanted Su Qinglan to see it.

He was terrified that if she saw the real, bloodthirsty monster hiding beneath his gentle skin, she would be disgusted by him. She would view him as an unstable, violent beast.

He tried desperately to suppress the rising madness, but he couldn’t.

When was the last time he had felt this dark, uncontrollable rage?

It was many, many years ago, back when he was trying to escape from his own clan in the Upper Domain...the Teng Snake Clan.

They would never have allowed a powerful Teng snake to leave their territory freely. To break his chains and gain his freedom, Xuan Long had completely lost his sanity back then, painting the Teng Clan’s territory in blood.

That was the only time the entire, arrogant Teng Clan had truly feared him.

And now, that same terrifying monster was awakening once again. Xuan Long knew that until he held his daughter, Yue Yue, safe and sound in his arms, he would never be calm. He would tear the entire world apart to find her.

Suddenly, Xuan Long dug his sharp, long nails directly into his own palm!

Slash!

Dark red blood spurted out, dripping thickly onto the grass below. The sharp pain didn’t even make him flinch. Instead, he stared at his bleeding palm with wild, desperate eyes.

Unlike mates who were permanently bound by a sacred totem mark, parents could not track their cubs through a bond. There was no simple way to sense a child’s location.

Xuan Long closed his eyes in pure despair. He suddenly remembered his distant past, back when he was young and desperately searching for his lost father.

He had searched the world for decades, eventually stumbling upon an ancient, forbidden bloodline mantra.

By offering one’s own blood and chanting the ancient words, the magic would slowly guide a Teng Snake towards their closest living blood relative.

Xuan Long had never imagined in his worst nightmares that instead of using this secret mantra to search for his father, he would be forced to use it to hunt for his missing daughter.

His eyes filled with deep pain and sorrow. He had sworn to never touch this dark, ancient blood magic again, but life had driven him into a desperate corner.

"Guiding blood of the Teng... track my kin," Xuan Long whispered in a low tongue.

The blood dripping from his palm suddenly glowed with a faint, crimson light. A sharp, undeniable pull tugged at his soul, pointing deep into the distant, dense forest.

His daughter was out there!

Without a second of hesitation, Xuan Long let out a deafening roar. In a flash of blinding light, he transformed back into his massive, terrifying emerald Teng Snake form.

His giant scales glistened, his crimson eyes burning with lethal intent. He didn’t care about the consequences anymore. He didn’t care about the darkness swallowing his mind.

Slither!

The massive green snake shot forward like an arrow, vanishing into the thick forest at terrifying speed, crushing trees and rocks in his path.

Yue Yue, wait for your father... Xuan Long vowed silently, his blood burning with lethal rage. Wait for me. Father is coming!

Back in Dragon Beast City, Su Qinglan was losing her mind.

She had no way to find her daughter. She couldn’t track her scent, she couldn’t see any tracks, and she had no idea where to even begin looking.

An Mo had already rushed out to search the surrounding areas, leaving her behind in the empty house with the rest of the household.

Sit back and wait? No! She couldn’t just sit here doing nothing while her baby girl was in danger!

"System!" Su Qinglan called out in her mind, her voice frantic and laced with absolute desperation. "Xuyu! Come out right now!"

The system had awakened briefly a month ago, only to go silent again shortly after, claiming it was busy with important tasks.

But Su Qinglan didn’t care about its tasks anymore. Her daughter’s life was at stake! If the system didn’t respond immediately, she felt like she would lose her sanity completely!

"Xuyu! Xuyu, answer me!" she demanded internally, her soul trembling with rage and heartbreak.

Suddenly, a faint, mechanical chime echoed inside her head, and the system’s voice came online.

[Host? What happened? Your vitals are completely unstable...

"Unstable?!" Su Qinglan almost screamed in her mind, tears pouring down her pale face. "Yue Yue is gone! My daughter has been kidnapped! She’s missing!"

Her entire body trembled as she clutched her chest, her breathing ragged.

The system went dead silent for a fraction of a second. [Kidnapped?!]

Without wasting a single moment, the system immediately began scanning data streams and searching the vast world network. A few seconds passed...seconds that felt like absolute eternity to Su Qinglan.

Then, the system whispered softly, [Host, please calm down. Do not panic. Yue Yue is fine. Her life sign is stable.]