Chapter 1221 - 881: Visit

Chapter 1221: Chapter 881: Visit

The night was deep, and a personal maid walked to the bedside, looking at the sleeping Monarch with a vacant and twisted vicious smile on her face. A cold gleam flashed in her hand, the blade, poisoned and cursed, thrust toward her abdomen!

She had secretly added a potion specifically targeting Shen Tang into the food during the day. Even if it didn’t kill her, it could make her fall into a brief slumber, completely oblivious to everything outside.

The blade plunged fiercely into Shen Tang’s body.

The next second, the servant’s expression changed drastically—no blood!

Oh no, she had fallen for a trick.

She turned to run, but suddenly an invisible Heaven and Earth Net appeared in the air, instantly binding her to the ground.

The maid screamed, fainted, and lost consciousness on the ground.

At the same time, a black shadow fled in terror from her body, and suddenly a Spirit Blade shot out, pinning it firmly to the ground.

Shen Tang removed the Invisibility Cloak and walked out from behind the screen, accompanied by Lu Xiao and Xiao Jin.

"How many has it been now? It’s really endless, all coming for you," Xiao Jin said, full of irritability and anger, wishing he could grind the black shadow into dust.

Ever since Shen Tang accidentally sensed the fluctuation of the Dark Aura, she became vigilant and sent Mansa to track it.

Mansa, after all, was the former Holy Seat of the Holy Temple, having experienced the Dark Aura from the Abyss, his sensitivity to it was sharper than most, and indeed he discovered that the Dark Aura had mixed into the city, hidden within Hu Yun, attempting to enter the palace to get close to Shen Tang.

But that person was already exposed, repeatedly failing to succeed, and then found an opportunity to possess the body of the personal maid taking care of Shen Tang, leading to tonight’s scene.

Shen Tang wanted to capture the dark forces in one fell swoop, and at first didn’t make it known, leaving behind a puppet in the palace to lure the snake out of the hole.

"Why are you going to such great lengths to kill me?" Shen Tang asked coldly, a flash of doubt crossing her mind.

The Abyss is the power behind the Divine Hall. If it’s just because she destroyed the Divine Hall and they want revenge, it would make sense.

But years have passed, why wasn’t there any assassination before, why in the past half month have those people seemed determined to kill her?

Moreover, after the destruction of the Divine Hall, the Abyss was at a disadvantage, their priority should be to preserve their strength, not openly exposing themselves purely for revenge.

Yet, the Abyss remnant bit his tongue, refusing to speak, even trying to self-destruct.

Shen Tang immediately controlled his mind using spiritual power.

The black shadow spoke uncontrollably.

"You... you cannot live... the child in your womb must not live... this is the elders’ directive..."

"The child’s aura disgusts the Abyss... the elders have said to kill you at all costs... never let that child be born..."

The black shadow spoke intermittently, its voice becoming increasingly vicious, and started screaming madly, "A bunch of lowly races, don’t think you can stop the Abyss, anyone daring to stop us won’t live!"

Lu Xiao’s face was dark as ink, his fists clenched tightly, and his arm veins bulged violently, a monstrous rage rising in his heart.

Shen Tang was also very angry, but at the same time, she was somewhat surprised and shocked—she originally thought these people from the Abyss were coming for revenge on her, but judging by the assassin’s tone, they seemed more concerned about the child in her belly.

Is the child they want dead more than her?

Why is this?

Why does the Abyss have a grudge against an unborn child?

Listening to them, it seems they are afraid of this child’s birth.

But this child isn’t special, she and Lu Xiao don’t have strong extraordinary bloodlines. Although Lu Xiao indeed has the blood of the Golden Feathered Roc Clan, it’s only mixed blood, far from enough to make the Abyss dread it.

Shen Tang resisted the urge to kill him and continued to ask, "Why are you doing this?"

But the black shadow could say no more, and exploded with a roar.

Lu Xiao and Xiao Jin quickly shielded Shen Tang, blocking the aftermath of the energy explosion.

Xiao Jin said, "Damn it, the trail’s broken again."

Lu Xiao said, "He probably had some sort of restriction set inside him, making it impossible for him to speak."

Shen Tang’s expression became darker, and she touched her stomach with worry—didn’t expect this child to be so troublesome even before being born.

Feeling Shen Tang’s unease, Lu Xiao turned and embraced her, kissed her forehead, and softly comforted her, "No matter what happens, I will protect you and the child at all costs, even if it costs me my life."