Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Chapter 468: Ch 468 – He’s Always More Twisted Than You Can Imagine!

Remembering those beautiful childhood memories, Xumo’s eyes grew distant and emotional.

Ye Huai listened quietly, feeling a familiar sense of connection that filled him with respect.

“But you know what?”

“In Azure Forest, Yino stole my master from me…”

“He had that Full Moon Sect witch tie up my master with thorned red vines. After that, he used brainwashing curses to brand slave marks on master’s belly…”

“Yeah… I really am the coward my Master called me…”

“I got scared and ran away.”

“So I don’t know exactly what inhuman brainwashing Yino put her through that night in the secret realm.”

“All I know is…”

“Ever since Master came back, she’s been like a different person. She hates me now. No matter how I apologize, Master stays distant. She looks at me like I’m something disgusting, like even breathing the same air under the same roof makes her sick…”

“Brother, do you think this is all my fault?”

“But… is that really all there is to it?”

“If I remember right, ever since Yuebai returned, she’s been visiting Jinglan Peak to see Ruoning a lot. And Ruoning is Yino’s woman.”

“Not only that, but according to the Crimson Prince’s spies, Master gets letters from the Western Region regularly!”

“And even though Master seems normal most of the time, whenever she uses spiritual energy, I can sense a familiar aura! It’s Yino’s scent lingering on my Master! Maybe Master was already defiled by that bastard in Azure Forest!”

“The real her probably died in that forest.”

“What came back is just a brainwashed, spiritually enslaved walking corpse!”

Xumo got more agitated as he spoke, bloodshot veins appearing in his eyes. Like someone with persecution paranoia who’d been suppressed for half a year had finally found a kindred spirit to confess to.

Seeing Ye Huai getting spooked, Xumo took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

After a moment’s silence, he narrowed his cold eyes and smiled with amusement:

“Anyway, that’s my personal experience.”

“I’m telling you, Yino is a demon who gets off on stealing everything from other people. How you interpret that depends on your own experience.”

“Think about it carefully. Ever since Yino came to the Liuli Sect, hasn’t your master been acting strange and abnormal?”

“Ever since he showed up, hasn’t lady Chaerin grown more distant from you, maybe even disgusted by the sight of you?”

“Isn’t it true that most of the time, your master clings to Yino like Yuebai does, always smiling and happy when she’s with him, completely different from how she acts with you…”

“Brother, I’ll make one more prediction!”

“Want to bet whether that night when Ye Chaerin was alone with Yino in private, he branded his mark on her belly too….”

“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!”

Before Xumo could finish, Ye Huai snapped. He drew his sword and lunged forward, pinning Xumo to the ground with his blade at his throat.

But Xumo showed no fear, just stared into Ye Huai’s eyes with a dim gaze:

“You think I’m saying all this just to slander the master you revere most?”

“The truth is, I’m only projecting what Yino did to me onto your situation.”

“What makes you so naive to think your master won’t fall into Yino’s claws too?”

….

….

“Ugh, why does my back feel so cold…”

Walking through the tunnel to the eighth floor of the Liuli Illusion Realm, Yino rubbed his shoulders with an inexplicable sense of unease.

Beside him, Ruoning quickly took off her outer coat and draped it over Yino’s shoulders.

“Yino, is that better?”

The girl smiled sweetly, like she could stare at him forever.

This sight left Yino a bit dazed. Even when they reunited and went on dates back in Jiangnan, Ruoning had never given him such a devoted, caring girlfriend image.

Strictly speaking, this didn’t match Ruoning’s spoiled princess personality at all. Flirting and play-fighting with Yino was much more her tsundere style.

Meanwhile, Jinyue seemed irritated by this display and puffed out her cheeks.

“Master~ why don’t you let me warm you up instead~”

The fox girl spoke sweetly and immediately opened her robes, pulling Yino’s hands to her chest.

Using her curvaceous body for warmth was an even bolder move. Ruoning turned bright red and couldn’t find words.

For a moment, caught between two beauties, Yino felt a headache coming on.

Before, these two had been impossible to deal with individually. Jinyue playing mind games with him, Ruoning throwing tantrums. But magically, when they were together, they both turned into sweet angels.

“Cut it out. We’re about to enter the eighth floor’s Nightmare realm. Get ready to face the boss.”

Yino wasn’t actually cold, he’d just had a bad feeling. He pulled his hands free from both girls and refocused on the battle ahead.

“Don’t worry, Master! Whatever illusion tricks they throw at us, I’ll see through them first!”

At the threshold, Jinyue puffed out her chest and wagged her tail sweetly.

Ruoning was getting more and more annoyed watching this, because just half an hour ago, when Ruoning had stolen Jinyue’s spotlight in battle and proudly showed off to Yino, at that moment, the red fox girl’s usually sweet eyes had turned absolutely terrifying.

Try to upstage me in front of Master again, and you won’t make it out of this realm alive.

Though Jinyue hadn’t spoken aloud, that threatening voice had echoed clearly in Ruoning’s mind.

From Ruoning’s perspective, Jinyue was a master of split personality. Remembering what she’d witnessed of Jinyue’s power in Azure Forest, Ruoning didn’t dare speak up. Even now, watching Jinyue openly steal her man, she could only pout and swallow her anger.

“Hmph…”

Just wait until I break through and get that opportunity Yino promised me. Then I won’t have to fear you!

Grumbling internally, Ruoning followed Yino into the eighth floor’s nightmare trial.

RUMBLE!!!

The moment they stepped into the illusion, Ruoning felt the floor shaking violently.

This eighth floor was gloomy as a dungeon. When everyone looked up, they saw a massive creature with rows of compound eyes covering its belly, writhing and shrieking in mid-air.

“Yino, you’re finally here! Please save me!”

A familiar girl’s voice mixed with the monster’s roars reached Yino’s ears.

Yino raised an eyebrow and looked up at the dungeon boss room’s ceiling, locking eyes with a certain white fox girl hanging upside down, scared witless.

“—?”

“Do all the fox demons share the same playbook for dramatic ceiling entrances?”

Jinyue: “…”