The Princess And The Lord

Lory and Zhao Li Xin exchanged look, they look at each other with the unsettling feelings they didn't know is that means good or not. Lory squeezes Zhao Li Xin's arms as the uneasy feeling grew increasingly deep within her.

"But before that why don't you show me why descendant is" Huwang ShenZi abruptly said.

"Your descendant?" Lory frown.

"I can smell my descendant scent on your clothes and hands" Huwang Shen Zi tilt his big head slightly "I believe they send him here because they knew I trap here and could leave this place, well….I'll be surprised them," he said in glee.

"Aaah, the shadow tiger is your descendant, after all, no wonder he smelled differently" Girsha shrink her body to the size of Goshawk then he flew towards Lory.

Lory already feel better, so she raised from her sit with Zhao Li Xin's help then Zhao Li Xin waves his hands above the ground and the black little cub appears with a surprised look while munching something. The little cubs realize he has been summoned to a strange place by this scary guy again. The little cub look left and right then she jolts in shock when he sees Gigantic silver tiger in front of him.

"Oh, this one is a small one but…." Huwang Shen Zi sniffed the little cub with his giant snot "My blood is running thick on this little fella is thicker than any of my descendant that I've seen before, not bad" Huwang Shen Zi nod in satisfied "This one might do…."

The little cub stood there, his big honey eyes stare at Huwang Shen Zi gigantic body with awe. He da heard the story about this magnificent ancestor from his tiger father but see it with his own eyes gives a sense of pride and admiration to the little cub tiger.

"What would you do then" Lory got curious.

"We all need to move on to another chapter princess, the story still far from complete my dear. You and the Lord next to you, both of you have a bigger role to play" from the middle of forehead a white light appear then it flew like an orb towards the little cub and melt into his tiny head. 

The eyes of the little cub glint like a flickered stars on the sky, something flash in his head, and the imaged moves at high speed. The little cub bend on its's knees while whimpering, Lory got worried she scoops the little cub from the ground worriedly.

"It's fine, it will take some time until he is able to absorb everything, by the way, we got an urgent matter to settle Princess," said Huwang Shen Zi. He raised his front right leg then show his left front leg. 

Lory's eyes widen open, so this what drew her. She looks at the tiger with a befuddled face. The giant tiger calmly smiles as he already expected her reaction, there's a shard pierce into his left leg.

The silver shards glow in white light, Huwang Shen Zi let out a long exhaled "This shred was ahead of the spear before, the armament master used the material from the falling stars and made it into a spear, those basta*d don't have the guts to attack me on their own they send their soldiers and cultivator to face against me, all those foolish men died for the hope of glory and wealth but in the end, they got nothing but death" 

"Then one of them managed to pierce my leg with the spear, I broke the spear but the shred remains. That shreds drain all of my power and force me into a slumber, for thousands of years I could get myself free from this place because of the shard but you can help me arent's you?" He looks at lory meaningfully.

"Yes…"Lory let out a long heaved.

She let herself go from Zhao Li Xin's embrace then slowly stride towards Huwang Shen Zi. She stops right in front of his left legs Lory stretch right arms and the shard vibrate as the shard could feel Lory's presence. The feeling is mutual because Lory also feel a familiar energy came from the shard.

Slowly she closes her eyes then the shard gradually glows brighter it illuminated the space with bright white light. Everyone squint their eyes from the light, slowly the shards lift to the air as it wiggles from the beast leg, in quick moves the shards leave the beast leg then floating in the air for a second and it flew right into Lory's hand.

The shards rest on lory palm and the light gradually dimmer as the shard disappear on Lory's hand. Lory eyelashes fluttering as she slowly opens her eyes, everything was dead silence then suddenly white light burst from Lory's body. Suddenly her body becomes heavy and her breath becomes tight, Lory falls on her knees while she groans in agony.

"Lory, what happened?" Zhao Li Xin dash towards her, he holds her shoulder while Lory grimaces in pain.

"Something is wrong," Girsha said in distressed. Immediately he transforms onto an orb then pierce to her chest like a lightning bolt then a white giant wing appears behind her back. Zhao Li Xin was stupefied but Lory wail snapped him back.

"Huwang Shen Zi, what did you do to her!" Zhao Li Xin blamed the tiger for what happened.

"Is not me…" Huwang Shen Zi finally able to stand on his feet but he didn't look happy at all instead his face turn somber "The cursed could feel it she become stronger, not like before she almost gather all the fragments and the curse is threatened, it tries to devour her!" Huwang Shen Zi breathes hicks as he watches how violent the cursed is, only then he is certain this not something made from this world.

Lory make a long screams, her voice sends a chill to everyone who heard it even the little cub hides between Huwang Shen Zi legs as his body trembles profusely.

"Curse? What curse? She doesn't…." 

And yet when he looks at her one of her eyes iris turn into a crescent and it changes to yellow color just like snake eyes, Zhao Li Xin was in shock but before he able to comprehend his shock suddenly a dark scales appears from the back of her palm then run to her elbow, Zhao Li Xin stupefied when the scales start to appear on her neck while Lory drop herself to the ground and her body curl up on the ground.

"Lory!" Zhao Lo Xin grab her wrist and his body shuddered when he could feel the scales touch his skin but he doesn't care he pull Lory on his embrace in a protective manner "DO SOMETHING!" he screams at Huwang Shen Zi desperately.

"I can't this her own doing she must pay the price for intervening the God's will!" Huwang Shen Zi helplessly shakes his giant head.

When he was in slumber under the power of the shards he had a long dream, a dream about her, about Princess Lorient and her sacrifices, it's a long heart-wrenching dream it brings tears to his eyes even as a Beast he can't help but pity the poor Princess.

Lory body cover with dark miasma as it spread to one of her wings and turn the white wing into black, Zhao Li Xin stare at Lory who half of her is cover with dark scales while the other part still look normal but her body keeps twitching back and fort he doesn't know how to help her.

"STAY AWAY!" suddenly Lory push Zhao Li Xin's body away from her "Do…don't get….close…" she bites her lips until the blood trickle from her lips as she struggles to maintain her sanity.

"Lo…ry, what should I do?" he said almost like a plead.

Lory shakes her head "I…..I still…I won't die…not like this" she mutters incoherently.

"Are you ssssure…"

Suddenly an icy hissed heard out of nowhere, Zhao Li Xin who never feel afraid before suddenly become numbs and all hair behind his nape stand up.

"You are dead the moment you served your soul in front of me" the voice is coming from her mouth but is not sound like her voice, Lory shakes her head "SHUT UP!" Lory shouted.

"Hehehe, you think if you become sssstronger you can run away from my grip, hehehe…you try to avoid the inevitable Princess Lorient, you are mine….from that day you came to my cave until the eternity…." The voice snickered send chills to everyone who heard it, even Huwang Shen Zi legs shaking in fear.

'Demon, this is the demon voice!' Huwang Shen Zi overwhelmed as he gets affected by the dark miasma.

"NEVER!" 

Her purple eyes suddenly shined and a whirlwind came from beneath her, she used all her mana to push the dark energy all of the sudden blue bell flower vines appear on her black scales then twirl around her hand then spread to her elbow and neck, the flower begins to bloom and shone with blue light.

Her mana increasing then she took a chance to used all her power to push the darkness from within her one last time, Lory screams to ease her pains and it works the darkness is pushed away and her dark wing gradually become white again, draining all her power Lory fall on the ground as she loses conscious.