Chapter 715 - The Mother Empress Repays a Kindness (1/2)

After an unknown amount of time, Yang Ling heard the sound of the wind, and he smelled the sharp odor of blood. He opened his eyes and took a look. He discovered that he was laying on sunken ground, his whole body bathed in blood. He wanted to stand up and take a look, but he felt intense pain when he tried to move his body. The Wizard Core inside his body was cracked horribly, and it seemed like his injuries were more grave than ever before.

Could it be that I will die here?

Yang Ling shook his heavy head. For a moment, he couldn't understand how he had gotten here. Before he'd teleported with the Teleportation Gate, his Wizard Core had sustained great damage, and he hadn't had the time nor the energy to observe the teleportation destination. He'd just teleported with his fuzzy senses.

”Yuna, Yuna...”

After Yang Ling coughed up a mouthful of blood, his mind sobered up, and he recalled that Yuna had sacrificed herself to save him. He shouted loudly and struggled fiercely to stand up. Every moment he'd ever spent with Yuna ran across his mind. In their first meeting, she had been very bashful, and when she'd traveled with him to Livenza Alliance, she had been very warm and gentle. After they killed the Killer Flowing Venom, she'd spent a passionate first night with him on the lakeside to help him detoxify the poison. She'd also helped him manage the Magical Beast Domain's government affairs... Many scenes passed in front of his eyes!

”Yuna, why are you so stupid? Why did you lunge at me so recklessly?”

As Yang Ling recalled how Yuna's cold body had laid on his chest, he felt very pained. After he'd arrived in this world, he'd gone through many trials, and two of the most dangerous had been the hunt for the Killer Flowing Venom and the deadly strike of the Lord of the City Amongst the Clouds. Both times, the fox lady, Yuna, had helped him weather the crisis.

After the first one, Yang Ling and Yuna officially became husband and wife, and after the second one, they were separated by death.

”Yang, I'll do anything for you.”

”Yang, why don't you show love for me once again...”

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As Yang Ling recalled Yuna's voice and features, he also recalled the deep feelings they had for each other. He felt like his heart was dripping blood. He regretted not making a life-saving puppet for Yuna, as well as teaching her the way to enter and leave the Wizard Pagoda's dimension... If he couldn't stand up in one go, then he could only try to do it little by little. His hands rubbed against the hard stone, leaving bloodstains where they touched. He gnashed his teeth and tried to force himself up. Even if he had to die, he still had to take one last look at Yuna.

Over the years, he always thought about his recent experiences in the depth of the night, and he always felt like it was just a long dream. The pain of losing Yuna, however, was so real and distinct that he clearly understood that this was no dream.

Chirp!

As a soft cry echoed out, a large head appeared in front of Yang Ling. When Yang Ling saw the creature's lantern-like eyes, he could have sworn that sparking tears were falling from them. It wasn't clear if this was just an illusion, and when he raised his head to observe carefully, he saw something unbelievable.

The blood-soaked and heavily injured Mother Empress had arrived in front of him.

”Mother Empress! Could it be that I inadvertently teleported next to the Mother Empress, due to the wisp of Soul Imprint I left behind?”

Yang Ling shivered as he thought of a certain possibility. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva bitterly. He'd barely escaped from a wolf only to find that he'd unexpectedly fallen into a tiger's den. The Mother Empress was enormous; he wasn't even big enough to fill the gap between its teeth.

Ah!

Even after a long moment, the nervous Yang Ling still hadn't been torn apart. Instead, the Mother Empress held him in its mouth and laid him on a flat slab. The eyes of the pale-faced Yuna were closed; she lay motionless on the ground.

”Yuna, Yuna...” Yang Ling hugged Yuna intensely and poured his last remaining wisp of Wizard Power into her body. He also fed her the remaining Life Spring's water in his spatial ring. He even started doing artificial respiration. But it was all futile. Yuna's skin was still ice-cold, and her heart wasn't beating. Yang Ling was forced to face reality.

”Yang, I want to give birth to a child for you. No, I want two!”

”Yang, when you go on an adventure next time, let's go together. Okay?”

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