Chapter 378 – As Expected, Mother Still Cares About Her

After Luo Ruying and the others left, Long Yao’s gaze lingered on the ointment left behind.

She subconsciously reached out her hand, but stopped just as she was about to touch the medicine.

After a moment’s hesitation, Long Yao’s expression turned fierce. Gritting her teeth, she swept all the ointment before her to the ground.

She didn’t need these things! As long as she had Mother, it was enough!

Long Yao endured the intense pain of her broken bones and forcefully struggled up from the ground, dragging her heavily injured body slowly towards the Beast Emperor’s Imperial Capital.

Unable to fly or even walk normally, she just moved her body forward bit by bit. When she fell, she would just get up from the ground again, over and over.

It is unknown how long she walked, but the sky was shrouded in darkness, and a torrential rain poured down.

Long Yao struggled through the downpour, her entire body long since soaked, the raindrops striking the wounds on her body, making her feel even more pain.

Her feet trod on the muddy road, and with a slip, her entire person fell face-first to the ground.

An immortal fruit fell from her clothes and rolled onto the ground. It was one of the fruits Luo Hongye had given her to eat…

“Mother…”

Long Yao lay in the mire, it was impossible to tell if it was rain or tears streaming down her face as she murmured softly.

After resting in the mire for a moment, Long Yao lifted her head and looked at the fallen immortal fruit before her. She slowly reached out her hand, grabbed it, and struggled up from the mud.

Now, the only thing that kept her going, that made her forget all the pain, was the belief in her heart that she would see her mother again…

After walking for who knows how long, Long Yao successfully dragged her body back to the main gate of the Beast Emperor’s Imperial Capital.

At this time, the city, which should have been on high alert, had its gates wide open, and not a single figure could be seen on the city walls or outside the gate.

Long Yao walked into the capital. The vast city was empty, silent, and desolate…

Hmph, they’ve all run… They’ve all betrayed her!

A self-deprecating smile appeared on Long Yao’s mud-caked face as she continued to drag her body bit by bit towards the Imperial Palace.

As she was climbing the steps leading to the palace, a tall figure clad in dragon armor stood high at the entrance, waiting.

Seeing Long Yao so heavily injured and in such a wretched state, Dragon Chen was greatly shocked. He hurriedly descended the steps and came to her side.

“Lord Dragon Emperor, what happened to you?”

Dragon Chen reached out, wanting to support Long Yao, but was forcefully pushed away by her palm.

“Don’t come near me!”

“It’s just some minor injuries…”

“Where are the people in the city…?”

Long Yao asked Long Chen beside her coldly, her resolute eyes staring at the palace on the steps before her. Long Chen was the Grand Commander of the Dragon Demon Clan, and also her only remaining capable subordinate of the five great clans.

“Everyone in the city heard the southern clans were about to attack and have all evacuated and fled.”

Long Chen replied, following by Long Yao’s side.

“Hmph… I knew it would be like this…”

“A bunch of unreliable fellows!”

Long Yao revealed a disdainful expression as if she had expected this. Her gaze was cold as she instructed in a frigid voice:

“Relay my command, have everyone in the clan assemble!”

“I won’t admit defeat so easily!”

She still had Mother. Mother was very strong! She would definitely be able to kill the Demon Lord and everyone from the southern clans!

Long Chen’s expression was pensive. Then he said calmly:

“Lord Dragon Emperor, everyone from the Dragon Demon Clan has also already left…”

Hearing this, Long Yao’s steps faltered, her face showing disbelief.

Even her own clan had all betrayed her…!

“Hahahaha…!”

“Then what are you still doing here? Scram!”

“You’ll be leaving just the same sooner or later anyway!”

Long Yao suddenly threw her head back and laughed, a trace of ferocity on her face, and shoved Long Chen away again.

She had figured it out. She didn’t need anyone! They would all betray her in the end anyway! Having only Mother was enough!

“This subordinate swears eternal loyalty to you and will accompany you, Lord Dragon Emperor, until the very end!”

Long Chen watched Long Yao’s desolate and wretched back as she disappeared into the palace. Standing at the main gate, he bowed slightly and spoke.

He had followed by Long Yao’s side for over two hundred years, witnessed her kill countless people, and seen how she became the chief of the Dragon Demon Clan.

He had witnessed how she killed the former Beast Emperor and ascended the throne, step by step.

He had also witnessed her tyranny and cruelty after becoming the Beast Emperor, throwing the Beast Realm into unbearable chaos…

He knew he couldn’t persuade Long Yao, nor did he know how to correct her mistakes. He could only silently accompany her until the end… even though he already knew the fate he would inevitably face…

……

“Mother… Mother…!”

Inside the pitch-black, silent palace, Long Yao cried out urgently, full of anticipation.

Now, the only remaining hope in her heart was her mother.

After shouting hysterically several times with no response, Long Yao’s face showed anxiety and despair.

Could it be that even Mother had left her…

Fortunately, at this moment, the voice Long Yao had been longing for sounded from the darkness.

“Long Yao, you’re back?”

“Mother! I’m back!”

Long Yao, disregarding her injuries, came impatiently before the woman in the darkness.

However, the concern or greeting that Long Yao had expected did not come. There was only a cold question:

“Where is the child?”

“Mother, I-I couldn’t bring that child back…”

Long Yao said, her head lowered, her face showing self-reproach and shame.

From the very beginning, the Demon Lord had already discovered her identity. Regardless of whether she was willing or not, it was already fated that she could not take Luo Hongye away.

The woman in the darkness, hearing this, sighed in disappointment, and then swung her palm!

SLAP!

Long Yao was sent flying by the slap. The immortal fruit in her hand rolled onto the ground. She fell heavily, clutching her face, her expression one of utter disbelief.

This was the first time Mother had ever hit her…

The pain in her heart was even more piercing than the pain on her body…

The woman slowly walked out from the darkness, revealing a bewitching face covered in beast patterns of various colors and the features of different beast clans.

The woman had six different beast pupils, sharp dragon horns on her forehead, fish and dragon scales on her face, long pointed ears, and a few strands of erect white feathers behind her ears, like a combination of countless clans.

Yaohuo crushed the immortal fruit in front of Long Yao with one foot and gazed at her with disappointment.

“Long Yao, Mother is so disappointed in you!”

“Mother, I’m sorry…”

Long Yao apologized with self-reproach, her head lowered.

Looking at the crushed immortal fruit, a trace of pity flashed in Long Yao’s heart.

That was the one Luo Hongye had given her, the one she couldn’t bear to eat…

Yaohuo sighed lightly, slowly squatted down, spat out a black pill from her mouth and handed it to Long Yao, her tone turning gentle again as she spoke:

“But this isn’t your fault. After all, that Demon Lord is indeed too powerful. Mother doesn’t blame you for not being able to bring the child back~”

“You must be in a lot of pain right now, right~?”

“Here, take this pill. Mother will lend you my power~”

“Soon, you won’t feel any more pain~”

“Thank you, Mother…!”

Long Yao’s face showed gratitude and joy, and she swallowed the black pill without the slightest hesitation.

As expected, Mother still cares about her…

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