Chapter 456: Chapter 395: Vortex

Anubia quickly interjected, “I don’t have a beast cub of my own yet! I can raise one, too!”

Fei Yuan shot him a menacing glare. “You had four cubs at once. That’s a huge blessing, enough to make people hate you. If you try to snatch another kid, I doubt you’ll make it back to the Beast World alive next time!”

You’ll get mobbed!

Sang Luo flicked him on the forehead. “Just make sure you raise Yolanda to be healthy and strong. Otherwise, don’t bother coming back to see me.”

“Don’t worry, Luoluo!”

Anubia had only just managed this reunion with Sang Luo, but after dinner, he had no choice but to take the child and leave again.

Sang Luo also settled into a peaceful routine for her pregnancy.

’I wonder how long this pregnancy will take…’

Fei Yuan was very experienced in taking care of Sang Luo during her pregnancies, so she stayed at the Phoenix Palace. She would occasionally make time to spend a few days with her other Beast Husbands. Her days were peaceful and happy, and time flew by in the blink of an eye…

…

「Void Demon Realm.」

「Demon Palace.」

Night had fallen. Quan Jin set down the storybook in his hands and looked at his three children, who were sleeping sprawled out in every direction. A gentle smile touched his handsome face.

He tucked the small blankets back around them, his gaze landing on the youngest, Little Treasure. ’This child’s features look more like his mother’s…’

A dark streak of light shot past the window. Quan Jin frowned slightly, then rose and stepped outside.

The moment their father was gone, the three little ones on the bed, who had only been pretending to be asleep, all opened their eyes. Little Qi pulled some hidden snacks from the nightstand and shared them with his younger brother and sister.

“This is jerky Mom made! I usually save it because I can’t bear to eat it, but you guys can have it!” Little Qi said, playing the part of the generous big brother.

Little Yuan curled her silver-purple snake tail around a piece of jerky and ate it with a CRUNCH, CRUNCH. “Mom made it,” she said simply. “It’s good.”

Little Treasure transformed into a cloud of black mist, opened a cartoonishly large mouth, and swallowed all the jerky and snacks in one gulp.

Little Qi was furious. “You! How could you eat everything? You didn’t leave a single piece for us!”

’I’m still hungry!’

’He ate the whole midnight snack! Aaaargh!’

Little Treasure changed back to his human form, blinking his big, round, dark eyes. Looking exceptionally innocent and cute, he giggled, “Big brother and big sister have to give way to their little brother~ That’s what Dad says!”

“You!”

Little Qi was about to explode with anger, but he couldn’t find a good comeback.

Little Yuan suddenly dashed toward the door. “Something’s wrong! Dad!”

Little Qi didn’t know what was going on, but seeing the tense look on his sister’s face, he quickly followed.

Little Treasure smacked his lips, his dark eyes darting around, then turned into a cloud of black mist and followed them.

A giant black vortex had appeared outside the Demon Palace. Just as Little Yuan and the others arrived, they saw Quan Jin being sucked into it, vanishing without a trace!

Little Qi cried out for his dad in a panic and tried to rush into the vortex, but a powerful force sent him flying back to the ground.

After the vortex vanished, everything fell quiet again.

Little Yuan used her tail to help the Little Black Snake up. “Brother, are you okay?” she asked, worried.

Little Qi shook his head. He had a healing Talent Power, so his injuries recovered almost instantly. He raised his head, his tongue flicking in and out rapidly as he stared in terror at the spot where the vortex had vanished. “Dad’s gone! What do we do?”

“We have to tell Mom. Maybe she and our uncles will know what to do.”

Little Qi nodded, about to go find their mother for help when Little Yuan looked around. “Huh? Where’s our little brother?”

“Wasn’t he in the room just now? Did he come out with us?”

“I think I saw a black shadow zip past a moment ago.”

The two of them returned to the hall but still couldn’t find Little Treasure.

’Was Little Treasure taken by the black vortex, too!?’

…

Sang Luo was helping the two Little Phoenixes practice their flying.

Suddenly, the Soaring Snake mark over her heart flared with a burning heat!

A flash of light later, two little snakes appeared in her arms.

Ever since Sang Luo had reached the level of a half-step Divine Venerable, she could summon her children and partners to her side at any time, completely ignoring the Gates between worlds. They, in turn, could come to her whenever they pleased.

“Mom…” the Little Black Snake sobbed. “Dad is gone, and so is our little brother… *sob*… I’m sorry… I couldn’t protect them…”

Sang Luo quickly grabbed a tissue and wiped his little face. “What happened? Tell Mom everything. Stop crying.”

Little Qi was sobbing too hard to speak clearly.

Sang Luo turned to the calmer Little Yuan. “Sweetheart, you tell me.”

“Mom, last night a strange vortex appeared outside the Demon Palace. By the time we got there, Dad was being pulled into it. Our little brother disappeared, too. My brother and I searched the whole Demon Palace and the surrounding area, but we couldn’t find him anywhere. We think the vortex must have taken him, too.”

Sang Luo tried to sense Quan Jin’s presence, but she couldn’t feel him at all.

She pulled down the collar of her dress, checking the partner mark on her chest. The snake tattoo had dimmed, but it hadn’t vanished.

“Don’t worry. Your father is still alive, and so is Little Treasure. The two of you, take me to the Demon Palace. I want to see where this happened.”

“Okay!”

Fei Yuan, having just finished his work, walked over. “What’s going on?”

Sang Luo quickly explained what had happened at the Demon Palace the previous night.

Fei Yuan grew pensive. “I’ll go with you.”

“Okay. And call Minos over. He has a time-tracing talent; we need to see exactly what happened.”

…

「Void Demon Realm, Demon Palace.」

Sang Luo, Fei Yuan, and Minos, along with the two little snake children, arrived at the spot where the vortex had vanished.

Minos raised his scepter and sent out a wave of golden Holy Light. The light rippled outward, forming a transparent screen with an irregular border.

Time within the screen rapidly rewound to the moment the vortex had appeared the night before.

A black vortex slowly materialized in the void. An eerie red light pulsed at its center, making it look like a colossal, deep eye in the heavens, gazing down silently upon the world.

A tall, black-robed figure appeared outside the vortex.

Quan Jin teleported outside the palace to confront the black-robed figure.

There was a clear wariness in his eyes. He sent out a wave of his power to shield the Demon Palace, then summoned a white Bone Sword into his hand and clashed with the mysterious figure.

The black-robed figure was clearly outmatched and fled into the vortex, disappearing from sight.

Quan Jin immediately followed him in.

’He went in willingly.’

Sang Luo breathed a small sigh of relief. ’Quan Jin is always so careful. With three children to look after, he would never throw his life away for nothing.’

But then she saw the next scene, and her heart skipped a beat.

Little Treasure flew into the vortex right after him and disappeared!

At that, the time-rewind ended.

Minos spoke. “The vortex’s aura is incredibly ominous. It’s even more repulsive to me than the Demonic Qi of the Void Demon Realm.”

Light and darkness are opposing forces.

The divine light of the Angel Clan is extremely sensitive to Demonic Qi.

Fei Yuan asked Sang Luo, “Luo’er, try again. Are you sure you can’t summon Quan Jin?”

Sang Luo shook her head. “I tried many times on the way here. I can’t summon him or Little Treasure.”

Fei Yuan grew suspicious as well.

Sang Luo could now summon her partners and children regardless of any Gate, and they were unable to refuse her compulsory summons. This could only mean that they were being blocked by another, equally powerful force.

Minos lowered his gaze, deep in thought. After a moment, he spoke with certainty. “It seems they’ve gone to *that* place…”

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