This familiar feeling...
Yu Zhizhi couldn’t help but cover her eyes with the back of her hand. Once the mist cleared, she peeked through a crack between her fingers and saw the long, black hair on the man’s chest.
’It’s the Lord of Paradise.’
Inside the Purple Gold Nether Hall, everything was as it always was.
She felt the man in front of her tense up. The Lord of Paradise lowered his head, his dark eyes staring down at the little female he held in his arms.
’Excellent. Every time they appear, they always manage to give me a surprise.’
He let go. Yu Zhizhi instinctively threw her arms around his neck to keep from falling to the ground. From behind, it looked like she was clinging to him.
Her toes fumbled in the air until they landed on something. Only then did she realize she was standing on his feet.
The Lord of Paradise bent down slightly, his expression displeased. "Get down."
Yu Zhizhi took a step back and let go at the same time.
She was a little nervous.
Every time she faced this man alone, a chill ran through her heart.
The Lord of Paradise stared at the little female before him, his tone laced with a grim warning. "Next time, before I appear, I don’t care what you two are doing. You must stay three zhang away."
"If you dare touch me again, I’ll chop off whichever paw you used to do it."
He despised being touched.
This was already the second time.
The color drained from Yu Zhizhi’s face. She nodded repeatedly and quickly took two more steps back, putting distance between herself and the Lord of Paradise.
After only three encounters, Yu Zhizhi could already tell him apart from Lou and Louis completely.
The man was very pleased with her retreat. He narrowed his eyes slightly, only then taking note of their current location.
His gaze fell back onto Yu Zhizhi, cold and scrutinizing.
’The Purple Gold Nether Hall... The place in Paradise where the most wicked Fallen Species are suppressed. What are they doing here? Lou has never been interested in such things.’
’Surely he didn’t bring his little female here for a tryst just because he thought the scenery was nice?’
After the Lord of Paradise appeared, the entire Ghost Hall fell silent.
The sound of distant water dripping was clearly audible.
The man slowly turned, withdrew his gaze, and began to walk away.
Yu Zhizhi hurriedly followed.
As they left, the steps hanging high in the air were obscured by the black mist. Yet the Lord of Paradise walked as if on solid ground. His stride never faltered for a moment, as if he had completely forgotten the little female following behind him.
The moment Yu Zhizhi saw the vast chasm below, her legs went weak with fright.
She gripped the stairway railing with both hands, almost unable to stand, half-sprawled on the steps.
But the familiar figure was already getting farther and farther away.
He was about to disappear into the black mist.
Trembling, Yu Zhizhi used the tips of her toes to find the next step, inching her way down.
A gust of wind blew, knocking her hood back.
Her heart began to pound wildly.
She didn’t dare look down. The more she looked, the more she felt the terrifying urge to jump...
"Lord," the Crow, flying in mid-air, reminded him, "Miss Turtle and Rabbit hasn’t caught up yet."
"Don’t worry about her."
The Lord of Paradise had no intention of turning back.
The wind made Yu Zhizhi’s eyes water. She gripped the railing tightly, slowly feeling her way down.
The entire Paradise Temple seemed to exist without day. No matter the time, the sky was always dark and gloomy, suffused with a spectral purple light, and occasionally split by deafening bolts of lightning.
Suddenly, a clap of thunder struck, and Yu Zhizhi fell backward—
But the steps she had just crossed vanished inch by inch, leaving her sitting on empty air. Before she could even react, she was plummeting downward!
Yu Zhizhi instinctively grabbed the railing. She dangled high in the air, her body suspended, her legs kicking wildly as she tried to find a foothold, but there was nothing.
The wind howled. Yu Zhizhi felt her palms burning and aching. She was about to lose her grip—
The mist seemed to vanish in an instant.
In the distance, she saw the Lord of Paradise standing ahead. His skin was pale, his eyes an uncanny heterochromia. He wore a dark green robe, and his black hair nearly touched the ground. He looked like an ancient statue of a god, watching the world with cold indifference.
And she was part of that world.
To him, she was just an insignificant life.
Yu Zhizhi quickly opened her mouth to shout, but the wind rushed down her throat, making her choke until tears streamed from her eyes.
Unable to speak, she could only mouth the words.
"—Save me."
The Lord of Paradise saw the white figure in the void. The girl’s body was like a kite, trembling violently in the wind.
All her strength was focused in her hands as she desperately clung to her last hope of survival.
Her bloodless face was streaked with tears.
This little female of the Rabbit Clan, disguised as a turtle, had red-rimmed eyes filled with pleading.
The Lord of Paradise watched her with indifference, completely unmoved.
He watched as despair slowly filled the little female’s eyes.
Finally, she could hold on no longer.
Her entire body suddenly plummeted downward—
Yu Zhizhi felt her heart leap into her throat. The rushing wind filled her ears, the roaring sound turning her mind blank.
’I might... be about to die.’
The Purple Gold Nether Hall was suspended high, high in the sky. When Louis had carried her up, it had taken a very, very long time.
’It’s going to hurt so much when I’m smashed to a pulp...’
Yu Zhizhi closed her eyes as a single tear rolled from the corner.
Standing on the high steps, the Lord of Paradise watched the small white figure plummet, his cold, mismatched eyes showing no ripple of emotion.
’However... now is not her time to die.’
The Lord of Paradise snapped his fingers. Instantly, countless white silk threads emerged from the bottomless abyss, weaving together into a dense, seamless safety net.
The girl’s body landed steadily upon it.
She bounced from the impact, then fell back onto the giant white web.
This time, her body was completely covered by the silk.
It was as if she were stuck to it. Countless white threads wrapped around the girl’s delicate body. She had fainted, a pitiful teardrop still clinging to the corner of her eye.
The black Crow flapped its wings, circled once, and landed back on the deep red railing.
"Miss Turtle and Rabbit... fainted from fright."
The Crow’s voice held a trace of distress. ’How am I supposed to explain this to the Lord Leaders?’
In its view, this was a prank by one of the Lord Leaders. He had deliberately frightened the delicate little female.
’What was it going to say to the other two Lord Leaders?’
The Lord of Paradise gazed at the girl enmeshed in the giant white web. The silk threads wound inch by inch around her snow-white skin, and her dark hair, stuck to the web, was particularly striking. The faint red at the corners of her eyes, from crying, looked like applied rouge. Her small body, wrapped in its white robe, seemed holy, fragile, and soft.
’Is this the pretty face she used to bewitch Lou?’
’Hm?’
’No, that’s not right.’
’After her disguise, she isn’t a pure and likable member of the Rabbit Clan, but a member of the Turtle Clan with green skin and Elf Ears.’
’Lou’s taste is... rather peculiar.’
The Lord of Paradise averted his gaze. "Take her to the Thunder Abyss. I will interrogate her myself."
The black Crow froze.
’Interrogate? Interrogate this young lady?’
’Why?’
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