Abyssal Chronicles

Sorry for the late release. Sadly, the illustration for Youlan did not turn out as I had hoped. However, I don’t want to delay her image any further, so I will post her illustration with the next chapter. As for Mengxi, a new illustration will be released after my midterm exams.

And 4 more chapters will be released today ^_^,

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Yumo was lost in thought for a pretty simple reason. She tried to act all cool and tough, even looking a bit snobby. But that was just Yumo trying to act like a noble. When she found out that her secret of turning a creature into a demon was out, she didn’t know what to do. Deep down, she was kinda freaking out.

’What... should I do now?’

After arriving in the human world, what Yumo feared the most was her identity being exposed, which could endanger the entire Black Rose family. If other factions thought the Black Rose had connections with abyssal demons, they would certainly launch an assault on them. The Black Rose family was a force established by her children. Although strong, they couldn’t possibly stand against the collective human forces of the continent.

Perhaps?

If a fight broke out, a lot of them could get hurt or worse. Yumo didn’t want that. Even if she got there fast to help out, later on, they’d be kicked out of the human world. They’d be seen as the bad guys and hunted forever.

If the Black Rose family was gone, who’d look after her kids like Limo and Liyu when she was gone? Who’d help the demon kids fit in with humans?

Considering this, Yumo had decided to attend the Royal Academy of Luminous and even initially when heading to Red Leaf Empire, she didn’t want to use the identity of ’Miss Yu’. Instead, she hoped for a new identity, unrelated, and without the worries of exposure. However, thinking that using the Black Rose young miss identity would make it easier to attend the Banquet and meet Mengxi, she felt hesitant. Therefore, after Xiao and Kalina’s repeated persuasions and assurances, she agreed to become the young miss of Black Rose Duchy.

Now, Yumo deeply regretted that decision. If she had rejected it, she wouldn’t be in this dilemma.

’Damn...’

After pretending to be a graceful young lady for so long, Yumo couldn’t help but let out a sigh of frustration in her heart. However, there’s no medicine for regret in the world, and what had happened couldn’t be changed. Now, all she could do was find a solution to the current problem.

’But, what should I do?’

Facing the increasingly approaching sword and looking into Boran’s hostile eyes, Yumo kept asking herself. However, just as she was pondering what to do, an unexpected aura suddenly entered her sensing range. The black-haired girl could no longer maintain her false indifferent expression. Her eyes went wide, looking totally shocked.

"?!?!"

’This...this aura?! How is it possible?!’

"Is... is it her?!"

Ignoring the sword rushing towards her heart at close range, Yumo’s gaze unhesitatingly locked onto something behind Boran...

The sudden emergence of a ghostly blue energy...

Compared to a sword technique that wouldn’t harm her even after hundreds of hits, the presence suddenly appearing behind Boran was of more concern to Yumo.

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Similarly,

The change in the young girl’s eyes also caught Boran’s attention. Sensing the terrifying aura behind him, Boran’s face instantly changed, and a cold sweat trickled down his pale face.

In an instant, the general felt as if he was tightly grasped by the claws of death, his heartbeat stopped.

This suffocating deathly pressure far exceeded any pressure any powerful being had ever given him.

"What... is this..."

’No’

’This is bad!’

’What is this pressure!’

Without further thought,

The moment he felt the hostile aura behind him, Boran took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the rising fear in his heart, and quickly turned around, slashing his sword towards the presence.

In the face of danger, not resisting means certain death.

But sometimes, even resistance doesn’t change anything.

When Boran turned around, before he could even swing his sword, a massive plant resembling a man-eating flower, which had somehow appeared behind him, suddenly opened its six-petaled massive mouth. The mouth was full of terrifying, green barbs resembling teeth...

The next moment,

Under Boran’s horrified gaze, the man-eating flower fiercely crushed Boran’s protective energy shield, swallowing the general whole.

In a split second, countless sharp thorns pierced deeply into Boran’s body, while his legs, which hadn’t been swallowed, were crushed and bitten off by tremendous force. The unbearable intense pain, like uncontrolled magma from a volcano, continuously flooded into Boran’s body, causing this robust man to let out a heart-wrenching scream...

"Ah! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Continuous eerie and chilling screams echoed from the terrifying man-eating flower’s mouth.

Facing a life-and-death situation, Boran naturally exerted all his strength inside the mouth of the man-eating flower, swinging his sword, trying to rescue himself.

Alas, all his efforts were in vain.

As a corrosive white liquid spilled from the man-eating flower’s mouth, Boran’s consciousness, filled with intense confusion and fear, was mercilessly dragged into boundless darkness. This famous general of the investigation division struggled instinctively for a few seconds before becoming still...

One drop after another, with a pungent smell, the nauseating white liquid dripped from the corner of the man-eating flower’s mouth.

With a contented burp, the man-eating flower slowly opened its massive mouth. Pieces of clothing, armor, and longsword wrapped in the foul-smelling white liquid were spat out one after another.

Witnessing this, Boran’s lieutenant and the surrounding soldiers showed faces of disbelief, seemingly unable to understand what had just happened.

"What... what just happened?! Where is the general...?!"

Fear and confusion spread like a virus among the bystanders. Driven by fear and the instinct to survive, they instantly shifted their weapons from the black-haired girl to the eerie green plant that had grown from the ground.

"What the hell is this?!"

questioned the members of the secret investigation team.

Alas,

before they could assess the situation, the ground trembled. Numerous cracks appeared beneath their feet, from which a chilling, suffocating blue light burst forth. Accompanying the scattering of this dim light, a terrifying entity began to stretch upwards, bursting from the earth.

The next moment,

before anyone could react, the earth shattered. Countless bloody red thorns suddenly erupted from the ground, transforming into the whip of the underworld goddess, assaulting the horrified and stunned members of the secret investigation team! The speed was so fast that they couldn’t react in time. They were tightly entwined by the bloody thorns. No matter how desperately they struggled, they couldn’t shake off the thorns’ bind. Since their necks were locked by the thorns, it became a luxury even to cry out for help.

They could only let out helpless cry.

And just like that,

under endless despair and panic, these seemingly underworld-originated bloody thorns tightened with force...

*Snap~*

In an instant,

The sky began to pour bloody rain, mingling with shattered entrails, severed limbs, eyeballs, and brain matter, all strewn about. In a mere instant, over thirty members of the secret Investigation Bureau were mercilessly slaughtered by the bloody thorns. What had once been a picturesque apartment complex now resembled a hellish nightmare, engulfed in a deathly silence.

The pungent scent of blood permeated the air, thickening it, and the cruel scene was chilling, leaving those who witnessed it to involuntarily drop to their knees, vomiting colorful rainbows.

The blood and gore of the thirty-plus human stained everything around them, but it conspicuously avoided contaminating Yumo’s body. Not a single drop touched her elegant dress.

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As Yumo gazed upon the gruesome scene before her, she fell into an eerie silence. A complex mix of emotions welled up within her. Her sapphire-blue eyes trembled, and her delicate body quivered.

Her trembling wasn’t due to the grisly scene before her. Although the sight of the carnage might turn the stomachs of many, Yumo had become immune to such scenes long ago. After all, she had witnessed the brutal hunting practices of the Abyssal Demons in the icy depths of Winter Forest.

In fact, the influence of the primal forces within her made her almost find pleasure in witnessing such cruelty.

The reason Yumo stood frozen in place was that this "hunt" was all too familiar.

She cast a glance at the severed head that had rolled to her feet, then slowly lifted her head and looked ahead.

At this moment, beneath the shower of bloody rain, a slender figure was gracefully making her way into this hellish scene. She paid no mind to the ground littered with human bones, viscera, and remnants, taking each step with indifference.

When she stopped a few meters away from Yumo, a golden silhouette halted her steps.

"It’s been a while, Mother. You still look as beautiful as ever."

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With these cold, emotionless words that sent shivers down one’s spine, the black-haired girl involuntarily pursed her lips, clenching her fists tightly.

"Youlan..."