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Chapter 564: Chapter 398: Dominion Beast_1
The setting sun was as white as snow, the night as dark as dusk. The world was enveloped in solitude, with desert dust like sand. In the distance, a lingering crow crossed the barren branches, its harsh caw echoing through the night…
In the blink of an eye, the sky was completely dark. Although it was not so dark as to not see one’s hand in front of their face, a bone-chilling coldness spread through the air.
Behind the jagged rocks.
The young girl’s face was contorted with frustration, her eyes narrowed slightly. Her normally stunning face was clouded with displeasure and seething rage.
Jiang Hui was somewhat curious. He couldn’t figure out what had upset the girl so much. Her face was crossed with anger, like a pot ready to boil over, carrying a silent grudge while gritting her teeth.
Although he hadn’t spent much time with the young girl, it wasn’t hard to tell from her sporadic utterances that she was a woman who wouldn’t easily be wronged.
After all, at such a young age, she already knew how to use her own advantages and strengths. Her attire and demeanor were scandalously mature, her mentality far exceeding those of her age.
With such mindset, she should have been hard to take advantage of. Hence, being this infuriated not only implies she was wronged, but greatly wronged at that.
Beside the young girl, a middle-aged puppet stood, its face rigid. It stood as still as a rock, its lifeless eyes fixated straight ahead, devoid of the liveliness it once possessed.
Without the girl’s control, the puppet was, after all, just a puppet. It was incomparable to the Bronze Giant Jiang Hui controlled and other mythical puppets who had the ability to think and act independently despite being puppets.
“Damn it, this is an outrage! I’ve strategized for so long only for someone else to steal what I wanted! Never in my life have I been defeated so utterly. This cannot go unchecked. I must tear that person to pieces to quell the hatred in my heart!”
Next to the blue stone, the desolate dusk as if a large invisible hand was enveloping the surroundings, and a slight mist was drifting among the trees, like a thin gauze.
After igniting the pile of firewood and the scattered light drove away some of the darkness, the young girl suddenly clenched her fists and voiced her displeasure.
Her legs were full and slender, smooth and proportioned. Under the flame’s light, they were snowy white and smooth, so white that they were even dazzling to the eyes.
Among the white delicacy, one could see a faint blush.
Knowing there was no one around, she paid even less heed to her appearance. She hitched up her one-piece dress, revealing her entire thigh. Everywhere was a swath of white, so charming, indeed pulse-racing, full of temptation.
Without exaggeration, if a man lusted after her saw this scene, he would most likely rush up to her and touch her, feeling the softness and beauty of her skin.
Even from Jiang Hui’s perspective, if the setting were modern times, this girl would have no worries about food and drink based solely on these jade-like legs.
“Young master, actually you don’t need to be so upset. That lad from the Shangguan Family just got a bit lucky, like a blind cat stumbling into a dead mouse. If we really had to compare, he’s absolutely no match for you.
For thirty years you might be downriver, for the next thirty you might be up-river. All we need is steady, hidden growth, and he will sooner or later be overshadowed by you, young master!”
The Three-headed golden spider pursed its mouth, trying to persuade her with great effort.
It naturally knew the details of what had happened. Even though it too felt great regret, having lived for many long years and seen countless events, it understood that the journey of cultivation wasn’t simply a competition of gifts.
Besides, there was also luck.
No matter how gifted you were, if your luck was poor you could still be restricted at every turn, even the smallest matters could be magnified indefinitely.
Their young master, although reasonably talented, had quite rotten luck. Coupled with her obstinate and wilful nature, this was what had brought about her total defeat at the last moment, seeing the spirit beast she had been quietly observing and pursuing for several years snatched away by another.
But to blame everything on luck would be too simplistic.
The true underlying reason was that their young master had underestimated others and felt superior to everyone else. It was because she had not been fully prepared that this had happened.
“Steady growth? What do you know? I’ve waited long enough. I’ve been planning in secret for so many years, even rejecting the soul beast gift from master for it. It’s all because you’re incompetent. As the closed-door disciple of the Sect Master of the Dominion Beast Sect, I lost to an outer sect disciple. If this gets out, how can I have the face to stay in the Dominion Beast Sect!?”
The girl gritted her teeth and said in extreme anger. It appears fire could spurt from her eyes at her immense anger.
“My little mistress, that’s a Dragon Strider, a descendant of the immortals. Once it reaches adulthood, it would be comparable to a Quasi Undying-King. I, a mere Slashing Boundary Living Being, wouldn’t be able to match up no matter what. Besides, even if we backpedal a thousand steps, had you performed the Dominion Beast Ceremony a bit earlier, this precious Ferocious Beast wouldn’t have been taken by someone else. Didn’t it all really come down to your words of triumph before the battle had ended?”
The three-headed golden spider murmured back, unable to help talking back inside its heart.