vol. 1 chapter 59 - Finally Feeling Slightly Full
Strictly speaking, Bai Lianyue wasn’t a foodie... emmm, at least she thought so.
However,
After becoming an Evil God, Bai Lianyue’s appetite had clearly increased several notches, similar to those Fallen Beasts driven by killing, destruction, and bloodlust... Bai Lianyue’s actions over the past thousand years were often influenced by her hunger.
She wanted to eat.
Of course,
What Bai Lianyue wanted to eat wasn’t what normal people would consider delicious food, but rather things filled with powerful energy. As long as it contained strong energy, whether it was a human, a Fallen Beast, or various destructive weapons, Bai Lianyue wanted to devour it.
As a former normal human, Bai Lianyue certainly didn’t want to eat these things.
But... if she didn’t eat for a long time, she would fall into a state of hunger.
In this state, Bai Lianyue’s mind would become more and more chaotic, and if she wasn’t careful, she would lose herself, becoming driven by bloodlust.
... A true Evil God.
In the past, before her consciousness would awaken, Severine and the others would always prepare enough food for her. But this time, her awakening was so sudden that they couldn’t prepare in time.
Although Bai Lianyue had absorbed some energy after devouring Liana’s body, that energy... was clearly not enough.
After her consciousness became clear again, Bai Lianyue immediately felt an intense hunger.
...
Thus, staring at the Thousand-Faced Bird in the sky, Bai Lianyue disdainfully sucked in a breath.
“I’ll make do with this.”
Sigh, if possible, I really don’t want to use this power.
As the girl inhaled, cracks began to quietly appear on Bai Lianyue’s left hand.
On the other side,
The Thousand-Faced Bird’s power had finally reached its peak. The eerie blue orb in its mouth erupted with an incredibly bright light, turning the entire sky into a deep blue.
With the charge complete, the Thousand-Faced Bird let out a fierce roar in its heart.
“How dare you disrespect Lady Bird Lu Ling!! Go to hell and regret it!!”
— “Abyss Curse · Cangyou Ghost Cannon!”
The next moment, a world-destroying blue laser shot out suddenly, roaring like a surge of energy, sweeping toward Bai Lianyue with the force to destroy everything. Wherever the laser cannon passed, the earth was torn apart, the air turned to ashes, and everything was annihilated! Almost half of the energy’s shockwaves even caused the Western Siwa Alliance’s reinforcements on the border to feel a lingering fear.
However,
In the blink of an eye, a strange power quietly seeped from Bai Lianyue’s left hand.
With a dull sound, her left hand twisted and deformed before suddenly exploding...
Countless black liquid emitting icy blue chill flowed out like a flood.
The liquid rapidly gathered, and in an instant, it formed a vast black torrent, rushing toward the Thousand-Faced Bird’s eerie blue laser with the momentum to crush everything.
The blue laser from the Thousand-Faced Bird, upon meeting the black torrent in midair, was mercilessly swallowed up without even the slightest resistance.
Bit by bit, without any explosions, the laser was completely devoured, and not even a trace of light managed to escape.
After casually collecting the Thousand-Faced Bird’s attack, the black torrent did not stop.
It flowed and twisted, gradually transforming into cold and destructive power, continuing to roll toward the Thousand-Faced Bird with unstoppable force.
“Ga ga cha?! Wh-what is this?!”
The light in the Thousand-Faced Bird’s eyes instantly dimmed, and its murderous intent was quickly replaced by fear.
It seemed to sense the threat within the black liquid and instinctively tried to flap its wings, the bluish hues of its body, attempting to fly out of the range of this terrifying power. However, the black torrent surged toward it, its speed not giving it a moment to breathe.
In an instant, as Bai Lianyue focused on the Thousand-Faced Bird, the massive black stream suddenly began to change. Countless icy blue winds and liquid rapidly condensed into massive, snarling dragon heads. Each liquid dragon was vivid, its eyes flashing with bloodthirsty light, the cold air and darkness intertwining, chilling to the bone.
These massive dragon heads then charged toward the Thousand-Faced Bird at lightning speed.
“Ga ga cha!!”
“What... what the hell is this?!!”
This Fallen Beast, bound by the hierarchy, was feeling for the first time what true ‘fear of death’ felt like.
Guided by the instinct to survive, the Thousand-Faced Bird let out a terrible screech, flapping its wings madly and firing lasers from the dead faces on its body, attempting to destroy the heads of the dragons.
Unfortunately,
The lasers, upon hitting the dragons, were once again mercilessly absorbed by the strange black liquid, just like the earlier ghost cannon.
Immediately after, the dragon heads pounced on its body, their sharp teeth sinking deep.
Although a Fallen Beast from the ruling tier possessed extraordinarily hard skin, with cannonballs and missiles unable to inflict effective damage, now? In front of the dragon heads...
The Thousand-Faced Bird’s body was as fragile as paper.
In an instant, the dragon heads tore apart the wings of the Thousand-Faced Bird, ripping them into countless pieces, and the dead faces covering its body shattered along with it. The Thousand-Faced Bird trembled, letting out anguished cries.
It tried to use curse power to struggle, but to no avail.
Because any curse power it released was instantly devoured by the black liquid.
Thus,
One dragon head after another pounced on the Thousand-Faced Bird, each bite taking away a piece of flesh, and each swallow made the Thousand-Faced Bird’s screams weaker. In less than a moment, this enormous monster was torn into pieces under the attacks of the countless dragon heads, its flesh and remains scattering in the sky, all devoured by the black dragons.
Perfect destruction,
The image of the dragons gradually faded, returning once again to flowing black liquid. The massive black torrent, as if it had consciousness, flew through the air for a moment before quickly flowing back into Bai Lianyue’s left hand.
Condensing and transforming, it returned to Bai Lianyue’s left hand.
In an instant, the disaster was over, and the world returned to a calm state, as though nothing had happened.
The Thousand-Faced Bird’s presence had completely disappeared without a trace.
...
As the energy brought back by the liquid entered her body, Bai Lianyue’s body shuddered slightly. A hint of pleasure and satisfaction flashed in her dark red eyes, and even her face slightly flushed at that moment.
“Mmm~ mmm~ so good~”
“This bird’s combat power isn’t much, and its internal energy is lacking, not comparable at all…”
The girl mused to herself.
Though she tried to control it, the process of devouring the Thousand-Faced Bird had been far too bloody. It seems it was the right choice to let these two little ones fall asleep.
Otherwise, even if her consciousness didn’t collapse, they would probably be left with psychological trauma.
As she gently stroked the little dragon and Aeria’s small head, Bai Lianyue let out a relieved sigh.
However, when she saw the half-head she was holding in her left hand, Bai Lianyue’s eyes flickered with a complex expression. She put the half-head back in place.
Because, compared to before releasing the curse power, Bai Lianyue’s left hand could no longer truly be called a hand.
Although it still had the form of a “hand,” the structure of this hand was made up of eerie black liquid.
“Sure enough, using too much curse power destroys the humanoid form... This, probably won’t revert, will it?”
Bai Lianyue bitterly shook her head.
With that thought, she quickly shook her head and began tearing off the fabric of her long dress, using the torn white cloth as a bandage to wrap her left hand.
After all—
If she didn’t hide it,
The little ones would probably be scared...
No, wait!
She seemed to have realized something, and hurriedly shook her head, tiredly raising her hand to her forehead.
“What am I thinking?”
These children are just tools I use to stay awake, they’re not my daughters, I haven’t known them for long, why do I care so much about their feelings...
“Really, it feels... like my brain’s getting weird... always overflowing with some inexplicable emotions.”