Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress-Chapter 375 : She Can Kill Anyone, but She Can’t Make a Move on Her

Chapter 375 - She Can Kill Anyone, but She Can't Make a Move on Her

Hu Shan's group stared blankly at Luo Ruying, who stood tall in mid-air, her immortal bearing graceful and vibrant.

This was the first time they had seen Luo Ruying make a move.

This terrifying might that could split the heavens and open the earth was no less fearsome than when the Demon Lord acted!

Luo Ruying gracefully sheathed her Luo Shen Celestial Sword, looking at Ning Yechen with a smug and proud expression.

The her of today was no longer the Luo Ruying who always needed his protection!

"My wife, good sword~"

Ning Yechen said with a smile, lightly clapping in praise.

"Hmph~"

"As long as you know how powerful I am, Husband~"

Hearing Ning Yechen's praise, Luo Ruying's delicate nose instantly tilted up even higher.

After a delayed reaction, she felt in her heart that Ning Yechen's words didn't quite sound like praise for her...?

Luo Ruying couldn't help but furrow her brows again, flashing before him and staring at him intently.

"Husband, were those words just now meant to praise me?"

"Of course, it was heartfelt praise for my wife's beautiful and heroic bearing~"

"Surely my wife doesn't think I was cursing you, right?"

Ning Yechen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He reached out, wrapped his arm around Luo Ruying's slender waist, and drew close to assure her.

Luo Ruying's cheeks flushed slightly. She pressed against Ning Yechen's chest, gave him an utterly charming and coquettish eye-roll, and a knowing smile appeared on her lips.

"My wife, perfect timing. I have something to tell you."

Ning Yechen, holding Luo Ruying's waist, drew close to her ear and whispered something.

Hearing this, Luo Ruying was greatly shocked, her face a mask of disbelief.

Her gaze couldn't help but shift towards Xiyao in the distant crowd.

"Th-Is this true, Husband...?"

Ning Yechen nodded with great certainty.

And just at this moment, the ground beneath the feet of Hu Shan's group suddenly seemed to melt, turning into a mire that sank their feet deep into the earth!

By the time everyone realized something was wrong and tried to pull their feet out, it was already too late.

The surrounding area for ten thousand li had all turned into a swamp!

Some of the massive beast leaders were soon sunk deep up to their waists, completely unable to move!

"It's the Bone-Burying Swamp! Get off the ground, quick!"

Hu Shan recognized the swamp formation at a glance, hurriedly leaped into the air, and warned the crowd around him.

Hearing Hu Shan's words, everyone leaped into the air to take refuge.

But those people and demonic beasts who were a step too slow could only sink into the swamp bit by bit.

No matter how they struggled, their bodies only sank deeper, the swamp's grip tightening!

In the end, they could only be completely swallowed by the swamp in despair and terror!

Some people tried to stand in the air and use their spiritual energy or directly reach out to pull others up, but they found it was as if someone else were pulling from below; they just couldn't pull anyone out of the swamp.

"Hold on, I'll get you out right now!" One person said, pulling his friend and trying to comfort him.

The friend's face showed his gratitude, but the next second, his expression suddenly changed. His eyes widened, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth…!

D-Dead?! How did he die so suddenly…?

The man was greatly shocked and hurriedly leaned down to check. But just then, a long tongue suddenly shot out from the swamp, pierced straight through his body, and pulled him down into the mire!

"Enemy attack! There's an enemy attack!"

"There's someone under the swamp!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

Soon, more and more long tongues shot out from the swamp, and one person after another in the air was dragged down.

Seeing these sharp, long tongues, Hu Shan immediately understood who the opponent was.

"It's the Toad Clan! Everyone be careful, don't get near the swamp!"

Hu Shan shouted to the crowd, slicing through several attacking tongues with his sword.

The newcomers were conspicuously the Toad Clan, one of the two remaining great clans under the Dragon Emperor!

Only the Toad Clan could spit out such sharp, long tongues and move freely in a swamp!

This Bone-Burying Swamp was probably prepared in advance by the Toad Clan and the Spider Clan, working together.

The Toad Clan lived in swamps year-round. They could come and go as they pleased within them and could also walk casually on their surface.

One could say the swamp was their battlefield. In a swamp, not many clans dared to proactively provoke the Toad Clan!

Hu Shan's group cast spells, smashing them into the swampy ground. The surface only splashed a little mud. Other than that, there was not the slightest ripple.

If it had been an ordinary swamp, it would have been blown open by one of their attacks long ago. However, this Bone-Burying Swamp was maintained by a formation; it was not an ordinary swamp.

Their attacks had little effect.

And just at this moment, waves of greenish poison fog were spat out from the swamp. The poison fog quickly spread, obscuring everyone's vision.

Anyone who smelled the poison fog soon felt dizzy, began to vomit and have diarrhea, and at the same time felt a sense of suffocation!

"It's the swamp's poison fog!"

"And marsh gas!"

"Everyone, don't light any fires!"

"Use wind to disperse the poison fog and marsh gas!"

The crowd, sensing the corrosion of the poison fog, immediately began to cast spells to disperse the fog and gas around them.

If the entire marsh gas were to explode, the area for ten thousand li around might be razed to the ground! The Toad Clan intended to trap and eliminate them all at once!

While everyone was busy defending against the poison and dispersing the marsh gas, the members of the Toad Clan, lurking beneath the swamp, also leaped out one after another with sharp blades and launched a surprise attack!

The Toad Clan was extremely cunning. If a sneak attack failed, they would immediately dive back into the swamp, disappearing without a trace. When everyone was off guard, they would leap out from all directions again.

The surroundings were filled with people busy fighting, the scene a total chaos.

However, this chaotic scene was a good opportunity for her…!

Xiyao's eyes hardened, her gaze secretly glancing at Luo Hongye, who was lying on Erxia's back beside her.

She had been following them closely recently but couldn't find a suitable opportunity to make a move. At this moment, they were not far from the Beast Emperor's Imperial Palace. If she didn't act now, she would have no more chances…!

Coincidentally, Ning Yechen and Luo Ruying had not yet returned, and she didn't know where Yue Qingyou had gone. Right now, there was no one around who could stop her!

But for some reason, a trace of hesitation arose in her heart…

If I take this child away, wouldn't she be just like me, having also lost her mother…

Moreover, Luo Hongye was different from her; her mother doted on her so much…

And Luo Ruying and Luo Hongye had been very good to her these past few days. It was a feeling of being cared for that she had never experienced before…

Xiyao's brows furrowed tightly, her expression one of extreme conflict.

Just then, a member of the Toad Clan leaped high from the swamp, spitting a sharp blade wrapped around its tongue, attacking Luo Hongye from behind!

Erxia sensed it and was about to act when Xiyao's expression turned cold. She raised a hand and directly crushed the Toad Clan guard in mid-air!

This is the child Mother wants; she cannot be harmed!

However, the moment she acted, she had exposed herself.

Erxia turned its head, its expression surprised and vigilant as it stared at Xiyao.

Xiyao hesitated for a moment. Finally, after one last look at Luo Hongye's petite and cute back, she turned and left quietly without a word.

No… I can kill anyone, but I can't make a move on her…

By the time Luo Hongye noticed and turned around, she found that Xiyao was gone. She called out sweetly to her surroundings:

"Mmm… Big Sister Xi…?”