Chapter 271

“Xi…” Mo Heng held Xi tightly and stroked her pale face tremblingly, “Why…” Why did she hurt herself like this? Did she love Zichun so much that she preferred to die with him?

Mo Heng held Xi tightly as if to integrate her into his bones and blood. He used up his strength and then felt Xi’s heart had stopped beating. Tears just ran down his cheeks uncontrollably.

“Xi…”

Staring at Mo Heng growling in pain, Jun Wuxie looked away with red eyes.

The four mythical creatures on the platform also looked away in grief. They had never seen their beast god lose control like this. It seemed that he was in deep love with Princess Xi. Unfortunately, she…

“Haha… Hahahaha…” Seeing that Xi killed herself, Liqing burst out laughing.

Hearing her laughter, Mo Heng put on a grim look and flew onto the platform with Xi in his arms. He seized Liqing by her throat, “What are you laughing about?” His voice was so piercingly cold that others just couldn’t breathe upon hearing it.

Liqing looked at Mo Heng’s fierce face. There was no fear but a smile on her face, “What are you laughing about?” Liqing turned her gaze to Xi in Mo Heng’s arms and cracked a smile of mockery, “I’m laughing about her stupidity.”

Mo Heng clenched his hand that seized Liqing by her throat. His amber eyes also turned red.

Seeming to feel that she was dying, Liqing felt flurried and tried hard to prise Mo Heng’s hand away, but Mo Heng’s hand just squeezed her throat tightly like a hawkbill.

Staring at Mo Heng’s ferocious eyes, Liqing said with difficulty, “Do you know… why she… hated you… so much?”

Hearing that, Mo Heng instantly loosened his grip.

Liqing took the opportunity to break free from Mo Heng’s grip and covered her neck with both hands, coughing heavily.

Mo Heng looked coldly at Liqing and waited for her answer instead of taking further action.

Liqing coughed for quite a while and finally felt her throat get better. She looked at Mo Heng and smiled with self-mockery, “You care about her indeed.” Just a few words about Xi could make him loosen his grip.

She knew that she was sure to die today, but before dying, she must voice out her thoughts. She didn’t want to die in confusion like Lou Xi.

Liqing stared at Mo Heng affectionately, her coquettish eyes full of love, “You know what, I’ve been in love with you for a long time.” It was so long that she couldn’t remember how long.

Hearing that, Mo Heng was poker-faced as if he didn’t hear Liqing’s words at all.

Liqing looked at Mo Heng’s poker face, her eyes darkening abruptly, “Why? Why don’t you like me? What’s wrong with me?” Her voice was melancholy and sad. He always ignored her and didn’t see how good she was. Maybe he didn’t remember what bad things she had done. If it weren’t because she had hurt Lou Xi today, maybe she couldn’t stand with him like this, face to face. She didn’t understand what was good about Lou Xi to make him so crazy.

“Why?” Mo Heng was annoyed at Liqing’s sad face. Whether she liked him or not had nothing to do with him. He only wanted to know the answer. He wanted to figure out why Xi suddenly hated him so much.

Hearing that, Liqing smiled with self-mockery again. Sure enough, he only cared about Xi. When she looked up again, there was no sorrow but complacency in her eyes, “Because she saw me and you making love in the Beast World.”

Mo Heng knitted his brows instantly, his eyes flickering. He seemed to think of something but it just flashed through his mind so fast that he couldn’t grasp it.

“Of course it was not the real you,” Liqing said and put on a self-mocking smile again, “He’s a lover of mine in the Monster World. He changed into your look. You know, we monsters are good at transforming. We bribed a servant in the Mo Palace to trick Lou Xi to come to the Western Hall and catch us making out. I also told her that she didn’t deserve to be your wife as she couldn’t have babies.”

“Shame on you.” Mo Heng struck a rush of black mysterious Qi at Liqing.

Liqing instantly flew out, slumped to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Mo Heng’s face was covered with fierceness. His eyes became red again. He clenched his fists so tightly that he seemed to crush his fists.

Liqing covered her chest and looked at Mo Heng, “Is it unbearable for you now? Yet, that can only break her heart but not make her hate you.”

“What else did you do?” Mo Heng glared at Liqing on the ground with red eyes. How many awful things had this damned woman done to hurt Xi?

Covering her chest, Liqing looked at Mo Heng and smiled feebly, “Well, I just disguised myself as you to capture Lou Xi, threaten Lou Che to order a retreat and then assassinate Lou Che in front of Lou Xi. Lou Xi had to watch Lou Che framed by us powerlessly…”

Before Liqing finished speaking, Mo Heng arrived in front of her with a flash and seized her by her throat, “You… deserve to die…”

Liqing’s throat was seized by Mo Heng again. She didn’t struggle again but looked at Mo Heng with a grin, “Actually, it’s you who indirectly caused Lou Che’s death. How could she not hate you?” Then, Liqing just laughed again.

“Ah…” Mo Heng directly roared and exerted more force.

Liqing felt it was harder to breathe and took another glance at Mo Heng before slowly closing her eyes. She didn’t regret what she had done. She found it worthwhile to be killed by him and thought, “Mo Heng, Lou Xi, if there’s an afterlife, let’s be stuck together again!”

In the end, Liqing directly vanished into ashes and faded away slowly.

Mo Heng held Xi tightly and stroked her pale face, his amber eyes full of self-accusation and grief, “I’m sorry. It’s all my fault…” His cold tears ran down Xi’s neck, but she didn’t feel them anymore.

Jun Wuxie and the four mythical creatures heard what Liqing said and finally took a tumble. All of this was due to the conspiracy set up by the woman due to jealousy. Her conspiracy not only made Lou Xi hate Mo Heng but also got Lou Che to die, let the Monster World occupy the Immortal World and also successfully pressed Lou Xi to kill herself. Liqing was such a malicious woman. However, although she had done so many things and made Lou Xi commit suicide, Mo Heng couldn’t like her. It was all her wishful thinking.

Everybody looked at Mo Heng crying his heart out and had complicated feelings. Love was the most complex thing in the world. A lot of people were trapped in love and hurt by love. Men always couldn’t escape honey traps. Even though Mo Heng was aloof, he would be trapped by love.

As a witness to what was happening here, Duanmu Xi had complicated feelings. If there weren’t so many misunderstandings, Xi wouldn’t feel hopeless. Her father and Zichun might not have died.

Her prelife was too young and the Heavenly Emperor was so protective of her that she would only feel sad upon encountering that kind of mishap. Maybe the fact that she couldn’t give birth made her too unconfident. Mo Heng also couldn’t express his feelings well. Thus, misunderstandings happened between them. They were immersed in sorrow instead of asking each other what had actually happened. They were supposed to be a loving couple, but they ended up becoming like this.

In the Heavenly Emperor’s Palace of the Immortal World.

The Monster King was sitting on Lou Che’s throne and harassing the maids who served him.

“Your Majesty…” A monster soldier rushed inside.

When the Monster King saw the soldier who broke in all of a sudden, his smiling face instantly darkened, “Who let you come inside? Get out.” How dared this damned soldier disturb his things?

The monster soldier immediately knelt in fear and reported, “Your… Your Majesty, bad news. We’ve been besieged?”

The Monster King arched his brows nonchalantly and turned around to harass the maid who served him, “What’s the rush? What about our soldiers? We have 100,000 soldiers. Who dares to get fresh with me?”

Upon seeing that the Monster King still had the mood to harass the maids, the monster soldier flew into a rage, “Your Majesty, our soldiers have been wiped out.” The monster soldier spoke of their current crisis frankly.

Hearing that, the Monster King got off the throne in shock.

The monster soldier immediately went forward to help the Monster King up, “Your Majesty, are you alright?”

“It’s impossible. How can it be…” The Monster King shook his head in shock and muttered. Then, he grabbed the monster soldier’s collar and shouted, “You’re lying right? How dare you lie to me!”

The monster soldier shivered in fear and swallowed, “I didn’t lie. It’s true. Our soldiers have been wiped out for real.”

The Monster King shook the monster soldier away in fury, “It’s impossible. I have 100,000 monster soldiers. Who can eliminate my 100,000 soldiers?”

The monster soldier fell to the ground heavily, but very quickly, he got up and knelt on the ground, “The Demonic World and the Beast World.”

“The Demonic World and the Beast World?” The Monster King felt shocked and a rush of deep fear instantly swept through him.

The monster soldier heard that and immediately hung his head, “The Beast World and the Demonic World, 200,000 soldiers in total, worked together to kill our 100,000 soldiers. Now, they’re besieging us outside the Heavenly Emperor’s Palace.”

The Monster King was astonished to hear that. Instantly, his forehead was covered with sweat. He looked at the monster soldier kneeling on the ground and said hurriedly, “Hurry. Go and find the princess.”

The monster soldier said in fear, “Your Majesty, the princess… has been killed by the beast god.”

The Monster King staggered two steps back in shock and slumped to the ground, mumbling, “How come? How come?”

While the Monster King was at a loss, the door was kicked open.

The moment the Monster King saw Mo Heng and Jun Wuxie break in, his face instantly turned pale.