Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 695 - 696: Gradually Thawing Ice

In the eastern part of the Cold Winter Forest, inside Yumo’s beloved villa.

Liyu, who was in charge of housekeeping, was currently standing on the villa’s balcony with her hands on her hips, looking arrogantly proud. In front of Liyu was a massive group of abyssal demons, numbering in the tens of thousands. These once brutal and cruel Abyssal Demons were now obedient students, quietly listening to Teacher Liyu’s instruction.

Clearly,

Teacher Liyu’s Abyssal Demon class was in session once again.

Here, the young Abyssal Demons would learn how to hunt humans, how to counter human attacks, cooking skills, and how to more effectively extract nutrients from humans, among other essential knowledge.

As the saying goes, when the cat’s away, the mice will play.

In the past, to avoid being discovered by her kin, Liyu’s classes were always held secretly deep in the forest. But now? With her kin out, Liyu, unrestrained, expanded her class significantly, even capturing some human scouts wandering outside the forest.

To be used in practical lessons for the young Abyssal Demons.

Liyu spared no effort in educating the Abyssal Demons.

However, seeing the Abyssal Demons learning so attentively, Liyu was very satisfied, nodding repeatedly and casually throwing a human corpse she had just dissected towards the Abyssal Demons below. Instantly, the Abyssal Demons let out ghostly howls and shrieks, tearing and devouring the corpse in the blink of an eye.

After consuming this food, the Abyssal Demons let out cheerful cheers of pleasure.

Of course,

While the Abyssal Demons were happy, the few human survivors hanging in mid-air by Liyu couldn’t feel the same way. Watching their companions being tortured and devoured, their hearts collapsed in despair, continuously wailing and begging the silver-haired girl for mercy.

Unfortunately, for these humans who had offended her home, Liyu was unlikely to feel any sympathy.

"So noisy... Well, let’s finish this in one go. Next, I’ll teach the Abyssal Demons how to quickly and efficiently take a life."

Thinking this, a sharp blade of wind slowly formed in Liyu’s palm.

Seeing this, the survivors started to wail and struggle frantically.

But with their meridians destroyed by Liyu, their struggles were futile.

However,

Just as Liyu was about to act, a blue-golden light suddenly flickered beside her.

The next moment,

A girl with dazzling blue-golden gradient hair, surrounded by thick water vapor, floated in front of Liyu. This girl was undoubtedly Shuoyue, who was tasked with housekeeping alongside Liyu,

"Shuoyue? What’s wrong? Why the rush?"

"Sister Liyu! It’s bad, the... the ice in the northern part has collapsed. Several old guys are missing, aaaaahhhhhhh!!"

"Really? How, how could this happen?"

"Yes! Sister Liyu, you have to come and see with me quickly!"

...

Under Shuoyue’s urging, Liyu had no choice but to pause her class midway. After dispersing the wind blade in her hand, she spread her wings, took Shuoyue’s hand, and flew rapidly towards the north. This left behind a large group of confused Abyssal Demons and a few equally baffled human survivors.

"Are we... saved? Not... not going to die for now?"

Seeing the demon flying away, the surviving humans suddenly felt a sense of relief from a narrow escape. Without a second thought, they began to mobilize their internal powers to heal their battered bodies, trying to recover their strength quickly, to break free from the bindings imposed by the devil girl and escape this dreadful forest.

At that moment, a flicker of hope ignited in their hearts.

However,

Before the hope could flourish, several wind blades struck from afar, instantly cutting the ropes that bound them.

Then,

These human survivors fell from the sky with bewildered faces,

Waiting for them below was a group of Abyssal Demon students, hungry after Liyu’s lesson.

—— "These guys, I give them to you." ——

Liyu’s voice drifted from afar.

As soon as the words fell,

Blood splattered everywhere. The human survivors didn’t even have time to scream before being engulfed by the black tide...

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On the other side,

After a period of rapid flight, Liyu and Shuoyue arrived at the ice field in the northernmost part of the Cold Winter Forest. In the extreme north ice field, due to its harsh natural conditions, almost no creatures lived there. Abyssal Demons could survive, but due to the ’food’ migrating south, it was rare to see Abyssal Demons in the ice field.

Enveloped in emerald-colored shadow power, the giant shadow soaring in the high sky quickly shrank into the form of a human girl and gently landed on the ground.

After taking in the scene before her, Liyu, who had been calm until now, suddenly showed an incredulous expression. Her emerald eyes sharply contracted, filled with a deep sense of shock and disbelief.

"What exactly happened?"

At this moment,

In front of Liyu, the originally flat ice surface now had a huge pit nearly a hundred meters in radius, with a dark and bottomless abyss below. To Liyu, such a large pit was nothing new, as her interactions with her sisters often resulted in such terrifying craters.

But the problem was that this pit appeared in the extreme north ice field. Beneath this land, numerous irrational and terrifying monsters were frozen!

Those monsters seemed to be from the same era as Youlan, all very ancient Abyssal Demons.

But those creatures were crazed, far more uncontrollable than Youlan, often regarded by their kin as difficult children. That’s why these so-called ’predecessors’ were originally frozen in the northern plains.

And now? The ice field cracked open, and the monsters that should have been frozen inside were nowhere to be seen. This was undoubtedly a very serious problem.

Liyu was relatively calm.

Following behind the silver-haired girl, Shuoyue paced back and forth, sometimes twirling her hair and biting her fingers. Clearly, Shuoyue’s heart was enveloped in anxious emotions.

"What to do, what to do... What should we do! Mommy will be so angry if she finds out!!"

As one of the obedient children in Yumo’s eyes, Shuoyue’s usual goal was to maintain her image as a cute, sensible, and reliable child.

When leaving the Winter Forest, Yumo entrusted the task of guarding the forest and the extreme northern ice field to the two sisters.

Unexpectedly, just a few months after Mommy’s departure, several monsters had disappeared?! Right under her own watch, these Abyssal Demons had somehow broken free from their ice seals and escaped?!

’Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!’

’What if Mommy finds out?’

’How will she view me afterward?!’

’She’ll surely think of me as an unreliable child!’

’I definitely don’t want to be seated at the same table as Limo and the others during meals, aaaaahhhhhhh!!’

Holding her head, Shuoyue internally roared in a frenzy. Just thinking about her Mommy’s disappointed eyes and the impending stern reprimand, her fragile little heart felt like it was hit by a million-ton blow, completely shattered. At this moment, due to excessive anxiety, tears began to well up in her blue-golden eyes.

Feeling helpless, Shuoyue, like she did a hundred years ago when she was still a child, pitifully grabbed the sleeve of Liyu, who was standing beside her, and started seeking help from her sister:

"Sister Liyu, what should we do... please think of something, sister wuw..."

While tugging, perhaps due to excessive force, Liyu’s sleeve was torn off by Shuoyue.

However,

Shuoyue apparently didn’t stop there but continued to grab Liyu’s skirt.

Seeing this, Liyu’s eyebrows twitched, and she hurriedly grabbed her own skirt, fearing that Shuoyue might tear off the entire dress. Unlike her sister Limo, Liyu did have a sense of shame.

"Hey! Calm down! Stop tugging at my clothes!"

’If you keep pulling? I’ll end up streaking!’

"Wuuaah..."

However, facing Liyu’s scolding, Shuoyue only showed a pitiful expression. As for letting go? Shuoyue showed no sign of releasing her grip.

Liyu could only sigh helplessly.

Her sister, although usually quite clever, becomes as clueless as a child when panicked, her intelligence plummeting.

Helplessly, Liyu gently and carefully patted Shuoyue’s head.

"It’s okay, little sister, don’t worry. Mommy won’t blame us."

"Really? really?"

"Of course"

"But, we... the ice seal has been broken, how could Mommy not be angry..."

"Because the ice seal was released by Mommy herself. Those ancient creatures were awakened by Mommy’s bloody butterflies... and after waking up, they just burrowed away from underground."

Feeling the familiar shadow power residue on the ice wall, Liyu explained seriously.

As she spoke, Liyu’s eyes slightly narrowed, a sense of indescribable concentration and unease gradually appearing on her tender face.

Indeed,

They wouldn’t be scolded by Yumo for the ice seal being broken...

But,

’Mommy’s bloody butterflies could silently fly to the extreme northern ice field? Does that also mean... that whatever we secretly did in the forest while Mommy was away, could also have been observed by her...’

Thinking this, Liyu suddenly turned pale.

Her hand no longer tugged at Shuoyue, but instinctively covered her own little butt...

’For some reason…’

’I have an ominous premonition’