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“What, you don’t recognize me?” Ruyi assumed that as the child had just woken up, his mind was momentarily confused and she rushed to say, “I’m Auntie Ruyi!”

“I know.” The boy stared at her steadily, “So what if you are?”

Ruyi was struck by the cold hostility in the child’s tone and looked at the tiny figure standing beside the edge of Cangwu Abyss, slightly confused: “What’s wrong, Sumo? Are you angry with me? I’m sorry for leaving you stranded alone in the Western Wasteland for so many years, tormented and bullied by those Kongsang people…”

She opened her arms and tried to embrace him, “But it’s all right now. I’m actually from the secret division of the Restoration Army, and the Elders asked me to bring you here for an encounter with the Dragon God, and to protect you along the way – no one will ever bully you again! Auntie will take good care of you from now, on behalf of your mother.”

“Taking care of me on behalf of my Ah-Niang?” The child murmured, a complicated expression suddenly appearing in his eyes.

Ruyi sighed and replied, “Since you have already reached our Restoration Army, you will now return home – just come back to the Mirror Lake camp with us and no one will ever dare to bully you again in the entire Yunhuang!”

As she spoke, she leaned forward, trying to reach out and embrace the thin child. In the next instant, however, her body jolted and almost froze – the child’s hand held a short blade, and without a sound, he raised his arm and slashed it against her heart!

“Stay away,” Sumo said in a cold tone as he grasped the short sword that had fallen on the grass at some point and poked it at Ruyi’s heart, fending off the woman who was trying to embrace him.

“Ruyi!” Jian Lin exclaimed in disbelief, hardly trusting his eyes. He was just about to move forward in a single stride when Ruyi swiftly raised her hand to stop him from doing so. Sumo looked at the fellow kinsmen in front of him with an extremely disgusted light in his eyes, “I warned you, don’t ever touch me again!”

“Sumo, you… what happened to you?” Ruyi’s arms stiffened and she stared at the child incredulously, muttering, “We are your people and have come here to help you!”

“Help me? You just want to find the Ocean Emperor to whom you belong, don’t you?” The child’s thin wrist gripped the short sword, not retreating a single inch, his eyes in full wariness, “You want to take me to the big camp of the Restoration Army? Heh… there are three old men there, and while I was unconscious, I heard them talking…”

At this point, the child sneered, “If the Dragon God won’t save me, then I’m not the one you’re looking for and you don’t have to care if I live or die – is that correct?”

“…” In that moment, both Jian Lin and Ruyi winced in silence.

Unexpectedly, this child pretended to be unconscious and eavesdropped on the conversations of the leaders of the Restoration Army in the Mirror Lake camp, and remained silent all the way! How could such a young child have such a deep mind?

“How could I leave you behind? I promised Yuji that I will take care of you.” Ruyi exclaimed eagerly, trying to calm the sword-rattling child, “Besides, since you are now the Ocean Emperor approved by the Dragon God, the elders will surely treat you well – Sumo, come back with me and you will be our Emperor!”

The child, however, shook his head in disdain, “I don’t want to be your emperor.”

“What?” Jian Lin and Ruyi exclaimed in astonishment at the same time.

Such a short sentence was like a lightning bolt that instantly knocked the people who heard it into purgatory.

What is this child talking about? He said that he did not want to become the Ocean Emperor? Since the fall of the Sea Kingdom, all the sharks have been waiting for the Sea Emperor for seven thousand years; and now after seven thousand years, the reincarnated Sea Emperor is saying that he is not willing to be their leader?

This… How could this happen?

“I hate it when people treat me like goods to be bought and sold – whether it’s to be bought as a slave, or to be sold as an emperor.” The child’s tone was light and cold, looking at the two fellow clansmen in front of him with sharp malice in his eyes, “Heh… you Restoration Army, after all, what’s the difference between you and those damned Kongsang people?”

After a pause, the child shook his head gently, “No, some Kongsang people, they are still even a little better than you.”

“No! It’s not like that!” Ruyi exclaimed eagerly, “What makes you think that? How can the people of Kongsang be better than your kinsmen? Are you completely insane?”

“Of course I’m not insane,” Sumo’s eyes were jaded and disgusted, “it’s you all who are out of your minds.”

Ruyi and Jian Lin were both stunned, rendered speechless.

Many years had passed, but she could still remember how that child looked when he was locked in the cage, thin and desolate, like a small beast. It has been many years since she last saw him, and this child has suffered so much along the way that it is no wonder he has turned into this gloomy and precocious creature that he is today, holding a sword in his hand and uttering such harsh words to her!

“How can you not trust your Auntie Ru? Hurry and come back with us!” Ruyi’s heart ached and, ignoring the short sword still resting against her heart, she tried to reach out and embrace him – yes, she refused to believe that the boy would actually kill anyone, and no matter what, she couldn’t let him go!

Yet at the sight of her desperate attempt, Sumo’s face changed and the hostility in his eyes increased!

“Get out of the way!” The child gritted his teeth, and the sword in his hand actually refused to withdraw.

With a sharp thud, the tip of the sword pierced through Ruyi’s skin, however, while the Yecheng flower girl’s face sank in pain, she defied all odds in her determination to hold the child in her arms, even at the risk of being pierced through her heart!

Suddenly, in that moment of impending death, a gust of wind rushed from behind his ears and landed fiercely on the back of Sumo’s head.

The child uttered an awkward gasp with a shocked expression of hatred in his eyes, wavered and finally collapsed.

Jian Lin moved to rescue the situation by striking in the nick of time and resolutely struck Sumo down. He snatched the short blade from the child’s hand and took a brief glance at it – it was a short fencing blade, the tip of which was already stained with crimson blood. He couldn’t help but take a sharp breath of cold air and whispered, “That was close! This little guy, he really was trying to kill you… But also, Ruyi, how could you be so careless?”

“No, we can’t afford to lose him,” Ruyi murmured, shaking all over unsure if the ache was coming from within her heart or her wounded flesh, “Jian Lin, we must not lose this child!”

“I know,” replied Jian Lin, who was a fighter and ruthless in his actions, not at all like Ruyi who was so emotional and gentle, as he leaned down and lifted up the knocked off child, tying both his hands and feet all together, “so don’t talk too much to him, just let’s hurry up and take this little one back.”

“Just be gentle,” Ruyi looked distressed, “don’t hurt him!”

Jian Lin sharply tied up Sumo, picked up everything scattered on the ground, including the bundle of flesh sealed by the Dragon God, and put it back into his traveling pouch, then turned to Ruyi, “Now we go back and let the elders try to persuade him! Our duty is done – it’s not safe here, it’s best to leave as soon as possible.”

“Good.” Ruyi finally came back to her senses and reached for Sumo, placing him on her back and putting the fleshy creature inside the pouch along with him; she took over all the burden, making it easy for Jian Lin to have both hands free to handle the sword for any unforeseen circumstances along the way.

The two of them turned away from the Abyss of Cangwu and travelled back through the Nightmare Forest.

By the time they returned, it was already completely dark. Strange noises were echoing all over the evil forest. The Female Loh were writhing under the earth, spying on the group, eager to attack. Jian Lin led the way with the sword in his hand, and Ruyi followed closely behind with Sumo on her back, moving forward warily.

“Strange,” whispered Jian Lin, “those things are still following us.”

“What’s going on?” Ruyi was also a little puzzled – these tormented and fallen sharks were not supposed to attack their own people, so why were they still bitterly pursuing them on the path?

They remained alert throughout the journey and thankfully escaped unscathed.

However, as they were about to emerge unharmed from the forest, the child in Ruyi’s arms woke up and, upon realizing that he had been restrained, he started to resist fiercely, like a trapped beast.

“Stop struggling,” Ruyi sighed, “and come back with us to the Mirror Lake camp.”

“No! I’m not going back with you!” Sumo wrestled and snapped, “Let go of me!”

The child’s efforts were weak and not very effective. However, in that moment an extraordinary thing happened: just as he shouted the words “let me go”, the whole forest trembled.

When he shouted “Let go” for the second time, as if receiving an order, all the Female Loh in the depths of the forest let out an overwhelming scream and suddenly rushed towards him from all directions!

“Holy Heavens…” Ruyi exclaimed in disbelief, alerting Jian Lin, “Watch out!”

The forest looked as if it was frantically moving, turning ghastly white as all the hibernating Female Loh charged at them at the same time! A silver-haired maiden Loh rose up defiantly to attack them both, reaching out with her long, thin hands, severing the bindings with her sharp nails and snatching the child from her arms!

Despite their desperate struggle, Ruyi and Jian Lin were unable to make a path through the overwhelming number of female Loh. As if ordered by someone, once she grabbed Sumo, she immediately dashed towards the Green Water with the child in her arms, sinking into the depths and disappearing like a swimming mermaid, never to be seen again.

As Sumo cried out for help, countless female Loh frantically jumped in to fetch him away. A pair of pale hands rose from the water and lifted the skinny child up, diving towards the depths of the crystal waters and carrying him away like a tiny child on a white lotus leaf.

The leading silver-haired female Loh stared at Sumo, trembling slightly from excitement and unable to speak.

Is this… the legendary Ocean Emperor? But can such a weak child, who cannot even protect himself, carry that kind of burden on his shoulders in the future?

“Let go of me…” the child struggled feebly.

As if by an incantation, after these three words were spoken, the countless vine like arms instantly loosened. Sumo emerged drifting through the green water, his long blue hair floating like the ocean algae, looking at the demon fiends around him with a wary and distrustful expression. As soon as he moved, the countless ghastly white arms around him swung with him, like a forest surrounding, forbidding him to leave.

The child glanced at the strange group of kinsmen in front of him with doubt in his eyes and suddenly asked, “Do you… also want to snatch me back and make me into your emperor?”

“Of course not.” The lead silver haired female Loh was stunned for a moment, “You have just given us an order to get you free from those two sharks – so we obeyed you. That’s all.”

“Is that so?” The child remained silent, as if contemplating whether what the strange creatures were saying was true, and half a moment later, suddenly shook his head, “No, that’s not true. Then why did you attack Auntie Ru on our way here? I didn’t give any orders to attack them at that time…”

“You didn’t? We obviously heard your summons at that moment!” The silver-haired female Loh was clearly taken aback too, “I heard you say that you wanted us to kill them both, so I acted against my will – how else would we have suddenly attacked a fellow clan member?”

“Nonsense.” Sumo frowned, “How could I possibly let you kill Auntie Ru?”

“But we clearly heard it…”

“Heh heh.” While the two of them were arguing, a thin sneer suddenly echoed from the surface of the water. The silver-haired female Loh turned around swiftly and spotted a rectangular pouch floating on the surface of the green water, unknown to her. Inside the sack, a face so tiny that could barely be an inch in size was revealed, showing off an eerie smile.

In that instant, Sumo released a loud cry of shock and his entire body curled up.

The fetus! The flesh that had been cut out of his body had actually floated up from the water!

“What is this thing?” Stunned, the silver-haired female Loh reached out and scooped up the bundle, inspecting it, “Is this… a little puppet?”

With a chill in his heart, Sumo suddenly understood: yes, the voice that the female Loh had heard just now did not come from him, but from this bizarre little thing… the dead fetus, the twin of evil in front of him! Moreover, the Dragon God said that for the rest of his life it would haunt him like a nightmare.

“This is mine,” Sumo cleft his hand and fetched the pouch, staring at the silver-haired female Loh, but his tone remained hostile, “but tell me… why should you take orders from me?”

“Because you are recognized by the Dragon God as the Ocean Emperor!” The silver-haired female Loh bowed respectfully and replied, “How can all sharks, whether living or dead, not obey the commands of the Sea Emperor?”

“The Sea Emperor?” A puzzled look appeared on the child’s face, and after a pause, however, he inquired, “Then you will all really listen to my words?”

“Yes.” The silver haired female Loh replied resolutely, “No matter what the order is.”

Sumo frowned, “What if I want to leave? Will you let me go?”

“Of course. How can we dare to challenge your authority?” The silver-haired woman nodded with the same unwavering determination, “We’ll do whatever you desire; we’ll take you wherever you want to go.”

“Is that so?” There was a glimpse of joy on the child’s face, and after a moment of hesitation, he exclaimed, “I don’t want to go back to the Mirror Lake camp. I… want to go to Yecheng.”

“Good, everything is at your command.” The silver-haired female Loh took the instruction without a second thought, and immediately added, “We can escort you to the floating platform crossings in Restwind County, that is as far as we female Loh can reach – we were sealed in Jiuyi by a forbidden spell by the Kongsang people when we were alive, and cannot venture too far from here.”

“There is no need for you to follow,” Sumo shook his head, still showing a hint of wariness, “send me to the floating crossing and I will go back on my own.”

“Alright then.” The female Loh chief nodded and glanced at the skinny child, but couldn’t help asking, “But… what are you going to do in Yecheng? There has just been a siege of the Restoration Army there, and it is very unsafe for the sharks.”

“I must go back.” The child shook his head and raised his eyes in the distance over the green water while whispering, “I have been out for so long… I can’t let my sister worry any longer.”

Sister? The leader of the female Loh was slightly surprised, but held back and refrained from asking.

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