Chapter 44: A Rou's Sacrifice! If I'm Not a Minotaur, Am I a Golden‑Fur Loser!

A dazzling red light suddenly spread from A Rou's forehead, forming a red aura that expanded instantly.

Where the red light passed, everything was tinged with blood color, and everything, at that moment, was frozen.

Roar—

Er Ming let out a roar, his whole body bursting with light, emitting a tawny glow that seemed about to surge upward, but Da Ming knocked him down with a hard tail swipe.

Da Ming's eyes were full of tears, restraining his younger brother from moving, while also suppressing the hatred in his own heart.

"Er Ming, stop! Don't let Aunt Rou die in vain! Think of Sister Xiao Wu! Aunt Rou still needs us to take good care of Sister Xiao Wu!"

These damned ferocious beasts! They only demand that they fulfill the soul beast's duties, yet when trouble arises they refuse to help them! What nonsense about the soul beast clan! Still trying to resist the Divine Realm, damn it! From now on, Da Ming and these so‑called ferocious beasts are at odds! Er Ming's crystal‑yellow eyes also shed tears piece by piece, a picture of a weeping ape that looks a bit comical; Er Ming harbors secret hatred, all because of these cunning damned humans! Roar—

Intense sorrow swept through the hearts of the two beasts; Da Ming and Er Ming involuntarily let out wails like landslides and tsunamis.

Everything was frozen; all things had become absolutely still within that red light, and Qian Renxue and the other two were immobilized by the red glow, even the roaring Da Ming and Er Ming had their mouths gaped, halted beside them.

The only thing that could move was the center of the red light.

A Rou's entire body had turned red, a crystal‑clear dark crimson; her clothes had turned to ash and vanished, revealing her perfect, translucent form, as clear as a ruby.

No one could see her, because at that instant even the surrounding people's consciousnesses were halted, including Qian Renxue, who was being sacrificed.

This is the power of the 190,000‑year‑old soul beast, the Soft‑bone Enchanting Rabbit, especially now that she has been burning her own life energy.

A Rou walked slowly to Qian Renxue's front, lightly appraising the human child who forced her to be sacrificed, and gently brushed her hand over Qian Renxue's face.

Qian Renxue's face was like finely carved white jade, pale and crystal clear. Her beautiful eyes resembled deep violet gems; her eyebrows were crescent moons, delicate and elegant, adding a touch of vigor to her visage, and her high nose bridge gave her profile a strong three‑dimensionality.

She exuded a noble and cold‑elegant aura, like a snow lotus atop an iceberg—refined and beautiful, yet one dares not defile her lightly.

What a beautiful human child, A Rou couldn't help but admire, her gaze tinged with regret; unfortunately, the soul beast and soul master stand on opposite sides, never able to coexist peacefully.

A red flame began to burn from A Rou's body; it was not ordinary fire but a highly unique blood flame, consuming A Rou's blood, life, and her 190,000‑year cultivation.

The blood flame grew stronger, gradually shifting from red to dark crimson, and A Rou's body faded in the process, becoming as transparent as increasingly clear red crystal.

All the red expanded into a massive opaque sphere that slowly contracted, enveloping A Rou and Qian Renxue.

At that moment, the absolute stillness generated by the massive red field began to wane, and the first to recover were the consciousnesses of everyone within its range. Qian Renxue's gaze refocused, staring dumbfounded at the naked A Rou, whose figure was quite good—does a soul‑beast sacrifice require stripping? Why didn't A Yin take off? Because she has a husband, she won't let the brothers see, right? Qian Renxue's mind raced with random thoughts; she had taken too much whale glue and was unwilling to release it, sometimes inevitably feeling sudden lust.

But Qian Renxue, holding her status as a future Angel God, could not succumb to desire! Fine, actually it's for her own aloof goddess persona; she's too embarrassed to hire a maid.

Bathed in the blood flame emanating from A Rou, Qian Renxue felt her whole body constantly receiving the sensation of bones regrowing, especially her waist and legs, as if being reshaped.

Her spirit seemed to have a soul‑out‑of‑body experience, entirely different from the feeling of being filled with life force during A Yin's sacrifice.

A sacrifice is not only offering one's life but also one's soul. For a soul master like Qian Renxue, who is below level 90, to absorb a 100,000‑year soul ring, the soul beast must, throughout the sacrifice, completely merge its own soul into that soul ring, giving itself wholly to Qian Renxue.

This is why, in the original work, after A Yin's sacrifice a living seed remained, whereas the seed left when sacrificing to Qian Renxue is truly a dead seed.

Because in the original, Tang Hao possessed sufficient bodily quality to house a 100,000‑year soul ring, A Yin did not need to fuse her own soul into Tang Hao's ninth soul ring; thus the seed containing A Yin's soul could revive, whereas when sacrificing to Qian Renxue she truly gave her soul as well.

In such a sacrifice, regardless of the sacrificed soul master's strength or whether they meet the level required for the soul ring, the fusion of the 100,000‑year soul ring will succeed absolutely. Only the soul master's level needs to reach the appropriate degree, after which they can continue to improve.

Thinking that way, Qian Renxue suddenly felt a bit like a minotaur! Damn it, if there's a bull, why not play!

No! Qian Renxue turned her head and thought, I'm Qian Renxue, I was originally a yellow‑mane! What's wrong with being a minotaur! If I don't become a minotaur, does that make me a golden‑fur loser!

Another novel experience: this sacrifice differs from the 100,000‑year blue‑silver emperor A Yin's; in the last sacrifice her body couldn't move, yet her mind was clearly unrestricted and normal.

But the 190,000‑year Soft‑bone Enchanting Rabbit's sacrifice even halted the mind for a while; one moment Qian Renxue's thoughts were still on the scene of negotiating with A Rou, the next moment A Rou was already before her, being sacrificed.

This is truly fascinating; the sacrifice truly holds endless mysteries!

Why the difference? Is it because A Rou is beast‑type while A Yin is plant‑type? Or because the Soft‑bone Enchanting Rabbit is a mental‑attribute soul beast, thus it also restricts the mind?

Qian Renxue believes she could write a whole book on sacrifice matters, certainly more valuable than the self‑proclaimed number‑one theorist Master Yu; after all, theories are just guesses, and no one knows sacrifice better than she does! A circle of leaping blood flame circled the two bodies, pulsing quietly. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue's soul power surged at an extremely terrifying speed.

Qian Daoliu and Jin E gazed dreamily at the dazzling sacrifice; no matter how many times one looks, it remains dazzlingly beautiful.

Qian Daoliu asked himself whether the soul‑beast race could also possess love; he had never considered this before, believing soul beasts were merely cruel beasts.

But within just two weeks he had already witnessed two voluntary soul‑beast sacrifices—once to protect a lover, once to protect a relative—so can the relationship between soul beasts and soul masters truly never change? (End of chapter)