Chapter 2: Rebirth Starting from an Embryo

Xi Luo was one of the mountain gods of Cloud Dream Mountain.

As the most famous hundred peaks in the Southern Chu region,

its mountain gods and river gods were not exactly as numerous as ox hairs, but they certainly emerged in endless succession.

In fact, nearly every moment saw new mountain gods and river gods being born within the Hundred Peaks.

Creatures living in this territory could also witness the fall of some mountain god or river god at any time.

Xi Luo counted herself among the luckier of these mountain gods.

This was because the Flying Peak she governed lay far from the main mountain range and close to human villages, a place where most mountain gods and river gods were unwilling to stay.

After all, compared to the simple spirits within the mountains, the human species was simply too complex.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, most deities in this world were unwilling to have excessive contact with humans.

Due to her own experiences, the curiosity-rich Xi Luo was considered an outlier among the mountain gods.

Yet even such a Xi Luo had been thoroughly frightened not long ago.

This was because, just recently, an old man who appeared to be human had emerged within Xi Luo's territory and engaged in battle with a small golden sword.

The final result was that the strange old man was pierced through the chest by the golden small sword and fell into the Black Cloud Marsh near Flying Peak.

As for that golden small sword?

It drilled into the body of a pregnant human woman, seemingly intending to use her fetus to be reborn.

To speak honestly, though Xi Luo had lived for nearly a thousand years and counted herself among the more knowledgeable mountain gods,

she had never witnessed such a situation before.

The strange old man need not be mentioned further.

Ever since he fell into Black Cloud Marsh, a toxic mist had begun to emanate from him.

Let alone ordinary mountain beasts, even mountain gods and river gods were reluctant to approach that place.

As for the sword embryo that had killed the old man, it was even more outrageous.

That golden small sword clearly possessed self-awareness.

It wished to use a human fetus to be reborn, yet it completely did not understand how to protect its own divine soul.

Xi Luo watched with her own eyes as, after drilling into the pregnant woman's body, the golden small sword dimmed in brilliance and quietly gathered dust.

This meant that the golden small sword was having its past memories erased, completely merging with the fetus inside the pregnant woman.

【So it's just a fool who understands nothing?】

Transforming into a red lynx and leaping onto the roof beam, Xi Luo offered this assessment.

Yet, looking at the increasingly weakening pregnant woman, a nameless pity inevitably arose in the depths of Xi Luo's heart.

Xi Luo knew that pregnant woman and could clearly see the love she held for the child in her womb.

More crucially, Xi Luo noticed that the sword embryo was reducing its own demand for nutrients, attempting to save its mother in this way.

Regrettably, even though the pregnant woman's husband was the village's most outstanding hunter,

given their current living conditions, they simply could not support a true "divine fetus."

In this era where eating depended entirely on heaven, it was already a monumental challenge for normal people to eat their fill.

If nothing unexpected happened, before that infant was born,

this pregnant woman would die along with her child due to insufficient nutrition.

"No, I'm afraid it cannot wait until that time..."

Suddenly turning its head, Xi Luo cast its gaze toward the outside of the house.

Near the fence outside, a starving beast was quietly approaching the house.

Xi Luo recognized that beast; it was called an Earth Mole.

It was a large goat with four horns, possessing the habit of hunting other creatures, and humans were precisely part of its menu.

Under normal circumstances, although the Earth Mole had the habit of eating humans, it rarely approached villages where humans gathered.

However, ever since his wife became pregnant,

the hunter, in order to nourish the fetus and ensure his wife's safety, had begun venturing deep into the mountains to hunt various animals.

This directly led to a decrease in the Earth Mole's food supply, forcing it to risk coming near the human village to hunt.

As for why it had chosen the hunter's wife?

Based on Xi Luo's understanding of Earth Moles, this was most likely no coincidence.

For although Earth Moles did not possess intelligence as high as humans, they had an extremely strong sense of vengeance.

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At the same time, Li Li Boyang, within the pregnant woman's womb, suddenly opened his three eyes.

【What is that thing?】

Under the insight of the heavenly eye in his brow, Li Li Boyang vaguely saw the Earth Mole not far away emitting a scarlet aura.

That was the qi of blood and slaughter, as well as a certain sense of crisis mixed with hostility.

Rustle, rustle...

Before Li Li Boyang could continue to discern the true form of that hostility,

the Earth Mole could no longer wait; it leaped into the small courtyard, smashed through the door, and emitted its unique, sharp cry.

"Baa!"

The moment the Earth Mole let out its cry, it inevitably alarmed the others in the village.

Amidst shouts and roars, the able-bodied men remaining in the village rushed out immediately, then signaled the elderly, weak, women, and children to hide quickly.

Situations like this, where a fierce beast entered the village, basically occurred once every period of time.

The villagers could now only pray that the fierce beast entering the village this time would not be too vicious, yet in their hearts, they had already passed a death sentence on the person targeted by the beast.

"Get out! Don't come any closer!"

Contrary to Li Li Boyang's expectations, when the Earth Mole burst into the room,

his mother in this life suddenly rose to her feet and roared with a volume that was in no way inferior to the creature's.

Since this scene was truly too unexpected,

even the Earth Mole, the one who started it all, couldn't help but freeze in a daze.

Seizing that instant of the creature's stupor, Li Li Boyang's mother, without hesitation, grabbed a pair of scissors from the bedside and hurled them viciously at the target.

"Baa!"

Seeing this, the Earth Mole, finally snapping back to its senses, immediately lunged forward ferociously.

The pair of scissors thrown by Li Li Boyang's mother didn't even touch the Earth Mole; it was simply slapped to the ground by the creature's palm.

"You beast! I'll fight you to the death!"

Perhaps it was her nature, or perhaps it was the strength that comes from being a mother...

Li Li Boyang's mother was seen protecting her abdomen with one hand while snatching up a broken arrow from nearby with the other, driving it fiercely into the Earth Mole.

In a hunter's home, broken arrows were nothing rare.

"Baa!"

A trace of human-like contempt flashed in its eyes.

The Earth Mole dodged with effortless ease, successfully evading Li Li Boyang's mother's attack.

The next second, the Earth Mole opened its blood-filled maw, clearly intending to bite the opponent's head off in one gulp.

Whoosh!

In a flash of lightning, a beam of golden light flashed across Li Li Boyang's mother's abdomen.

Immediately following was a pale white light that enveloped Li Li Boyang's mother's entire body.

"Ah!"

Completely unaware of what had happened,

Li Li Boyang's mother's eyes rolled back, and she instantly fainted.

The Earth Mole, realizing the danger, instinctively stepped back, a trace of terror flashing in its eyes.

However, the white light rising from the surface of Li Li Boyang's mother's body did not relent; like a sharp blade, it instantly burst forth from her body.

Swish!

In an instant, the Earth Mole, unable to react in time, had its head severed by the white light.

All that remained were its wide-open eyes, filled with shock and unwillingness, and its corpse billowing with thick blood mist.

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