Transmigrated As A Cannon Fodder Sacrifice, I Tricked An Evil God Into Becoming My Live-In Husband - Chapter 8

Boom!

Another pitch-black Void Beam slammed into the golden shield.

The shield shuddered violently, its radiance visibly dimming as a web of fine cracks spread across its surface.

Zhuohuo’s body trembled, a trickle of golden divine bl00d seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Behind him, Zheng Qiuyu’s heart clenched painfully.

The Void Devouring Beast’s attacks grew increasingly frenzied, a reckless onslaught of destruction.

The defensive barrier Zhuohuo had erected with his divine power teetered on the brink of collapse.

Zheng Qiuyu clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms, the sharp pain keeping her tethered to the last vestiges of clarity.

As she watched the rampaging behemoth outside, the absurd suspicion that had taken root in her mind only intensified.

Every attack meticulously avoided her.

Even the residual energy of the strikes twisted and dissipated the instant it neared her body.

This Ferocious Beast was truly protecting her.

This couldn’t continue.

At this rate, Zhuohuo would be drained to death.

She had to try something.

Steel resolve hardened Zheng Qiuyu’s heart as she made a reckless decision.

She took a deep breath and abruptly broke free from the absolute safety zone behind Zhuohuo.

She took a small step forward.

Just one small step.

But that single step instantly paused the entire raging world.

The earth-shattering attacks ceased abruptly.

The deafening roars vanished into thin air.

The mountain-sized beast froze mid-motion, its frenzied movements suspended in mid-air.

Its hundreds of crimson compound eyes swiveled in unison, fixing their gaze on Zheng Qiuyu as she stepped out of the protective circle.

All traces of fury, savagery, and murderous intent vanished in an instant, replaced by an overwhelming sense of confusion.

It was as if a machine executing a command had suddenly received a completely contradictory instruction, causing its entire system to crash.

Zheng Qiuyu’s hypothesis had been proven correct.

Her heart pounded wildly, threatening to leap out of her throat.

But before she could react, a cold, massive hand clamped down on her wrist.

An irresistible force yanked her back violently, dragging her into an icy, unyielding embrace.

Zhuohuo’s towering frame shielded her completely, his back turned toward the bewildered giant beast, forming an impenetrable wall.

Danger!

A low growl, barely suppressing his fury, rumbled in her ear.

His voice was thick with stubborn disapproval.

Zheng Qiuyu tilted her head back, meeting his bl00d-red eyes.

This was the first time since he had learned to feel emotions that he had shown such fierce opposition to her actions.

The Devouring Beast, seeing Zhuohuo touch Zheng Qiuyu, instantly snapped out of its confusion.

A more terrifying rage erupted from its body.

ROAR—!

It roared skyward, and countless black energy beams coalesced once more.

But this time, its attack fell into an eerie stalemate.

It wanted to destroy Zhuohuo.

Yet it dared not harm Zheng Qiuyu, whom Zhuohuo held in his arms.

The energy beams, charged with destructive power, twisted into bizarre arcs in mid-air, desperately avoiding Zheng Qiuyu’s position before slamming into the surrounding stone walls and the void itself.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The entire Gui Xu trembled under the force.

The colossal beast was trapped in a maddening stalemate, desperate to kill yet too afraid to act, its rage erupting in a frenzy of destruction.

Zheng Qiuyu was held tightly in Zhuohuo’s arms.

She could clearly smell the icy, millennia-old aura emanating from him.

She could feel the furious pounding of his heart beneath his chest.

As she watched the rampaging yet cautious beast outside, her mind reeled in confusion.

Suddenly, a vivid, fragmented image flashed into her mind without warning

In the vision, a woman clad in silver armor, her face obscured, stood beneath a starry sky.

Before her was a young Devouring Beast, still small in its juvenile stage.

The woman reached out and gently stroked the beast’s head, her touch tender, yet her voice carried an unwavering resolve.

Xiao Moyuan, remember my aura.

From now on, guard this place for me.

The image vanished as quickly as it had appeared.

Zheng Qiuyu’s pupils contracted to pinpricks.

The information overload was overwhelming.

In an instant, she understood.

This Ferocious Beast had been raised by her past self.

It wasn’t guarding the Hellheart, but obeying her commands.

It didn’t recognize Zheng Qiuyu, but the wisp of the Remnant Soul of the War God deep within her soul.

Just as this realization left her reeling, the System’s cold notification chimed in

Detected resonance between the Host’s Remnant Soul of the War God and a powerful external karmic force. Memory fragments have been temporarily activated.chapter 5

Her last sliver of hope shattered completely.

Zheng Qiuyu’s suspicions were now confirmed beyond doubt.

Her heart pounded wildly, threatening to burst from her chest, and her bl00d surged through her veins with such force that it felt like it would tear through her skin.

She knew.

She knew how to resolve this crisis.

But…

She glanced at Zhuohuo, who was holding her tightly in his arms.

That meant she would have to reveal abilities that didn’t belong to Zheng Qiuyu at all, right in front of him.

What would he think?

Would he suspect her?

Would the elaborate web of lies she had painstakingly constructed collapse in an instant?

In the brief moment of her hesitation, the Void Devouring Beast outside seemed to have exhausted its patience.

It ceased its meaningless bombardment and opened its star-swallowing maw.

An absolute darkness began to coalesce within its jaws, forming a Void Beam capable of devouring all existence.

Its target was Zhuohuo, whose power was severely hampered by the Heavenly Dao Shackles.

This strike would cripple him.

Zhuohuo sensed the lethal threat.

A ruthless resolve flashed in his bl00d-red eyes.

He prepared to forcibly sever the shackles within him, regardless of the consequences.

Even if it meant the annihilation of his Divine Soul, he would protect the woman behind him.

There was no time left to wait!

Zheng Qiuyu knew she couldn’t wait any longer.

With a sudden surge of strength, she shoved Zhuohuo aside.

Alone, she faced the cataclysmic Void Beam.

Just as the beam was about to erupt, she mustered every ounce of her strength and shouted a name at the colossal beast—a name that felt utterly foreign even to her own ears

Mo Yuan!

The two words burst from Zheng Qiuyu’s throat, carrying a primal authority she herself couldn’t comprehend, as if it were an innate part of her being.

Mo Yuan!

Time froze.

The cataclysmic Void Beam, poised to erupt, vanished instantly, along with the oppressive darkness that had enveloped the world.

The wind stilled.

The roars ceased.

Even the dust motes suspended in the air hung motionless.

The mountain-sized Void Devouring Beast shuddered violently.

All its savage, frenzied, and destructive aura vanished as if wiped away by an invisible hand, dissipating completely.

Its hundreds of crimson compound eyes froze in blank stillness for a moment.

Then, the crimson hue rapidly faded, replaced by… a sense of grievance.

And a childlike yearning, like a child seeing its mother.

This scene paralyzed Zhuohuo, who had been prepared to sacrifice his Divine Soul in a desperate final stand.

His bl00d-red pupils constricted sharply as he stared fixedly at the petite figure standing before the colossal beast.

For the first time, his eyes showed something beyond mere confusion.

It was a fierce, incomprehensible bewilderment.

And a faint, piercing pain that even he couldn’t quite grasp, emanating from the deepest recesses of his Divine Soul.

The colossal beast stirred.

It retracted its claws and ferocious features, lowering its mountain-sized head with deliberate care, even a hint of supplication.

Gently, tenderly, it nudged Zheng Qiuyu’s feet with its hardened scales, emitting a low, mournful growl.

The sound lacked its previous savagery, replaced by an endless loneliness, as if lamenting the grievances of ten thousand years of waiting.

Zheng Qiuyu’s heart pounded wildly in her chest, threatening to shatter her ribs.

Her mind went blank.

But she knew she had to keep acting.

Forcing down her trembling, she mimicked the fragmented image in her mind and extended her hand.

Her hand still trembled slightly.

Gently, she patted Mo Yuan’s cold, rough head.

She forced herself to speak in the softest voice she could muster.

Good boy, I’m back.

You’ve worked so hard these past years.

The moment Zheng Qiuyu’s hand touched Mo Yuan’s head, and the instant she spoke those words, the needle-like pain in Zhuohuo’s heart intensified, becoming unbearably sharp.

That gesture.

That aura of soothing all things.

Deep within his subconscious, a long-sealed memory—buried beneath endless bl00d and fire—momentarily overlapped with the scene before him.

A splitting headache struck without warning.

Zhuohuo groaned, pressing a hand to his forehead, a flicker of pain flashing through his bl00d-red eyes.

Guided by Mo Yuan, they encountered no further obstacles.

The lethal temporal distortions were swallowed whole by Mo Yuan before they could even approach.

They arrived unimpeded at the deepest reaches of Gui Xu.

A colossal cocoon of light floated in the boundless void, radiating a gentle yet immense power. Within it seemed to be sealed the very core of the world.

Hellheart.

The sole exit from Gui Xu.

The moment Zheng Qiuyu approached the cocoon, an abrupt transformation occurred.

The dormant Remnant Soul of the War God within her resonated with the Hellheart before her, creating an unprecedented and overwhelmingly powerful connection.

Buzz—!

The cocoon of light trembled violently.

An indescribably terrifying aura, suppressed for ten thousand years, erupted from the cocoon and soared into the sky.

This aura tore through the eternal darkness above Gui Xu, becoming the brightest beacon in the night, exposing the coordinates of this realm to some unknown world.

Above Gui Xu, a golden rift was forcibly torn open by an immense power.

Several Divine Realm pursuers, clad in golden divine armor and radiating an aura of profound authority, descended from the heavens with thunderous roars.

Demoness! How dare you touch the Hellheart!

The lead Divine General’s gaze, sharp as lightning, swept across the scene.

He immediately spotted Zheng Qiuyu, gently guarded by the colossal beast Mo Yuan.

Behind her, he saw the silver-haired man, his aura weak, clutching his head, his eyes filled with pain and confusion.

The Divine General froze for a moment.

Then, he erupted in fury.

But when his gaze returned to Zheng Qiuyu, and he clearly saw the woman who could communicate with the Void Devouring Beast Mo Yuan, the rage on his face instantly transformed into incredulous horror.

He cried out in disbelief

The Void Devouring Beast Mo Yuan… is the War God’s personal guardian beast!

Demoness! How could you possibly possess the War God’s aura?!

His words struck Zheng Qiuyu’s mind like a thunderbolt.

To the man beside her, writhing in agony, they pierced his burning ears like a venom-tipped thorn.