LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

But this time, with Chenglei misinterpreting everything she said, her heart was filled with an unknown fear and she needed her mother more than ever.

That"s why when she knelt in front of the grave, she couldn"t keep her facade and broke down. Back when she lost her mother, she had Chenglei"s shoulders to lean on and she could get over it but with him turning cold towards her, she felt abandoned.

Xing was the one who thought that her life will be complete only with Chenglei by her side. But will it though? Will there be a day for her where she is truly happy with nothing else holding her back?

She forgot the fact that the one she loved more than anything and even more than her mother, kneeling beside her with his heart filled with guilt and broke down crying.

Mother...

You were the one who loved me always no matter what. Until you were alive, I didn"t have to worry about anything and was really happy.

Why did you leave me alone?

Everything went messy only after you left me, mother!

Even when he forgot me, I still had hope and some will to live. But mother, I don"t anymore. What should I do?

Before she knew it, she said it...

"Mother! Why didn"t you take me with you?"

Chenglei who heard what she said, felt like the ground beneath him slipped and he was falling deep into an endless abyss.

Why? What is she saying?

She wants to die? Why is she saying this now? Isn"t she waiting for the other man? Did she give up on him entirely and wants to die?

No....

No...

She is crying because I hurt her. I can feel it. I"m the one who took away her will to live.

JiaXing! Do you love me that much? Or is that just my fallacy?

Whatever it is, don"t cry, my love! It breaks me to see you like this. If anything happens to you I won"t survive either.

Chenglei stretched his hand to reach her but just then he felt a deep darkness engulfing the surroundings and the bright morning seemed like a dark moonless night.

Xing who had her face covered in tears felt that dark familiar presence and her tears stopped immediately.

"If you want death, I"ll gladly welcome you to my Kingdom with my arms open, my Queen"

Xing"s lips curled to a smirk as she turned to her side, "Who are you addressing as your Queen, you impertinent cretin? ", she snorted and stood up immediately wiping her face in her sleeves hiding Chenglei from that lecherous G.o.d she spent time with for years in the netherworld.
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"Impertinent cretin?", King Yan had a surprised look on his face.

He is the G.o.d of death! No one dares to act this way towards him.

"Yes, I am your Prince! Not your woman. Be aware of who you are talking to, you frigging cretin", she held Chenglei"s hands who was now standing beside her.

No one can dare to accuse her of belonging to someone else other than Chenglei!

"Heh!", King Yan sneered. "You were the one who called for me and when I come, you act this..."

"Nope! Changed my mind! Get lost. I was just talking to my mother. How is that your jurisdiction. Now go... Shoo....shoo....",she waved her hands shooting him away. Her mother was dead for years and she should have crossed the river and already reincarnated.

Chenglei standing by her side was surprised by her att.i.tude towards the G.o.d of death who was looking like a monster standing tall in front of them.

Even he would get mad with this att.i.tude, much less a powerful G.o.d.

He had seen her acting fearless towards the G.o.ds and even knew she was the Prince of heavens but he never have seen her acting this way with a G.o.d and he could feel the thick threatening aura emitting from her. Oddly it was warm and comforting him but it seemed to be affecting the G.o.d differently as he saw him s.h.i.+ver.

Why can"t I never understand you?

And did he call my wife as his Queen? He deserves to be punched in the face! His hands fisted to a ball and he was willing to punch him.

And King Yan was surprised by her att.i.tude too. Even the great G.o.ds fear him and here she is still showing him the att.i.tude and since when did she become this menacing?

"Your mother still haven"t crossed, didn"t you know?", he paused and seeing the arrogant one in front of him going pale, he smirked.

"She is waiting for your father. If you are still this dismissive of me, I can hurt her since she is in my Kingdom. Or should I... Grant her wish and bring your father to her. Both...", he continued with his condescending voice filled with pride.

"What do you want?", Xing asked fisting her hands and her eyes started glowing. She really got p.i.s.sed off and was a bit shocked. Her mother still in the underworld was a shock to her. And why is this guy who"ve been staying away from her till now is now teasing her?

Was it because just now I really wanted to die?

"You know me... I want, you", he answered pointing bus finger at her and before he get to continue, Chenglei was throwing a punch at his face.

King Yan snorted seeing the mortal coming towards him and with a single blow from his mortar, he could finish this guy. He always hated this one whose fate was changed by her and then he ended up destroying his grey empire with his love for her.

"Come on!", he cackled. At last he could end the humiliation he faced by losing to a mortal by sending him to he"ll. He"ll see who laughs at him after that.

Xing saw Chenglei about to throw a punch and she didn"t stop him. If anyone had the right to punch death in the face it will be her man. He deserves it for torturing her in the netherworld and for leering at her, when she is Chenglei"s wife.

King Yan who was about to slam the mortar in the ground to stop Chenglei found himself unable to move as if he was tied and a strong punch landed in his face enough for him to feel pain.

"Uh!", he grunted as he glared at them.

When was the last time he was hurt again? That"s right, never! That one is powerful enough to stop my mortar? He started shaking.

"Did you forget what happened when you messed with us before?", Xing walked towards him and Chenglei held her hands instinctively as he was stretching his other hand that was hurt due to the punch he threw.

Us? Did she say "us"? Me and her? Previously? But why don"t I remember that?

JiaXing, what did you mean? Chenglei looked at her who was looking down on the G.o.d of death.

Just who are you to me? Do we know each other from before?

" That"s right! Your grey empire collapsed. And now, you got hit by a mortal. You should know by now that you shouldn"t mess with us, you nincomp.o.o.p! Or who knows what else might happen?", Xing looked at the G.o.d of death with a condescending glare.

By now Chenglei was standing in front of her in a protective stance and Xing felt all the sufferings she went through vanished seeing her man standing in front of her, protecting her evn though he knows who his enemy is.

" You... ", King Yan pointed at her with his hands shaking, "You"ll see....", he stuttered looking at the both of them.

"Off you go, King Yan! If anyone connected to me is hurt in anyway by you, you"ll have to face me",she waved her hand. "Take good care of my mother and I know my father has a lo-t of time left in this realm", her tone became flat and threatening as her amber eyes glowed dangerously.

She was not willing to send her father to the underworld just yet.

Won"t she become an orphan if her father pa.s.ses away? Her mother can wait.

Selfish Xing decided selfishly for herself.

"You...", the hand pointing at Xing trembled as King Yan disappeared in a dark whisp of smoke.

Before Chenglei could a.s.sess the situation and ask her who she meant by "us", he felt her turning alert.

"What are you doing here?"

A portal opened and it was the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor who appeared. He looked around and realising it was her mother"s grave, he understood the situation.

Before Xing even answered, she could feel another portal opening and a bunch of souls escaped through that portal.

"Are these the ones in the netherworld?", Xing asked. " Was it King Yan who opened it?"

"No!", Bai Li suddenly appeared from another portal followed by the dark one who is his brother.

"Leave la.s.s! It is my brother....", he screamed.

The entire mountain shook as there were swarms of dark presence gus.h.i.+ng out of the big opened portal from the netherworld and darkness spread throughout the mountain.

Birds flew away escaping the darkness and animals fled too. Xing could feel the strong killing intent emitting from those who escaped from the netherworld and the moment they touched something living, they consumed them leaving the entire mountain with a trail of blood.

Like a colony of bats, they flew in all directions devouring everything in the way. Chenglei weilded his hidden dagger to cut one of them and it pa.s.sed right through the dagger, like fog making him stunned.

"Get in the house!", the Tians.h.i.+ Emperor commanded her.

They had been chasing the dark one for months and now when they almost got him, somehow he managed to release everyone who were trapped with him. He had the ability to manipulate portals.

"No!", she shouted as the Wind started to pick up and their robes were fluttering heavily on the Wind.

"Get in", she pushed Chenglei towards the house and at the same time, raised a barrier to stop those dark souls from getting to the human villages.

It took a lot of energy off her and she put another strong spell around her house and pushed Chenglei who was standing there unmoving with his hands over his eyes trying to a.s.sess what"s going on.

"Get in, I"ll help them settle this", she told Chenglei.

Both Master Yuan and Bai Li are stronger people and if they couldn"t handle this dark one for this long, then he must be strong too.

Now that the dark one is trying to hurt the humans, she knew he must have become too strong for those two to handle. She decided to lend a hand for support. She is powerful too.

"No", Chenglei held her cheeks, "Get in, first".

He was scared with everything going on and if they are humans he would have fought alongside her. But they are not and he wanted her to be safe.

"Chenglei, please", she begged. Her power can contain them and destroy them too like she destroyed Old Rong.

The wind got stronger making her hair loosen and she saw Chenglei"s worried face.

"I"ll be fine. I know what to do", she added seeing him worried for her. She was feeling a bit annoyed by his reluctance to let her go.

This is my duty as a divine ruler. Why isn"t he letting me do it?

"I must do it, Chenglei. People"s lives are at risk", she tried to reason with him.

" Get in!", she pushed his firm chest away from her forcefully seeing him still reluctant to let go.

Why is he trying to hold me back?

As she turned, she could feel something hit the back of her head and she lost her consciousness.

Ah! Chenglei, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!

That was her last thought as her view blackened.

She knew only he could make her unconscious as he had done it plenty of times before.