Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Is She Really the Blood Progenitor Lilith?!
On the other side.
Within the borders of The Crimson See, inside an inn in a small town.
During this time, he had swept through several cities with his three Beastbonds.
At this moment.
Aster Grant helplessly held up the silver-haired little girl in his arms, trying to negotiate with her:
"Little one, how about letting the older sisters take you for a bath?"
As someone of Commander Level strength, he and his Beastbonds could stay clean without needing to wash.
But this little one was different...
Days of traveling had left a faint scent on her.
Aster Grant, although not a clean freak, didn’t like carrying around a dirty little child.
Especially since this little girl insisted on sticking to him.
Recently, he hadn’t even had the chance to battle.
But this was to the liking of the Beastbonds.
If Aster didn’t fight, there would be no danger.
"Hm..."
The little girl usually seemed a bit absentminded.
But now she seemed to understand what Aster said and shook her head decisively.
Then she pressed her small face tightly against Aster’s chest, refusing to let go.
Aster: "..."
Vera helplessly shrugged, indicating she couldn’t help either.
She also didn’t understand why the little girl only clung to Aster.
"Fine then..."
Aster sighed, "I’ll do it myself!"
Upon hearing this, Vera’s eyes suddenly lit up.
She looked at her petite body, glanced at the silver-haired girl, and suddenly said:
"Master~ I’m dirty too, can you wash me as well..."
Before she could finish, Lazuli and Veridia grabbed her from both sides.
"Hey? Wait a minute!"
"Master, she seems to have a fever and is talking nonsense," Lazuli said with an unchanged expression.
"We’ll take her to ’wake up’ a bit," Veridia coldly added.
Without giving Vera a chance to speak, the two had already quickly dragged her out of the room.
Seeing this, Aster’s mouth twitched.
He didn’t understand why Vera always liked to ask for trouble in front of Lazuli and Veridia when she was no match for them.
Shaking his head, he focused on the silver-haired little girl.
He had also discovered lately, where exactly his feeling of affection came from.
He reached up to touch the Divine Pattern on his forehead.
It wasn’t him who felt affection for the little one, but the Divine Pattern on his forehead that had an affinity with her.
Pondering fruitlessly, his gaze turned to the bathtub in the center of the room.
Giving a child a bath was something he had never experienced in his two lifetimes.
But now, this little girl only listened to him...
"Take off your clothes!"
The little one tilted her head, took two seconds to react, then slowly started to undo her worn-out white dress.
With quick reflexes, Aster picked her up and gently placed her in the bathtub.
"Splash——"
Water splashed as the little girl sat dumbfounded in the tub, her silver hair wetly clinging to the sides of her face, clueless about what to do next.
Aster resignedly rolled up his sleeves and picked up a towel to start washing her.
What was all this about...
...
Meanwhile.
A streak of scarlet light cut through the night sky at an astounding speed.
This was Lilith’s Spiritual Body, racing to track down the body she had left behind.
"Dammit!"
Lilith gritted her silver teeth.
Although she put all her effort into that final self-destruction, she knew very well—
With that Demon God’s strength, he wouldn’t die.
This was the second time she had been forced into such a predicament:
First, her Blood Body was destroyed by humans in the Divine Realm, and now the Demon Clan forced her to abandon her body.
Just then, Lilith suddenly sensed something amiss.
The body she left behind should have been near the initial town, so why was the sensed location now so far?
Could it have been taken by someone?
This thought made her heart tighten.
That body now had no means of self-defense, akin to an ordinary human child.
If it fell into malevolent hands...
Soon, at her full speed, Lilith’s Spiritual Body rapidly approached the sensed location.
In her haste, she didn’t even take the time to inspect her surroundings before diving headlong into that body.
"Hm?"
As Aster was drying the silver-haired girl’s hair, he suddenly frowned.
He seemed to have sensed a wave of spiritual energy.
But after looking around, he saw nothing.
An illusion?
He shook his head and turned to get clothes for the little girl.
He didn’t notice, in that instant he turned, the astonishing change happening to the little one behind him.
Crimson eyes like blood slowly took shape, and her delicate features became even more flawless.
When Lilith’s consciousness fully awakened, the first thing she felt was...
This body...
Had been cleaned?
As her vision cleared, the first thing she saw was a strange inn room, and...
A black-haired youth with his back to her.
A human?
No way!
The sudden throbbing from the Divine Pattern within made Lilith’s pupils constrict.
When she saw the golden pattern on the forehead of the person in front of her, a glimmer of greed ignited in her crimson eyes.
A Divine Pattern bearer!
This was the human from the Divine Realm.
What a stroke of luck!
If she could drink this human’s blood, her strength would recover by at least thirty percent!
This thought made her unhesitatingly show her fangs, her legs suddenly exerting force—
"Whoosh!"
Her petite body shot toward Aster like an arrow, her sharp canine aimed directly at his carotid artery.
However, just at that moment, Aster turned around.
Hm?
With the reflex speed of a Commander, he instinctively acted, pinching the shoulder of the little figure pouncing toward him with precision.
Lilith’s sharp fangs were just inches from his neck but couldn’t move any closer.
And Aster, holding the suddenly transformed little figure, was completely dumbfounded.
"What the heck!"
The once adorable and innocent human toddler was now baring her fangs and glaring at him.
Crimson eyes, sharp fangs, and a pair of tiny bat wings flapping behind her.
The only thing unchanged was...
Still a bare body!
Suspended in mid-air, Lilith kicked her little legs futilely.
This was when she realized a serious problem...
The newly merged body could exert no strength!
Her ability was almost nonexistent; now, she was only slightly stronger than an ordinary human child.
"Let me go!"
She bared her teeth threateningly, though her voice was cutely fierce.
Aster’s mouth twitched as he casually pulled a bedsheet over to wrap the little one like a dumpling.
This was evidently a member of the Blood Clan!
[Progenitor of the Vampires (Lilith)]
[Status: In Body Fusion]
[Level: Commander Tier One]
[Talent: Myth Five Stars]
[Power: 10 (Increasing)]
[Constitution: 10 (Increasing)]
[Spiritual: 10 (Increasing)]
[Speed: 10 (Increasing)]
[Skills: Blood Dominator, Immortal Blood Body, Crimson Calamity, Blood Domain]
Aster stared intently at the information on the attributes panel, his pupils contracting violently.
That line of striking words almost made him bite his tongue...
Are you kidding me?!
He mechanically lowered his head, looking at the little one wrapped like a dumpling, still flailing.
The silver-haired loli he picked up, bathed, and dressed—turned out to be...
Blood Progenitor Lilith?!
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