Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Chapter 505: Ch 505 – Yino, Where Should Our Story Even Begin?

Li Si propped himself up with his hands, tilting his head back, eyes wide, about to curse again.

But in the next second, another streak of crimson light flashed.

This time, it was Li Si’s elbows that were severed.

Losing the support of his arms, Li Si’s upper body collapsed completely, and he face-planted, sprawling like a dog eating mud before the crimson-gowned beauty.

He couldn’t even lift his head now. He could only tremble, his eyes darting sideways, trying to gauge her expression and killing intent.

“Being lectured by a woman from the Phoenix Clan… does it make a lapdog of the Dragon Clan like you feel unreconciled?”

Changli remained standing in the same spot, her tone icy, perfectly still. She wasn’t triggered by his foul language, nor did she retaliate further now that she had the upper hand.

She truly showed no emotional fluctuation. She was as calm as still water. Compared to Li Si, this shriveled old ancestor, it was Changli, the ageless, devastatingly beautiful immortal, who seemed to have seen through the mortal world.

Yes…

This was her, alright.

Whether it was the way she drew her sword or her tone and mannerisms while speaking, everything matched Yino’s impression of this top-tier beauty from his past life.

In his past life, when playing the game, even though Yino was the Protagonist, Changli had never once given him a proper look. No matter what achievements the game’s protagonist made, in Changli’s eyes, he was just an insignificant pawn.

She seemed to be truly omniscient, anticipating the protagonist’s every achievement with serene calm…

“What a pity…”

“Compared to that degenerate snake of yours, suppressed in the Eastern Sea Demon Abyss, His Majesty the Dragon Emperor is still more willing to believe the words of a Phoenix Clan woman like me.”

“As for you…”

“You’ve lived for half a lifetime, yet you’re nothing but a slave kneeling at the dragon’s feet. You’ve devoted your entire life to your master, thinking you’ve become a member of the Dragon King’s family, yet you’ve never even glimpsed the true face of the immortal world. You’re just a pawn, one your master can discard at any time…”

“And yet you, a human pawn, actually empathize with him. You stand with the Dragon Clan, furious at their perceived slights, gnashing your teeth and hating me to the bone every time I’m mentioned…”

“I feel sorry for you.”

At this, Changli sighed, her lips pursed and eyes lowered in a moment of melancholy, as if she truly felt a trace of sorrow.

Li Si was completely and utterly speechless from the humiliation.

This crimson beauty before him, though devastatingly beautiful, spoke words that pierced the heart. She used the gentlest tone to deliver lines that shattered Li Si’s dignity.

Changli’s words echoed in Li Si’s mind. He even felt his eyes redden, and as he recalled his life, her scolding almost made him want to cry…

He silently got to his feet, wiped away a tear, and then left without looking back, carrying Wen Ruxiu’s corpse in his arms.

But this time, Changli called out to him once more:

“Catch this. You should know how to use this immortal talisman.”

Thud!

As her voice fell, Wen Ruxiu’s head sailed through the night sky in an elegant arc, landing right at Li Si’s feet.

Li Si looked down and saw that a talisman, inscribed with ancient Phoenix Clan oracle bone script, had been stuck to the forehead.

He certainly knew what this was.

Changli possessed the bloodline of the Phoenix clan. No one in this world understood the Nirvana Rebirth Technique better than her.

“Thank you… National Advisor…”

Although his heart was filled with deep resentment, Li Si still forced out the words of thanks through gritted teeth.

The prejudice in a person’s heart is like a great mountain.

Li Si truly looked down on the Phoenix Clan. He didn’t understand why the immortal master of the Great Dragon Dynasty would be a lowly member of the Phoenix Clan.

He didn’t understand why even the Sea Dragon King he revered was so respectful to Changli…

But, it no longer mattered.

Because Changli had made it clear: he would never even cross the threshold to the chessboard in his entire life. How could he possibly know the hidden story between Changli and those ancient dragon clans?

“Alright.”

“The annoying trash has taken itself out.”

At some point, the red-gowned beauty watching Li Si depart let out a relieved chuckle.

Under the night sky, she turned her head, her pale golden, crescent-moon-like phoenix eyes instantly locking onto the white-robed young man who had been observing from the back the entire time.

“Yino.”

“Where should our story even begin?”

This time, she turned around completely, clasping her hands, tattooed with a crimson phoenix, behind her back. Step by step, her golden high-heeled shoes crossed the grass toward Yino.

Three steps away from Yino, Changli finally stopped.

She stared straight into Yino’s eyes. Within moments, Yino felt beads of sweat inexplicably forming on his forehead.

To be honest… He had no idea what she was thinking.

That enigmatic smile was a billion times more scheming and dark than Chaerin’s gaze.

She looked so gentle, yet she made Yino’s scalp tingle, as if his very soul beneath his skin was being completely violated by her phoenix eyes.

“Hmm…”

“Should we start with your origins, and those of the Primordial Phantom Butterfly?”

“Or perhaps, should we discuss the incredibly dense aura of the Mother Goddess in this ten-mile radius…?”

“Or maybe, we should chat about this bizarre Remnant Immortal realm of yours that defies all logic…”

Changli blinked, a knowing smile playing on her lips.

And just as Yino nervously clenched his sleeves, the crimson-gowned beauty under the moonlight suddenly straightened up and took a deep breath.

Her enormous breasts, wrapped tightly by her long dress, rose and fell. Then, their owner, who had captured Yino’s gaze, spoke with a meaningful, cold smile:

“It seems you, too, are trying hard to play the innocent, clueless victim, aren’t you?”

“How about this, let’s trace all the suspicious points back to their source…”

“Hmm… let me think…”

“Yino, why exactly did you appear on this timeline, one you don’t belong to, at least one hundred and sixteen years, nine months, and twenty-one days earlier than the useless playboy from the He mansion that I know?”