Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Chapter 518: Ch 518 – How Can Such an Evil Creature Be Protected Simply Because You Say So?

Before everyone’s eyes, the immortal’s flame-wreathed dress swayed gently. A slender leg wrapped in black silk stepped forward from beneath her skirt, like a celestial maiden descending to earth. With each light step, blazing red lotus flowers bloomed beneath her feet. Step by step, she came to hover at eye level with the crowd. Then she slowly stopped. Her invisible aura was powerful yet elegant.

“Iris, I warned you long ago…”

“As long as this child remains within the borders of the Great Dragon Dynasty, he is under my protection. Did you take my words as mere wind passing your ears?”

As she spoke, though the crimson beauty’s tone was cold and carried a punishing intent, her phoenix eyes shifted slightly. Her peripheral vision swept over Yino, who stood half-hidden beside Chaerin. A complex emotion flickered in her gaze.

Yino came back to his senses. He felt inexplicably flattered.

But then, recalling Changli’s ambiguous attitude toward him in the illusion realm, everything made sense.

After all, Changli was a supreme figure who had known him since a hundred years ago. Perhaps in the real world as well, she had been secretly observing his every step of growth. She had witnessed every footprint he left behind.

“Under your protection?”

Hearing this, Iris could not help but laugh bitterly.

However.

Before she could continue, she lowered her head and coughed up another mouthful of blood. Within that blood, there was a faint golden spiritual light. Clearly the previous battle had allowed Changli’s flames to burn through and cause internal injuries.

Feeling the searing pain in her organs, Iris gritted her teeth and raised her head. She could no longer suppress the rage in her heart. She spoke in a deep voice:

“Changli, he did not invade your Dragon Palace, yet you speak so lightly!”

“Over these years, this child has colluded with evil paths. He has successively slain two of our immortal sects’ fated children. He has seized sacred bodies and altered immortal destinies! Not only has he destroyed a hundred years of our Divine Gate’s efforts, but he has also ruined the boundless future of our righteous path for the next century!”

As she finished speaking, Iris suddenly turned to look at Yino surrounded by the crowd. Her eyes were filled with jealous and fury, as though she wanted to devour him alive.

With the battle between immortals concluded, Yuyan and Xinyao, who had been thrown aside earlier due to their low cultivation, had now caught up to Yino’s side.

At this moment, with Yino protected behind everyone, the flames of jealousy in Iris’s eyes burned even more fiercely.

“How can such a deeply sinful child of evil be protected simply because you say so?”

Iris turned back and questioned Changli in a deep voice. The unwillingness in her brow carried an air of challenging the Dragon Court’s authority, as though demanding justice for the righteous immortal sects.

The two immortals faced each other like needles against wheat. The crowd on one side of the mountain peak dared not make a sound.

Yuyan and Ruoning held their breath. They watched the situation with hearts pounding. They constantly weighed in their minds how the holy bodies they had always been so proud of would likely be annihilated in an instant before these great figures. Their hearts were filled with awe and shock at this eye-opening experience.

In contrast, Xinyao, who had seen such things before, was much more relaxed.

Unlike Yuyan, who stood frozen in shock, she had long since squeezed through the crowd to Yino’s side. Only when she quietly took hold of his hand did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. It was as though she had finally found something to anchor her heart.

Over the years, Xinyao had stayed by Changli’s side as her trusted aide. What great scenes had she not witnessed? Let alone Iris, a grand elder of the immortal sects. Even immortals more powerful than her had not been spared from Xinyao’s firsthand experience of their divine might.

Therefore.

Xinyao had long recognized her own insignificance.

She only cared about Yino’s safety. She only cared about when these great figures would finish talking so she could get off work and go play with Yino.

As for everything else, it had nothing to do with a minor character like her. Xinyao could not be bothered to worry about it.

At some point, the crimson beauty’s tone softened somewhat.

She glanced back at the distant horizon. Perhaps she was recalling some past event. She waved her hand dismissively before speaking:

“Making such a scene at someone else’s home. Do you not think you have embarrassed yourself enough?”

“Since you have come all this way, accompany me back to Jinglan Peak for a cup of tea.”

“Iris, please…”

“You are no longer a child. Why get angry so easily?”

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In the courtyard at Jinglan Peak, the crimson beauty personally lifted a cup of hot tea and smilingly offered it to the crane-haired immortal across the table. She was elegant and composed.

The latter raised an eyebrow slightly. She accepted the tea with some wariness. Then, glaring fiercely at Changli with her golden pupils, she carefully took a small sip.

The instant the hot tea entered her mouth, Iris’s face flushed red. Even the hands holding the cup began to tremble involuntarily.

However. With so many young people gathered around her, she was too embarrassed to spit out the tea. So she could only endure. Her delicate body trembled as she forced herself to swallow that mouthful of hot tea.

That heart-rending burning sensation traveled down her throat and into her stomach. It made her feel as though she were reliving the hellfire of her battle with Changli. Her expression could not hide her bitterness.

“How is it? I specially infused this tea with my flames for you.”

“Iris, you should drink more. This tea will help reduce the swelling and bruises on your face…”

Changli smiled courteously. She rose again to refill Iris’s cup with hot tea.