Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

"Heh heh... what a bunch of idiots..."

She was still smirking mockingly.

But halfway through, the girl suddenly started coughing violently as blood spurted from the corner of her mouth.

Erlii curled up against the wall, thinking to herself that the magic crystal sickness had been getting worse and worse over the years.

She gripped the jade pendant with trembling hands while deliberately retching.

Clang...

As more and more blood came up, a small ring was vomited onto the ground by the girl.

Erlii gasped heavily and quickly bent down to pick up the ring from the floor.

She used her spiritual energy to unlock the ring, then placed the freshly stolen jade pendant into the storage ring.

"This jade pendant is definitely valuable... If I earn enough from this last job, it should be enough to buy my freedom and leave the Demon Abyss..."

Even though she was already afflicted by the demon sickness, holding her life's savings made the girl smile sweetly despite herself.

But just then, a violent crash suddenly echoed from the other end of the sewer—

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

Erlii jumped in fright and quickly looked back, seeing that the direction was exactly where those cultists had just headed.

At the same time, desperate human wails suddenly came from behind:

"Argh—!!!"

"No! Don't kill me—!"

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

The screams cut off halfway through another thunderous crash, and then the entire sewer finally returned to silence.

For a moment, Erlii was scared pale.

She quickly swallowed the ring back into her mouth, then after a moment's pause, took off running.

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Damn, when I was down and out in my previous life, you little bastards gave me plenty of grief...

Yino walked through the sewer corridor, casually flicking his sword to splatter all the remaining blood from the Autumn Longing blade in a straight line across the wall.

Meanwhile, the crimson foxgirl following behind crouched down, curiously observing the bodies of the black-robed men around them.

"This person's hands seem to have traces of that little girl's blood..."

Jinyue suddenly spoke up.

Yino glanced back at her, and after a moment's consideration, said coldly: "That's normal. That girl only has Qi Refinement cultivation. Mixing with these big, burly men, she's probably gotten bullied plenty... If she didn't have her thieving skills, she would've been sent to the mines as a laborer long ago."

"That makes sense..."

Jinyue nodded lightly, the hatred in her eyes diminishing somewhat, replaced by sympathy and helplessness.

For a moment, Yino noticed the crimson foxgirl's change in attitude.

"Jinyue, were you like that girl when you were little?"

"How could that be... When I was little, even when I was wandering the streets, at most I'd just steal a few salted fish from Granny's house, or a few old hens from Grandpa's..."

Reminiscing about the past, Jinyue spoke with some nostalgia.

She stood up, put her hands behind her back, and jogged to catch up with Yino, then continued chatting with relish: "Besides, I didn't wander the streets for long. A famous local Taoist saw that I had cultivation talent and adopted me! He taught me to cultivate the righteous path, and after that I never had to steal chickens and fish again. Every year Granny Wang and Grandpa Niu would even beg to make offerings to our temple!"

"Mm, I think I heard Yuebai mention that."

Yino walked ahead, listening silently.

He'd actually always been interested in Jinyue's past.

But unfortunately they didn't have much time alone together, and previously Jinyue had been guarded against him, unwilling to share many of her secrets.

"Come to think of it, no wonder you know so many Taoist dual cultivation techniques..."

"Ha, so you figured that out long ago?"

When it came to the Taoist dual cultivation techniques, Jinyue couldn't help but grin.

Yino waved his hand, indicating he wouldn't dwell on old matters:

"Of course. How could a Taoist master from the Celestial Medicine Temple give Yuyan such an improper cultivation manual?"

"Hehe~"

The foxgirl smiled sweetly, her peach blossom eyes mischievously peeking out to observe Yino's expression.

She finally noticed Yino blushing slightly, which made Jinyue smile even sweeter—not with any special meaning, but seemingly just pure mischievous joy.

"So you were once a righteous cultivator too."

"That's right! I was even a famous local Taoist priest! The village elders all respectfully called me the Living Fox Immortal!"

"Then how did you end up on the demonic path..."

Yino suddenly steered the conversation back to the main topic.

At this, Jinyue who had been happily chatting about the past gradually stiffened her smile.

She lowered her eyes, glanced at Yino, then shrugged with some resignation:

"One day, my master, that old Taoist priest, used divination to predict the future coming of the Demon Abyss..."

"Later, Master reported this to the local ruler, and the entire kingdom united to prepare for resisting the Demon Abyss..."

"But in the end, the Demon Abyss still destroyed the hometown that raised me..."

"After that..."

"I barely escaped from the Abyss back to the fox clan's secret realm..."

"But..."

"Yino, sometimes fate just loves to mock people. It seems like wherever I go, I bring disaster to that place."

"Not long after I returned to the fox clan, our clan also became the next sacrifice to the Abyss erosion..."

"And then..."

"The Demon Abyss burned the entire fox clan secret realm to ashes. I relied on the illusion talents I'd had since childhood to hide in the grass, holding my breath and enduring the agony of the demonic mist without making a sound, barely managing to escape from those monsters' claws."

"At that time, I was young and naive. From the grass, I glimpsed a white-robed immortal with silver hair and golden eyes descending to my homeland..."

"She was so graceful, so beautiful, like a fairy from mythology who had come to the mortal realm to save all living beings..."

"I quickly ran out from the grass and begged her to save my homeland... I begged her to extinguish the towering flames of the Demon Abyss..."

Speaking to this point, Jinyue couldn't help but lower her eyes.

She hung her head in disappointment, her voice growing hoarse as the submission and rage born from her heart stirred her emotions into turmoil again.

At some point, the young man's warm palm had settled on her head.

Jinyue looked up at him in pleasant surprise, meeting Yino's eyes. She felt a sense of relief wash over her as her clenched teeth relaxed, and she smiled faintly:

"The story ends there."

"For now, that's all I can tell you..."

"If you want to know more, wait until you break free from the restrictions of fate. When there's no longer that layer of heavenly prohibition hanging over your head, I'll naturally tell you everything about my life."

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Outside Demon Abyss City, in the Misty Forest.

A girl with blood-colored twin tails hummed leisurely as she strolled along.

She stretched with her hands behind her head while her blood-colored seductive eyes monitored everything in the forest—

"Hmm~ hmm~ hmmm.~."

She suddenly stopped singing and curved her lips into a smile.

The next second, the sharp Frost Chant sword came flying from the side, but at the critical moment the twin-tailed girl gracefully arched backward to perfectly dodge it.

"Found you~!" she chirped with a twisted smile, suddenly raising her hand to summon a plum blossom branch.