41 Chapter Forty-One

'Ru Gu Xiao...?' Meng slanted her gaze toward the child desperately attempting to hide behind the other royals.

'I forgot that she came from the Sun Kingdom as well.'

Ru Gu Xiao wasn't a major character in 'Defying Moonlight' and died early in the story after being thrown into a brothel by the female lead. To put it simply, she was cannon fodder. The basic full of herself, beautiful girl who falls in love with the male lead, leading to her end.

Meng never had a strong opinion of this character as she didn't understand unconditional love at all. To die for someone who harmed you continuously was a foreign idea for her.

She preferred to take the easiest path and finish off the offending person.

However, since Ru Gu Xiao suffered at the hands of the protagonist just like she did, Meng was willing to let her off for the aura attack.

Anything other than that...' Meng's eyes grew sharper as she watched the girl toughen up and start to approach her. 'Will be returned a thousand times over.'

Ru Gu Xiao waked toward the demon with unwilling steps. Each one made her feel like she was going deeper and deeper into the darkest realms of hell.

At the moment she really regretted ever trying to start a fight in the first place.

She had always known that her 5th sister was a complete psychopath. Skinning, stabbing, decapitating were all things she did for fun.

Like a child, she would play with people until they reached the very boundaries of death before letting them go. It was an extremely sick process that she never wanted to experience.

The only reason she would ever mess with a person like this is because of the cultivation difference. With that gone, wasn't she asking for death by provoking Ru Gu Meng.

Once she reached Meng, Ru Gu Xiao slowly lifted her hand while turning to look at the empress...

'please don't make me do this!' Her eyes cried out for mercy, but all she got in return was the empress's angry glare.

Empress Ru was already angry that this dumb daughter was taking so long to enact punishment, how dare she look at her for help as well. Worthless, the entire batch was worthless!

Sighing in resignation, Ru Gu Xiao turned back toward Meng.

Staring into the eyes of Meng's childish face, Ru Gu Xiao's blood ran cold. Even though the girl in front of her still had an innocent expression on, her eyes told an entirely different story.

As Ru Gu Xiao's hand got closer the wicked smile in Meng's eyes seemed to become more and more dominant. The image of a snake waiting for its food to personally deliver itself jumped into Ru Gu Xiao's head.

She couldn't do it.

Everyone stared weirdly at the child who out of nowhere, dropped on the ground and started crying. no one, not even Meng, could explain what happened to her.

The empress had the urge to cough up blood as she stood up trembling from her chair. "Idiots, all of you!"

Her 9th leveled aura hit both girls at full forcing, causing Ru Gu Xiao to collapse on the ground from the pain.