199 The Darkness Engulfing Her

The sun had said its farewell to the world and the entire sky of Shanghai had turned night blue. There was some tint of purple within the blue that made the sky more softer than the frigidness of the cold blue night.

High up above, there was the moon shining brightly for it was at its fullest. Its cycle had arrived, but tonight, the moon seemed to be even brighter than before. It was earth shakingly beautiful.

Beneath, on the streets of Shanghai, a slim figure walking along the footpaths despairingly. In her hand, she was holding tightly onto a corner of a paper that seemed to be like an invitation. However, she was holding onto it so tightly that the corners of the paper were almost creased up.

Mi Rong still had her snowy white coat on; it would flutter whenever a breeze gush passed her. Inside, she was wearing a silky white shirt and white trousers. However, some dust had gotten onto her white clothes and had yet been dusted away by the owner. 

Her long hair was loosened and was fluttering among the wind. Despite, the white clothes she wore, she looked like an alluring enchantress for the corners of her eyes was red as if wearing a red eye shadow and her lips were almost a scarlet. 

Some passerby were enthralled by her captivating beauty that stood out among others. She walked among the streets indifferently and full of grace. It was like she was an enchanting bride that had not come from this world.

Mi Rong had been walking from one side of the city to the other. She did not even care of her feet that were crying out in pain. No one could stop her now, she had only one place that she needed to be and that was the X hotel.

Without her knowledge, there was a familiar pair of eyes that had been watching her this whole time, but she was too occupied to think about that.

The more she walked, the deeper her soul went. As the moon was shining at it's brightest, the half-moon mark behind her ear turned a bright red colour without her realizing it. From all the built-up emotions, her soul was now at a frightening darkness that was so strong that the connection she shared with another being was called to help her.

On the other side of the city, Xiao Bai had arrived at their second hideout a few hours ago, only to find that Mi Rong was not there. Now, he had gone out searching around the entire city for her. He had tried calling out to Mi Rong, but no reply.

Just as he was about to leap on one rooftop, his heart had a stinging pain. His blue eyes became slightly bigger and it was as if small blue crystals were shining in his eyes. 

This kind of pain was when the connection between a majestic beast had weakened, but not just weaken, but to the point that if it was weakened anymore, it would be cut away. For this to happen, it was only when the human of the majestic beast had darkness engulfing their heart to the point that heaven's tie between the majestic beast would be cut off.

"Mi Rong!" He called out in alarm. Xiao Bai had pushed so much pure energy from his spirit to reach the other side of his connection. The pure energy was made from heaven's power source that was built within the spirits of a majestic beast that was what made us different from normal animals; a spirit and pure heaven's energy.

As for the connection, between a majestic beast and a human was made through the marks on the humans. There was no more connection in this generation, but Mi Rong's lineage was the only one to inherit it; the moon tribe or also know as the Snowy kingdom. Since that dreadful day, slowly the marks faded away.

He and Mi Rong shared her half-moon mark behind her ear. However, he could still remember his brother telling him about this when it had happened to him and his connected human. It was fine when the two, majestic beast and the human, both decide upon disconnecting themselves. However, when the connection was forcefully cut by some source of dark power, it would be like a tremendous pain engulfing the two of them and leave a scar on the two.

On the other line of the connection, Mi Rong's half blue moon mark that had been red slowly faded and became its usual black colour. She finally heard Xiao Bai this time, "Xiao Bai?"

Mi Rong's voice was very soft, but it was her voice.

Xiao Bai heaved a sigh of relief, "Where are you?" His voice was slightly weary from using too much power.

Mi Rong merely spoke softly, "Meet me at the X hotel and let's talk then," and she was gone.

"Mi Rong,""Mi Rong?" Despite calling her name so many times, she had refused to answer him back. Xiao Bai could not help but sigh. Right, the X hotel. It seemed like there was something terribly disturbing her heart. 

What had happened to her with just a day? Yesterday, she was not like this.

Nevertheless, Xiao Bai finally had a destination to go and quickly headed to the promised place.

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At the X hotel

Mi Rong had just arrived in front of the hotel. She could see many different individuals slowly making their way inside the hotel. She laughed to herself, why hasn't Jun Kai put so much importance in his fiance ey? There were so many important people in the event; did Jun Kai treasure that girl so much?

Despite the resentment in Mi Rong's heart, she too made her way up the stairs of the hotel. When she had arrived at the front door of the event, there were guards dressed up in glamourous colours of red and gold. Well, the entire place was decorated in gold and red, the two auspicious colours.

Such a beautiful ceremony. When did he have time for all of this? Or had it been planned all along?

Mi Rong's heart turned cold. A flash of murderous intent had passed through her eyes before she continued walking.

Just as Mi Rong was about to walk inside the hall, she was stopped by one of the guards.

"Miss, please show your invitation." The guard spoke warily.

On the other hand, Mi Rong turned her cold eyes to look upon the guard; it was so intense that it was such a fright to the guard's poor heart. Though the lady was dressed in all white, the corner of her eyes was so red that it was like a red eyeliner and her lids and the wings of her eyes were faintly red. She looked devilishly beautiful, but was it normal to look this way at a joyful event?

However, Mi Rong merely gave the guard the crunched up paper in her hand. Seeing the crunched up paper handed out to him, the guard quickly took the piece of paper away and open the contents inside. 

The paper was the invitation to the ceremony. Seeing the invitation, the guard quickly bowed apologetically towards the young lady, but when he stood up again, she was gone. He looked behind him and she was already among the crowds. The guard could help but feel the chills all over his body. Those eyes were one of the most terrifying pair of eyes he had ever seen.

Despite letting the lady in, he could not but think that he should warn the higher-ups about this, else the responsibility would fall on his head. With his walkie-talkie, he quickly notified the security room.