Baixi remembered that her mother was going to reward her, so she quickly finished off the roasted suckling pig on the table and dashed to the bedroom.

"Mother, where's my reward?" Baixi couldn't wait to ask.

Iris took out a crystal clear heart from her storage space and handed it to Baixi. "This is your reward. Just so you know, this heart came from a four-legged white python that Iris hunted in the abyss." (Chapter 220, Iris obtained the heart of a four-legged white python from the hunt)

Upon hearing that it was a heart from the same kind, Baixi hesitated and didn't really want this reward.

As soon as Iris saw Baixi's hesitation, she immediately said, "If you don't want it, I'll give it to Baiying. Who knows, she might become even stronger than you one day."

"No way! There's no reason for an older sister to be weaker than a younger sister." Baixi directly snatched the heart from Iris's hand and swallowed it in one gulp.

After a moment, Baixi felt something in her abdomen expanding.

"Mother, I feel so uncomfortable." Baixi cried out.

"Don't worry, dear. This is normal. It will pass after a while." Iris comforted her.

"Mm-hmm." Baixi nodded and nestled in Iris's arms, tightly holding onto her arm. It seemed that only in this way she could feel at ease.

She felt as if there was a burning fire inside her belly, scorching her body, making her hot and sweaty.

"Mother... am I going to die?" Baixi suddenly raised her head and timidly asked.

Iris shook her head, "Silly girl, how can you die? You won't die, you will live for a very long time."

After a while, a chilling cold spread throughout her body, driving away the burning heat. But this chilling cold did not stop, it continued to spread, as if freezing her entire body, chilling her to the core.

"Mother, it hurts!" Baixi cried out in pain. "Wahh! Mother, am I going to die?"

Iris quickly embraced her, gently stroking her back, comforting her, "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine. These are just necessary processes, don't worry, you will get through it, believe in yourself!"

Baixi felt increasingly uncomfortable, tears streaming down her face.

Eventually, she transformed into the form of a giant python, curling up her whole body. It seemed that she couldn't withstand the erosion of the chilling cold. Her body trembled.

Iris also felt uneasy, fearing that Baixi wouldn't be able to hold on. She regretted giving her that heart, but it was too late to change it now.

Baixi fluctuated between feeling cold and hot for three days and three nights. Iris continuously used summoning magic to replenish Baixi's energy, but the effect was not significant.

Yingling and Baiying would occasionally come to sneak a peek, but Iris glared at them and sent them away.

...

"Mother... I... I don't want to die yet. I want... to live, to be by your side..." Baixi's voice gradually grew weaker, her eyes filled with unwillingness. She didn't want to leave her mother, and she didn't want to die like this.

Her tears fell on Iris's arm.

Seeing her daughter in such pain, Iris felt even worse.

Unintentionally, Iris noticed that Baixi's slit pupils gradually turned into round ones. A yellow ring grew on top of her head, and her body began to develop a yellow ring-shaped pattern, eventually extending to the yellow ring on top of her head.

At this moment, Iris started to pour out all the energy within her, continuously injecting it into Baixi's body, stabilizing her breath.

Baixi's vital signs gradually became calm, her breathing lengthened.

She began to grow forelimbs with three sharp-clawed wrists, extremely sharp. There were black-edged, trapezoid-shaped side wings beneath her shoulders and body. At the tip of her tail, there were fin-like structures. Two long and flat horns grew on the top of Baixi's head, with two smaller horns beneath in a symmetrical pattern.

At the tip of Baixi's upper snout were two distinct fangs, while the rest of her teeth seemed to be completely covered by her gum tissue. (Refer to the appearance of Ulquiorra from Bleach)

Looking at Baixi's transformation, Iris couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She pressed her face against Baixi's forehead, feeling her daughter's warmth. Iris's suspended heart also relaxed.

"It's okay, everything is fine. You will always be by my side!" Iris whispered softly in Baixi's ear, her voice filled with tenderness. Her soft and delicate hand gently stroked Baixi's large head.

Baixi, like a lazy cat, nuzzled into Iris's arms, feeling the warm temperature radiating from her mother. A satisfied smile appeared on her face.

The two leaned against each other and fell into a deep sleep. After all, Iris hadn't slept for three days and three nights, and her summoning magic was nearing exhaustion. She needed to rest well.

...

Leina waited in her master's room, quietly awaiting the return of Lingxi.

Suddenly, the door opened and Victor walked in.

Leina saw her father coming in but didn't stand up. She still held the Qimen formation chart that her master had drawn, looking at it seriously.

"Leina, please don't be angry," Victor came to Leina's side and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at his daughter with a sigh.

Leina glanced at her father and snorted, "I'm not angry. What can I be angry about?" Her tone clearly showed her displeasure.

Victor knew he had done something wrong and apologized, "Father was wrong. I shouldn't have let your master and Barcaberio have a contest. I made a mistake, but my intention was to find a better warlock mage to be your teacher. Please don't be angry anymore."

Leina continued to lower her head and remained silent. After all, her master had disappeared after the contest.

Although her master had admitted defeat, anyone with eyes could see that Barcaberio was no match for her master.

"In the end, my master's strength surpassed Barcaberio by a wide margin. My master is talented and has a promising future. For my master, taking me as her disciple was a waste of her time, and she should have refused. I begged her to accept me, but you still made my master have a contest with other warlock mages. Moreover, I hadn't even completed the task assigned by my master. Your actions have only made my master's impression of me worse and even despised me," Leina complained to her father. There was a hint of embarrassment on Victor's face as he listened to his daughter's grievances.

"Father is also thinking of you, Leina. Please don't be angry anymore. Father will apologize to you, okay?" Victor said sincerely.

Leina hugged her legs and cried, "What's the use of apologizing to me? You should apologize to my master. Besides, it has been three days since my master left. She won't come back."

Victor's face froze, knowing that there was nothing he could do. He could only say, "Alright, Father made a mistake this time, but Father promises to bring your master back."

Leina ignored her father and continued to shed tears.

Afterward, Victor left the room and started sending soldiers to search for Lingxi...

Upon hearing that a talented girl had emerged in the Warlock Arts, Poqi became interested. He planned to have the girl divine the location of the demonic sword and key, so that he could obtain all of the Demon Emperor's possessions as soon as possible. If that girl didn't know what's good for her, then he couldn't be blamed for being ruthless.

"Why are you laughing, Poqi?" a demon named Bexibu walked over and asked. Seeing the smile on Poqi's face, he couldn't help but feel confused.

"It's nothing, I just thought of something interesting," Poqi smiled and said, "By the way, Bexibu, as the eighth false demon, why aren't you recovering your sequence power properly? Why did you come here?"

"What else can I do? I'm here to ask you for money!" Bexibu said unabashedly.

"Oh," Poqi nodded, "So it's for money."

"No doubt! If it weren't for money, who would come to this place to find you?" Bexibu disdainfully said, "Besides, you're not short of money."

Poqi generously threw a blue crystal card with two hundred thousand Bella to Bexibu, saying, "Here, this money should be enough for you to spend for a while."

Bexibu accepted the blue crystal card and smiled, waving his hand at Poqi before leaving.

Watching Bexibu's departing figure, Poqi shook his head.

This Bexibu is really addicted to gambling. But as long as he can serve me, what's wrong with spending this money? Moreover, this money comes from the Blood Clan's treasury.

After all, His Majesty of the Crimson Empire is only his puppet. The one who truly controls the Crimson Empire is him, not Victor.

After Bixi Bo walked out of the castle and looked at the blue crystal card in his arms, a smug smile appeared on his face, thinking to himself, "I can go and play again."

With this in mind, Bixi Bo couldn't wait to head to the casino.

As for the news that the Devil Emperor was killed by Martial Angel, Bixi Bo didn't believe it. Setting aside their identities as demons and angels, the Emperor is the niece of Martial Angel. It is said that the Emperor's mother has a close relationship with Martial Angel and she wouldn't kill her.

If Ruined Land makes a comeback, Bixi Bo doesn't believe that the Emperor wouldn't prioritize. Even if the Devil Emperor falls, the succeeding demon, Sui Liangfeng, wouldn't have a chance to rise to power. Bixi Bo just needs to wait for Sui Liangfeng to awaken.

For Bixi Bo, his current task is to play. If he were to die in the war, it would be too unjust.

"I will win 3.7 million with 200,000!! Become the God of Gambling!! Let the casino create a statue in my likeness, and all the gamblers must devoutly worship it when they see it!" With confidence, Bixi Bo walked into the casino.

The guards in the casino couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw him. "Do you think that guy can lose much?"

"He probably doesn't even have pants left!" Another guard sneered.

"As for that, I can't say for sure. Who knows?" The guards shrugged their shoulders.

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