Chapter 670: Chapter 670: Marked by the Loss of Wife and Child
The system initially absorbed the Jennings Family’s fortune through Azura Loomis. Although Azura also gained part of the fortune, the majority was absorbed by the system.
Aside from the system, there was Nolan Snyder.
Back then, he used a red resentful bone to absorb the surrounding resentful energy. Once fed, the bone emitted resentment, affecting nearby people.
It was similar in principle to the demon bone in front of them.
Because the demon bone, in addition to absorbing demon energy and fortune, also absorbed the resentment from the snakes harmed by Landon Lester.
Scarlett Jennings could easily imagine what kind of evil entity the demon bone would become after fully absorbing all the resentment and demon energy.
It would likely be incomparable to the red resentful bone in terms of level.
From this perspective, Scarlett Jennings should be relieved she discovered it early enough.
It was known that
The system was backed by the Heavenly Dao.
While behind Nolan Snyder was another organization capable of manipulating the Black Mist.
Compared to the Heavenly Dao, Scarlett Jennings leaned more towards the latter.
Afterwards, the Sea City Security Bureau consolidated all the information and reported it uniformly to the main Security Bureau.
After the incident with the Undying Bone, a dedicated team was formed by the main bureau to focus on the Black Mist Organization behind Nolan Snyder.
For now, the subsequent matters had nothing to do with Scarlett Jennings.
After being detained for a day and a night, Landon Lester was finally released following a reprimand and a fine.
The next day, as Scarlett Jennings handled the subsequent matters related to the demon bone, she happened to pass by Landon Lester as he was leaving.
Suddenly she stopped in her tracks, abruptly turned her head to look at Landon Lester.
Without a word, she grabbed him firmly.
Already irritated from being inexplicably detained for a day, Landon Lester couldn’t hold back his anger, regardless of her being the Jennings family’s heiress, and cursed out loud,
"What do you want now?! You’ve already released me, but you’re still not letting me go?! Is your Security Bureau acting above the law?!"
"Shut up!"
Scarlett Jennings snapped at him sharply, her expression turning suddenly grave as she looked at Landon Lester.
In just one night, Landon Lester’s face had changed dramatically.
He not only had a pallor of death about him, but also bore signs of widowhood and being childless.
These were things that hadn’t shown when she saw him yesterday.
Almost instantly, Scarlett Jennings thought of the "culprit"—
That Floral Serpent!
Without hesitation, Scarlett Jennings turned and, pulling Landon Lester, dragged him towards the car,
"Take me to your home immediately."
Seeing Landon Lester still wanting to explode with dissatisfaction, Scarlett Jennings had no patience to explain and, with a cold expression, directly barked,
"If you don’t want your wife and child dead, take me there now!"
Startled by her words, Landon Lester finally remembered the woman’s skills.
His mind went blank; he dared not delay any longer, quickly scrambling into the car, reported the address, and the car sped off.
Before long, the car stopped outside a villa in the city center.
Landon Lester hurriedly led Scarlett Jennings inside, and as they reached the doorway, the scene before him nearly knocked him out.
The villa was tightly surrounded by a dense mass of snakes.
Some snakes were even climbing up the exterior walls towards the upstairs window.
Immediately, sounds of terrified screams from his wife and son came from inside.
"Ahhhh!"
Landon Lester’s legs went weak, and he nearly fainted, letting out a wail, about to charge in disregarding everything.
Scarlett Jennings quickly pulled him back, simultaneously summoning two fire talismans with her other hand.
"Upward to the Purple Star, Earthly fires blaze!"
One of the talismans turned into a tongue of flame and shot towards the snakes blocking the entrance, while the other flew directly into the upstairs window, followed shortly by a familiar scream.
Intimidated by the fire tongue, the snake swarm at the entrance swiftly cleared a path, and Scarlett Jennings seized the opportunity to rush inside, seeing Landon Lester’s wife and son tightly embracing each other, surrounded by snakes, their expressions terror-stricken and despairing.
Upon seeing Scarlett Jennings, they couldn’t help but cry out for help,
"Save us! Help!"
In the midst of the snake swarm was the familiar Floral Serpent.
Due to being singed by the fire talismans, the Floral Serpent’s demon power was even more chaotic and enraged at this moment.
"It’s you again! You’re indeed in cahoots with Landon Lester!"
Scarlett Jennings regarded her coldly, noticing her almost reckless consumption of her demon power to summon the snake swarm for revenge, feeling an inexplicable annoyance,
"Did I not warn you against harming the innocent?!"
Why involve others in the enmity between her and Landon Lester?
And looking at Alistair Lester being tightly held by the woman, if she hadn’t sent him an amulet via Lucas Jennings beforehand, he would have likely been bitten to death by venomous snakes by now!
The Floral Serpent, undeterred by her reprimand, became even more furious,
"Who told you to protect Landon Lester? I couldn’t kill him because you hid him, so I’ll take the lives of his wife and child in exchange!"
She wanted Landon Lester to feel the same pain as her.
Hearing this, Scarlett Jennings frowned, not expecting such a misunderstanding.
Because Landon Lester was detained by the Security Bureau, the Floral Serpent had no way of seeking revenge on him, hence targeting his wife and child.
"Who told you the Security Bureau was protecting Landon Lester?! He’s outside right now!"
Scarlett Jennings unhesitatingly sacrificed Landon Lester, who was outside.
Only then did the angry Floral Serpent sense the enemy’s presence; her vertical pupils locked onto the person outside the door, preparing to turn and head out.
Unexpectedly, Scarlett Jennings stepped forward, holding a Thunder Talisman to block her way.
"Think carefully, if you kill someone, I can’t let you go. Once you stain yourself with the sin of killing, not only you, but your unhatched Snake Treasure will also bear the blood debt along with you."
Hearing her mention of the Snake Treasure, the Floral Serpent’s pupils contracted into slits, and in an instant, her demon energy surged sharply,
"It’s because of my child! I want him to pay with his life!"
The Floral Serpent roared angrily, recklessly charging forward.
Scarlett Jennings’ heart skipped a beat, gripping her Thunder Talisman tightly, she gritted her teeth and with a swift turn of her hand, transformed it into a Binding Talisman, flinging it towards the Floral Serpent,
"Bind!"
The Floral Serpent was tightly bound by chains of spiritual energy, its large serpentine body struggling fiercely.
Seeing this, Scarlett Jennings frowned, but dared not release her easily,
"What’s going on? Clearly explain!"
Despite her words, Scarlett Jennings already had a faint suspicion in her heart.
Sure enough, from the corner, Rose Spencer ran towards her holding a snake egg, crying and pleading,
"Master Jennings, please don’t kill my wife!"
Due to the strong presence of the Floral Serpent’s demon energy, Scarlett Jennings hadn’t detected Rose’s presence. Her gaze fell upon the snake egg he held, and her heart sank slightly,
"What happened to your child?"
Upon hearing her, Rose burst into tears, his voice choked with sobs and sorrow,
"It’s... gone."
Yesterday, the fetal soul inside the snake egg suddenly weakened; he and his wife exhausted all their demon power to stabilize it, but by this morning, the fetal soul inside the egg couldn’t be saved.
The snake fetus had completely lost its vitality.
Their child was dead.
Killed by humans—those snake catchers sent by Landon Lester.
How could they not hate?
They hadn’t harmed anyone, yet their child was killed by humans.
Was it wrong to take revenge on him?
An eye for an eye, was it wrong?
Hearing the grief in Rose’s voice and the sorrow mixed with furious roars of the Floral Serpent, Scarlett Jennings’ heart tightened.
Suddenly, she seemed to sense an extremely faint breath from the snake egg in Rose’s arms.
With a thought, Scarlett Jennings quickly stepped forward,
"Wait! The snake fetus might not be dead yet!"