Huo Rao transmigrated into a cliched power fantasy novel as an unlucky rabbit demon whose demon core was to be carved out by the villainous tyrant, He Lin.
He Lin was bloodthirsty and ruthless, obsessed with pursuing immortality. He ordered demons to be hunted across the empire, their demon cores extracted to temper his body and extend his life.
The original owner was one of the unlucky demons captured in the hunt.
Worse still, by the time Huo Rao arrived, she was already in prison, pinned down by yellow talismans plastered all around her.
Before they could dig out her demon core, she begged for mercy with a stammer, but her throat was still mercilessly seized. He Lin's face was cold as frost, his beautiful lips red as blood as they parted.
"Dig it out, "
Huo Rao: Seriously, couldn't a cannon-fodder character live a little longer? In desperation, she shouted:
"I know... where the immortality grass grows, "
The grip around her throat loosened. Huo Rao fell to the ground and met eyes even fiercer than a demon's. Cold sweat beaded on her skin. "If we find this grass, it will surely extend your life!"
"If you don't find it, you'll die, "
He Lin's face was cold as frost. He left her with those words and casually locked her up again.
Huo Rao: ?
In the first month, Huo Rao racked her brains and peeled off the yellow talismans. The restraints were lifted, and her progress escaping the main plot was +1.
In the second month, the people sent to search for the immortality grass went missing. The tyrant came to dig out her demon core, and Huo Rao fought for her life. Life points: -999.
Huo Rao fought wits and wiles with him. Not only did she keep her life, but her accommodations were upgraded from a prison cell to a palace. The tyrant's trust in her grew from suspicion to the point where he never let her out of his sight. He even insisted she stay by his side at night.
Huo Rao couldn't help feeling that something was off whenever she caught He Lin giving her increasingly smoldering looks.
Later, the male and female leads stormed the imperial palace.
Huo Rao looked at the wreckage everywhere and the palace servants fleeing in disarray.
Maybe she should run too? The tyrant was being held up by the male and female leads, so he wouldn't notice her for a while.
Huo Rao happily gathered up all the gold, silver, and valuables she'd accumulated over the years and made it smoothly to the palace gates, only to find He Lin had been waiting there for some time.
His dark eyes were as fierce as a beast's, sharp and fixed directly on her.
His blood-red lips spoke words that rooted her to the spot
He said, "Rao'er, where are you going? What have I done wrong as your husband?"
This blurb was written on September 22, 2025, and a screenshot has been saved.
Theme: Life is precious.
