Althea raised an eyebrow, looking at these Jennings Family mbers in front of her, and suddenly laughed.
And it was a cold laugh,
"You all disregard so much, aren’t you afraid I’ll handle you like I handle little turtles?"
Chase Jennings shivered first upon hearing this, as so bad mory flooded back, making him want to reconsider his words.
However, before he could speak, Lucas Jennings fearlessly opened his mouth,
"I’m not afraid! You can’t bend my will with force. If you dare to act recklessly, my sister will definitely not let you go when she returns!"
Chase Jennings desperately wanted to cover his foolish brother’s mouth, while Adam Jennings felt speechless on the other side.
Although he wouldn’t change his stance over one or two threats, it didn’t an they had to deliberately provoke the other party either.
Especially knowing that this person’s mood was obviously unpredictable.
Althea had no intention of arguing with a few humans but rarely did soone dare to provoke her. If she did nothing, wouldn’t it appear she was easy to talk to?
So Althea coldly sneered again and then raised her hand.
Kingston Jennings saw her movent and almost imdiately touched the red string on his wrist.
At that mont, the Jennings Family’s Barrier simultaneously fluctuated, and Emily Hearne and Magnolia Hearne suddenly appeared at the staircase. Seeing Althea’s action, Emily Hearne almost imdiately spoke,
"Wait, my lady!"
But Althea wouldn’t wait.
With a snap of her fingers, the Jennings brothers, along with the Benedict Jade Body, instantly disappeared.
Emily Hearne and Magnolia Hearne hadn’t anticipated that the true Ten-tailed Sky Fox would be of such a temperant.
However, setting aside the relationship with Scarlett, Emily Hearne could actually understand Althea’s actions more.
Being both Great Demons, even though she is a Ten-tailed, over ten thousand years old Great Demon, ordinary Ferocious Beasts are no match for her.
A being at such a pinnacle rarely concerns itself with certain matters, let alone being expected to consider things from a weaker perspective.
If soone dared to provoke her or say sothing displeasing, how she would handle it depended on her mood.
For such a being, if you couldn’t suppress her, you could only show obedience and cooperation.
These thoughts occurred within a fleeting mont; in fact, detecting Althea had absorbed the Jennings brothers into her Domain, Emily Hearne’s Domain almost activated at the sa ti.
The Nine-tailed Realm collided with the Ten-tailed Realm, simultaneously pushing Magnolia Hearne aside.
When Magnolia Hearne ca to her senses, the Jennings brothers had disappeared, and even Emily Hearne had vanished before her eyes.
She was visibly stunned, looking at Althea, she asked,
"Where are they?"
"They’re all in the Ten-tailed Realm,"
Althea said candidly, looking at Magnolia Hearne in front of her, but she was willing to say two more sentences,
"That was your mother, wasn’t it? You are quite willing for Scarlett."
Magnolia Hearne frowned, clearly not understanding her words, and considering she was Scarlett’s birth mother, Althea kindly explained,
"It’s the first ti I’ve encountered a fox trying to break into my realm using the Nine-tailed Realm. Even though she’s a Nine-tailed Fox King, if I retaliate strongly, her consciousness realm would definitely be damaged."
Althea said,
"She took such a big risk to break into my realm, wasn’t it to help you restore Scarlett’s consciousness?"
Upon hearing this, Magnolia Hearne’s mind buzzed.
It seed at this mont, she regained a bit of her ability to think.
Previously, she was solely focused on Scarlett. When her mother said she would bring her to see Althea, she only thought she would negotiate with her as the Fox King or had so other thod to ensure Scarlett wouldn’t be replaced by Althea’s consciousness.
But she forgot to consider what thod her mother could possibly have.
She was rely a Nine-tailed Fox King.
Facing the true Ten-tailed Sky Fox, what thod could she have to make the other willingly return Scarlett’s consciousness?
It was nothing but the most straightforward thod—using jade against stone.
"You better pray she doesn’t awaken Scarlett’s consciousness," Althea said.
Having an inkling of this, Magnolia Hearne listened to Althea continue,
"Forcibly awakening Scarlett’s consciousness, without Scarlett being able to inherit the Ten-tailed power, she might remain forever in the depths of my consciousness realm, never to erge again."
Magnolia Hearne’s eyes imdiately reddened.
She looked at Althea in front of her, seeing that familiar face carry an unfamiliar temperature, and her heart, once possessed by Scarlett, couldn’t help but beco chaotic.
"Can’t you let her out?"
Right now she still embodied Althea, with the control of her realm.
Althea, hearing this, only asked her back,
"I can, but don’t you want to awaken Scarlett’s consciousness?"
These words made Magnolia Hearne’s heart feel like it was being fiercely squeezed by an invisible hand.
She opened her mouth but couldn’t speak.
Seeing her like this, Althea didn’t stop.
The Ten-tailed’s voice strangely carried a seductive quality, whispering in Magnolia Hearne’s ear,
"If you want your mother, you have to give up Scarlett."
"Or, let replace Scarlett and be your daughter."
"I think I can also be a good daughter."
Each word felt like she was sinking into a void field, with only a giant balance scale before her.
On one side of the scale was Scarlett, and on the other side was Emily Hearne.
She couldn’t choose, nor did she wish to.
Magnolia Hearne tried to calm herself, but her heart kept racing faster and faster.
Thump thump,
Thump thump thump,
Just as she was about to be engulfed by this dilemma, suddenly, a Golden Light shot into the realm, enveloping her entire being.
And because of this, her mind cleared for a mont.
Subsequently, a voice resonated in her mind—a ssage Hannah Hearne had told her before they ca—
[No matter what others say, you must choose her.]
[Scarlett is Scarlett.]
Magnolia Hearne was suddenly pulled back to reality from the realm, and facing Althea in front of her, she said,
"I want Scarlett."
As soon as the words left her mouth, her gaze fird along with her voice,
"I only want the original Scarlett, even if it ans that mother, as you said, becos temporarily trapped in the realm, as long as Scarlett is there, she will eventually find a way to reopen the Ten-tailed realm."
Magnolia Hearne said,
"If that’s not possible, then let enter the realm. I will await, with my mother, in the deepest part of the Ten-tailed realm, for Scarlett to co and rescue us."
Her voice was like a sharp blade cracking open the solid ice, and the Golden Light penetrated deeper into the realm, illuminating what was once a blank expanse.
And there, a figure seed to sense the familiar Golden Light, slowly opening their eyes from within the white haze.
That was the deepest consciousness realm of the Ten-tailed.
It was also the place closest to the Heavenly Dao.
Even Samuel Chalrs, connected to her Divine Soul, couldn’t reach this place.
Once, it was a place only she could touch, but now, it finally included Scarlett Jennings.
Upon sensing the awakening consciousness, Althea eventually curled her lips into a smile.
She woke,
And she should leave too.
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