Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 306 - 245: Labor

Fei Yuan lowered his head, pressing his ear against her belly. Sensing the rhythmic thumps from within, he laughed. "It’s moving!"

"As expected of my child. It knows this pregnancy has been hard on Luo’er. It’s not even time to be born, and it’s already eager to meet its mother and father!"

Sang Luo burst out laughing.

It was only at times like this that he showed a rare, childish side.

Sang Luo’s expression was gentle as she teased with a smile, "Your Majesty, you’re never still, and the egg you’re carrying is just as restless."

"Hmm? How am I being restless?"

Fei Yuan shot her a smiling glance, but when he saw her face pale again, he quickly grabbed her hand. He sent a wisp of Divine Soul Power into her body, and only then did the little one in her belly quiet down.

Sang Luo rubbed her belly. ’Is it my imagination? I feel like the little one in my belly is fighting.’

Hmm?

Fighting.

’Hmm... it couldn’t be...’

Sang Luo glanced at the simultaneously happy and worried Fei Yuan, then shook her head, holding her tongue.

’Innate King Beasts are incredibly difficult to conceive. Even when a pregnancy is successful, it’s almost always a single birth. If by some chance there are two, the weaker one is inevitably absorbed by the stronger one in the womb. In the end, only the most powerful offspring is born... This baby should be a Little Phoenix.’

This pregnancy with the Little Phoenix had been fraught with peril. All told, nearly four years had passed. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

For the past few days, Sang Luo had suddenly lost her appetite. She spent her days in a deep slumber, with very few moments of lucidity.

Fei Yuan seemed to sense something was coming. He set aside all external affairs, holding her day and night as he slept by her side, monitoring every change in her body.

Si Ye had also received a message and rushed back. He walked to the bedside, his expression full of worry as he looked at the slumbering Sang Luo. "How is Luoluo?"

Seeing him return empty-handed, Fei Yuan asked, "Where’s Little Zhenzhen?"

"It was a rare trip back for her, and the clan Elders missed her dearly. My mother also successfully broke through to the next realm, so I left her in our ancestral lands to keep my mother company for a while. I’ll go back for her later."

Fei Yuan nodded, his gaze returning to Sang Luo in his arms. His deep voice was barely a whisper. "She’s about to give birth."

Si Ye’s heart seized. He knew full well that this pregnancy was far more difficult for Sang Luo than any of her previous ones. The more gifted the child, the greater the risk of complications for the mother during birth.

Si Ye sat on the edge of the bed and leaned down to press a gentle kiss to her cheek. "When exactly will it happen?" he asked, his voice raspy.

Fei Yuan replied, "At the earliest, in the hours after midnight."

Si Ye’s breath caught.

With every birth, he was always the most anxious one—even more so than the child’s own Beast Father. He took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. ’This time, I can actually help.’

Fei Yuan gently laid Sang Luo back on the bed. He brushed the sweat-dampened hair from her forehead and wiped the cold perspiration from her cheeks with a soft cloth. He then removed her outer robe and pants, changing her into a light, simple, peach-colored maternity dress that covered her body.

He then had Si Ye fetch several basins of warm water and proceeded to gently wash her entire body.

Afterward, Fei Yuan lay on his side beside Sang Luo, holding her close. His face was filled with tenderness and adoration as he quietly awaited the coming moment.

Having rushed back through the night, Si Ye lay down on Sang Luo’s other side to rest his eyes for a moment. He didn’t dare fall asleep, remaining ever-vigilant for any stirring from her.

「In the hours after midnight.」

Sang Luo was jolted awake by a searing pain.

"AHH!"

She clutched her stomach and let out a bloodcurdling scream, her eyes instantly filling with tears.

Fei Yuan swiftly carried her to the delivery room.

He fed her a Painless Pill.

Si Ye followed right behind them.

Sang Luo lay on the bed, her eyes closed, panting softly.

Fei Yuan continuously changed the water to wipe her down, not even noticing that his own hands were trembling slightly.

He had successfully acted as her midwife for previous births, but ultimately, those hadn’t been his own children. Now that his own offspring was about to be born, he finally understood true nervousness. Panic muddled his thoughts, and his mind went completely blank.

Si Ye came over to assist, far calmer than he had been during the previous births. He had also read a good number of books on midwifery.

「An hour later.」

He pulled a red Phoenix Egg from beneath the covers, quickly wiped it clean with a towel, and handed it to Fei Yuan.

Fei Yuan’s voice was thick with emotion. "This is my and Luo’er’s child."

Si Ye said grimly, "There’s another one."

Even though one had been born, Sang Luo’s belly was still round and pulsing gently.

Fei Yuan almost forgot to breathe.

"You’re a lucky one! Luoluo gave you two cubs in one pregnancy," Si Ye said, his voice laced with envy. He then turned back and spoke gently, "Luoluo, push. There’s another egg, but it’s stuck."

Sang Luo had nearly fainted from exhaustion after laying the first egg. ’I can’t believe there’s another one!’

She gritted her teeth and, mustering every last bit of her strength, gave one final, forceful push.

UGH!

Something else rolled out...

Only then did her belly finally flatten.

Si Ye lifted the second egg from under the covers.

Fei Yuan took it, wiped it clean, and placed it snugly beside the other Phoenix Egg.

Sang Luo was completely drained of strength. She was too weak to even speak, and the figures before her blurred. Ignoring the grime on her face, Fei Yuan kissed her passionately. "Luo’er, you’ve worked so hard... You gave me two children..."

She couldn’t quite make out the end of his sentence before her consciousness faded to black.

Fei Yuan didn’t dare to hold her too tightly, instead letting her lie flat on the bed. He then began to once again carefully clean her with warm water.

Hearing a commotion outside, Si Ye rushed out for a moment. He returned with a grim expression. "This is bad. The Heavenly Tribulation is here!"

He looked at the weak, unconscious Sang Luo on the bed. He hadn’t expected the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive so quickly, leaving them no time to prepare.

’In her condition, how could she possibly survive it? The first bolt of Heavenly Thunder alone would be enough to obliterate her, body and soul.’

Above the Imperial Palace, the sky and earth themselves seemed to warp.

Black tribulation clouds gathered, and the Beastmen in the palace scattered in a panic. Fei Yuan teleported into the sky just as a bolt of Heavenly Thunder shot down toward the delivery room. He intercepted the strike with his own body.

With an outsider interfering, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation magnified, making this bolt dozens of times stronger than it should have been!

A faint pallor washed over Fei Yuan’s face.

Meanwhile, Si Ye fed Sang Luo one Crystal Core after another, gently rousing her. He then retrieved a Reincarnation Pill from her Qiankun Bag and helped her swallow it.

The Reincarnation Pill would still need some time to take effect within her body.

The Reincarnation Pill’s effects were temporary, lasting only for the duration of the tribulation. That was why it could only be administered as an emergency measure once the Heavenly Tribulation began.

The Heavenly Tribulation began gathering power for another strike.

Si Ye was about to rush out and block the next bolt for her.

But Lou Xianyue arrived.

He produced numerous Thunder Control Magical Artifacts and blocked the second strike.

The Heavenly Thunder was blocked by outsiders time and again, further enraging the Heavenly Tribulation. Countless dragons of lightning churned within the black clouds, coalescing into a single, terrifyingly powerful bolt!

In the very instant that the final bolt was about to descend—

The black clouds scattered, and clear daylight broke through.

On the bed, Sang Luo’s eyes snapped open. The weakness that had plagued her was completely gone, replaced by a potent, unfamiliar power that surged through every fiber of her being. Her very soul felt so light and comfortable she could have been an immortal ascending.

She had successfully advanced to the Beast Emperor Realm!

She hurriedly checked on the condition of her newborn children.