Lan Cangming was a 3S Beastman. When he went berserk, he was the equivalent of a walking battleship.
Sending the army after him would be a suicide mission. Only his contracted mate could approach him safely.
But Su An'an was a Princess. Even if she ordered her guards, no one would dare take her to a battlefield.
She was pacing anxiously when her pink personal AI suddenly displayed a bright red warning:
[Violation detected: White Tiger Beast Husband is disobeying orders and breaking out!]
[Repeat! White Tiger Beast Husband is breaking out!]
'That's right, Ying Jiuyao!'
Her eyes lit up.
Among the Five Great Beast Husbands, the most arrogant, wanton, and lawless of them all—the White Tiger War God—would surely dare to take her to find Lan Cangming.
Su An'an grabbed her medical kit and sprinted toward the White Tiger's chambers.
[Princess arriving. Deactivate all laser grids immediately.]
The electronic locks on the laser grids disengaged one after another with a series of CLICKS.
'Jeez, the original host installed laser grids in every Beast Husband's chambers. Whenever she was upset, she'd zap them for fun.'
'No wonder they hate her so much. They probably received their marriage certificate along with a death sentence!'
Pushing open the grand doors to the chambers, which were emblazoned with a fierce tiger totem, she was hit by the scent of chilled Tequila pheromones mixed with the stench of blood.
Sunlight streamed through the domed windows, falling upon a cage of Profound Iron.
Inside, a man's shoulder blades were pierced by silvery-white electric shock chains. His muscular back was covered in dark red electrical burns.
Old wounds were layered with new ones, a dense and shocking sight.
Now, the chain on the left had snapped completely, while the one on the right hung precariously.
A memory suddenly assaulted her.
This dangerously handsome, silver-haired man had once been paraded around on a leash like a dog by the original host, who used an electric collar.
He had been locked in this iron cage and subjected to a week of electrocution for resisting her.
"Lovely weather today, isn't it!"
Su An'an tremblingly entered the password. The moment her fingertips touched the cage door, a tiger's claw slammed against the bars, leaving a dent.
"A Heatwave Inducer?"
His Gilded Beast Eyes spotted the medical kit in her hand, and his tiger tail began to thrash irritably against the ground.
"Don't even try it. I have no interest in a vicious female like you."
"No, this is medicine to save Lan Cangming."
Su An'an held up the medical kit, her voice trembling as she spoke.
"I accidentally injected Lan Cangming with a Spiritual Stimulant, thinking it was a Heatwave Inducer."
"In two hours and forty minutes, he's going to lose control, go on a rampage, and slaughter everyone in the city."
She didn't dare mention the Mandala Alkaloid. If anyone found out she'd bought that stuff, even a Princess would be hauled into court.
"You damn female, how dare you drug him right before he went into battle!"
Ying Jiuyao's Golden Beast Pupils instantly constricted to pinpricks. With one hand, he seized Su An'an by the neck and lifted her high into the air.
"I didn't do it on purpose."
Su An'an clawed painfully at Ying Jiuyao's arm.
"Once we save Lan Cangming, you can all curse me out as much as you want."
Ying Jiuyao wanted nothing more than to strangle this vicious female.
But after their marriage, they had all formed a spiritual link with Su An'an.
If he strangled her, all five Beast Husbands would die too.
"You'd better pray that Lan Cangming is all right, or else..."
Gritting his teeth, Ying Jiuyao let go and kicked the Profound Iron cage apart.
It wasn't that he had any deep affection for Lan Cangming.
It was simply that when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves.
An Empire Marshal could be toyed with to death by this vicious female.
How much better could his own fate be?
The tip of Su An'an's nose was red, and tears fell like pearls from a broken string.
'First choking on water, now being strangled... My life is more bitter than bile!'
"Stop playing dead. Let's go."
Ying Jiuyao stepped out of the cage and looked impatiently at Su An'an, who was still crumpled on the floor.
"It hurts... I can't move."
Su An'an looked up pitifully, revealing the terrifying choke marks on her slender, snow-white neck.
In truth, Ying Jiuyao hadn't used much force. It was just that her skin was fair and bruised easily, which made it look severe.
Ying Jiuyao's breath caught.
In the Empire, harming a female was a felony, and harming one's contracted mate was the most serious offense of all.
If Su An'an reported this to the court and had her injuries examined, even an Empire Commander like Ying Jiuyao would be skinned alive.
He expressionlessly snapped his own right wrist. "Is this enough?"
"You don't have to be so extreme!"
Terrified by his ruthlessness, Su An'an scrambled to her feet.
'Mamma mia!'
'This isn't some adult novel, it's a straight-up horror story.'
'He's this cruel even to himself. No wonder he ends up chopping off her hands later in the story.'
'Once Lan Cangming is safe, I'm divorcing these Beast Husbands—no, these butchers.'
'And staying far, far away from them.'
Ying Jiuyao pulled out a high-potency healing injector and jabbed it into her slender arm.
The red marks faded, and the pain vanished. It worked faster than a mana potion.
"You should use one, too."
Su An'an said cautiously.
"Don't need it."
With one arm, Ying Jiuyao threw Su An'an over his shoulder and moved like lightning to the garage.
He tossed Su An'an into the hovercar's passenger seat, activated the vehicle's radar, and ordered:
"Search for Lan Cangming's battlefield."
Su An'an quietly reminded him, "He's in the Canglan Sea Area, at defense line three."
[Canglan Sea Area locked. Estimated travel time: three hours and ten minutes.]
Su Nian'an grew anxious.
"That's too long! Lan Cangming will go berserk in two hours and thirty minutes!"
"Hold on tight!"
A crazed light flashed in Ying Jiuyao's golden eyes as his large hand yanked the thruster control.
The hovercar shot into the air like a deranged husky.
The intense feeling of weightlessness made her pupils tremble and her heart race. She couldn't help but blurt out:
"Mamma mia, I think I'm seeing the Beast God!"
Ying Jiuyao calmly pushed the thruster to its limit. "Don't worry. This isn't even the fastest we can go. At top speed, you'll see the Beast God waving at you."
Two hours and twenty minutes later, the hovercar arrived near the Canglan Sea Area.
A ten-mile radius of the sea was swarming with a dense mass of black Mutant Beasts.
They waved their hideous tentacles, trying to get ashore to feed.
Mutant Beasts expand their nests by devouring metal and Energy.
The powerful bodies of Beastmen were the Mutant Beasts' favorite food.
They reproduced rapidly and possessed exoskeletal armor. If they made it to shore, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Lan Cangming's Personal Guard were in fighter jets, using their firepower to lock down the coastline.
But there was no sign of Commander Lan Cangming's silver-blue mecha.
"Search for Lan Cangming's position."
After giving the order to the radar, Ying Jiuyao turned to look at the passenger seat.
Su An'an's face was pale, her hair was a mess, and she sat rigidly in the black seat.
She'd been on a two-hour-plus roller coaster ride.
Her stomach had been churning violently the entire time; it was a miracle she hadn't thrown up in the car.
By now, the hem of her pink lace skirt had ridden up to her waist, revealing white pettipants and a pair of fair, slender legs.
Such a fragrant and sultry sight, however, only made him frown in the eyes of this no-nonsense tiger.
'Wearing something like that onto a battlefield is just asking to die.'
"Change into this."
Ying Jiuyao dug out a black combat suit and tossed it at Su An'an.
Su An'an let out a long breath, settling the foulness in her stomach.
This princess dress was indeed getting in the way, but the hovercar had limited space and no changing room.
After a moment's hesitation, she decisively pulled off the lacey, puffy skirt.
'In their eyes, a vicious woman like me is just a piece of dead meat anyway.'
'They probably wouldn't even be interested if I stripped naked.'
'Besides, I'm still wearing a camisole and shorts underneath.'
She tossed the pink lace skirt aside, revealing her wonderfully curvaceous figure.
Her waist was slim enough to be spanned by a single hand, and her snow-white skin gave off a sweet, creamy fragrance.
Amidst his silver hair, Ying Jiuyao's fluffy tiger ears twitched, and his gaze involuntarily drifted over.
Before, the scent of her creamy pheromones had only made him feel nauseous, but today, he found it inexplicably sweet.
His throat suddenly felt dry. He even had the urge to lick her all over to see if she tasted as sweet as she smelled.
'Something's wrong!'
Ying Jiuyao's golden pupils contracted. He seized both of her slender wrists with one hand, pinning them against the seat.