"It's over! We're completely done for!" Yue Hua Yin was blasted back by Ye Kuo's attack, his body slamming hard against the wall. He coughed up blood, and his fluffy wolf ears drooped limply.
"I'm going to kill you!" Countless strands of Spiritual Silk erupted from Ye Kuo's body. His eyes burned with a raging fire, and his frenzied killing intent threatened to devour everything in its path.
His Vajra Sharp Claw squeezed tighter and tighter, and Jiang Xinli felt it become increasingly difficult to breathe.
Just as Jiang Xinli was about to suffocate and her vision began to blacken, her consciousness was suddenly pulled into a mysterious space.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself on a dark wasteland, the cold so intense it pierced her to the bone.
At that moment, her body was covered in key places by her long, satin-like black hair, and her smooth skin gave off a faint, holy glow.
An ethereal, mechanical voice suddenly rang out in her mind:
Wood Element Ability awakened.
Superpower Name: Dodder Flower. Superpower Level: 1st Rank.
A low-level Dodder Flower is soft and delicate, able to survive only by attaching to a powerful male and absorbing nutrients from his body. Nutrients include but are not limited to: a Male Beastman's Uprising Value, a Male Beastman's esse—
'Is this the cheat I get for transmigrating into the book?' Jiang Xinli's eyes lit up, and a sliver of hope surged within her.
She then felt a warmth at her fingertip, and a tender, green sprout slowly emerged.
A sharp, woody fragrance mingled with the thick stench of blood drifted from a dark corner.
Jiang Xinli flared her nostrils slightly, taking a small sniff. Guided by instinct, she glided gracefully toward the source of the scent.
In a dark corner, a massive Black Panther lay curled in a pool of blood.
The Black Panther's fur was dark and glossy, but now it was covered in blood and riddled with injuries.
Its eyes, bloodshot and scarlet red, stared warily at Jiang Xinli, simmering with killing intent.
After baring its fangs and roaring at Jiang Xinli, the Black Panther, utterly exhausted, slowly collapsed into unconsciousness.
Just then, the surrounding ground began to crack and collapse violently. The wounds all over the Black Panther's body rapidly began to fester, and waves of a nauseating, foul miasma filled the air.
Though she had mentally prepared herself, the horrific sight before her still made Jiang Xinli's heart ache.
She guessed to herself, 'Could this be Ye Kuo's Spiritual Image?'
'And this heavily wounded Black Panther before me, is this Ye Kuo's Spirit Body?'
'What on earth did he go through to end up in this state?'
'Was it really all because of the original owner's torture?'
After all, according to the fragments of the original owner's memory, her methods for torturing the five Beast Husbands were far more complex than simple imprisonment and verbal abuse.
Jiang Xinli took a deep breath, suppressing the fear and unease in her heart, and cautiously approached the Black Panther.
Following the fragmented memories of the original owner, she gently placed her fair, delicate palm on the Black Panther's forehead.
In that instant, specks of flowing light, like lively fireflies, scattered one by one onto the Black Panther's deep, ravine-like wounds.
The Dodder Flower seedling on her fingertip seemed to answer a call, growing wildly and transforming into a transparent stream of light that spread rapidly over the wounds, covering them.
A miraculous thing happened. The Black Panther's bleeding gradually subsided, the deep ravines of its wounds began to shallow, and the festering process slowed down significantly.
Slowly, the wounds on the Black Panther's body began to heal, little by little.
As the wounds healed, the once dark and frigid surroundings gradually filled with light and warmth.
The long-barren and desolate wasteland seemed to be revitalized, gradually tinged with green.
That pleasant woody fragrance once again filled the air.
Jiang Xinli slowly withdrew her hand, letting out a long sigh.
Having absorbed its fill of "nutrients," the Dodder Flower's Vine was now plump and round, radiating a unique vitality.
The Black Panther, its gaze once sinister and vicious, slowly opened its eyes.
To her delight, the scarlet killing intent that had filled its eyes was gone, replaced by a pair of orange irises brimming with gentleness.
It gently raised its head and affectionately rubbed against Jiang Xinli's calf, letting out a low whimper as if conveying endless grievances and gratitude.
"I'm sorry. With my current spiritual power, this is all I can do." Jiang Xinli looked at the many wounds still dotting the Black Panther's body, reaching out to gently stroke its head. Her gaze was full of compassion.
The Dodder Flower Vine in her hand retracted like a weary bird returning to its nest. In the blink of an eye, it reverted to its initial sprout-like form before vanishing completely from her fingertip.
As Jiang Xinli slowly stood up, the world began to spin. She felt as if all her strength had been drained away. An intense weariness washed over her, and she longed to close her eyes and sink into a deep sleep.
In the room, as an invisible force abruptly severed the Spiritual Silk, both Ye Kuo and Jiang Xinli went limp at the same time.
Ye Kuo slumped straight down to the floor, kicking up a small puff of dust.
Jiang Xinli fell like a drifting autumn leaf, collapsing limply into Sheng Tianze's arms.
"Ye Kuo!"
"Jiang Xinli!"
"Female Master!"
The four men's voices instantly rose several octaves. Their eyes were filled with terror, their hearts leaping into their throats.
The same sentence flashed through their minds simultaneously: "When the Female Master dies, the Beast Husbands die."
"It couldn't be—"
"Then we'll—"
They instinctively glanced at each other, their pupils constricting in shock:
"What's going on?! Ye Kuo's Uprising Value dropped to 55%!"
"Who severed Ye Kuo's Spiritual Silk?"
"It dropped by nearly 12% in an instant! Even the most powerful SS-level female from the Imperial Royal Family couldn't possibly do that!"
"Could it have been her?"
"You mean the Female Master? That's impossible! Her spiritual power is only F-level. She'd be lucky to lower it by 0.5% with a single soothing!"
Sheng Tianze's expression was grave as he reached out and gently checked for breathing under Jiang Xinli's nose.
When he felt her weak but steady breathing, he let out a slight sigh of relief. He then raised his hand and carefully brought a vial of green potion to her lips, feeding it to her.
Yue Hua Yin's eyes widened in disbelief as he demanded loudly,
"Sheng Tianze, have you lost your mind! That's your only life-saving potion, the one that can mend shattered bones, and you just gave it to her!"
Sheng Tianze's expression remained calm, as if he had just given her something ordinary, not a priceless potion. He said nonchalantly,
"The divorce papers aren't signed yet. The Female Master can't die."
After speaking, he immediately bent down to continue setting Jiang Xinli's shattered bones, his movements focused and skillful.
"Actually, we could just make her sign them while she's unconscious." After Hua Xi and Yue Hua Yin had struggled to get Ye Kuo situated on the sofa, Hua Xi leaned close to Yue Hua Yin's ear and muttered,
"Anyway, as long as we get a fingerprint, the paper version and the electronic version on the Light Computer are equally valid in the eyes of the law."
Hearing this, Yue Hua Yin's eyelids lifted slightly. A flicker of displeasure crossed his eyes as he shot Hua Xi a cold glance.
"Would you take advantage of someone in their moment of peril?" He paused before continuing, "If you would, you would have made her sign the first time she passed out. Why wait until now?"
Xuan Ying chimed in coldly from the side, twisting the knife: