"No! I'd rather die than agree to your demand."
The dazed Three-Tailed didn't understand what Hao Shuai meant, but the Six-Tailed was already up in arms.
That made sense. Only a man could understand another man.
It was only natural that the Six-Tailed Spirit Fox had picked up on Hao Shuai's hint.
"Heh heh." Hao Shuai grinned wickedly. "Do you really think I need your consent, given how powerful I am?!"
"You..." The Six-Tailed was so flustered by Hao Shuai's retort that he didn't know what to say. He could only stand there, panting heavily.
"I agree!" The Three-Tailed finally understood, too. She knew that the only thing she had to offer right now was her body, so she agreed without giving it much thought.
"Three, don't agree! If this is what it takes to save me, I'd rather die!" the Six-Tailed said firmly.
"But, big brother, I don't want you to die..." The Three-Tailed Demonic Fox was already teary-eyed. She hugged the Six-Tailed's fox head and spoke through her tears.
"Foolish Three, life and death are in fate's hands. I only hope to see you live happily from now on." The Six-Tailed's voice came out hoarse.
"Big brother..."
Watching the fox and the man face a heartbreaking farewell, Hao Shuai suddenly wondered if he'd gone a little too far.
So he said, "All right, I was just joking. Do you really have to rub your affection in my face and make me feel like a third wheel?" Seeing the two foxes so caught up in the moment that they looked ready to die together, Hao Shuai decided to speak up.
He was afraid that if he waited any longer, the two foxes would embrace and jump into the lava.
"What?" *2
The two foxes were now utterly bewildered. They