Two figures tumbled out of thin air before the emperor's throne.
One wore a light-blue gauze dress, her silver hair cascading like a waterfall, her beauty cool and otherworldly.
The other wore sheer black-and-purple gauze, her dark hair loose around her shoulders, alluring and bewitching.
Snow Princess of Zhao State, Snow Maiden. Tide Enchantress of the Four Perils of Nightfall.
Both women wore flowing gauze and had been preparing to bathe.
Who could have guessed that the world would suddenly spin, depositing them in this magnificent golden hall?
The surroundings were a shambles. Blood had yet to dry, and broken weapons and shattered armor littered the floor.
"Uuuugh—"
Three muffled whimpers rang out.
They looked up.
Three graceful women were bound tightly to the throne by pitch-black tentacles, three of which had burrowed into their throats.
Snow Maiden and the Tide Enchantress panicked.
The scene before them looked as if some demon or monster were devouring their organs.
Then two more tentacles surged toward them,
coiled around them, and hoisted them into the air.
"Monster! Let go of me!" Snow Maiden cried in alarm.
The Tide Enchantress tried to stay calm, but her body trembled faintly.
"Very nice, very nice. You two were the ones who showed up."
The voice held a hint of amusement.
"Snow Maiden, Zhao State's greatest dancer. And the Tide Enchantress, one of the Four Perils of Nightfall. What a treat."
"You... you know who we are?" Snow Maiden grew even more flustered.
The tentacles binding them snapped in midair, leaving them dangling from a palace beam.
Then,
the pitch-black tentacles flowed over their bodies like liquid. Their gauzy clothes were swallowed up, replaced by black bikinis.
Their skin felt cool, and they were mortified.
Then,
a flood of information poured into their minds.
Another world, the Venom symbiote, Soul Masters, Soul Beasts, becoming a god at level one hundred.
They froze.
They also felt that all their abilities had been strengthened fivefold.
The Tide Enchantress looked at the three women bound to the throne, her expression strange.
She had thought their organs were being devoured, but now it seemed more like they were being violated.
Her body trembled faintly.
Being violated by a monster was already terrifying enough, but it had also given them power. Was this a case of offering them a taste of sweetness before bringing down the big stick?
"Ke ke ke, no wonder you're one of the Four Fiendish Generals. Tide Enchantress, you figured things out so quickly?"
Jiang Ce's voice rang out. "I gave you power, so naturally you belong to me. Become my mounts."
Jiang Ce had shared their memories.
Snow Maiden was only a little over ten years old, newly trained and without any entanglements.
The Tide Enchantress was preparing to enter the palace, hoping to strengthen her family and herself. She had no romantic entanglements.
Jiang Ce was even more pleased.
The Tide Enchantress had calmed down a little.
The power she felt within herself seemed impressive, but she still felt some resistance to being violated by a monster.
Nearby, Snow Maiden was just as panic-stricken.
Just then, a few gulping sounds rang out.
The three women bound to the throne were fed by the tentacles, like mother birds feeding their chicks. Once they had been fed their fill, the tentacles withdrew.
Yan Lingji was the first to wipe her lips.
She looked at Snow Maiden and the Tide Enchantress dangling in midair,
and admired their impressive figures from head to toe.
One was as cool as water, the other as bewitching as poison. They caught her eye.
The Tide Enchantress resembled her, both of them falling into the alluring, seductive type.
A competitive spirit rose in Yan Lingji's heart.
I'm the master's most beloved little seductress.
She looked up at the two with a teasing gaze and a smile playing on her lips.
"Oh? The master's brought two new girls over?"
Yan Lingji leaned back on the throne, her peach-blossom eyes tilting slightly upward.
Nine snow-white fox tails swayed gently behind her, their languid movements carrying an air of authority.
Two tentacles lowered the women from the beam.
As soon as Snow Maiden's feet touched the ground, she folded her arms over her chest.
Her silver hair fell across her face, and her violet eyes brimmed with embarrassment and alarm.
"Y-you... don't look at me..." The black bikini hugged her skin, making her wish she could find a crack in the floor to crawl into.
The Tide Enchantress, however, didn't cover herself.
She glanced down at the black bikini she wore, furrowed her brows, then relaxed them, a bewitching smile slowly curling her lips.
"I see... Is this the new outfit you've chosen for me?"
She arched her back and stood there with easy confidence, her hips full and her waist slim, her pale skin shimmering in the candlelight.
"It fits closer than gauze, at least."
She looked up at Yan Lingji on the throne. Her eyes were appraising, but she showed no fear.
"But—this younger sister of mine, the 'master' you speak of... Do you mean this lord?"
Yan Lingji raised an eyebrow.
Younger sister?
She burst out laughing, her nine fox tails swishing gently as she rose from the throne.
Her black-and-red gown trailed over the crimson carpet as she descended the steps, one after another, and stopped before the Tide Enchantress.
The two women stood face-to-face.
One wore a black-and-red gown, her nine tails swaying, a fierce and bewitching edge lingering in her eyes after the slaughter.
The other wore a black bikini, her dark hair spilling over her shoulders, mature and alluring, every glance and gesture full of charm.
Yan Lingji stood half a head taller than the Tide Enchantress.
She looked down at the other woman and reached out to take her chin, lifting it gently.
"Younger sister? Call me big sister."
Even though she was younger than the Tide Enchantress in years, Yan Lingji wasn't going to call a rival of the same type "big sister," the way she called Xiaomeng that.
The Tide Enchantress's pupils narrowed slightly. She could sense it.
The aura this woman gave off was richer and purer than her own bewitchment,
a foxlike seductiveness that seeped from her very bones.
Her gaze swept over Yan Lingji's figure. Beneath the black-and-red gown, her ample breasts stood proudly, fuller than the Tide Enchantress's.
Her slender waist was narrow enough to encircle with both hands, and her curves were even more dramatic.
The Tide Enchantress's heart gave a sudden thump.
She instinctively tried to turn her head away, but the hand holding her chin was steady.
"...Big sister," she murmured, biting her lip.
Yan Lingji withdrew her hand in satisfaction, turned, and walked back to the throne. She sat down again and crossed her legs.
"That's more like it." She patted the empty seat beside her. "Come sit up here."
The Tide Enchantress hesitated, then walked up the steps and sat beside Yan Lingji.
Snow Maiden remained where she was, arms folded over her chest, her face bright red.
Yan Lingji glanced at her and smiled. "You, silver-haired younger sister, come up too. Don't be afraid. Big sister doesn't eat people."
Snow Maiden bit her lip and shuffled up to the throne one step at a time, shrinking into the seat on the other side, far away from Yan Lingji.
"Good." Jiang Ce's voice rang out.
"Now that everyone's here, I'll say a few words.
This is Douluo Continent, in the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Venom symbiotes on your bodies are a part of me. They enhance your abilities, giving you a fivefold increase to all your attributes across the board. This is only the beginning."
Snow Maiden and the Tide Enchantress remained silent.
"Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
I gave you power, and you'll have to pay a price.
From now on, you're my mounts."
Snow Maiden's face turned even redder. The Tide Enchantress's eyelashes fluttered faintly, but she didn't object.
"You have no choice." Jiang Ce's voice carried a hint of amusement.
Snow Maiden lowered her head, twisting her fingers together.
The Tide Enchantress was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "My lord, how many mounts... are there?"
Jiang Ce laughed. "There are three right in front of you." Yan Lingji, Xiaomeng, and Na'er.
The Tide Enchantress's gaze swept across the three women.
One was bewitchingly alluring, one cool and ethereal, and one innocent and guileless.
None of them looked as if they had been forced.
Yan Lingji in particular had just carried herself as if she were the master's most favored woman.
"...I understand." The Tide Enchantress curled her lips into a smile and turned to Yan Lingji. "Then from now on, I'll call you big sister."
Yan Lingji raised an eyebrow, a flicker of satisfaction in her peach-blossom eyes.
"Clever." She patted the Tide Enchantress on the shoulder. "Don't worry. Being with the master won't leave you shortchanged.
"Look at me. A month ago, I was just a girl who knew how to set things on fire. Now I'm the empress of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Every day, people kneel before me, kowtow to me, and weep as they beg to swear their loyalty."
She laughed, her voice full of swagger.
"Of course, most importantly—the master dotes on me."
She leaned closer to the Tide Enchantress and lowered her voice.
"Big sister gets 'developed' by the master every day. Look at my figure. I'm fuller than you, aren't I?"
The Tide Enchantress's ears turned faintly red.
She was alluring and mature herself, but next to Yan Lingji, she was still a fledgling.
She turned her head away and said nothing.
Yan Lingji laughed even harder.
"Don't be shy, little sister. After the master 'develops' you a few times, you'll turn out like big sister too."
"Enough." Jiang Ce cut her off. "Little seductress, awaken their Martial Souls. Na'er too."
"Yes."
"Awaken our Martial Souls?"
Snow Maiden and the Tide Enchantress were curious.
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