Past Fiancée, Present Soul Beast Girl

The White Tiger soul power within Dai Mubai burned frantically.

The secret technique of the Star Luo Royal Family was pushed to its absolute limit!

That invisible thread guiding him to the bloodline of Zhu Zhuqing, though flickering and intermittent due to the interference of a strange power, had ultimately not been severed.

It pointed unwaveringly toward the seemingly unremarkable valley ahead.

This is the place!

Dai Mubai's eyes were bloodshot.

Ignoring the dissuasion of his subordinates, his figure transformed into a bolt of white lightning, charging forward madly!

The closer he drew, the more intense that ominous premonition became.

The moment he stepped into the valley, the scene before his eyes shifted abruptly!

The previously blurry mountain walls and forests became incredibly clear in an instant.

A life force so dense it was outrageous rushed toward him, causing his soul power, which had been somewhat depleted from driving the secret technique, to surge with renewed vigor.

What a blessed land!

But Dai Mubai had no heart to appreciate such things at this moment.

His gaze was nailed firmly to the few figures in the center of the valley.

A strange young man.

A breathtakingly beautiful woman exuding a terrifying pressure, her depth unfathomable.

A little girl, delicate and carved from jade, looking harmless to humans and animals alike.

And...

Dai Mubai's brain exploded with a roar!

That young woman dressed in black tight-fitting leather, with a figure so hot it made one's blood boil and a face of cold, peerless beauty—who else could it be but Zhu Zhuqing?

She was still alive!

A surge of indescribable ecstasy had not yet had time to rise before it was replaced by a deeper sense of bewilderment and shock.

What was he seeing?

Zhu Zhuqing was standing quietly behind that strange young man, her posture submissive, even carrying a hint of... reliance?

What made it even more incomprehensible to him was Zhu Zhuqing's current state.

Her body was wreathed in a pure, condensed Nether soul power, and those beautiful eyes that should have been human were now a pair of cold, ruthless golden vertical pupils!

Those characteristics belonging to a soul beast could not be hidden at all!

This is a soul beast!

It is the human form of a soul beast!

Dai Mubai's worldview shook violently at this moment.

It was on the verge of shattering on the spot!

"Zhuqing!"

Unable to suppress the raging waves in his heart any longer, he let out an uncontrollable roar of fury and charged forward.

"What is going on with you!"

"Why are you with a man, and why have you turned into a soul beast!"

His questioning voice echoed through the valley, filled with incredulous pain and anger.

This was even harder for him to accept than if Zhu Zhuqing had died!

The Crown Princess of the Star Luo Royal Family, the legitimate daughter of the Zhu family, had actually turned into a soul beast?

And was consorting with a wild man of unknown origin?

How absurd!

What a humiliation!

In the valley, the originally harmonious atmosphere was completely torn apart by this roar.

Xiao Wu was startled and instinctively hid behind Li Hao.

Medusa, however, frowned slightly, a flicker of displeased killing intent flashing in her emerald green eyes.

Li Hao's social anxiety radar was blaring at its highest setting, and a sense of irritation surged like a tide.

The thing he feared most had come to pass.

This trouble had, after all, come knocking on his door.

And Zhu Zhuqing, at the center of the storm, finally reacted.

She slowly turned around, those cold golden vertical pupils glancing at Dai Mubai with indifference.

There was no excitement of a reunion.

There was no relief at not being found.

There was not even the slightest ripple of emotion.

There was only pure, undisguised indifference and disgust.

She said nothing, merely shifting a small step to the side, pressing herself even tighter against Li Hao's side.

This action spoke louder than a thousand words.

It struck Dai Mubai's heart like an invisible heavy hammer.

It was a silent barrier, a clear-cut boundary that completely isolated him and her into two different worlds.

"What... what is the meaning of this?"

Dai Mubai's voice trembled; he could not accept this bone-chilling coldness.

Zhu Zhuqing finally spoke.

Her voice was no longer the cold yet stubborn tone of the past.

It was an extreme, emotionless iciness.

She raised her hand, her slender index finger pointing at Li Hao beside her.

"What does that engagement have to do with me?"

Every word was clear and cut to the bone.

"My master is only him."

Boom!

Dai Mubai was struck as if by lightning, freezing in place.

Master?

She actually called that man... master?

The royal engagement he took such pride in, the invisible shackles he had always placed upon her, the so-called dignity he had to maintain under family pressure...

In this moment, they were shattered to pieces by those two words!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Was she captured?

Was her mind controlled?

Or...

No!

He saw something deep within Zhu Zhuqing's golden vertical pupils.

It was not forced submission, nor was it the confusion of being bewitched.

It was a willing surrender! It was an absolute loyalty that entrusted the entire meaning of her existence to another person!

Why!

How could this be!

Who exactly was that man? What on earth had he done to Zhu Zhuqing!

Immense humiliation and rage instantly devoured Dai Mubai's reason.

"You're courting death!"

He roared, his White Tiger Martial Soul instantly manifesting. Two yellow and one purple spirit rings suddenly lit up, and the sharp Geng Metal Qi tore through the air as he prepared to lunge at Li Hao!

Just then.

Medusa's figure stepped forward like a phantom, blocking the path in front of Li Hao and Zhu Zhuqing.

She did nothing, merely lifting her head quietly.

Those emerald snake eyes turned incomparably deep in an instant.

A terrifying pressure, originating from the primordial era and belonging to a king at the top of the food chain, erupted!

Dai Mubai's charging figure came to a sudden halt.

He felt as if he were not facing a woman, but an ancient beast capable of swallowing the heavens and the earth!

His soul trembled, and his bloodline wailed.

A suffocating pressure gripped his throat tightly, rendering him unable to advance even an inch further.

At this moment of extreme tension.

A crisp, angry child's voice rang out.

"Big tiger, you are not allowed to bully Daddy's new family!"

Xiao Wu poked her head out from behind Li Hao, puffing out her cheeks and glaring at Dai Mubai indignantly.

"Daddy"?

"New family"?

These two words became two sharp blades, ruthlessly plunging into Dai Mubai's heart.

He stumbled back, utterly devastated, staring in disbelief at the absurd scene before him.

He saw Zhu Zhuqing.

As that man gently stroked the top of her head, her cold, golden slit pupils actually revealed a look of feline-like contentment and enjoyment.

It was a docility he had never seen before.

And a reliance he would never be able to obtain.

Then, comparing it to the cold, resolute gaze she cast toward him—as if looking at a dead thing...

The immense contrast caused Dai Mubai's mental defenses to collapse completely!

Humiliation, anger, unwillingness, jealousy...

All negative emotions reached their peak at this moment.

"Ahhhhhhh--!"

He let out a roar of unwillingness like a wild beast, the sound filled with endless pain and brokenness.

He could not bear to stay here for even one more second.

Dai Mubai turned abruptly and, using every ounce of his strength, fled the valley that had shattered his worldview in a panicked, wretched, and headlong rush.

He felt as if something of his own had been left behind here forever.

And then, crushed to pieces by that person.