You're the One We Love Most

Three days later, Ling stopped in a valley surrounded by marshland. This was where he would make his advancement.

Ling tossed three kills out of his space and ate them in beast form.

With everything ready, he took out the hide bag his mate had given him.

He shifted into human form, his thin lips curving upward. But when he opened the bag, his purple eyes trembled. It was filled entirely with seventh-tier red crystals. Just who was his mate...?

He stared blankly for a long while, then shook his head. His mate had always been mysterious...

His cool gaze turned toward the Fierce Tiger Tribe. He had to succeed in advancing. Little Meng'er, wait for me...

Back in the tribe, Feng Rumeng kept herself busy every day. After crocheting more than a dozen pairs of underwear,

she learned to make T-shirts and shorts, unraveling and crocheting them over and over. In the end, she actually produced a few pieces she could show off.

Jianyue came by to sit with her for a while every day and gossip:

Four of Bai Feifei's six mates had been lured away by Bai Zhenzhen in just four days.

Bai Feifei was unusually calm. She neither cried nor made a fuss.

Qingqing and Lina had come to blows over a lion male, and Hu Yang had nearly died while hunting.

Unmated males from the surrounding tribes came after hearing of her fame. The tribe's square was filled with PK matches every day, all for a chance to become one of Bai Zhenzhen's beast husbands.

"In fifteen more round days, the females who still have fewer than six beast husbands will have to set out for Beast City to choose mates," Jianyue said leisurely to Feng Rumeng.

Feng Rumeng had no interest in any of it. She only wanted her mates to return soon so they could go to Beast City together and leave this troublesome place behind.

Outside Hu Yun's cave, Bai Zhenzhen leaned against the rock wall, a faint smile on her lips as she gazed tenderly at her four new mates.

"If you regret it, we can dissolve our bonds peacefully and let you return to Bai Feifei."

Bao Feng walked over, lifted one of her hands, and kissed it.

"Zhenzhen, you're the female I love most. No matter what Bai Feifei becomes, she can't compare to a single finger of yours."

The other three gathered around and said in unison, "That's right, Zhenzhen. You're the one we love most."

Bai Zhenzhen parted her fragrant lips. "You're the ones I love most too."

The group walked into the cave, laughing.

The system grumbled in her mind: [Host, none of those four are male leads. Be careful you don't play yourself into trouble.]

Bai Zhenzhen: Relax, relax! The task didn't say I could only play with the male leads.

Bai Zhenzhen's fame grew, until even Gao Yue, the divine maiden of the Green Snake Tribe, could no longer sit still.

Having sworn to gather up the beast world's strongest, she arrived with her proud head held high. She wanted to see just how seductive this beautiful female of the Fierce Tiger Tribe was.

Gao Yue arrived with a fierce bearing, but when she met Bai Zhenzhen, the two did not bare their swords and bend their bows as outsiders had imagined. Instead, their conversation was punctuated by peals of laughter, and Gao Yue happily stayed on with her two beast husbands.

The Fierce Tiger Tribe became livelier than ever. Not only did more males come seeking mates, but Feng Rumeng also had more trouble to deal with.

Bai Zhenzhen and Gao Yue's hands itched if they went a day without targeting Feng Rumeng. The two wished they could use ten schemes a day to frame her.

In their eyes, Feng Rumeng was a vicious cannon-fodder character who was ugly, ate well, and got in their way, holding up their progress on their tasks.

Soon, rumors began spreading through the tribe that Feng Rumeng had seduced Batu, Bai, Hu Chun, Mo Ling...

There were even plenty of witnesses. Feng Rumeng merely laughed out loud and didn't explain a single word, sitting in front of her cave and tending diligently to her own business.

With dirty water splashed over his own head, Hu Chun stood outside Hu Yun's cave, cursing furiously. Jianyue trusted both her friend and her mate, so she didn't fall for it at all.

Seeing how calm Jianyue was, Hu Yue did not make a move against Bai Zhenzhen.

Instead, she kept her mate, Bai, shut up in their cave every day, afraid that Bai Zhenzhen and Gao Yue would snatch him away. She had no advantage when it came to looks.

Hong Ying was also full of resentment. Bai Feifei's four beast husbands, Bao Feng, Chi Xue, Hu Wen, and Hu Jun, had originally agreed to mate with her after dissolving their bonds, but now Bai Zhenzhen had stolen them all.

Bai Feifei's suitors, starting with Hu Yun and Bao Feng...

In just a few days, there were already nine of them, all fifth-tier. Hong Ying wanted to make trouble, but her own beast husbands weren't strong enough, so she could only curse through gritted teeth.

Bai Zhenzhen and Gao Yue shared a goal: to drive Feng Rumeng out of the tribe and throw her into fierce-beast territory to die a miserable death, so they could obtain Jin Ling, an eighth-tier powerhouse.

In Gao Yue's own words, a primitive wasn't worthy of competing with her.

Bai Zhenzhen covered her mouth and chuckled, then raised her wine cup. "Come, sister, let's make all the powerhouses of the Giant Fang Continent our devoted admirers."

Bai Zhenzhen's system was at a loss with her: [The system sighed: This is the first time I've seen a host so blinded by lust. I can already imagine that in the future, the host could have a different beast husband every round year.]

On the third day after Gao Yue arrived, the Fierce Tiger Tribe was targeted by evil beastmen.

Three sixth-tier evil beasts came to seize her and Gao Yue. The males fought them outside the tribe until heaven and earth went dark, but they could not withstand the sixth-tier attackers, and the dead and wounded littered the ground.

The evil beasts declared that as long as Bai Zhenzhen and Gao Yue were handed over, they would withdraw.

Bai Zhenzhen calculated her angle and lowered her head, letting her long hair slip from her shoulder to reveal the fair, tender nape of her neck. "Fine, I'll go with you. Don't hurt the people of the tribe."

Her eyes shimmered with tears as she looked back at everyone with feigned concern. "Chief Hu Zhi, thank you for looking after me all this time. I won't drag the tribe down with me."

Supporting his limp right arm, Hu Yun staggered to her side. "Zhenzhen, you can't go with them. Even if I die, I'll make sure you get away safely."

Bao Feng, Chi Xue, and her other mates also looked ready to stand by her even in the face of death.

Gao Yue didn't put on such an act. She had already taken advantage of the chaos to flee with her two mates. Her purpose in finding high-tier mates was to protect herself and Qing You; whether anyone else lived or died was none of her concern.

A light of infatuation appeared in the evil beastman Lang Yan's eyes. "Female Bai Zhenzhen, we're taking you with us today, no matter what. We won't hurt you. Our boss is very fond of you."

"If you want to take her, you'll have to kill us first!" Hu Jun roared, standing in front of Bai Zhenzhen.

The evil beastman Xiong Mu watched them with a mocking look. "For the sake of the female Bai Zhenzhen, we've already spared your lives. If you insist on courting death, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

Jianyue, who had been well hidden in the cave, was dragged out by the crow beastman Wu Jing. "Since the divine maiden ran away, you'll take her place."

Hu Feng, Batu, Hu Chun, and Hu Chuan lunged at him in beast form. Wu Jing beat his wings, sending them flying backward into the tribe's stone wall, their fates unknown.

Jianyue looked at her unconscious mate. "Let go of me!" She struggled in Wu Jing's arms for a long time, her eyes reddening, but there was nothing she could do.

Flames gathered at Lang Yan's fingertips. With a snap of his fingers, a whip of fire cleaved through the crowd and wrapped around Bai Zhenzhen, pulling her into his arms.

"Zhenzhen!" Hu Yun and her other mates shouted and charged forward, only to be driven back by Xiong Mu's ice spikes.

Hu Yun bit his thin lips until they bled. Sixth-tier-why were there so many sixth-tier fighters...?

The moment Lang Yan caught Bai Zhenzhen, his green eyes turned to vertical slits, and his expression grew entranced. "You're so soft and fragrant. No wonder so many males like you, even enough to die for you."

Bai Zhenzhen's gaze was timid, her red lips trembling slightly. Like a delicate flower drenched by the rain, she made Lang Yan feel a sudden urge to give her the entire beast world.

"I know you're not a bad beast. Doing this isn't what you truly want." Bai Zhenzhen looked at Lang Yan, whose features were just as refined as Hu Yun's. "I don't want to meet your boss. Could you let me and my tribespeople go...?"

Her voice came in fits and starts. "I won't make things difficult for you. You, you..."

"Boo-hoo..."