Chapter 177: Chapter 130: He Admitted It, He Admitted He’s a Lustful Predator
’Where am I?’
’Wasn’t I at the bottom of the sea?’
The events before she lost consciousness suddenly flooded her mind. Her pupils trembled, and every nerve in her body tensed.
’Damn it, where did Fu Yuan go?’
"You’re awake?"
A low, raspy voice reached her ears. It sounded unfamiliar, with a strange quality to it.
Jiang Yunnuan spun around to see a figure sitting cross-legged nearby. He was dressed in black clothes and pants, with black hair and black eyes, his face hidden behind a chilling, grotesque mask.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
’This must be the one who captured me and brought me away from the sea floor. I wonder how Fu Yuan is doing now.’
"Come here!"
He didn’t answer her question. Instead, he slowly extended a hand, an irresistible, powerful suction emanating from his palm.
Jiang Yunnuan felt her body fly through the air. After a blur of motion, she fell into a hard embrace, the impact making her whole body ache. She couldn’t help but gasp in pain.
’Damn it, don’t tell me this guy is after my body?’
’And he’s so strong.’
A sense of panic rose in her heart, and she quickly raised her hands to push him away.
"Sir, we can talk this out. I’m very rich. If you just let me go, I can give you lots and lots of money."
"I don’t lack money. I only lack a woman."
The man’s raspy voice spoke slowly.
Jiang Yunnuan was speechless.
’Damn it, he admitted it! He admitted he’s here to force himself on me!’
’No, no way. I absolutely cannot let him succeed. While I’m no chaste maiden, I’m definitely not someone who will sleep with just anyone.’
’I’m very picky!’
"Heh. I’m not someone you can touch. Let me go right now if you don’t want to die!"
Jiang Yunnuan warned him coldly. With a single thought, a Divine Artifact Experience Card appeared between her fingers.
’This damn pervert had better not push me. Otherwise, I don’t mind wasting an Experience Card to send him on his way.’
"Is that so? But I see no Energy within you. How do you plan to kill me?"
The man narrowed his eyes, a flash of doubt crossing them.
’Her Healing and Purification are both gone. What on earth happened? Why did her powers disappear?’
"I have plenty of ways to kill you. I’m warning you one last time—let me go, right this instant!"
A random Divine Artifact Experience Card only lasted a few minutes, but Jiang Yunnuan didn’t believe anyone in this world, aside from Yan Chen, could withstand the might of a Divine Artifact.
Just then, the System’s urgent voice suddenly rang out in her mind.
[Host, don’t be impulsive! Whatever you do, don’t be impulsive!]
Jiang Yunnuan froze, frowning at the man in black before her.
"Hm? System, you’re not one to meddle. Why would you suddenly pop up? Don’t tell me this guy is my newly unlocked conquest target?"
[Host, do you really not find him familiar?]
"He’s a little familiar, but it could just be my imagination."
[Why don’t you take a closer look, Host?]
"From the way you’re talking, he’s someone I know?"
Jiang Yunnuan’s eyes shifted. With a twitch of her finger, the Divine Artifact Experience Card vanished. She leaned in and sniffed deeply at the crook of the man’s neck.
Perhaps because he had just come from the sea, he smelled entirely of the ocean. Beyond that, she couldn’t detect any other scent.
’But for the System to be this concerned, he must be one of my conquest targets.’
’So, this person is either Yan Chen, or... him.’
’Yan Chen wouldn’t stoop to this. In that case, it can only be him. He didn’t just disguise his face, hair, and eye color—he even disguised his voice.’
’No wonder I didn’t recognize him at all.’
Although she had her suspicions, Jiang Yunnuan decided to confirm with the System just to be safe.
"System, is he Jun Yao?"
[Host, you finally figured it out! That really took some doing. That’s right, he is Jun Yao. You can save your Divine Artifact Experience Card.]
[And, not to discourage you, but his Cultivation is already at the Half-step Ultimate Venerable realm. Even if you did use the Divine Artifact Experience Card, you wouldn’t be able to cause him any serious harm.]
Hearing this, Jiang Yunnuan’s eyes widened in shock.
’What? This guy is already a Half-step Ultimate Venerable?’
’How long has it been, and he’s already a Half-step Ultimate Venerable?’
’Is he using cheats, too?’
Her action of sniffing all over his neck threw his heart into chaos. His breathing grew uncontrollably ragged. A moment later, he came to his senses and spoke in that same raspy voice.
"I won’t let you go. I’d like to see just how you’re going to kill me!"
"Heh, I’ve changed my mind. I’m not going to kill you anymore. You still haven’t said what you want with me. By the way, what’s your name? Do you have a Contract Master? Can you take off your mask and let me see?"
Hearing his words, Jiang Yunnuan quickly blocked the System, let out a soft laugh, and lifted his chin to begin shamelessly teasing him.
’So this guy likes to disguise himself and try to scare me, does he?’
’Fine. Then I’ll just pretend I don’t know who he is and play along with him.’
Her delicate fingertips trailed across his chin, carrying an intoxicating fragrance. The man’s throat tightened, and he grew uncontrollably restless.
The face before him, her eyes tinged with a flirtatious, intoxicating smile, was so beautiful it made him lose his focus.
But she hadn’t been like this a moment ago. Just now, her exquisitely beautiful face had been filled with resistance and wariness. How could she have changed her expression in the blink of an eye and started seducing him?
’Could it be... she recognized me?’
He couldn’t help but feel nervous, but mixed with that nervousness was a faint sense of anticipation.
"I... do not have a Contract Master!"
"Is that so? You still haven’t said if you’ll take off your mask. If you’re handsome enough to my liking, we could see where things go."
Jiang Yunnuan raised an eyebrow. Her fingers gently brushed past his Adam’s apple, traveling upward until their tips touched the edge of his mask.
Suddenly, her hand was caught.
The places her fingertips had touched felt as if they were on fire, or had been struck by lightning—hot and tingly. Those black eyes of his couldn’t help but turn red, and his breathing grew ragged and heavy.
"Are you like this with every Beastman?"
"Of course not. First, they have to be single and without a Contract Master. Second, they have to be handsome, have a good body, and a beautiful Beast Form. And last, but most importantly, they have to be to my liking."
The man was speechless.
’So she really hasn’t recognized me?’
’Has she recognized me or not?’
Suddenly, she pushed against his chest, struggling to get up.
"If you’re not going to show me, then forget it. Let me go. I don’t ’see where things go’ with people who are afraid to show their faces."
"Who do you think I am? You think I’ll let go just because you say so? Be good, or else..."
He narrowed his eyes, a clear threat surfacing within them.
’This woman had better have recognized me. Otherwise, acting like this in front of a ’bad guy’ is just asking for death.’
"Or else what? Are you going to kill me?"
"I wouldn’t go that far. At most... I’ll just make it so you can’t get out of bed!"
He leaned close to her ear, his eyes narrowed as he threatened her in a low voice.
Jiang Yunnuan was speechless.
’This damn bastard! Is it that hard to take off a mask?’
’Is he planning on showing up in disguise every single time from now on?’
