The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 171: Danger: Qiuqiu’s Identity Exposed

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Danger: Qiuqiu’s Identity Exposed

RUSTLE!

The sound of turning pages suddenly stopped.

Lord Red elegantly closed the ancient tome.

The gold-stamped title on the cover, *A Taming Guide for Females—From Genetic Compatibility to Mental Submission*, flashed in the light.

His long index finger gently tapped the shocking inscription on the title page:

’True taming is making her willingly wear the collar you give her’!

"You lost the hunting gear."

Lord Red suddenly leaned forward. The vertical purple pupils behind his mask glinted with an unnatural light, his voice soft enough to be terrifying.

"In front of Su An’an’s Beast Husbands, no less?"

Louis’s tail instantly bristled, and he scrambled to explain.

"I swear I didn’t expose my identity! There were no markings on those gauntlets."

"I gave you the Holy Artifact of the Destiny Snake,"

Lord Red’s voice turned cold as a cluster of eerie purple flames ignited at his fingertips. "I told you to find Jiu Su. And what was the result?"

The ancient tome turned to ash in the flames.

"Raymond is dead, the Forbidden Medicine channel is cut off, the slave market was burned down..."

He slowly rose to his feet. His cloak slipped down, revealing a silver snake tattoo coiled around his pale wrist.

"Louis, tell me, how should I reward you?"

"My Lord, please hear me out!"

A cold sweat broke out on Louis’s forehead, his voice trembling.

"We clearly locked Su An’an in an iron cage on the slaver ship. That ship hasn’t failed a single run in ten years."

Lord Red’s footsteps suddenly halted.

"Interesting," he murmured, his scarlet cloak stirring without a wind.

"The Destiny Snake’s prophecy clearly showed that Su An’an was supposed to die a horrible death in a pool of blood at the Black Star Slave Market."

"How could she break free from her predestined fate?"

An hourglass carved from white bone slipped out of his sleeve.

The blood-red sand within floated up unnaturally, weaving itself into a Star Map in the empty air.

Among the patterns, one golden Divine Pattern was particularly dazzling.

It extended like a chain toward a pink halo of light hovering in the distance.

The pink light was surrounded by four golden, beast-shaped totems.

Even stranger, there was a point of light mixed with gold, black, white, gray, and red nearby.

"The golden Divine Pattern is definitely Jiu Su, and the pink light must be Su An’an."

Lord Red’s voice was filled with confusion.

"But why would Jiu Su’s Divine Contract Beast Husbands be next to Su An’an?"

Louis lowered his voice, a gloating light flickering in his eyes.

"My Lord, there are rumors all over the Star Network that Jiu Su and Su An’an’s Beast Husbands have an unusual relationship.

"Ever since Jiu Su’s first livestream, those four have been showering her with insane amounts of donations."

"Even back then, there were rumors that they wanted to abandon that useless female and pledge themselves to Jiu Su instead."

He licked his sharp teeth and continued, "But who would have thought that Jiu Su would actually take Su An’an on as her disciple?"

"Now, all of Black Star is laughing at this love hexagon, even though those four Beast Husbands refuse to admit they have anything going on with Jiu Su."

"The most ridiculous part is,"

Louis said with a malicious smile,

"Su An’an knows she’s being cheated on, but she has to pretend she’s deaf and dumb.

"If you ask me, Jiu Su is probably just using her as a shield to hide her own identity."

"A love hexagon... how amusing!"

Lord Red sneered, staring at the chaotic point of light in the Star Map.

"Let’s see what this multicolored ball of light is."

With a light tap of his finger, the multicolored light emitted a blinding red glow and shot toward the pink light, sending out ripples.

"I see."

Lord Red narrowed his eyes.

"This variable was supposed to be a pawn for our Rebel Army, but it defected to Su An’an’s side."

"A traitor?!"

Louis’s amber beast-like eyes contracted abruptly, but they were quickly filled with a trace of confusion.

"But after Su An’an escaped, Raymond interrogated every Beastman on the slaver ship and found no clues connected to her."

He pulled up the fragmented surveillance footage.

In the video, two Beastmen were about to assault Su An’an.

The next second, their heads suddenly exploded like ripe watermelons.

Immediately after, the recording dissolved into static.

Lord Red’s long finger suddenly paused on a specific frame.

Once the image was enlarged, a small, completely black lizard could be seen curled up in the corner.

Its scales gleamed with a cold, metallic light, and blood dripped from the barb at the tip of its tail.

"A King Blood Black Lizard!"

Louis stared at what looked like a miniature version of Nieruo, his voice suddenly rising in pitch.

"The Nieruo bloodline was supposed to have been completely purged! How could one have slipped through the net? And why would it save Su An’an?!"

"It seems our Third Princess is even more interesting than I thought."

Lord Red’s fingertip traced over the image of the lizard, leaving a blood-red trail in the air.

"To think she would dare to keep the bloodline of a traitor despised by the entire Empire."

An image of Su An’an holding a small, white-furred female cub flashed through Louis’s mind, and he suddenly spoke up.

"After Su An’an returned from the Rotting Nest, she adopted a female cub from the Mouse Clan."

"Perhaps it’s this King’s Blood lizard cub, disguised as a female cub through some trick of hers."

An excited glint flashed in his eyes.

"My Lord, if we expose the fact that Su An’an adopted the cub of a traitorous bloodline, we can utterly ruin her reputation."

"Then, we’ll kidnap Nicola in Su An’an’s name, spread the recording of her being tortured and killed across the Interstellar network, and the Alliance and the Empire will surely go to war!"

He grew more and more agitated as he spoke, as if he could already see Su An’an dead without a proper burial.

"Heh!"

Lord Red let out a soft chuckle and slowly walked closer.

He bent down and pinched Louis’s chin, forcing him to look directly into his own pair of uncanny purple eyes.

"That’s what you said last time. And what was the result?"

His voice was gentle, but it sent a chill down Louis’s spine.

"Not only did Su An’an survive, but she also took out Raymond. Now all of Black Star has become her personal backyard."

Louis gritted his teeth and said in a low voice,

"This time is different! She’s hiding Nieruo’s King’s Blood!"

"That crime alone is enough for the Empire to sentence her to death!"

He tilted his head up, a crazed flame dancing in his eyes.

"As long as we make Nicola ’die’ at her hands, even if Her Majesty the Empress wants to protect her, the Alliance’s fleet will blast the Imperial Capital Star to dust!"

"Once Su An’an, our scapegoat, is executed,"

He bared his bone-white fangs in a grin.

"Her Beast Husbands will naturally go looking for Jiu Su. When they do, we can follow the trail right to our target..."

"Not bad!"

Lord Red suddenly released his grip. The light flickered across his Evil Ghost Mask, making his purple eyes gleam unnaturally in the shadows.

"Killing two birds with one stone! In that case, I will help you one more time."

He wiped the blood from the corner of Louis’s mouth with his finger, then violently stabbed it into the chaotic point of light on the Star Map.

In an instant, the ball of light dimmed as if being strangled by a venomous snake.

From the void, the terrified, shrill scream of a young cub seemed to echo...

When Lord Red turned away, his cloak billowed like a wave of blood. His voice was as soft as a viper slithering over sand.

"Remember, this is your last chance."

He looked down condescendingly at the kneeling Louis. "If you fail again..."

His unfinished sentence dissolved into a meaningful chuckle from behind the mask.

Louis pressed his forehead tightly to the floor. In the shadows, a savage glint flashed in his beast-like eyes.

"I will complete the mission!"