The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 67: Night Abyss’s Severed Arm

「Southwest Mist Swamp.」

A gray-purple miasma coiled between the rotting wood and withered branches, like countless twisted arms.

"East District checked."

"West District checked."

The voices of the Judgement Army rose and fell, accompanied by the beeping of detectors.

Su An’an walked over, her boots crunching on the fallen leaves.

Her dark green combat suit outlined her tall, straight posture, and her high ponytail swayed with each step.

Night Abyss followed close behind, the same style of combat suit giving him a sharp, imposing air.

His dark red, vertical pupils were hidden behind damp strands of hair, like a lurking beast.

Jox, who had been huddled in a corner, saw Su An’an and his eyes lit up. He hurried over to salute her.

"Princess, thank you for sending the medicine."

Behind him, the four members of the Mouse Clan who had once lost arms and eyes now moved about as if they were never injured.

Su An’an nodded and smiled. "You’ve recovered well. Want to come with us to the Rotten Nest?"

Jox’s throat bobbed. His gaze shifted sideways to Night Abyss, who was leaning against an old locust tree.

The Poisonous Flood Dragon was whittling a piece of rotten wood with a dagger, the curve of his thin, crimson lips sending a chill through the air.

"No, no!"

Jox took two steps back, the smile on his face more strained than a sob.

"The Judgement Army promised to help me search for my mother, so we won’t get in your way."

Just as Su An’an was about to speak, a cool and gentle force clasped her wrist.

The scent of Mandala Fragrance washed over her.

"It’s getting late."

Night Abyss’s fingertips gently caressed the skin on the inside of Su An’an’s wrist.

But his gaze went over her shoulder, fixing on Jox.

A strange light gleamed in his dark red, vertical pupils, sending a chill down the spine of the seasoned Mouse Clan leader.

"Why are you scaring them?"

Su An’an jabbed him lightly in the chest with her elbow.

Night Abyss clutched his chest and took half a step back, a wronged expression appearing on his face as his eyelashes trembled.

This pitiful display made all five members of the Mouse Clan stare wide-eyed in astonishment.

She glanced at the drama queen of a Poisonous Flood Dragon, then turned back to Jox.

"When I get back from the Rotten Nest, I have some business to discuss with you."

"Your wish is my command, Princess! I would go through fire and water for you!"

Jox bowed as he replied, then suddenly felt the air around him freeze.

Night Abyss had one hand in his pocket, nonchalantly twirling the dagger between his fingers.

But the oppressive aura radiating from him was so palpable it made Jox’s hair stand on end.

"Princess, please be careful! We’ll take our leave now!"

Jox and the other four scrambled away, practically tumbling as they vanished into the mist.

Su An’an turned, planting her hands on her hips and putting on a stern face, as if scolding a naughty child.

"Night Abyss, Jox is an important business partner."

"He’s just a rat who follows the wind."

Night Abyss scoffed, reaching out to tuck a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. "You want connections? I can lay the entire Empire at your feet. Why bother keeping this kind of..."

Su An’an’s expression turned cold.

"I have my own principles when I do things. Reign in your control freak tendencies."

She knew all too well how domineering Night Abyss was to his very core.

’If I don’t curb this possessiveness now, it’ll eventually become an emotional cage.’

Night Abyss’s throat moved slightly. Gazing at her stubborn expression, he finally, slowly, raised his hands in surrender.

"I went too far. I’ll listen to you from now on."

His deliberately softened tone held a hint of appeasement.

The tight line of Su An’an’s mouth finally softened. She stood on her toes and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "That’s more like it."

Little Pink tutted.

’The Princess is getting better and better at training her dog.’

’She’s even got the gloomy, ruthless Poisonous Flood Dragon wrapped around her little finger.’

’That’s called equal communication,’

Su An’an rolled her eyes, her fingertips tracing the thin calluses on Night Abyss’s palm.

’A relationship shouldn’t be about one person taming the other. It’s about walking side by side.’

She was reminded of a proverb from one of the treasured Zhiyin Body novels in her collection.

A confident smile graced her lips.

Little Pink made a simulated gulping sound.

[’I’m learning so much! I’ll drink this bowl of chicken soup for the soul right up!’]

Just then, Leng Qingfeng emerged from the thin mist.

He placed his right fist over his chest and gave Su An’an a solemn salute.

"Good day, Princess."

"You look much better!"

Su An’an looked at his handsome face, now free of its poisonous scales.

He was a completely different beast from the out-of-control Godzilla she’d seen last time.

Leng Qingfeng was taken aback for a moment.

"Thank you for your concern, Princess. And please, send my regards to Lord Jiu Su as well."

Night Abyss suddenly grabbed Su An’an’s wrist.

His dark red, vertical pupils were fixed on Leng Qingfeng’s saluting hand, as if it were a claw daring to touch his precious treasure.

’Jealous again?’

Su An’an shot him a look.

Night Abyss reluctantly let her go and asked in a cold voice, "What’s the progress of the search?"

"Sir, we’ve searched a ten-li radius and found a batch of bombs planted by the Rebel Army."

Leng Qingfeng pushed aside the decaying leaves by the swamp, revealing a rust-spotted iron case.

It was filled with decommissioned electronic bombs.

"This is definitely not the full extent of the Rebel Army’s plan."

Night Abyss frowned, his sharp senses picking up on a faint, almost imperceptible anomaly.

"Keep searching. Don’t let any anomaly, no matter how small, go unnoticed."

"Yes, sir."

Leng Qingfeng led his team to continue the search, but they found nothing.

The eleven o’clock bell rang.

The void suddenly tore open, a black vortex gaping like a giant mouth.

A damp, cold, and foul-smelling fog, thick with the stench of decay, rushed out from within.

Su An’an clutched the corner of Night Abyss’s clothes.

Night Abyss commanded, "Scout team, advance!"

Ten soldiers advanced in a fan formation.

Suddenly, hundreds of black, spider-like shadows shot out from the ground like phantoms.

Immediately after, the sound of an earth-shattering explosion ripped through the air.

A black mushroom cloud, dozens of meters high, shot into the sky.

Shrapnel and rock, carried by a terrifying shockwave, rained down like a torrential storm.

The scout team was instantly torn to shreds by the force of the blast, reduced to severed limbs.

Night Abyss reacted in a flash. Inky black Scale Armor flowed over his body like a tide.

He wrapped Su An’an tightly in his arms, his back taking the full force of a massive, flying boulder.

"Activate the Energy Shield!"

A terrifying light burst from Night Abyss’s crimson vertical pupils.

Although the Judgement Army led by Leng Qingfeng suffered heavy casualties, they relied on their rigorous training to quickly form a defensive perimeter.

The blue light of laser guns and the fiery glare of explosions intertwined madly in the dense fog.

Su An’an was dizzy and disoriented from the shockwave.

The spot-sized shadow in her sea of consciousness suddenly erupted.

A huge, gray, poisonous shadow, buried in the deepest part of her sea of consciousness, finally revealed its hideous face.

Her three Spiritual Power Tentacles were completely suppressed by it.

Su An’an’s eyes went vacant. As if pulled by an invisible force, she stood up uncontrollably.

A white silk thread suddenly bound her and began dragging her rapidly toward the mouth of the vortex.

"Anan..."

Night Abyss’s pupils contracted. He threw all caution to the wind and chased after her.

"Stop him!"

Hundreds of kamikaze spiders went berserk at once.

White spider silk, gleaming with a strange fluorescence, wrapped tightly around Night Abyss’s body.

Dark red Energy flames erupted from his body as his claws frantically tore at the layers of silk.

The kamikaze spiders surged forward, one after another, continuously wrapping his left arm tightly in their silk.

"Night Abyss!"

Su An’an struggled in terror, her hair flying wildly in the wind.

A powerful suction force pulled from the vortex, about to swallow her whole.

At the critical moment,

Night Abyss gritted his teeth and severed his own left arm.

He grabbed Su An’an’s waist at the last second, and they tumbled into the black vortex together.

"Lord Night Abyss!"

Leng Qingfeng, covered in blood, scrambled to his feet, his pupils shrinking in shock.

In the instant the black vortex closed,

the blood-soaked, severed arm fell to the scorched earth.

It was the resolute determination of a supreme expert, willing to destroy himself to save his Female Master.