Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 452

Staring at his tall, steady back, Nyx froze. For a split second, the flashed back to years ago on that starship–him standing between her and Jaws, fighting an SS–level Space Pirate leader to the death for her.

Even without memories, he was still him, making the same choices. But Bale waurit Jaws. He had no intention of holding back.

“Hold me off with what? Where’s she gonna run?” he said, eyeing, Kian like a bug, laughing, He swung a palm down through the air, sending Kian flying, coughing blood.

Seeing him struggle back up instead of passing out ticked Bale off. “Want to die that bad? Fine, I’ll grant your wish

About to swing again, he paused, switching gears. With a flick of his sleeve, he pulled out a small, ornate pill cauldron, shimmering with light–obviously no ordinary thing

“My pill should’ve finished refining ages ago, but it wouldn’t open. Today, I’ll use you to break it in“” he said.

He powered it with spiritual energy. The cauldron glowed faintly, its lid cracking open like a giant maw. Kian fought with everything he had but got sucked in instantly.

“No!” Nyx’s scream ripped through the air, raw and desperate, startling even Bale, who flinched, looking at her confused.

Just a fling–worth all that?‘ he wondered. He fumbled to stop Nyx as she lunged at the cauldron. “He’s not dead! Not yet!”

The furnace wasn’t lit. It was hot, but that kid could handle it for at least a few minutes. Nyx wasn’t convinced, still half- crazed, pounding on Bale with her fists.

“Ow! Ouch!” Bale yelped, dazed by the barrage of slaps. “Your frame, it’s solid. You hit hard. With proper training, you’d be a top–tier demon.”

roughing her up–he didn’t want to hurt a beauty. He tried bargaining. “Agree to come with me,

reason–it messed with his cultivation heart, risking inner demons. That kid just kept pushing

glanced at the floating cauldron, thought for two seconds, and nodded. “Fine, I agree.”

That was priority. They’d figure out the rest later. Besides, if she got nitpicky, this bear demon

scheming in her head. Thrilled she agreed so fast, he laughed loud, arms wide

out of the collar.

her panic, she’d stumbled onto

family were pure mori. -head, wife, concubines, all human. No

started at five or six, nothing before. The gap

palm–sized bunny. He was drooling. So cute. Human form was gorgeous, beast form was deadly.

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didn’t

it first, looking up. A shrill buzz blasted out, hitting the soul, Mortals collapsed, clutching their ears, watching,

splitting apart, Kian dropped from the sky, oozing menace, stomping

Kian,

his neck stealing rare ten–thousand–year herbs from the Celestial, hiding for years to refine that precious pill. Ancient pill texts said swallowing a Violet Soul Pill

He grudgingly admitted Kian had absorbed the

guy in history pulled that

dare eat it himself–wanted to crack the survival trick first or save it for a do–or–die gamble. Now someone else ate it and became the second person ever to live

him mumble “impossible” over and over,