Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands

Chapter 17: Chapter 17 Another Husband?

"Your lovers are truly weak." A completely unfamiliar male voice rang above Xiao Jinsheng.

The voice was unexpectedly pleasant, but the words carried no hint of safety.

"Can’t even protect their own female. Want to consider abandoning them and choosing me instead?" A warm hand pressed against Xiao Jinsheng’s cheek, gently tilting her chin upward.

Through her startled gaze, Xiao Jinsheng saw a small flame ignite, faintly illuminating the elegant line of a jade-like fingertip amidst the darkness.

As the finger shifted slightly, the fire leaped outward, lighting the golden palace candelabras along its path.

And with it, Xiao Jinsheng saw clearly the man on one knee before her—a terrifyingly grotesque Demon Mask, its impact in the dimly lit surroundings leaving her quite shaken.

Startled, Xiao Jinsheng stumbled backward and fell to the ground.

She looked up at the man in front of her, dressed in regal splendor, his tall frame carrying an imposing air. Smiling awkwardly, she said, "I’m timid, so I’ll politely decline."

"Heh." A low, amused laugh escaped the man’s lips.

"I saved you. Shouldn’t you be thanking me?" He sat cross-legged on the ground with Xiao Jinsheng, propping his chin against his palm, his arm lazily resting on his knee, as he asked teasingly, "Don’t all your females abide by the rule of repaying life-saving debts with your bodies?"

"But I’m timid, and your mask scares me." Xiao Jinsheng’s eyes glistened wetly as she bit her red lip, cautiously testing the waters: "How about you take off the mask, and I’ll think it over?"

"Take off the mask? Absolutely not."

The man shook his head, shifting closer to the stunned Xiao Jinsheng, who was still sitting on the ground.

Grabbing her hand, he pressed it against his Demon Mask, his voice low and laced with temptation: "Of course, if you make me your one and only Beast Husband, as spouses, you can take the mask off yourself."

"And what if we don’t end up as spouses?" Xiao Jinsheng hesitated to ask.

A soft chuckle drifted out from behind the Demon Mask before a provocative reply followed: "Then... I’ll devour you."

Under the dim lighting, the flickering candelabras made the already menacing Demon Mask appear even more horrifying.

Xiao Jinsheng thought about the rumors she’d heard. On the Mist Continent, aside from normal Beastmen, there existed a kind of Fallen Beastman...

uncontrollable by terminals, drank human blood, and resided in Mist

Jinsheng surmised this so-called Fallen Beastman

pacify him, she hastily

terms, it’s not

all five of my Beast Husbands

to be my one and only Beast Husband, why don’t you wait a few more days? After I go back to Mist East and settle the divorces, you can come

divorce, how could I possibly refuse?" The man’s laughter brimming with

Xiao Jinsheng blinked,

my name." Beneath the Demon Mask, Li’s crimson eyes locked intensely onto Xiao

leaned

and push him away, he had already

It

raised his hand and brushed his fingertip lightly against his lips. Seeing the rouge on his skin, his crimson eyes swept across

You’re just

she managed to do was leave a

as he caught Xiao Jinsheng’s fist aimed below his waist mid-swing. "I’m 10 Stars. Your current spiritual power is a mere 1 Star.

Stars?" Xiao Jinsheng

both in her knowledge and from the story’s timeline, the most powerful young Beastman was Bai Yan’s Beast Husband, Jin Ao,

the older generation. Among the youth, Jin Ao

the skin exposed—told her that he

don’t believe you." Xiao Jinsheng cautiously retrieved the foot she’d rested on Li’s shoe, trying to

know a 10-Star superpower allows full Beastification. Since you won’t remove the mask, at least show

time." Li chuckled, shaking his head. "Want to see my

she softly suggested, "How about... we get married first? Once that’s done, I’ll immediately handle the divorces. What do you

a promising idea," Li

Xiao Jinsheng’s inner

steal a kiss from

the terminal’s authority, let’s

"But... Xiao Jinsheng, yes?"

the floor, leaned back with one hand and tilted his head to meet Xiao Jinsheng’s gaze. His aura grew even more oppressive: "Your tactic of using divorce as leverage against your five former husbands? I’ve seen

you’re planning to use marriage to manipulate

controlling Li post-wedding, imagining