"Roar!"
The roar from behind grew even louder, filled with intimidating power.
The humiliated Abe no Seimei was overjoyed, had he been saved?
How wonderful.
At that moment, he nearly burst into tears of relief.
It was such a close call, just a moment more and he would have been assaulted by this pack of beasts. He was a lofty Onmyoji, a top-tier powerhouse who controlled twelve First Grade Shikigami, an idol of countless Bullet Small Country citizens. Now he truly understood the saying that even a tiger could be bullied by a dog when fallen onto flat ground.
"Tap tap——"
The stray dogs around him continued to retreat, making way for a path leading to Abe no Seimei as heavy footsteps sounded.
A giant stray dog of immense size appeared; the same breed but its size was several times larger than the rest.
It radiated a fierce aura.
It was the king of this pack of ferocious beasts, the real Dog King. It was leading its pack on a journey when it suddenly discovered its queen had left the group.
For a domineering Dog King, this was intolerable. It felt offended and immediately dispatched its minions to capture her.
Initially, it intended to give the rebellious queen to its minions as a reward, but in the end, its heart softened.
Rebellion was not a big issue; it believed that his queen was just confused for a moment. After being disciplined by it, she would surely come to her senses and return to its side.
Abe no Seimei, facing the Dog King's condescending eyes, felt his heart nearly explode with rage. Damn it, since when did such a lowly abomination dare to look at him like that?
It was infuriating.
But the situation was stronger than the man, and he had to bow his head. Abe no Seimei lowered his proud head and whined submissively.
He didn't understand the language of dogs but felt that lowering his head and whimpering at this moment would certainly be fine.
Perhaps the Dog King would be happy enough to let him go.
When the Dog King heard the whining, its massive body shook. Was its love recognizing her mistake? Was she inviting him over?
"Aoow!"
The Dog King gave an excited howl and pounced.
Abe no Seimei only saw a flash before a foul wind hit him, and he was firmly pinned down, completely losing control over his body.
"Ah!!!"
There was an old saying, "It's better to live on one's knees than die on one's feet," but at this moment, Abe no Seimei truly felt that death would be preferable to this living hell, and he couldn't even choose to die.
...
Inside a luxurious villa in the Capital Base City.
A circle of beauties sat on the sofa, like a blossoming array of flowers, each stunning in their beauty, as if they encompassed all types of gorgeous women in the world.
Imperial-dressed noblewomen, black-stockinged office ladies, quirky cute girls, pure-looking schoolgirls, dark-dress wearing witches, white-gowned serene girls, and alluring enchantresses were all present, sitting together and watching a projection in the air that showed Bi Bidong and Xiaowu abducting Luo Yu back to the rental house.
"This is an outrage!" Ning Rongrong, wearing white knee-socks and a princess dress, clenched her silver teeth and trembled with anger, "What are they doing!!"
"This is against the rules, a blatant violation." Huo Wu couldn't contain her anger, wearing a white bodysuit, jeans, sneakers, and her red wavy hair cascading over her shoulders, the temperature around her seemed to rise.
The sisters Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, dressed in blue bikinis with water droplets clinging to them, as if they had just come back from swimming, also looked unnaturally flushed.
Ye Lingling, Bai Xiuxiu, and other women had red cheeks, too embarrassed to look at the projection in the air, but they couldn't bear to look away either.
The Life God King and the Music Deity glared at the seductive woman eating a peach on the adjacent sofa.
"Charm Emperor, this is all your fault for setting a bad example."
"Now they've all learned from you."
The seductive woman took a bite of the juicy peach, the juice covering her red lips, making her look even more bewitching and enticing.
"Eh."
"What's the big deal."
"Both of them failed anyway, so let them find a little consolation, right?"
"If they lose again, they'd still become Brother Yu's wives through an official marriage anyway. After all these years, what's wrong with deepening the relationship a bit?"
As Charm Emperor finished speaking, her beautiful eyes swept across the room, addressing the women, "Don't complain about me now. When you fail to win over Brother Yu, you'll all know how sweet it is."
Her words made the women quiet down a bit, stirring speculation in their hearts.
Charm Emperor raised her chin and directed her gaze to the projection in the air, pursing her red lips.
"I've lost out!"
"What a loss,"
"Brother Yu has become way more fierce and aggressive after gaining strength than I was at that time."
"Tsk, daring to say such wild words." The beautiful woman with rosy, charming eyes and an undiminished grace spoke disdainfully.
Charm Emperor retorted, "Don't pretend to be innocent, we're not much better than each other. Your daughter, that little gentle bunny, can't compare to your profound cultivation."
"Hmph!"
At that moment, the live broadcast projection in the sky abruptly stopped and vanished instantly.
Everyone looked towards the direction of the cold snort, where a stunningly beautiful woman with silver hair was sitting, her purple beautiful eyes glistening like gemstones, and her skin as white and smooth as a baby's. Yet, the beauty was radiating an aura of coldness, clearly in a state of anger.
It was none other than the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena.
All could tell that Gu Yuena was in a particularly bad mood and chose not to provoke her.
Among all the women there, Gu Yuena and the Life God King had the strongest cultivation levels, with Gu Yuena undoubtedly being the foremost in mental strength.
That's why she could project images of the events occurring thousands of miles away from the Celestial Mansion.
"Sister Na, calm down. The current situation may not be a bad thing,"
Spoke Zi Ji, dressed in a mysterious black dress, her voluptuous figure exuded an enticing aura, with purple eyeshadow that didn't appear flirtatious but instead added a touch of wicked charm.
"If Bi Bidong and Xiaowu succeed, we all may have to play second fiddle."
Gu Yuena shook her head.
"I'm not angry."
Ning Rongrong secretly smirked, thinking she wasn't angry, but it was just short of her grabbing a forty-meter-long sword to chase after her husband and hack away for thirty miles.
"Bi Bidong and Xiaowu will be back soon, and they won't break the rules. The next round of draw selections can proceed,"
said two intellectual beauties wearing qipaos with silk stockings wrapped around their legs, sitting there with their hair up and adorned with jade hairpins. The qipaos highlighted their perfectly-curvy S-shaped figures, and they radiated a calm and graceful presence. They were Ah Yin and Tang Yuehua who had always cultivated their minds and characters.
Gu Yuena nodded.
"All right."
As for the little episode with Abe no Seimei, the women had certainly seen it but didn't take it to heart, instead treating it as a joke.
Threatening Bi Bidong and Xiaowu's heads was merely courting death.
Gu Yuena did not always use her mental strength to probe Luo Yu, allowing him some privacy and merely followed the perspective of Bi Bidong and Xiaowu, supervising their actions.
...
At Chuan Province Martial University, inside the campus hospital building.
In a special sickroom,
the lovely Bai Xiao'e sat up from the hospital bed clutching her forehead, her gaze first bewildered, then biting her silver teeth with anger filling her.
"Xue Can, you deserve to die!!"
"Xiao E, calm down, you are safe now," a gentle and smooth voice said, soothing Bai Xiao'e's irritability post awakening like a refreshing spring rain.
Bai Xiao'e noticed the environment of the sickroom, no longer the bloody battlefield of Jiang City, and turning her head saw the elegant and intellectual beauty reminiscent of a lady from a traditional painting. The woman put down her book, her beautiful eyes looking kindly and warmly at her.
"Sister Zhen? What are you doing here!" Bai Xiao'e's eyes were lost, but she quickly threw off the covers and leaped out of bed, speaking rapidly, "Sister Zhen, quickly inform the principal to seize Xue Can, he's fallen into demonhood and killed all of Jiang City's residents."
"It's over, Xue Can is dead," said the lady in ancient attire calmly.
"What?"
Bai Xiao'e was bewildered, holding her forehead while trying to remember.
"Wasn't I kidnapped? Who rescued me, what happened while I was unconscious?"
The lady in ancient attire shook her head.
"I've been looking for you since you disappeared. When I heard the principal rescued you from Tiger-Dwelling Mountain Secret Realm, I came to stay with you. The principal kept the details confidential and didn't explain much, so I'm not aware," she said.
Bai Xiao'e seemed to remember something, her fists clenched tight.
"Sister Zhen, Xue Can deserves to die, he's utterly heartless. He actually sacrificed the whole city. I was far from being his match; his presence was likely at First Grade. But after he knocked me out, I knew nothing; who saved me after all?"
The lady in traditional dress suggested, "Ask your Baize Spirit then, isn't it supposed to automatically record what happens around you?"
"Just woke up, all confused," Bai Xiao'e slapped her forehead, smiling wryly as behind her a mythical beast with the body of a tiger and the head of a dragon appeared, majestic dragon horns on its head, the whole body snow-white, emitting an otherworldly aura, the legendary omniscient ancient deity Baize.
Under its master's command, Baize exhaled a beam of colorful light onto the wall of the sickroom, and instantly, a series of images flashed forth.