Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 82: Eleven Stars Beastman

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Eleven Stars Beastman

"I don’t even know why Jinsheng is targeting me like this now. I just wanted to repair the friendship we’ve had since childhood."

Bai Yan cried, "I’m sorry, Xi Qu, Jin Ao, for dragging you both into my suffering."

"We’re married. If that malicious female doesn’t appreciate kindness, then we’ll just stay far away from her in the future." Jin Ao comforted her.

Xi Qu directly picked Bai Yan up and quickly headed back downstairs.

"Are you sure the one you killed was her?" Huaiqing looked at Shi Xie.

Shi Xie opened his life-and-death authority to Xiao Jinsheng and swore, "I’m sure what I killed was her!"

"You... haven’t had your memory altered, have you?" Yu Yunxiao questioned suspiciously.

After all, Xiao Jinsheng had her memories altered by Bai Yan for over ten years.

Who could say whether Shi Xie was affected too? The memory in his head of killing Bai Yan might very well be a fake one implanted by that system.

"I am a mermaid," Shi Xie said flatly, "The merfolk are born with an innate ability to weave dreams. Who could possibly tamper with my memories?"

"That system initially tried to control me. I pretended to be under its influence and then shattered Bai Yan’s internal organs. There’s no way she could still be alive." Shi Xie’s gaze darkened.

"I believe Shi Xie hasn’t had his memory altered." Xiao Jinsheng chimed in.

She looked at the others, her expression equally grave. "I also believe Shi Xie truly killed Bai Yan—not just once, but twice."

"She’s like a cat, with nine lives," Mo Jiao frowned.

"Something like that." Mo Jiao’s wild guess turned out to be accurate as Xiao Jinsheng actually nodded.

At this moment, Bai Yan had already returned downstairs and was arguing with the system.

The system was furious: [I told you to fake your death, so why did you go looking for her again?]

Bai Yan retorted: [And now you’re blaming me? Shouldn’t you explain why Shi Xie, whom you supposedly controlled, suddenly killed me? Didn’t you say even Ten-Star strength could be controlled?]

System: [It has nothing to do with star levels! He’s a mermaid. My control ability was copied from their species’ innate talent. He’s cunning, plays weak, has strong willpower, and harbors intense killing intent toward you. How could I possibly control him? How??]

System: [He killed you twice in one go. Haven’t I already warned you? Before securing a more powerful Beast Husband, don’t waltz in front of Xiao Jinsheng. I told you to fake your death. What did you do? You brought a Beast Husband and went straight to her!]

System: [Are you really not afraid that fish will come looking for you again and kill you another time?]

System: [You’ve got how many lives left now? One extra life per Star Level of spiritual power. You only have four lives left now. Are you really not scared of dying?]

Bai Yan snapped: [What else could I do? If you’d controlled him properly at the start, I’d have already succeeded. I wouldn’t be stuck here sorting out this life-or-death mess!]

Bai Yan: [Even if I fake my death, Jin Ao and the others are still here. If they run into me, they’ll figure out I’m still alive.]

Bai Yan: [It’s better for me to show up myself. If they see someone they thought they’d killed completely last night alive and kicking the next day, shouldn’t they be the ones afraid?]

System: [Alright, fine, you’re the boss. But if they don’t get scared and come back tonight to kill you another ten or so times, let’s see how you survive.]

Bai Yan: [Give me the Star-breaking Pills.]

The system froze at Bai Yan’s words.

It sternly warned: [Do you even understand what you’re asking for?]

Bai Yan: [Aren’t you the one afraid they’ll come back tonight and kill me again? Xiao Jinsheng is only so arrogant because she has two Ten-Star Beast Husbands.]

Bai Yan: [If I had two Ten-Star Beast Husbands—or even Eleven-Star ones—do you think she’d dare bring people over to kill me?]

The system hesitated: [Think it through. The Star-breaking Pills can indeed instantly elevate a Beastman’s power from zero to Eleven Stars with no detectable side effects. But every time they use a superpower, it drains their lifespan.]

Bai Yan dismissed it: [I just won’t let them use their powers. Simple.]

System: [...As long as you can accept the consequences. How many pills do you need?]

Bai Yan: [Two.]

At the same time, Bai Yan pulled up the Star Map and examined the superpower levels of her seven Beast Husbands.

Jin Ao, Beastified Golden Flood Dragon, Superpower: 8 Stars.

Xue Ruiyang, Beastified Snow Leopard, Superpower: 5 Stars.

Bai Qiming, Beastified White Tiger, Superpower: 6 Stars.

Kui Mao, Beastified Grey Wolf, Superpower: 6 Stars.

Kong Chengrui, Beastified Peacock, Superpower: 5 Stars.

Ying Fei, Beastified Eagle, Superpower: 7 Stars.

Xi Qu, Beastified Xiqu (Awakened Mutant Beast Xiqu bloodline), Superpower: 9 Stars.

Bai Yan looked at the list of Beast Husbands and clutched the two pills the system had transmitted to her, setting her sights on Xi Qu and Jin Ao.

However, after coaxing Xi Qu into taking the pill, she hesitated when faced with Jin Ao.

"What’s wrong, Bai Yan?" Jin Ao approached with a smile. "Planning to share a room with me tonight?"

"I’m hungry. Jin Ao, can you make me something to eat?" Bai Yan smiled sweetly.

"Sure, just wait here for me." Jin Ao happily went off to prepare some snacks for her.

Bai Yan held the remaining pill in her hand, thought for a moment, and then went to knock on Ying Fei’s door.

Upstairs, Xiao Jinsheng was shocked by Bai Yan’s erratic behavior.

Through the conversation between Bai Yan and the system, she realized how difficult it was to kill Bai Yan.

One extra life per Star Level of spiritual power.

Why didn’t she have that kind of lucky opportunity?

No wonder Bai Yan had gone mad in her pursuit of more spiritual power, even coveting the Beast Husbands of other females.

But what Xiao Jinsheng hadn’t expected was that Bai Yan would ask the system for life-draining Star-breaking Pills to guard against her bringing people for revenge—and that she actually used them on her Beast Husbands.

"There are now two Eleven-Star Beastmen downstairs," Li spoke up suddenly.

Xiao Jinsheng wasn’t surprised and informed them about the Star-breaking Pills Bai Yan had used.

For a moment, the seven men present sighed in unison, unsure whether to pity Bai Yan’s Beast Husbands.

"I’ll never call you malicious again," Yu Yunxiao muttered.

Xiao Jinsheng immediately shot him a sharp glare. "Oh? So you’ve been calling me a malicious female behind my back?"

"No, no, that’s all in the past. It was just during the early days of our marriage." Yu Yunxiao quickly tried to smooth things over.

Because she’d had her memories altered for over a decade by Bai Yan, Xiao Jinsheng’s memories were a jumbled mess, making her short-tempered and distrustful of others.

During the first six months of their marriage, Bai Yan’s tampering had caused Xiao Jinsheng to have poor relationships with her five Beast Husbands.

Now that they knew Xiao Jinsheng’s past temper was due to a reason, the five Beast Husbands no longer held it against her.

But the grudge of having her memories altered for over ten years—this, they bore on her behalf.

Shi Xie suggested, "If killing her four more times will finish her off, why don’t I go do it?"

"Don’t." Xiao Jinsheng cautioned.

Bai Yan had a system and cheat abilities pouring in one after another.

Now that Bai Yan’s Beast Husbands Xi Qu and Ying Fei were both Eleven-Star Beastmen, who knew what other trump cards Bai Yan and the system might still be hiding.

She wanted revenge, but that didn’t mean she wanted to trade her life for Bai Yan’s.

If Ten-Star and Eleven-Star Beastmen fought, the entire cruise ship might be destroyed, along with innocent people onboard.

For now, Xiao Jinsheng preferred to try reading Bai Yan’s mind again to discern her and the system’s cards before finding the perfect opportunity to act.

Unfortunately, Bai Yan wasn’t giving her the chance.

Although Bai Yan was all talk with the system, she still sent Xue Ruiyang to negotiate and exchanged rooms with others.

Because two Eleven-Star powerhouses were among her Beast Husbands, and she offered some Star Stones, the exchange went smoothly.

Bai Yan and her Beast Husbands relocated to the second floor, far away from Xiao Jinsheng.

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