Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 92: Thanks to Qidian Baby for 100 Monthly Pass Tickets, Adding 5 More - s

Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Thanks to Qidian Baby for 100 Monthly Pass Tickets, Adding 5 More Chapters

"Can’t stand this anymore, go outside." Xuan Jiu urged.

Chen Yunji paused, then said, "This is my house."

"Who can endure the cold better, you or her?" Xuan Jiu pointed at Xiao Jinsheng, questioning Chen Yunji.

Chen Yunji was silent for a moment before saying, "Close them."

"What are you staring at? Eat your food." Noticing Xiao Jinsheng observing him, Xuan Jiu placed a plate of roasted chicken in front of her, while he had his own plate of roasted chicken as well.

Xiao Jinsheng picked up her chopsticks and, seeing nothing in front of Chen Yunji, asked curiously, "Is he not eating?"

"He’s ascended to immortality. He can live by drinking dew." Xuan Jiu replied.

He tore the chicken meat into strips with elegance, savoring it, and nodded in satisfaction: "Truly deserving of my craftsmanship."

Xiao Jinsheng watched him, not touching the plate in front of her, and instead reached out to grab the drumstick from his plate.

Xuan Jiu stared at her alertly: "What are you doing? This is mine."

"Let’s swap plates." Xiao Jinsheng said as she swapped the two plates of roasted chicken.

Be cautious eating food from strangers; they might poison it.

But it’s safer to snatch food from strangers; they don’t have time to poison it.

"Afraid I’ll harm you?" Xuan Jiu noticed Xiao Jinsheng’s intentions.

He sneered: "If I wanted to harm you, would I need to go through the trouble of cooking for you?"

As he spoke, his hand transformed into sharp claws, pressing dangerously close to Xiao Jinsheng’s face: "If I really wanted to kill you, it’d only take the flick of a finger."

"Got nothing better to do?" Chen Yunji spoke, his tone still flat and unhurried.

Xuan Jiu let go of the urge to tease Xiao Jinsheng further. Seeing her bite into the chicken drumstick, he eagerly asked, "How does it taste?"

Chewing the bland and tough chicken meat, Xiao Jinsheng replied with a blank expression, "It’s just okay."

"Just okay?" Xuan Jiu laughed.

He turned to Chen Yunji, visibly upset: "She said it’s just okay!"

"I raised this chicken with Ice Spring water and used wood from Nine Star Trees for the firewood, all to roast these two chickens, and she says it’s just okay!"

"Praise him." Chen Yunji reminded Xiao Jinsheng, turning to her.

Xiao Jinsheng froze, glanced at the clearly offended Xuan Jiu, and hurriedly changed her answer: "It’s delicious, a feast fit for royalty."

"Now that’s taste." Xuan Jiu scoffed.

Xiao Jinsheng frowned, puzzled by Xuan Jiu’s sudden and fleeting emotional swings.

"He’s crazy." Chen Yunji explained.

Xiao Jinsheng looked at Xuan Jiu in astonishment, wanting confirmation.

Xuan Jiu merely sneered and said to Xiao Jinsheng: "His brain is insane."

Xiao Jinsheng fell silent.

So, between the two of you, which one’s truly crazy?

Chen Yunji, who insisted on keeping the doors and windows open midwinter to endure the cold wind, had already struck Xiao Jinsheng as bizarre.

And now, there was Xuan Jiu, who emotionally broke down over his culinary skills not being praised.

At first, Xiao Jinsheng simply thought the two were odd, until she rested in the space overnight and emerged the next morning to hear the sound of fighting in the yard.

In the freezing snow and ice, there was also the stench of blood.

Warily, Xiao Jinsheng crept toward the sound, initially thinking an enemy had invaded, only to find Chen Yunji and Xuan Jiu fighting in the white snow.

Xuan Jiu’s claws pierced straight through Chen Yunji’s chest, bright red blood dripping hot onto the snow.

Chen Yunji’s sword struck like lightning, severing one of Xuan Jiu’s tails.

Xuan Jiu withdrew his bloodstained hand, gritting his teeth in endurance: "Keep going!"

Upon hearing this, the sword rose again, severing another of Xuan Jiu’s tails.

Xuan Jiu landed a punch that directly injured one of Chen Yunji’s dragon horns.

The scene of mutual slaughter before her froze Xiao Jinsheng in place, horrified.

The two blood-drenched men finally noticed Xiao Jinsheng’s presence.

Chen Yunji’s veil, tinged red from the blood dripping from his dragon horn, turned his head slightly to face Xiao Jinsheng’s direction. His pale lips remained silent.

Xuan Jiu picked up his severed tails, wiped the blood off his face, and smiled at Xiao Jinsheng: "If you’re scared, just go back into the space."

"You two..." Xiao Jinsheng looked at them, unsure how to phrase her question.

Last night, in her observations, although Chen Yunji didn’t seem to interact much with Xuan Jiu, the two occasionally traded barbs.

But it was clear they had a decent relationship.

Yet, here they were, wielding weapons against each other come morning.

"Do you think we’re killing each other?" Xuan Jiu collected his two severed tails and approached Xiao Jinsheng: "It’s a bit bloody, but only through this can we survive."

"That’s why Cloud Island isn’t a place suited for you. When your Beast Husband comes looking, leave as soon as you can."

"Why?" Xiao Jinsheng asked.

Since yesterday, Xuan Jiu’s cryptic, evasive remarks had been incomprehensible.

"The dangers of Cloud Island are tied to..." Before Xiao Jinsheng could finish her question, Xuan Jiu clamped his hand over her mouth.

He smiled and warned: "Some things are better left unsaid."

"Hungry? I’ll make roasted chicken for you again today." He led Xiao Jinsheng to the back of the kitchen.

A bamboo coop encased a group of chickens here.

"These chickens aren’t Mutant Beasts; they’re ordinary poultry?" Xiao Jinsheng asked in surprise.

Xuan Jiu chuckled: "Good question. We need food, and I wanted to eat chicken. But all the chickens in the world have mutated, so what can I do? I had to raise my own."

Xiao Jinsheng stared at him, sensing deeper meaning hidden in Xuan Jiu’s words.

Xuan Jiu pointed at a chick with goose-yellow feathers: "Let’s roast this one today."

"It’s not even as big as a bird." Xiao Jinsheng reminded.

"True, it’s not ready yet." Xuan Jiu smiled meaningfully at her, then grabbed an adult chicken: "This one will do. Its meat quality, taste, and even nutritional value are all superb. I’ve spent so many resources raising it; it’s time for it to make its way to the table."

"Everything here is food." Xuan Jiu warned in a low voice.

Xiao Jinsheng’s face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Her thoughts returned to what she’d begun to question earlier, the words she’d started to say but had been silenced midway by Xuan Jiu.

She hurried after Xuan Jiu, who was already killing the chicken and plucking its feathers: "Can I ask you a few more questions?"

"Let’s be clear; I don’t answer just any question." Xuan Jiu responded as he skillfully butchered the chicken.

"Your superpower—how many stars?" Xiao Jinsheng probed cautiously.

This question, he could answer.

Xuan Jiu’s gaze fell upon her: "Eleven Stars."

"What about Chen Yunji?" Xiao Jinsheng continued.

"Same, he’s also Eleven Stars."

"You can’t... ascend to Twelve Stars, can you?" Xiao Jinsheng sorted through all the information she’d gathered today before finally asking this question.

"The tournament prizes are plenty, right? You can exchange them for Star Stones?" Xuan Jiu didn’t answer directly but remarked: "Sometimes, taking more just leads to dying faster."

In that instant, Xiao Jinsheng pressed her lips tightly together, frozen where she stood.

She didn’t know whether she should trust the terminal or believe Xuan Jiu, whom she’d only known for a day.

She wanted to discuss it with her seven Beast Husbands but hesitated, recalling how Star Map was under the terminal’s control. Her instinct quickly quashed the idea of transmitting this unsettling suspicion through the Star Map.

If Xuan Jiu’s words were true.

Then the terminal on Mist Continent, trusted and relied upon by all, was in fact the butcher, fattening up its food only to slaughter it when it was ripe.

Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t fathom which side represented the true apocalypse in this world.

Was it the Poisonous Fog-covered Mist West, the sinister and brutal Fog Corpses, the dangerous and ferocious Mutant Beasts, or... the terminal itself?