The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 72: Anan, Don’t Be Afraid, I’m Here

The Holy Land of the Lizard Tribe was shrouded in an eerie, crimson glow.

Countless spider-silk lanterns hung from the cave ceiling, like floating, blood-red eyes.

The blood-red lanterns corresponding to Bone Splitter and the two teams of Blood Smellers burst simultaneously.

The damp, rotting stench was instantly replaced by a cloying, metallic sweetness.

"Chief! Captain Bone Splitter and his men are all dead!"

A Lizard Beast Soldier picked up a piece of the extinguished spider silk as a dark red liquid dripped from his fingertips.

It was a strand of spider silk soaked in the owner’s life-bound Beast Blood. Once the host died, the silk would dissolve into bloody water.

"It must have been that Empire Executor!" another Lizard Beast Soldier said, trembling. A Level 2S Combat Beast was terrifying indeed!

"That idiot, Bone Splitter!"

The scales on Nieruo’s neck stood up like sharp blades as his thick tail lashed violently against the ground.

"He used his Clone Technique to kill countless Top Level Beastmen who were chasing after a Female Master, and this time he falls at the hands of a Poisonous Flood Dragon..."

"Chief, should we send more pursuers?"

A Beast Soldier cautiously looked up, only to be chilled to the bone by the killing intent in Nieruo’s crimson, vertical pupils.

"No need."

Nieruo suddenly laughed, the sound mixed with a sibilant hiss.

"That Empress has been poisoned by a Bone-Eating Spider. If the Poisonous Flood Dragon wants to save her, he’ll definitely come here for the antidote."

"Coat the poisoned thorns in the third-level trap with three more layers of spider venom, and fill the tunnels with the larvae of the Heart-Eating Nightmare Spider."

He swept his gaze over the Beast Soldiers bowed below him, each glance like a poisoned dagger.

"When they walk into my trap, peel the skin off that Poisonous Flood Dragon and make me a cushion out of it."

"Yes, sir!"

The Lizard Beast Soldiers shot out of the cave like arrows loosed from a bow.

’Let’s see where these two rats have run off to.’ Nieruo snatched a fist-sized, crimson spider egg from beside his throne. Fine tentacles writhed slowly across its surface, twisting the candlelight into strange, distorted shadows.

「The outskirts of the Lizard Tribe’s territory.」

Moonlight skimmed across vine traps smeared with slime, revealing a fleeting, ghostly blue glimmer of poison beneath.

Night Abyss’s handsome face was as pale as paper. The scales covering his body had a muted, matte sheen as he held Su An’an securely in his arms.

Using the cover of the bushes, he crept toward the tribe’s encampment with movements so subtle they were nearly imperceptible.

A ten-man patrol of low-level lizardmen paced back and forth on the perimeter.

The toxic shadow within Su An’an’s sea of consciousness trembled slightly.

She counted silently in her mind, ’Two hundred meters away, ten lizardmen heartbeats.’

Then, she gently nudged Night Abyss with her elbow, giving him a silent warning.

Night Abyss understood immediately. Moving with ghostly agility, he skillfully guided her past two patrol teams.

As they stepped into the core area of the tribe, the air suddenly grew thick and oppressive.

The attire of the Lizard Beast Soldiers here was completely different from those on the outskirts.

They wore menacing black helmets, each with a crimson spider egg embedded in the center.

The surfaces of the eggs were covered in vein-like patterns that pulsed slowly in time with their breathing, like countless spying eyes.

Night Abyss’s vertical pupils instantly narrowed to pinpricks.

He keenly sensed that these helmets were not merely for decoration.

Whenever a patrolling Beast Soldier passed by, a ripple of faint light would spread across the surface of the spider egg, as if it were sensing its surroundings.

His arm around Su An’an tightened unconsciously, the muscles beneath his scales tensing like bowstrings.

Sensing his tension, Su An’an leaned close to his ear and whispered, "What’s wrong?"

Night Abyss calmly shook his head and gave Su An’an’s cheek a reassuring kiss before continuing forward with her in his arms.

...

The crimson spider egg in Nieruo’s palm began to tremble violently.

Its red tentacles projected the silhouettes of Night Abyss and Su An’an onto the wall.

"They’ve finally served themselves up on a platter."

A cruel smirk played on his lips as he issued a command to the Lizard Beast Soldiers: "Activate the blood spiders! Attack the Empress!"

The spider eggs embedded in the Lizard Beast Soldiers’ helmets began to swell grotesquely.

Beneath the translucent membrane of the eggs, the compound eyes of countless spiderlings glowed with a bloodthirsty red light.

"They’re draining my spiritual power."

Su An’an clutched her head as black blood trickled from her milky-white eyes.

The shadow in her sea of consciousness, influenced by the Bone-Eroding Nightmare Spiders, was frantically attacking her spiritual power.

"Over there."

The Lizard Beast Soldiers charged toward Su An’an like sharks that had smelled blood.

Crimson spiderlings shot out from the helmets, hurtling toward Su An’an wrapped in a toxic mist.

Night Abyss’s scales flared out, his body transforming into a massive flood dragon to shield Su An’an in his embrace.

The spiderlings’ venomous fangs rained down on his back, and corrosive venom seeped between his scales like boiling molten iron.

Innumerable spikes suddenly erupted from his scales, instantly impaling the spiderlings.

The spiderlings’ bodies exploded into clouds of bloody mist that billowed into the air.

"Enemy beast intrusion, enemy beast intrusion..."

The helmets of all the patrolling Beast Soldiers in the tribe began to buzz.

In unison, they turned and swarmed toward Night Abyss like a tide.

"Hold on tight!"

Night Abyss wrapped an arm around Su An’an’s waist and hoisted her onto his shoulder.

The muscles in his bestial legs were knotted like steel cables. Digging his sharp claws deep into the rock wall, he burst right through it to escape the Lizard Beast Soldiers’ encirclement.

Su An’an’s fingertips brushed against his burning-hot skin, and she asked nervously,

"Night Abyss, is your injury getting worse?"

"No!"

As Night Abyss denied it, his tail swept out like an iron whip, smashing an approaching Lizard Beast Soldier against the rock wall.

More Lizard Beast Soldiers lunged at him!

"Close your eyes!"

Night Abyss commanded in a deep voice. Black tentacles sprouted from his severed arm, piercing the skulls of the Lizard Beast Soldiers and churning their bodies into pulp.

Su An’an instinctively buried her face in the crook of his neck. The salty, metallic scent of blood mixed with his floral body heat washed over her.

Just then, a grating mechanical hum suddenly emanated from the rock wall.

Hidden poison dart launchers fired at Night Abyss.

Night Abyss’s pupils contracted.

He came to a screeching halt while holding Su An’an, his claws scraping sparks against the rock as he narrowly dodged the Poisoned Crossbow Arrows shooting toward him.

"Kill him!"

The Lizard Beast Soldiers let out a heaven-shaking roar.

Night Abyss turned to look at Su An’an, his vertical pupils reflecting her pale face. A smile touched his blood-red lips. "Scared?"

"Not scared!"

Su An’an hugged Night Abyss tightly.

Her embrace was the strongest fortress.

"Good girl."

Night Abyss’s scorching palm rested on the nape of her neck, stroking it gently. "Relax. Listen to my heartbeat and breathe with the rhythm."

"Mhm!"

Su An’an took a deep breath in, then out.

Night Abyss’s powerful flood dragon tail became like the Grim Reaper’s scythe, mercilessly slicing through the bodies of the Lizard Beast Soldiers.

Bursts of flesh and blood exploded like fireworks, but Night Abyss shielded her from it all.

The Lizard Beast Soldiers were terrified and began to back away.

"Don’t be afraid! He’s gone berserk! He can’t last long. We’ll wear him down and kill him!" a tall Lizard Beast Soldier roared.

BANG!

His head exploded like a watermelon.

A terrifying smile spread across Night Abyss’s face. The floral scent on him became as thick and potent as a Bloody Mary.

Su An’an fumbled for his arm, where veins were bulging, and said tremulously,

"If you keep fighting like this, your berserk state will accelerate."

At that moment, she was filled with regret for not bringing a special version of the Blood Frenzy Pill with her.

"There are still two hours and twenty-nine minutes left. More than enough time to grind these bastards to dust."

Night Abyss lowered his head and nibbled on Su An’an’s ear, chuckling hoarsely.

"Hold on tight, little blind girl. It’s time to show these bastards what it feels like to be targeted by an apex predator."

With that, his berserk state escalated once more. His tail, now wreathed in flames of purple Energy, whipped toward the Lizard Beast Soldiers.

Just then, something unexpected happened...