Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 549: Chapter 519: The Dark Twist

The upheaval in the Sea Country was truly astonishing, spreading rapidly within a single day and shaking various major empires.

Shen Tang also naturally heard the news.

She was immediately consumed with extreme anxiety, as Jia Lan had left for the Sea Country a couple of days ago and should have arrived by now... Would he be implicated?

The situation in the Sea Country was complex and dangerous. Shen Tang wanted him to return as soon as possible, but she understood Jia Lan’s character. He wouldn’t easily turn back; it was highly likely he would choose to confront the rebels and rescue the Sea Emperor!

Although Jia Lan had high talent, his current strength was only at the peak of the Eighth Rank.

In the face of such a calamitous event, that bit of power was insignificant, like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, and might even invite catastrophic disaster!

Shen Tang hurriedly tried to contact Jia Lan through the Light Computer to confirm his situation.

But after waiting for half a day, there was no response from Jia Lan. Even video and voice calls seemed to disappear into the void, completely unreachable.

Shen Tang was anxious beyond words. Jia Lan would not fail to respond to her unless he encountered an unusual situation or he...

She dared not think further, unwilling to imagine worse possibilities.

Unexpectedly, the system also issued a long-overdue urgent alert, [Warning to the host! Jia Lan’s emotional values have undergone drastic fluctuations, showing signs of blackening. Please take immediate action!]

Shen Tang felt a jolt in her heart.

The good news was that Jia Lan was still alive.

The bad news was, he was showing tendencies of blackening!

”How could this be?” Shen Tang didn’t know whether to feel relieved or worried. ”Didn’t I seal the Curse Power within him with the Infinite Box earlier? Jia Lan’s negative personality should have disappeared; there shouldn’t be such major fluctuations, let alone blackening?”

The system shook its head, [I don’t know about this either. But Prince Jia Lan is about to experience the grief of losing his mother. Even without the curse’s influence, blackening is only natural.]

”The grief of losing a mother...” Shen Tang murmured, suddenly realizing something, and her body trembled violently.

She quickly calmed down and carefully recalled the key trigger for Jia Lan’s blackening in the original work.

She struggled to piece together the storylines—after the original protagonist’s death, the two dissolved their engagement, and Jia Lan returned to the Sea Country. The author didn’t elaborate on the events of a few years during this time until later, when the Sea Country’s political upheaval led to the death of Emperor Jialouluo.

Shen Tang didn’t finish reading the original work at that time, and many plot points she just skimmed through. Besides, this part of the content was unrelated to the main storyline of the female lead, so the original work didn’t go into detail, merely glossing over it.

But one thing she remembered was the rumor that the person who personally killed Jialouluo was apparently Jia Lan!

She only vaguely remembered that after the Sea Country’s political upheaval, Jia Lan accidentally killed his mother while contending with rebels for the throne. Upon learning the truth later, his personality took a dramatic turn, and he went completely mad.

Shen Tang didn’t know if the rumor was true or what precisely happened at that time.

But one thing she was certain of was that his mother, Jialouluo, was extremely significant to Jia Lan.

Although the original female lead Shen Qingli was dead, the original plot seemed yet to conclude. This coup was highly likely to end with Jialouluo’s life hanging in the balance!

And the Empress’s death would become the critical reason for spurring Jia Lan into blackening into a tyrant!

Shen Tang could wait no longer and immediately had the system teleport her to Jia Lan’s side.

...

In the sea area, near the Imperial Palace, an intense battle was in progress.

Jia Lan was engaged in combat with the rebellious Sea Clan forces.

He fought alone against dozens of High-level experts, with the situation exceedingly unfavorable.

On Jia Lan’s jade-white, cool face was a grim killing intent, his damaged robe flapping loudly in the raging wind and waves. His numerous injuries did not diminish his fighting spirit; a faint blood streak on his cheekbone instead made him appear even fiercer, exuding an inexplicable strong charisma.

The youth was enveloped in a powerful, icy energy field as he battled madly with the enemies. The violent winds and waves whipped up a tidal wave, crushing heavily towards the opponents!

The invisible wind and waves contained terrifying destructive power, and less powerful Beastmen were blown away on the spot, vomiting blood and falling unconscious.

The leading Beastman shouted angrily, ”Kill him! We must not let him interfere with the Sivall Family Head’s grand plan!”

These men were forces dispatched by the rebellious Sivall family.

After Sivall’s return, his first covert action was assassinating the current Family Head to become the new Sivall Family Head, consolidating the remaining forces. Once everything was ready, he launched the final strike against the Imperial Palace.

Jia Lan heard this and his sapphire eyes grew even colder and deeper. He grasped his palm, and countless ice blades and projectiles instantly condensed in the air, piercing the seawater like scattered flowers, straight at the enemies!

As the power surged output, Jia Lan’s body exhibited deeper Beastification, with his legs transforming into long, powerful fishtails, bluish scales appearing behind his ears and on his neck. With a throb of his chest, an intangible soundwave emitted from his mouth.

The mermaid’s voice was the most beautiful and melodious poison in the world, especially the voices of the Royal Merfolk, with spirit power attacks of great potency!

This heavenly singing penetrated the waves; many Beastmen on the opposite side clutched their ears in pain, with blood even oozing from their eyes, noses, and ears! They couldn’t even mount a defense, let alone attack, immediately being pierced through by countless ice blades, falling into pools of blood before they could even scream.

Only a few of the strongest Ninth Rank Beastmen were less affected.

Their faces were downright ugly, wishing they could vent their frustration verbally.

The family dispatched so many experts just to besiege an Eighth Rank Peak Beastman, yet they still failed to kill him. Losing so many people, and still unable to take down an outsider Prince, this was utterly disgraceful!

Several Ninth Rank Beastmen launched an all-out assault, vowing to kill Jia Lan.

Jia Lan felt tremendous pressure, his face growing increasingly cold and composed.

A life-and-death struggle was most capable of awakening a Beastman’s potential; in the fierce battle, he felt his own strength rapidly surging! He heard a crisp ”crack” sound within him, his aura suddenly intensifying, becoming fiercer and more formidable!

He had broken through to the Ninth Rank!

With a wave of his hand, he conjured a water wall several meters high, as impenetrable as a fortress, shielding him from the front. The opponent’s fierce assaults couldn’t penetrate this seemingly soft water wall, being forcibly halted within it.

The water wall, like a tool of soft conquering hard, gently devoured the enemies’ attacks. These Beastmen could not advance even a step further and were even caught up in the water wall’s vortex.

However, they were ultimately powerful Ninth Rank Beastmen, with the leader being a Peak Ninth Rank, almost Tenth Rank in strength, so they wouldn’t perish so easily.

They expended half their lives just to escape the water vortex.

But in the next instant, thousands upon thousands of ice blades descended again! They couldn’t even dodge, being immediately scarred and banged up, left in a sorry state.

The opposing Beastmen were deeply horrified; this Sea Clan Prince was just a youth, appearing barely out of his teens, yet he was so terrifyingly strong!

If allowed to grow, he would surely become the family’s greatest threat!

Such an exceptional junior was truly unfortunate, but there was no other choice. Jia Lan was bent on opposing them; with the Royal Family’s grandeur gone, they had to kill him!

Those few Beastmen took out several dark-red syringes from who knows where—”enhanced power potions” provided by the people in black, claiming that their power would skyrocket upon injection!

Without hesitation, they injected the solution into their bodies, their aura abruptly becoming violent, filled with unnatural malevolence. Their eyes turned crimson and ferocious, with power suddenly breaking through to the Tenth Rank!