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

Chapter 561: Chapter 527: Ice Cold

The moment she broke free from her restraints, Shen Tang hugged Jia Lan tightly, overwhelmed with excitement.

She buried her face in his chest, both happy and worried, her voice choked with sobs, ”Ah Lan, it’s really you... I-I thought I was dreaming...”

She spoke with urgency, ”Why did you come alone? They didn’t do anything to you, right?”

Jia Lan gently stroked her hair, soothing her gently, ”Don’t worry, if anything had happened, you wouldn’t be seeing me today.”

Mermaids are deep-sea cold-blooded creatures, similar to snakes, their body temperature is always low. Even in warm sunlight on land during summer, their skin remains cool.

But at this moment, Shen Tang felt that Jia Lan’s body temperature was lower than usual. As he held her, she even shivered slightly from the cold, and his body exuded an indescribable stiffness, as if he was tense all over.

She felt as if she were holding a piece of stone without warmth.

There was also a slight dampness...

Shen Tang was startled, quickly pulling away, only then realizing belatedly that Jia Lan was covered in wounds, with hardly a place left unharmed.

His fish tail was especially severe, with deep blue, slender fins covered in claw slashes and energy blade cuts from wild beasts, blood and flesh rolled up, and even vaguely revealing white bones...

Shen Tang’s breath caught, her fingers trembling, not daring to touch his wounds, feeling extremely heartsick.

When did this guy become so good at enduring pain? Injured so badly, yet silent, truly...

Jia Lan seemed too calm, like someone unaffected by injuries, still calmly comforting her. Focused on happiness, she hadn’t noticed his injuries right away.

”You’re hurt too badly, don’t move, I’ll heal you right away.” Shen Tang softly murmured, a mixture of reproach and heartache in her tone.

Her superpower had somewhat recovered, with pale green healing energy appearing in her palm, gently covering the youth’s wounds.

Soon, new flesh buds emerged from the wounds, layer upon layer, healing within a blink of an eye, without leaving a single scar.

The youth lowered his gaze to watch the female patiently and gently heal him.

Her eyes were slightly red, clearly heartsick to the extreme, and a different emotion flashed through his eyes.

”It’s alright, Tangtang, I’m male, I won’t be hurt.”

When Shen Tang wanted to tear open his damaged clothes to make more intimate contact with his skin and wounds, Jia Lan gently grasped her wrist, discreetly moving away, his lips curling into a faint smile, ”Let’s leave here first, otherwise more pursuers will arrive soon.”

Shen Tang agreed, obediently nodding.

Jia Lan held her as they quickly swam out of the experimental base.

Unfortunately, they were a step too late.

As soon as the two exited the experimental base, they found themselves surrounded by numerous people in black, watertight.

They were deputies who had received the message last minute and rushed back to reinforce.

They couldn’t believe the base had been raided.

Looking at the two emerging from the base, they were utterly shocked. These two took down the base? Impossible!

Seeing so many deputies, Shen Tang instinctively tensed up, fury burning in her eyes — these were the people that wanted to take her, humiliatingly imprison her!

The youth sensed her rigidity, gently comforting her, ”Don’t be afraid, I’ll avenge you.”

The Beastmen charged ferociously.

Jia Lan looked up, his blue eyes instantly cold as ice, a hint of eerie brilliance passing through. His aura suddenly surged, causing the surrounding seawater temperature to plummet!

Shen Tang couldn’t help but feel a jolt of fear; that overpowering pressure exceeding both Lu Xiao and Xue Yinzhou, similar to what she felt from Necro.

One arm around her, Jia Lan’s other hand suddenly clasped, invisible chaotic energy gathering around them, pouring out like a tidal wave!

The seawater churned violently, vaguely forming a water dragon spiraling around them, not only deflecting the deputies’ attacks but also roaring as it charged towards the enemy’s formation, smashing it apart.

Simultaneously, his long fingers manifested powerful ice abilities, countless transparent bluish icicles formed at his fingertips, shooting out, piercing the deputies’ bodies!

Many deputies were instantly impaled by the icicles, unable even to scream.

A formidable Tenth Rank Beastman fell in mere seconds!

The remaining deputies were utterly shocked, their faces showing immense fear; they hadn’t expected the mermaid to be so formidable!

They were considered top combatants in this world, yet he defeated them so easily?!

”We must kill him today! We cannot let these two leave alive!”

The remaining people in black were well-trained, quickly altering their tactics. They retrieved potions from an unknown source, directly injecting them into their carotid arteries.

Shen Tang’s pupils constricted upon seeing these potions; they were made from Blood Clan’s blood, significantly boosting the Beastmen’s combat force!

”Ah Lan be careful! Don’t fight outright; let’s seek a chance to break through!”

Jia Lan looked down at her, a teasing smile, ”You don’t believe me?”

”Don’t worry, I’m here, I’ll ensure you leave alive.”

His voice remained gentle and clear, like morning mist, or mountain spring water, with a comforting force.

Shen Tang stared at him, her heart inexplicably skipping a beat. Though not quite an old married couple, they had been married for nearly two years, yet she felt he was somewhat different at this moment.

The people in black facing them increased their strength once again! They were Tenth Rank, and after the breakthrough became unfathomable.

The nearly tangible energy surrounding them caused the seawater to churn intensely, launching overwhelming assaults towards the two!

Jia Lan’s handsome face slightly tensed.

Holding Shen Tang, he retreated, and gently covered her eyes, whispering, ”Close your eyes, don’t look.”

Shen Tang’s vision plunged into darkness. She instinctively grasped the youth’s cold hand, pausing at his words, letting him cover her eyes.

Unobstructed by clothing, she felt more clearly, his hand was very cold...

Extremely cold...

Like holding a piece of never-melting ice.

Shen Tang naturally couldn’t see, the youth’s eyes had transformed into eerie, captivating purple-red. He looked at the charging deputies, lightly uttering a word,

”Break.”

The deputies froze mid-air as if icebound, time seemed to stand still, their gazes losing focus, forgetting their intentions.

Then, the entire sea area’s temperature plummeted to freezing, with ice quickly covering the space.

Countless icicles erupted from the ground, piercing the bodies of the people in black, exploding with a bang!

Except for the two of them, all Beastmen vanished instantly.

The entire sea area was stained red with blood, floating with shattered limbs and bones, resembling a burial ground.

Shen Tang caught the overpowering, pungent scent of blood, anxiously gripping the youth’s hand, ”Ah Lan, are you injured? What’s the situation now?”

Jia Lan released her hand, with the purple-red in his eyes quietly disappearing, returning to a clear, ocean-like pale blue, he calmly said, ”It’s all taken care of, we can go home.”

His voice was warm as usual, yet carried a lingering icy fury.

Shen Tang shut her breath in an instant upon witnessing the scene of corpses and blood sea ahead.

She looked up, dumbfounded at the mermaid youth, her voice involuntarily shaking, ”This... did you do all this?”

How did he become this strong?

Jia Lan met her shocked and confused eyes, amusedly tapping her forehead, teasing slightly dissatisfied, ”As your Beast Husband, are you unhappy that I’ve become stronger?”

”B-but this is too sudden! What level are you now?”

”Above Tenth Rank, Primordial Beast Level.” Jia Lan gently stroked her face, with both joy of regaining and a hint of confusion in his eyes, ”I actually don’t know what happened either, I just thought about rescuing you... It’s my fault, losing you... I nearly died finding you, then suddenly felt power surging inside, then broke through beyond ranks...”

He said it lightly, as if it was merely a trivial matter.