Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle
Chapter 436: Empress: This Man is Really Hungry! (Please Follow)

Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Empress: This Man is Really Hungry! (Please Follow)

*Could it be that she had been alone in an empty room for too long, and couldn’t stand the loneliness in her heart anymore?*

Gu Qingcheng imagined for a moment, marrying a man and then having to guard an empty room for a hundred years.

Her expression froze. *If it were me, I’d go insane too!*

Next to her, Ziran looked at the fifty old, weak, sick, and disabled Devouring-type Demon Beasts behind them, and just used her divine soul to shred their spirits to pieces.

Their souls were shredded, but there wasn’t a single wound visible on the bodies.

"Xiao Ye, I’m done, now it’s your turn." She wanted to take a sip of her iced Coke, but realized that her own cup had also been taken and drunk by Xiao Ye.

Ziran huffed and snatched the last cup of iced Coke right from Xiao Ye’s lips.

She bit the straw and took big gulps, finishing it in one go.

"Hmph, there’s barely any left," Ziran pouted, but that little smile at the corner of her lips showed she wasn’t mad at all—in fact, she seemed secretly delighted.

Gu Qingcheng’s beautiful eyes widened, and she thought in disbelief, *What the—this was the iced drink that man just drank from, and Ziran just snatched it and drank it herself?*

*Do couples really do this kind of thing?*

Divine soul Gu Qingcheng snorted coldly, *That little vixen did it on purpose.*

*I remember Ziran doesn’t even like Coke, but she still snatched it to drink.*

*Hmph, that vixen’s way of flirting with her man is next level!*

Gu Qingcheng, "..."

*She really did snatch it on purpose!*

Divine soul Gu Qingcheng suddenly licked her lips and grumbled, *Xiaogu, don’t make such a fuss. Forget drinking an iced drink—if it belongs to our man, I’d be willing to eat or drink anything of his.*

Gu Qingcheng had seen more than a few action art movies. As a certain thought popped into her head, she blushed and said,

"You shut up, you pervy girl!"

"Your mind is way too filthy!"

"Alright, stop talking. That man is about to use his powers. Last time I didn’t see clearly, but this time, I must figure out exactly what trick he’s using."

"???" Divine soul Gu Qingcheng wore a blank look. *What did I even say? How did I become a pervy girl?*

Nearby, Xiao Ye glanced at Ziran and said, "Alright, now it’s my turn—but my shoulder’s a bit sore. If only someone could give me a little massage."

Ziran rolled her eyes. Her soft little hands landed on Xiao Ye’s broad shoulders and started kneading.

"Well, you’re my husband, so of course I have to take care of you."

Xiao Ye was quite pleased and immediately activated the Template Adjuster, starting the Rule Fragment Crystal Extraction Function.

Rule fragment extraction type selected: Devouring-type.

BOOM!

A supreme and immense power descended, shrouding the fifty freshly-dead Devouring-type Demon Beast corpses.

The demon beast corpses twitched as if faced with some primal terror.

Rancid, rotten stench began wafting from their corpses.

"It’s happening!" Gu Qingcheng’s beautiful eyes locked on, her face deadly serious, *She stared at the demon beast corpses, not missing a single detail.*

Under her gaze, the demon beasts kept twitching, their bodies starting to rot and collapse.

This lasted for half a minute, after which the fifty demon beast corpses had completely decayed and began to disintegrate, dissolving into twinkling motes of light that vanished into the air.

"!!"

Gu Qingcheng was stunned.

Through it all, she hadn’t sensed any force, not even the slightest trace of energy at work.

It was as if the demon beasts just faded out naturally.

There was no sign of any external power, just a sort of inevitable, natural erasure.

*But it was exactly because that man acted, that these demon beasts were erased!*

The Empress was completely dumbfounded.

"How come I can’t figure out what he did?" she asked herself in her mind.

Divine soul Gu Qingcheng replied bluntly, "You’re wasting your breath. It’s not just you—even me, a hundred years later, couldn’t figure it out!"

"This is probably some top-grade cosmic-level Talent Skill."

Gu Qingcheng was shocked. "*Cosmic-level? But nobody on Blue Star even has that—how could he already have a cosmic-level Talent Skill?*"

Divine soul Gu Qingcheng gave her a disdainful look and said, "You’re so clueless. My husband’s powers—he’s got plenty that are even scarier than this."

"You’ve never left Blue Star, but I have!"

"Quit looking so backward—you’re making me, Gu Qingcheng, look bad."

Gu Qingcheng’s face turned dark. *She was the Hang City Empress, the former number-one prodigy in Dragon Country’s older generation, and now her future self was calling her a bumpkin?*

After a while, her expression returned to normal. She shot a deep look at Xiao Ye, who was getting his shoulders kneaded by Ziran.

*This man—he was way scarier than she ever imagined!*

For no reason at all, Gu Qingcheng found herself even more curious about Xiao Ye.

*Why did he just erase those demon beasts?*

*Catches a bunch of demon beasts, kills them, but not for the crystal cores? Just for fun?*

*She didn’t believe this man would be that bored, and Ziran probably wasn’t that bored either.*

[Grandmaster Realm Demon Beast, 40 Devouring Rule Fragment Crystals successfully extracted]

[Great Grandmaster Realm Demon Beast, 20 Devouring Rule Fragment Crystals successfully extracted]

Sixty Devouring Rule Fragment Crystals earned, and Xiao Ye nodded in satisfaction.

Now, all the Rule Fragments needed for Ziran’s template upgrade were collected.

Fifty Fortune-type, fifty Creation-type, fifty Devouring-type.

All he needed now were the Crystal Core resources to retain the Saint Realm.

Grandmaster Realm, Great Grandmaster Realm, Venerable Realm, Great Venerable Realm, Saint Realm Crystal Cores were all easy to get—the hard part was the Venerable Realm Crystal Core.

Two hundred Venerable Realm Demon Beast Crystal Cores!

He moved two Devouring Rule Fragment Crystals from his system space to his pocket, making it stand out stiffly.

Xiao Ye grinned, "Sister Ziran, let me show you a big treasure!"

Ziran had seen the big treasure last time, so she knew what Xiao Ye meant, and her face instantly lit up with excitement,

"Take it out, come on! I really like your big treasure!"

She even started kneading his shoulders much harder.

Xiao Ye almost took it out right then, but with the Hang City Empress standing by, he thought for a second and said, "Never mind, this isn’t really the place. I’ll show you when we get back."

Ziran glanced at Gu Qingcheng and laughed, "Up to you."

Gu Qingcheng, "..."

She sneaked a glance at Xiao Ye’s stiff pocket, her pretty face immediately turning red as she awkwardly shifted her gaze away.

*Was this man really that starved?*

Ziran chimed in rather impatiently, "Quick, pack up these demon beasts. It’s getting late, we should rest."

Xiao Ye nodded, released the Bronze Hall, and swept up nearly ten thousand Devouring-type Demon Beasts, locking them away in the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm.

Gu Qingcheng smiled, "Come over to my place, let me play the host."

The three left the Secret Realm and arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion of Hang City Base City.

Inside Gu Qingcheng’s own private chamber, Xiao Ye and Ziran were brought inside.

Gu Qingcheng, with a bit of awkwardness, glanced at Xiao Ye’s pocket—which was still sticking out stiffly. *This guy really must be starving.*

Xiao Ye looked over at the table. There were only two chairs glowing with Profound Aura, his expression unreadable.

*Only two chairs. Where would he sit?*

Gu Qingcheng said, "You two sit. I’ll stand. Those are Chairs of Enlightenment made from Essence of Enlightenment, and there’s only two."

*Can’t let that man stand up—the way his pants were sticking out was way too conspicuous.*

*Besides, since she’d acknowledged this man, she was going to treat him as one of her own and treat him with proper respect.*

Xiao Ye’s pupils contracted. *The Hang City Empress was going to stand herself and let him sit?*

*Was this really the same domineering, overbearing, and rude Hang City Empress from before?*