A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 352 Your Highness Jiuli, How Have You Been?

"What?" Shen Tang paused and turned to look at him.

Shen Li walked up to her, his thin, lustrous lips moved slightly, as if he had a lot to say to her, yet didn't know how to begin.

Finally, he narrowed his alluring, crescent-shaped eyes and asked jokingly, "I'm curious, Little Tang'er, which beast husband do you like the most?"

Shen Tang rolled her eyes and said lazily, "Boring~ You stopped me just to ask me this question?"

To be honest, she hadn't really thought about this issue. For the sake of peace in the backyard, she tried her best to fetch water whenever possible.

Shen Li looked at her with his long, narrow, shimmering fox eyes, filled with tender affection, and coaxed her softly, "Now it's just the two of us here, no one else is around, can't even Xiao Tang'er coax me a little?"

Shen Tang looked up into his captivating eyes, feeling as if her soul was being drawn into them. She paused, then chuckled softly and asked, "How do you want me to coax you?"

"Do you love me?"

Shen Tang answered without hesitation, "Yes, I love it."

The two words seemed too frivolous and lacked weight. Shen Tang took his hand, raised an eyebrow, and smiled, saying, "We've been together for so long, why are you suddenly asking me this question? If I didn't like you, I would have divorced you long ago, and I certainly wouldn't have been with you last night. Why would I have come to this place with you?"

"Some things are left unsaid because we already know them, and there's no need to say them out of the blue."

Shen Tang couldn't deny that at first, her relationship with the beastmen was just a strategy mission, but after spending so much time together, going through thick and thin, and facing life and death together, their feelings for each other had become stronger through the trials and tribulations.

They were her support, the back she could trust and rely on.

Shen Tang knew that Shen Li had many secrets and that he was hiding things from her. But everyone has secrets, and she also had many secrets she was hiding from them.

Shen Tang didn't care about his secret; as long as he was by her side, that was enough.

Shen Li stared at her blankly.

When a female laughs, her eyes are curved and bright, dazzling like stars in the dark cave.

She said earnestly, "If possible, I want you to stay by my side forever."

"Brother Li, I also want to ask you a question: Do you love me?"

Shen Li's fingertips curled slightly, his thin, crimson lips parted slightly, and before he could speak, his expression suddenly changed. He reached out to protect Shen Tang behind him, his eyes sharp as knives as he looked in a certain direction.

"There's an ambush!" he whispered.

Before the words were even finished, hundreds of dark figures burst out from the cracks in the cave wall, surrounding the two of them and exuding a chilling killing intent.

The two men's expressions changed slightly, and they quickly switched to battle mode, knowing that the newcomers were up to no good!
There were over a hundred people coming from the opposite direction, all dressed in tight black robes, wearing masks to cover their faces, and exuding a murderous aura.

Their clothing style was very different from that of the Nightfall Empire.

The clothes were embroidered with dark red patterns, which, upon closer inspection, resembled fox totems.

What's even more terrifying is that this group is extremely powerful.

The hundreds of people who came were all beastmen of the eighth rank or above, and there were quite a few of them of the ninth rank. The tall, thin man leading the group made Shen Tang's hair stand on end and her heart tremble with fear.

She had only ever felt this powerful pressure from Xue Yinzhou when he had just broken through to the tenth rank!

Shen Tang held her breath, her blood running cold, her heart filled with shock and doubt.

When did this group of people appear?

She was at the peak of the eighth rank and possessed powerful mental strength, yet she failed to detect it from beginning to end!

And... how did they find us?

Were they lurking in the underground ruins all along, or did they follow them here?
Thinking of the latter possibility, Shen Tang felt a chill run down her spine and hurriedly asked the system, "When did these people arrive? Why didn't you warn me!" The system replied with a mournful face, [Host, it's not that I didn't want to warn you, but the power emanating from these people is very mysterious. I can't detect their aura at all. They must have smuggled themselves in; they're carrying some kind of shielding item. They are definitely not from within the Night Glow Empire!]

The system said, "[Judging from the patterns on their clothes, those are the totems of the Yiyuan Empire. This group of people must be looking for Shen Li.]"

The leader of the men in black looked at Shen Li, whose face was pale, and gave a sinister smile. "Your Highness Jiuli, it's been many years. How have you been?"

Shen Li stepped forward, shielding Shen Tang behind him, his handsome face grim. "You finally managed to catch up to us here."

"We didn't expect you to still be alive. If we had known you were hiding in this small place, barely clinging to life, the Empire would have sent people to wipe you out long ago. We would never have spared your worthless life!"

Shen Tang grabbed Shen Li's hand and asked anxiously, "What exactly happened?"

Shen Li turned to look at her, his expression complicated, unable to express his feelings clearly. "Tangtang, I'm sorry, I lied to you... You probably already guessed that I'm not an orphan, but a member of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan of the Yiyuan Empire."

“But I did not mean to lie to you! When I was nine years old, a political upheaval occurred in the empire. I had no choice but to flee here to survive, hiding my identity as an ordinary red fox. But I never expected that these people would eventually find me.”

"After all these years of running away, I still couldn't escape it in the end."

He looked at Shen Tang with sorrow in his eyes, his voice bitter but firm, "Everything from the past must come to an end, but these things have nothing to do with you, and I can't drag you into this!"

Shen Li whispered, "They came for me. I'll distract them in a bit, and you escape the way you came!"

"Alright! You two star-crossed lovers, stop with your pitiful words. Today, none of you will escape; you'll all die here!"

The tall, thin man at the head of the group spoke in a hoarse voice, and with a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Kill!"

Shen Li's face was cold and stern. In an instant, he unfurled nine fiery red fox tails, the tips of which gleamed with a cold metallic light, and pierced through the chests of the three enemies who were the first to pounce.

"Hide behind me!" Shen Li shouted, and at the same time, he struck out with his palm. The violent power sent the three men in black who rushed at first flying, crashing heavily into the stone wall.

But there were simply too many enemies, and the leader of the men in black was a terrifying tenth-tier powerhouse!
Shen Li was outnumbered and ultimately lost the battle.

His fox tail swept across like a whip, repelling wave after wave of attacks, but wounds began to appear on his body.

A flash of light, and his left arm was slashed open, leaving a bloody gash.

Shen Tang quickly gathered earth-elemental power, and sharp earth spikes suddenly rose from the ground, piercing the two men in black who were about to launch a sneak attack.

At the same time, a cold glint flashed in her eyes, and with a thought, her spiritual power spread like a tide, instantly slowing down the movements of dozens of men in black.

Shen Li seized the opportunity, flashed in front of those people, and with a swift movement, his knife fell, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Good teamwork." Shen Li's lips curled up slightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

The enemy numbers far exceeded expectations, and they must break through as soon as possible.

This group of people had clearly also noticed Shen Tang's threat. A female possessing powerful earth-based abilities, and even more importantly, mental power capable of manipulating minds! This was undoubtedly a huge threat to the empire!

We must nip this in the bud today and kill her too!
A tall, thin man silently circled behind Shen Tang, his short sword aimed straight for her back.

"careful!"

Shen Li's pupils contracted sharply. Ignoring the swords and blades in front of him, he turned and lunged at Shen Tang.

His fox tail acted as a shield behind Shen Tang, and the short sword pierced into the fox tail, drawing blood.

Shen Li grunted, his right hand forming a claw, his killing intent surging suddenly, the sharp claw piercing through the attacker's chest! He flung him against the stone wall with a thud, leaving a long trail of blood.

The leader of the men in black, who was not far away, saw this scene and revealed a playful smile. He took the black longbow handed to him by his subordinate, the arrowhead glowing with an eerie green light.

Suddenly, he drew his longbow, the arrow aimed at—Shen Tang!
Whoosh!
The sound of the bowstring vibrating was almost inaudible in the chaos of battle.

"Tangtang!" Shen Li turned around abruptly and stood in front of Shen Tang at the critical moment.