A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 532 The Name He Gave Himself
The moment Shen Tang teleported over, she witnessed this scene of matricide.

Her face turned deathly pale, and she shouted sharply, "Stop!"

At the same time, he quickly gathered all his mental energy for a powerful attack, heading straight for "Jialan"!

The young man was caught off guard by Shen Tang's sudden appearance. A hint of panic flashed in his eyes, which quickly turned into an icy chill. "You actually woke up. What a surprise."

As a royal mermaid, he possessed top-tier mental power, which should have allowed him to put people into eternal sleep. However, he couldn't even control a female.

The young man casually deflected her attack, but unexpectedly, several sharp earth spikes suddenly emerged from the ground beneath his feet! He instinctively took a few steps back, and in doing so, he released Garuda.

Shen Tang seized the opportunity, quickly grabbed the seriously injured Garuda, and retreated to a safe area.

She glared angrily at the young man opposite her, trembling with rage, and coldly questioned, "You're not Alan, why are you doing this?"

The young man knew that his identity had been exposed and he could no longer hide it, so the two were destined to break off their relationship.

Looking at the female's angry, flushed face, he felt a strange emotion welling up inside him, and his chest inexplicably felt tight.

Realizing this change in mood, the young man frowned coldly, his expression turning even more unpleasant.

Damn it, the effects of that waste residue still lingering in my body are still there!

I should have just killed her that night to avoid trouble!
His azure eyes turned a sinister purple-red, and he no longer needed to feign gentleness, revealing his true, wicked and perverse nature. "I wanted to keep it a secret forever, but I didn't expect you to find out... What a coincidence."

His deep voice carried a seductive tone, "Tangtang, you really shouldn't have shown up today. I did my best to play that good-for-nothing."

"Wouldn't it be better for me to keep acting and be the Jialan in your heart?"

Shen Tang trembled all over, her eyes reddening, "What exactly did you do to A-Lan?!"

"He disappeared."

"...disappeared?"

"Or rather, dead."

"Impossible!" Shen Tang refused outright. She absolutely refused to believe that Jia Lan had disappeared; he must still be there.

The young man chuckled lightly, "What's impossible? That piece of trash was too weak; I devoured it."

"What's so great about that good-for-nothing? From now on, I'll be your Alan."

His deep gaze was fixed on Shen Tang, his voice tinged with displeasure, "Am I not good enough? I am stronger than him, and I possess all his memories. I can play the role perfectly... At least, even you didn't notice, did you?"

"Get out! I don't want to hear it! You will never be him! What are you anyway!" Shen Tang roared hysterically.

The young man looked at her quietly, then glanced at the heavily injured and blood-spitting Garuda before looking away with a cold look. He slightly raised his lips and said briefly, "Liu Ye."

Ryūya—the name he gave himself.

Upon hearing these words, Garuda felt a chill run through his body and soul.

By abandoning his mother's surname, he signifies a formal break with her and the severing of their mother-son relationship.

Shen Tang naturally understood the meaning behind it, her heart filled with complex emotions. Although they were two personalities born from the same body, Jia Lan and Liu Ye gave off completely different feelings, as if they were not the same person at all.

She said coldly, "You've been pretending these past few days just to obtain the imperial edict to assassinate Garuda and ascend the throne as the rightful heir."

“That’s right,” Liu Ye readily admitted.

He should have acted sooner. The only person he feared was the High Priest—only the High Priest's power in the entire sea could barely suppress him.

Fortunately, the high priest has now left, and he has received the official decree, so there is no need for him to hide anymore.

As long as Garuda dies and abdicates, he can inherit the throne and become the ruler of the sea.

The young man's aura suddenly expanded, and he raised his hand to conjure chains that pierced through the air and bound the two of them. "Now that you've discovered me, neither of you will escape!"

Shen Tang was prepared and instantly activated the system's teleportation function, disappearing from the spot with Garuda. Liu Ye's attack missed its target.

He stared intently in the direction where the two had disappeared, his tongue pressed against his teeth, and he clicked his tongue softly, "The same old trick again."

……

Thousands of miles away, in a remote and tranquil sea area.

Although there are some high-level sea beasts here, there are few beastmen around, making it a relatively safe place.

Shen Tang brought Garuda to this trench as a temporary stop.

Garuda was severely injured; his heart had been pierced, and blood was gushing out, soaking most of his clothes. He was barely clinging to life.

Shen Tang helped her sit back on the rock, his palm gathering a pure, warm, pale green light that fell on the large hole in her left chest, carefully healing and stitching the wound.

Although Garuda survived, the crystal core in his heart was damaged, greatly reducing his strength, and he was destined to no longer be able to hold the position of Sea Emperor.

Although Ryūya did not kill her, his plan succeeded.

He will be the future Sea King.

"Thank you, Xiao Tang... cough cough... You are my savior. If you hadn't come tonight, I'm afraid..." Garuda's emotions were extremely complicated, but when he looked at Shen Tang, he only felt endless gratitude.

Looking at the woman's pale yet still stunningly beautiful face, Shen Tang saw the usually proud and aloof Sea Emperor with such a forlorn expression for the first time, and her heart clenched painfully.

But she still smiled and gently comforted Garuda by holding her hand, "Your Majesty is too kind. You are Alan's mother, and you are also my mother. This is what I should do."

“Lan’er… how could he have become like this…” Garuda was overcome with grief when she mentioned this.

Even when she suffered humiliation during the last palace coup, she had never shown such sorrow and grief.

Finally, Garuda could no longer suppress her emotions and covered her face, weeping bitterly. Crystalline tears fell from her beautiful dark blue eyes, each one rolling down like a pearl and scattering on the ground.

She didn't understand why he would do that.
Is it because of what happened back then that he resents her?

Garuda knew it was her fault; she shouldn't have abandoned her newborn child in the cold palace and ignored him because she was angry with Lunas.

Although the concubines and princes in the Cold Palace lacked wealth and honor, they still had basic survival guarantees. But Jialan was just an infant at the time, without a loving father to care for him, burdened with the stigma of being a "bastard," and subjected to the jealousy and deliberate mistreatment of his husbands and servants like Xivar... and she never intervened or cared for him, even forgetting that she had this son.

It is conceivable that Jialan received no guarantee of survival during those three years in the Cold Palace, and it is hard to imagine what he went through—it is a miracle that he survived.

Garuda later realized how foolish and naive his actions were when he was young, and has been trying his best to make amends to Garan over the years.

I thought he had long forgotten the events of his early years.

Unexpectedly, everything suddenly changed.

Seeing Garuda's dejected appearance, Shen Tang opened her mouth and decided to tell the truth.

Although this was a secret of the priestly clan, Garuda, as Garan's mother, had the right to know the truth.

"Your Majesty, to be precise, that person is your son, but not the Jialan you know. He is Jialan's other personality..." Shen Tang revealed the secrets of the priest clan in detail.

Garuda's expression shifted from bewilderment to shock, finally settling into calm. He sighed softly, as if relieved, "So that's how it is. No wonder Lunas was so strange back then, like two different people, someone I couldn't understand..."

By the way, speaking of the High Priest...

Shen Tang quickly took out the golden conch shell given to her by the high priest, intending to tell Jia Lan about it, but found that golden patterns were appearing on the conch shell.

This is an oral decree from the high priest.

However, she has been in a coma for the past few days and has not been able to receive it in time.

Shen Tang hurriedly opened the conch shell, wanting to hear what the high priest had to say.

Finally finished watching it, good morning!