The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 354 Extra Chapter: Stripping Abilities
After Fu Tong's body collapsed, an excessively young face was revealed.

After seeing the face clearly, Shi Panxing was stunned for a few seconds before turning to look at Chang Tianchen, who remained calm throughout.

"acquaintance?"

Chang Tianchen nodded slightly and said in a very calm tone, "My younger brother."

"No wonder, we look a lot like you."

After Chang Tianchen came in, he actually saw Chang Yinbo, but the kid was lifeless the whole time, sitting motionless in the shadows in the corner, and didn't even look up after Chang Tianchen came in.

Before he could figure out how to handle the situation, he caught a glimpse of the woman's eyes out of the corner of his eye.

Fu Tong was also extremely alert and immediately launched a counterattack.

Therefore, he didn't have time to think about Chang Yinbo's problem.

He couldn't quite put his finger on what special feelings he had towards his younger brother.

He and Chang Yinbo were not much different in age, but their personalities were completely different, so they could never get along since childhood.

I never expected to see Chang Yinbo again in Huangyan Beast City.

He and Chang Yinbo came from the two-headed snake clan of Sejin City in the southern plains.

Their father was Chang Zhaoyi, the eldest son of the previous lord of Serjin City.

Their mother, Amujiang, was born into slavery.

To be precise, the woman was once a noblewoman, but she was implicated by her family at a very young age, stripped of her noble title, and eventually became a slave to the nobility.

However, the woman was not content to be inferior to others. She knew very well what she was pursuing, so in the Southern Plains where females generally had multiple husbands, she did not waver at all. With her own methods and her promise not to find another partner, she eventually became the partner of the eldest son of the Lord of Sergin City and returned to the ranks of the nobility.

But the good times didn't last long.

The two-headed snake race is a mutated beastman species. Most members of the race will experience a reversion to their ancestral traits after reaching adulthood. However, the degree of reversion is not high for the vast majority of them, so their rational behavior is normal.

Only a small percentage of the clan members with exceptional talent will exhibit a high degree of atavism.

This process was extremely dangerous, and many members of the tribe perished during it.

His father, Chang Zhaoyi, belonged to the latter category.

He possessed exceptional talent and a high degree of ancestral atavism, but he failed.

The person didn't die, but went mad.

So, after the father went mad, the family's situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

A person who has gone mad cannot inherit the position of city lord.

Therefore, their family's position within the clan was quite awkward.

My father died in the third year of his insanity; the cause of death remains a mystery.

However, Chang Tianchen was still young at that time and could not quite remember whether his short-lived father died accidentally or was deliberately murdered.

In the same year that his father died, his uncle, who had always been healthy and whose bloodline had successfully reverted to its ancestral form and who was already considered the next lord of Sergin City, also died mysteriously.

The following year, their family was expelled from the clan and forcibly escorted by a group of people to the northern wilderness.

It's not hard to guess what that woman did.

The possibility of the deaths of the two sons of the Lord of Sergin City being a coincidence is too small.

It's highly likely that she did something in it.

Chang Tianchen didn't have many memories of Serjin City, nor did he want to judge the right or wrong of her past actions.

All he knew was that, in his most vulnerable moment, that woman abandoned him without hesitation and ruthlessly destroyed him, severing his last remaining ties to family.

As for Chang Yinbo, who was cowardly but extremely obedient to his mother, he was unusually kind when he was at his lowest point. He secretly sent some supplies over and secretly took him to the valley at the foot of Hanshan Mountain to recuperate.

However, that was the only time; he never saw Chang Yinbo again after that.

Chang Tianchen harbored no resentment towards Chang Yinbo, but he also neither liked him nor considered him an outsider.

But he does owe this kid a favor.

……

Chang Tianchen ordered his guards to drag Fu Tong's body out and instructed them to burn it.

Although the possibility of Fu Tong coming back to life is unlikely, it's always better to be more meticulous in doing things.

Chang Tianchen ordered his guards to unlock the shackles on Chang Yinbo's hands and feet, and then led the men out of the cell.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to see, Shi Panxing also left.

However, after leaving the dungeon, he raised his hand to shield his eyes from the somewhat dazzling light falling from above and said to Chang Tianchen, "I led my men to search the city, but we couldn't find Sha Qing, the city lord of Huangyan Beast City."

Chang Tianchen twirled the metal thumb ring on his thumb, which was specially used to draw the bowstring, and lowered his eyes to say, "Sha Qing is a peak seventeenth-tier whiptail lizard warrior. Although she has a female appearance, she has a physique and endurance that are no less than those of a male warrior. If she is in the city, it will not be so easy for us to take down Huangyan Beast City."

"However, Huangyan Beast City is the territory occupied by the Whiptail Lizard Clan for generations. She must have left the city temporarily for some reason. The news of our capture of Huangyan Beast City cannot be kept secret for long. It will probably reach her ears soon, and then there will probably be a fierce battle."

"We need to find out where she is as soon as possible and make preparations accordingly."

When Chang Yinbo limped out of the dungeon, he pulled the black hood over his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Sha Qing went to Beast King City."

"The coronation ceremony for the new king of Beast King City will be held at the end of this month."

"She left seventeen days ago, and under normal circumstances, she will be back in fifteen days."

"When she left the city, she took a group of high-ranking warriors with her. If these warriors follow her back, even if they can't wipe out your army, they will definitely inflict heavy losses on your forces."

Chang Tianchen raised an eyebrow slightly, his probing gaze falling on him, and said, "You seem to know a lot about her situation, so... how come you're all alone in Huangyan Beast City? Without even a guard by your side?"

Chang Yinbo leaned against the dry, scalding wall, his weary body slumped against it, most of his face hidden under his hood. He said self-deprecatingly, "How else could I have gotten here? Of course, I was sent here by my mother as a bargaining chip."

"She can even abandon you, how can I be the exception?"

Chang Tianchen scoffed, showing no interest in his past experiences, and asked, "What's your relationship with Sha Qing?"

Chang Yinbo remained silent. Shi Panxing took a few steps into the shadows under the eaves and casually remarked, "Could they be partners?"

“No.” Chang Yinbo rejected the possibility without any hesitation. “The Whiptail Lizard Clan does not need a mate for reproduction.”

Chang Tianchen vaguely guessed something: "A lover?"

Chang Yinbo did not deny it this time.

Chang Tianchen clicked his tongue twice and shook his head, saying, "Sha Qing is almost fifty years old now, right? What are you thinking about making her your lover?"

“If I had a choice, I wouldn’t have gone back to Nanyuan.” Chang Yinbo looked up at him intently.

"So who do you blame?" Chang Tianchen didn't hold back at all, and said sarcastically, "You're just useless, you have no opinions of your own, and you listen to her in everything. In the end, she squeezed out all your value and then dumped you. Wasn't this the result that could have been predicted long ago?"

Shi Panxing interrupted the two's argument and asked, "Can you two brothers argue later? I just want to know how long it will take for Sha Qing to return under these abnormal circumstances? How many people did she bring this time? And what are their strength levels? Can you provide accurate information?" Chang Tianchen gave a disdainful snort and didn't continue arguing with Chang Yinbo.

Chang Yinbo shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"On the very first day of your attack on Huangyan Beast City, someone actually sent out the news."

"From Huangyan Beast City to Beast King City, even with the fastest messenger in the city, it would take about three days to deliver the goods."

"The Whiptail Lizard tribe of orcs are not good at long-distance raids, and they mainly rely on yellow-margined sand turtles for travel."

"Sand turtle? Aren't those things very slow?" Shi Panxing asked doubtfully.

During his imprisonment, when he needed to be transferred over long distances, he mainly relied on these large sand turtles with extremely strong load-bearing capacity.

"Although the Yellow-margined Sand Turtle is a turtle, it is not slow. Moreover, sand turtles not only have a strong carrying capacity, but also have great endurance. As long as they are provided with enough food, they can run continuously for two or three days without stopping. If the Yellow-margined Sand Turtle travels from Huangyan Beast City to Beast King City without sleep, it will only take four days."

"Considering that we may need to rest and adjust along the way, five days should be enough."

“In other words, from the time the message was sent until they returned at top speed, it will only take about eight days.” Chang Tianchen tapped his fingertips lightly on the back of his hand twice and said to Shi Panxing, “We besieged the city for seven days, but we had already fought with the warriors of Huangyan Beast City before the siege. In addition, we have been inside the city for three days, so it has taken at least half a month.”

"But so far we have not received any news, nor have we found any trace of their team."

"Where exactly did things go wrong?" Chang Tianchen raised his hand and tapped his forehead, letting out a deep sigh. "Right now, we can only strengthen our defenses, strictly control the city gates in the north and south, and simultaneously conduct a thorough search of the city to guard against any secret passages connecting to the outside..."

"We need to add more reconnaissance soldiers to the south to gather information."

Shi Panxing straightened up, took out a silver-white ice silk cloak from his spatial storage, and put it on. He pulled the brim of the hood with his slender fingers and said, "You are in charge of the reconnaissance personnel. Leave the city defense and investigation to me."

After confirming the division of labor, Shi Panxing did not want to linger. He glanced at the pale-faced Chang Yinbo and, as he passed by Chang Tianchen, kindly reminded him, "Although I don't know what conflict you two brothers have, even if you're arguing, you should still take some time to call Xuanyan over for a check-up."

"His condition doesn't look good..."

After saying this, Shi Panxing disappeared from the spot.

Chang Yinbo's pupils suddenly contracted, but he didn't make a sound; only his fingertips trembled slightly.

Space system.

Mermaids.

Suddenly, a name that had long been forbidden to be mentioned in Huangyan Beast City popped into his mind—Shi Panxing.

The royal family of merfolk in the far north.

Seventeenth step.

After Shi Panxing was rescued, Sha Qing was initially shocked and furious, worried that Shi Panxing would quietly sneak into Huangyan Beast City after recovering from his injuries and assassinate the orcs who had humiliated him.

Spatial abilities are not only rare, but also quite difficult to deal with.

Even Sha Qing, at the peak of the seventeenth level, was not confident of victory against Shi Panxing at his peak.

But as time went by, there was no more news of Shi Panxing, nor was there any news of Shi Panxing from the far north sea area that cooperated with Huangyan Beast City.

Gradually, the nobles in Huangyan Beast City began to believe that Shi Panxing might have died in some remote corner due to his severe injuries.

Chang Yinbo initially thought that this army, lacking warriors at the peak of the seventeenth rank, would suffer a great loss if they encountered Sha Qing, who had returned to fight.

But now... he's not sure anymore.

If Sha Qing knew that Shi Panxing was inside Huangyan Beast City, I wonder if she would still dare to come back.

Seeing Chang Yinbo staring blankly, Chang Tianchen turned and walked forward, saying in a cold voice, "Stop daydreaming, follow me."

Chang Yinbo followed behind him with a limp, looking at the strong and upright figure in front of him, his heart filled with complicated emotions.

Chang Tianchen placed him in the wounded soldiers' camp.

The casualties during this capture of the city were not significant, so the wounded soldiers' camp was a bit quieter than before, and some tents were simply empty.

Chang Tianchen lifted the tent flap and stepped aside, saying, "Rest here for a while. A military doctor will come to examine and treat you in a little while."

"However, you'd better behave yourself!"

Chang Tianchen's expression was cold and stern as he warned, "I don't care what your relationship is with Sha Qing or what entanglements you have. Now that you are under the supervision of our Xiao Kingdom's army, do not attempt to send messages to the outside world, and do not think about anything you shouldn't be thinking about."

"I'm arranging all this for you simply to repay the favor you did for finding me a place to recuperate back then."

"If you dare to do anything that is detrimental to this army, I will not show any mercy."

Chang Yinbo stepped aside and walked into the low-ceilinged tent of the wounded soldiers without turning his head, saying in a flat tone, "Thank you for the reminder."

Seeing his half-dead state, Chang Tianchen put down the tent and turned to leave.

Once the footsteps were no longer audible, Chang Yinbo leaned on the folding bed and slowly sat down, staring blankly and quietly at the curtains like a withered tree.

……

As Chang Tianchen was adjusting the military defense layout, Xuan Yan, holding a rolled pancake, lifted the tent flap and walked in.

"What are you doing here?" Chang Tianchen glanced at the crepe in his hand, then quickly looked away.

Xuan Yan pulled up a chair and casually sat down at the lower end. He took a bite of the crepe in his hand, and after the food went down into his stomach, he let out a long sigh and slowly said, "I'm here to talk to you about the patient you asked me to treat."

Chang Tianchen stopped holding the pen, looked up and said, "Speak quickly if you have something to say."

Xuan Yan sat up straight and asked, "Did you know he doesn't have any special abilities?"

Chang Tianchen was stunned for a few seconds, then asked in confusion, "How is that possible? He has a metal-type ability, and he was already at the sixth level when he was fourteen years old. He has quite a lot of talent."

"So, what I meant was, there isn't any left!"

Xuan Yan looked at the bewildered expression on his face and said knowingly, "You really don't know."

Chang Tianchen lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before asking, "Was a fire-elemental crystal inserted into his heart meridian?"

Xuan Yan shook his head and said, "Having an energy crystal inserted into the heart meridian will only seal the superpower. As long as the object is removed and some precious medicine is used, it can still be restored. Your brother's superpower cannot be restored."

"He has completely lost his superpowers."

"I haven't figured out the specifics yet, but right now he's just an ordinary person without any special abilities."

"Because his superpower source was forcibly stripped away, his body suffered severe damage."

"External injuries are easy to treat, but internal damage is long-lasting and continuous. Even with treatment, it can only keep him alive."

"But their physical condition will be weaker than that of ordinary people, and their lifespan will be shorter."

Chang Tianchen put down his pen, gently rubbing it with his fingertips. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Are you sure there's no hope of recovery?"

Xuan Yan shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "I'm out of options anyway."

"However, whether Yuheng can be cured, I do not know."

"No one can truly know his skill level."