Chapter 23: Cannot Afford to Offend

Cannot afford to offend.

"Mate, Mate!"

"What is wrong with you?"

The scrawny Black Butterfly Shell female jumped and twitched on the cluster of seaweed as if pricked by needles, letting out a sharp, mournful wail.

She was in so much pain that she lost all five senses and could not hear Wushi's calls at all.

A large gash was still open on Wushi's abdomen, the flesh inside a bloody mess, and his black-red lips were now deathly pale; watching the female's state, he disregarded his own wounds and paced about in anxiety.

After a moment, his dull brain finally turned, and he looked at Chaosheng in shock, his eyes helpless, "Did you do this?"

"You... why would you treat her like this?"

Yinxu stood beside Chaosheng, his gaze shifting slightly, a cold look shooting from the depths of his eyes; his distinct, bony fingers turned gently, ready to kill these two Sea Beastmen at any moment.

Chaosheng moved slightly forward, blocking Yinxu, her voice so flat it lacked a shred of emotion, "Is it important whether I did it?"

"Your female had a request of me; it was I who helped her and saved you."

"Yet she knows no gratitude, calling me a 'sinful female' at every turn!"

"She offended me, so what if I gave her a little punishment?"

Chaosheng's gaze was cold as she watched the Black Butterfly Shell female suffer in silence.

Perhaps having seen enough, she quietly pinched Yinxu's hand and shook it, signaling him to stop.

Yinxu narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze drifting into the distance; he was somewhat unwilling, for a female who knew no gratitude and spoke so insolently should not have been helped at all.

But the little mermaid's cool, gentle body temperature rested on his index finger, softly and shallowly pleading with him; he did not want to defy Sheng's wishes, so he ceased his ability.

Without the ability, the hard, thorn-like seaweed became docile and soft again, and the female finally stopped to catch her breath.

Her legs were already covered in bloodstains, her black face flushed with blood from the torture, and she gasped with her mouth wide open, releasing a string of bubbles, her eyes hollow and vacant.

"But..." Wushi looked at the female with heartache, gently holding her to offer comfort, his voice low and tearful, "She only did it to save me..."

"She only did it to save me!"

"My Mate only spoke without thinking because she saw me wake up..."

"And besides..."

"What she said... was the truth to begin with..."

Wushi lowered his head timidly, holding the Black Butterfly Shell female tightly, as if only this could give him the courage to say these words.

"Ha!" Chaosheng let out a cold laugh; these two Beastmen were truly unreasonable.

"To save you?"

"That is truly noble!"

She composed her expression, her face turning flat once more, and she glanced inadvertently at the large hole in Wushi's abdomen before looking away.

"Regardless, my promise to you has been fulfilled."

"Wushi, I owe you nothing!"

"That day's pearl should have been mine to begin with."

"I understood you were caught in the middle and in a difficult spot, which is why I gave you that promise."

"Now that we are even, do not come looking for me again."

Chaosheng looked coldly at the terrified, dazed female; she hated people who were ungrateful and returned evil for good more than anything.

Even if Yinxu did not act, she would not have let her off herself!

The female felt that cold, heart-stopping gaze and trembled in fear; she seemed to still feel the sharp pain in her body, and in a daze, she finally realized that the mermaid before her was no longer the weak, sinful female who could be bullied by anyone when she first arrived at the Polar Sea.

She was now a female with a Sixth Tier Beast Husband and a Fifth Rank Beast Husband.

Moreover, she could treat a chaotic Mental Sea, and her Beast Husbands would continuously improve their abilities with her help, then feed them back to her.

When that time came, she would be the most powerful female.

I am afraid no Beastman in the entire Polar Sea would be able to contend with her.

Only then did the female realize what kind of existence she had provoked, and regret and fear filled her heart.

"I... I didn't mean to..." the female explained in a panic, tears and snot streaming down her face, her eyes darting around as she clumsily defended her actions, "I was just... just too excited."

"I didn't mean to say those things!"

"Really..."

The female bit her lip hard, tasting the humiliation and bitterness of her tears, her thin fingers gripping the seaweed on her body tightly, the only way she could barely endure the jealousy and resentment in her heart.

She is nothing but a sinful female who failed to seduce the Mermaid King and was exiled here!

Just because she latched onto two powerful Beastmen, she acts so arrogant in front of me?!

What is so great about her!

She despised females who fawned over others for the sake of ability the most!

Chaosheng watched her hypocritical performance coldly, her eyes growing colder still.

The female received no reply from Chaosheng, and fear shot from her tailbone to her heart; shrinking back in terror, she turned and threw herself into her Beast Husband's arms for comfort, "Wushi, I really didn't mean it."

"Really..."

"I didn't mean to slander her."

"Who told everyone to say that about her anyway..."

"I just... I just got used to hearing it."

"Sob, sob, sob..."

"I know, I know it all." Wushi was heartbroken, comforting the Black Butterfly Shell female in soft whispers.

Then he looked at Chaosheng in a difficult spot, "My Mate, she really isn't that kind of Beastman."

"She is just too simple-minded, which is why she was misled by those rumors..."

With the soft weeping of his Mate still in his ears, Wushi's mind was now incredibly clear.

No matter how dull or slow-witted he was, he had realized what was happening.

He had personally experienced Chaosheng's ability; such a female could only be befriended and pleased, never offended.

They had already offended the Whale Shark Tribe and were now being suppressed by the Whale Shark Tribe at every turn.

If they could befriend this Mermaid Female now, it would be equivalent to relying on the Jingju Tribe, and the Black Butterfly Tribe might be able to scrape by in the cracks.

Yet now, his Mate seemed to have offended this highly capable female.

With the Tribe on one side and the Mate he loved on the other, Wushi was so anxious he did not know what to do.

Chaosheng did not want to continue entangling with them and coldly declared, "I do not like ungrateful wretches."

"If I find out that your Mate is badmouthing me behind my back again, then don't blame me..."

Chaosheng's gaze turned cold as she used her Wood Element Ability with slight unfamiliarity; her Wood Element Ability was only about third-rank now, but it was enough to make the female suffer a little.

The female soon felt a pain in her legs and buttocks and began to wail in agony again, "Ah, it hurts!"

"My legs!"

"Mate, what's wrong with you?"

"..."

Chaosheng swept a cold glance at them, turned to take Yinxu's wrist, and said cleanly and decisively, "Let's go."

"We should head back."

Feeling the cool temperature on his wrist, Yinxu's eyes grew warm, and a smile curled at the corners of his mouth, "Okay."

In the Polar Sea, a Male must not lay a hand on a female without reason.

Although Yinxu himself had the ability to make those two Beastmen shut up forever, and he would have been defending his Mate, which could not be called acting without reason, the fact that Sheng subconsciously covered for him still made his heart feel warm.