171: Chapter 172 Pheromone Nuclear Bomb Detonates! Xihe Instantly Turns into a Cat-Loving Maniac?

The roof of Guanghan Palace had been torn off, revealing the deep, yet gunpowder-scented, cosmic starry sky outside.

On one side was the Sun Goddess, Xihe, burning with raging True Sun Fire, driving a golden chariot, and radiating the aura of a nouveau riche.

On the other side was the high-dimensional observer Change, clad in a robe of flowing light, wielding the laws of space, and possessing an aura that was in no way inferior, even if her home decor was a bit tacky (pink).

These two "old besties" who had known each other for hundreds of millions of years were currently less than ten meters apart, trading high-voltage glares.

"Put him down!"

Change's voice sounded like it was squeezed through her teeth, and the surrounding space began to develop dense cracks with her anger. "That is my legal husband, not some drain cleaner for you to unclog your sewers!"

"Oh, getting anxious?"

Xihe held up the still-vibrating Jiang Chen as if she were holding a newly bought free-range chicken. Her sunglasses slid down a bit, revealing a pair of golden eyes full of mockery.

"Legal? Did you get a marriage certificate? Did you register at the Galactic Civil Affairs Bureau? Or did you report it to the High-Dimensional Life Federation?"

"Neither, right?"

Xihe sneered, her laughter carrying an infuriating sense of superiority. "At most, it's just a cohabitation relationship. Since there's no certificate, it's ownerless property. I see this little thing has a decent constitution, so what's wrong with borrowing it to scrub my boilers on the Sun?"

"You're courting death!"

Change completely lost her composure.

What do you mean by scrubbing boilers?

The pretty boy she had worked so hard to raise was meant to be cherished and used for procreation. Even if he was a kept man, he was a top-tier kept man. How did he become a boiler worker in this crazy woman's mouth?

"Moon Wheel: Absolute Zero: Spatial Strangulation!"

With a wave of her hand, Change sent countless silver moonlight beams transforming into tangible chains, carrying a chill capable of freezing time, straight toward Xihe.

"Tch, petty tricks."

Xihe curled her lip in disdain, not even releasing her grip on Jiang Chen. She simply snapped her fingers.

"Corona: Time Acceleration."

Boom!

Those once incredibly swift moonlight chains suddenly seemed to fall into some kind of quagmire when they approached within three meters of Xihe.

No, not a quagmire.

It was time itself that had changed.

The flow of time in that area had been forcibly accelerated by Xihe by hundreds of millions of times. Those chains made of energy experienced hundreds of millions of years of weathering in just one microsecond.

The originally sharp and tough chains instantly became rusted and, with a "clatter," disintegrated into a sky full of silver powder, dissipating into the vacuum.

"This... how do you fight this?"

Ji Linglong, standing nearby, was stunned.

She had originally wanted to go up and help, and had even drawn the taichu divine sword. But after seeing this maneuver—using time directly as a weapon?

"If my sword energy were to strike, wouldn't I have already died of old age before even touching her?" Ji Linglong swallowed, feeling that this high-end match was impossible to participate in.

Zero also had an expression of data overflow.

"Alert! Physical rules are failing! Entropy in the target area is abnormal! The opponent has modified the Second Law of Thermodynamics! My missiles will automatically turn into spare parts if I fire them!"

This was the battle of high-dimensional beings.

There were no flashy moves, only dimension-reduction strikes at the level of rules.

It was like one administrator modifying game data while another administrator deleted the code.

Jiang Chen was held in her hand, and although he was in vibration mode, his mind was still clear. Watching the two goddesses fight, he felt like a mascot at the center of a storm.

"Um... you two sisters..."

Jiang Chen said with a trembling voice (with built-in electronic distortion), "Can you... please stop fighting... I... I feel like throwing up..."

"Shut up!"

They said in unison.

Seeing that the situation was deadlocked, Change's spatial laws could not cut through Xihe's time barrier, and Xihe's True Sun Fire could not burn through Change's absolute defense.

Just then, Gu Liuli, who had been hiding in the corner "touching up her makeup," finally moved.

This Star Alliance Princess, although her combat power might not be equal to these two big shots, was absolutely cosmic-level when it came to "causing trouble" and "scheming."

"Oh my, why are you two sisters fighting again?"

Gu Liuli sighed, looking heartbroken, "We're all family; it's just not worth damaging our relationship over one man."

While she spoke these sarcastic words, she quietly reached her hand into her pocket.

There was a remote control there.

It was a miniature signal amplifier she had secretly implanted into Jiang Chen's body while she was "physically cooling him down" earlier.

It was originally intended to monitor Jiang Chen's physical data, but now...

"Since I can't win, I'll just muddy the waters."

Gu Liuli curled her lips into a cunning, wicked smile, and her finger pressed hard on the [Maximum Power] button on the remote.

"Beep—"

Jiang Chen, who was vibrating in Xihe's hand, suddenly stiffened.

Immediately after.

"Hum—!!!"

A pink light wave, a hundred times more intense than before, erupted without warning, with Jiang Chen as the center!

If Jiang Chen was a "human aphrodisiac" just a moment ago, then now he was a "pheromone nuke"!

This pink energy wave even carried tangible special effects—the air was filled with pink heart-shaped bubbles, and the air was permeated with a sweet, cloying scent that made anyone who smelled it want to fall in love.

The first to bear the brunt was Xihe, who was holding Jiang Chen.

This irritable Sun Goddess had originally been preparing to hit Change with a "supernova explosion," but ended up getting plastered in the face by this oncoming pink storm.

"Hmm?!"

Xihe's movements froze.

Her golden slit pupils, which had originally been burning with raging fire and filled with killing intent, suddenly became somewhat... hazy?

She lowered her head, looking at Jiang Chen whom she was holding.

Just a moment ago in her eyes, he was just a slightly special "filter," or a tool to annoy Change.

But now...

Under the influence of the hundred-fold amplified "succubus signal," Xihe's senses were distorted.

The Jiang Chen she saw was no longer that vibrating man.

But a...

Little kitten, glowing with golden light, furry and soft, looking at her with a pair of big, watery eyes, and constantly rubbing against her palm?

And it was the kind of peerless, adorable creature that was the rarest and cutest in the entire universe, making anyone want to give their life to it just by looking at it!

"Meow~?"

The groans Jiang Chen made due to the vibration were automatically translated in Xihe's ears into a cat's meow that made one's bones go soft.

"Clang."

The flame shield in Xihe's other hand dropped to the ground.

On her face, which usually exuded dominance and was written with "this lady is number one in the world," a strange blush suddenly appeared.

"This... this little thing..."

Xihe's voice changed, no longer the loud voice from before, but mixed with a trembling sound of wanting to pet a cat, "How did it suddenly... become so cute and delicate?"

"This texture... and it's still vibrating... is it purring?"

"So... so cute..."

Xihe's fingers uncontrollably released Jiang Chen's collar, and instead gently, carefully... scratched Jiang Chen's chin.

Jiang Chen: "???"

Change: "???"

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

The Sun Goddess, who was just about to kill someone a moment ago, was now actually petting Jiang Chen with a lecherous smile?

"Good boy~ meow for me?"

Xihe cradled Jiang Chen's face, her eyes so gentle they could drip water, "How about big sister takes you home to eat dried fish? No, wait, eat star sausage..."