11: Chapter 11 Huo Ling'er cried and begged me to be her husband, leaving Shi Hao dumbfounded.

"Um, Princess Huo Linger, please stop crying. Just now..."

More than two hours later.

A person and a fierce beast sat squatting by the side of a small lake.

After the hallucinations vanished, Princess Huo Linger regained her clarity.

However, the memories in her mind had not been erased at all.

This beautiful princess of the Fire Clan even remembered every single frame of what had just happened.

The content was truly indescribable.

One could only say that everything that should have happened, and everything that shouldn't have, had happened.

Although the Nine-Nether Ao possessed the noble bloodline of the Ten Fiends,

at this moment, Wang Teng was still in his beast form after all.

It seemed the story of Beauty and the Beast would play out in different forms across every time and space.

Except, the now-sober Princess Huo Linger was crying incessantly.

There was also that melancholy look in her eyes as she stole glances at the Nine-Nether Ao beside her.

"Waaaah, you... you big bad dog!"

"This Princess... This Princess's purity has been taken by you..."

"Hey, hey, hey, let's be clear here. You were clearly the one grabbing onto me and not letting go just now!"

As he said this, Wang Teng felt uneasy in his heart.

Just now, this princess of the Fire Kingdom was caught in a hallucination.

But he wasn't.

Moreover, with his strength, he could have completely knocked this little princess unconscious.

But it just so happened that the human soul within this fellow's body couldn't restrain itself, and then...

"I don't care! After you transform into human form, you must marry me! You have to take responsibility for this Princess..."

Nani?

The sun was setting in the west, the evening glow like blood, dyeing the shimmering lake surface a tragic and beautiful red.

Wang Teng's massive, hideous body now looked slightly cramped as it curled into a ball, his nine tails drooping obediently behind him like a family dog that had done something wrong.

Meanwhile, Princess Huo Linger sat not far away, her fiery-red feathered garments somewhat disheveled.

She hugged her knees, her large eyes cried red and swollen, looking just like a ripe peach.

"Marry you?"

When Wang Teng heard this, his three heavy pupils almost bulged out of his head.

"My dear lady, look closely. With this appearance of mine, if you take me back to the Fire Kingdom's Imperial Capital, your father, the Fire Emperor, will definitely use the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire to roast me into charcoal!"

"Waaaah... I don't care!"

Princess Huo Linger looked up. Although her face was stained with tears, her eyes held a stubbornness unique to the Fire Kingdom's Imperial Family.

"We Fire Clan women value our reputation above all. Just now... you already did that... your aura is even left within this Princess's Dao foundation now!"

As she spoke, she reached out with a fingertip as slender as a scallion and made a stroke in the air.

Sure enough, a faint wisp of black Nether Energy lingered at her fingertip; it was the unique Power of Annihilation from Wang Teng's Ten Heavenly Passages.

"Father said that if a man can save me from peril and... and we have skin-to-skin contact, then that is a fate ordained by heaven."

Princess Huo Linger bit her red lips and gave Wang Teng a melancholy look.

"Even if you are a big bad dog, I accept it!

If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, follow the dog... Waaaah, why is my life so bitter, to marry a nine-tailed dog!"

"That is an Ao! It's a Nine-Nether Ao! The head of the Ten Fiends!"

Wang Teng couldn't help but protest, but his confidence grew weaker and weaker.

"Then can you change back into a human form now?"

Princess Huo Linger wiped her tears and suddenly leaned closer.

She seemed to discover that after sobering up, the more she looked at this hideous giant beast, the more pleasing it became to the eye.

Those dark-gold scales exuded a strange sense of power, a domineering aura that no pure-blooded living being could compare to.

"Cough... I've only just opened the Ten Heavenly Passages, and my physical body hasn't undergone a complete baptism by lightning tribulation yet. Changing into human form now can only be maintained for fifteen minutes."

Wang Teng wagged his tail somewhat awkwardly.

"Besides, I'm starving right now. Transforming consumes a lot of energy."

"You..."

Princess Huo Linger's pretty face turned slightly red as she fished out a glowing medicinal pill from her bosom and stuffed it into Wang Teng's bloody maw without a word.

"This is the Fire Kingdom's 'Holy Spirit Pill'; it's the fastest for replenishing Qi and blood.

Transform for me to see, or else I'll... I'll drown myself here by the lake!"

Feeling the pure medicinal power explode in his mouth, Wang Teng sighed helplessly.

"Buzz—!"

Ten pitch-black heavenly passages emerged once more, but this time they didn't release killing intent. Instead, they wrapped around Wang Teng layer by layer.

Within the thick black mist, the giant beast's bones began to grind and reorganize.

A moment later, the mist dissipated.

A youth with black hair draped over his shoulders and a tall, slender build walked out.

He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, with a faint vertical mark between his brows—a heavy pupil that had yet to open.

Most striking were his eyes, deep as an abyss, carrying a desolation and wildness that seemed to see through the ages.

Princess Huo Linger was dazed.

She had thought that such a fierce creature would transform into a brutish man with a face full of rough features, but she hadn't expected it to be such a dashing youth.

Especially that wicked charm unique to the Ten Primordial Evils; it actually made her little heart skip a beat unbidden.

"What are you looking at? It's only for a little while."

Wang Teng moved his human limbs with some lack of habit; this feeling was much more comfortable than being a beast.

"It... it really works."

Princess Huo Linger broke into a smile through her tears, just about to reach out and pull at the corner of Wang Teng's clothes.

"Halt! Let go of that fat girl! Even turning into a human can't hide the crime of you, Big Black Dog, biting my nose!"

The bushes a hundred meters away suddenly exploded as Shi Hao came rushing over in a flurry, riding the Nine-Headed Lion.

When he saw Wang Teng's human form clearly, he was so shocked that the God-Striking Stone in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"Holy crap? You turned human? You Big Black Dog actually look a tiny bit more handsome than me?"

Shi Hao jumped off the lion and pointed at Princess Huo Linger.

"Fat girl, are you stupid? He was taking advantage of you just now! Come with me!"

Nine-Headed Lion: "???" (Big brother, I'm still under you!)

"I'm not going!"

Princess Huo Linger suddenly spread her arms, blocking the way in front of Wang Teng with a look of absolute determination.

"Shi Hao, from today onwards, he is my prospective Prince Consort.

If you dare to hit him, I'll... I'll have Father arrest you and lock you in the celestial prison!"

Shi Hao froze entirely, petrified on the spot.

"Prince... Prince Consort?"

Shi Hao scratched his head, looking at Wang Teng with a face full of absurdity.

"Big Black Dog, what kind of confusion soup did you feed her? Or are you saying... you Nine-Nether Ao can not only suck essence blood, but also brainwash?"

Wang Teng shrugged, looking at Shi Hao with an innocent face, then naturally put his arm around Princess Huo Linger's slender waist.

"You, you guys, I don't care anymore!"

Seeing this, Shi Hao was completely dumbfounded.

At his current age and emotional intelligence, it was indeed very difficult to understand the little thoughts between men and women.

Just as he was about to turn and leave in anger,

dozens of figures suddenly lunged out from the dense forest behind him.

The leader was a girl in green with a graceful figure.

It was Yu Zimo of the Yu Clan!

Their goal was to hunt down Shi Hao.

"Bear Kid, we've finally found you!"

Seeing this scene, not only was Shi Hao startled,

even Princess Huo Linger was so frightened that she hid in Wang Teng's embrace.

But soon, this little princess was like someone grabbing onto a life-saving straw.

She immediately grabbed Wang Teng's sleeve.

"Prince Consort, please save the Bad Seed, okay? I..."

Although they weren't a couple, they were friends who had known each other since childhood after all.

Princess Huo Linger did not want to see Shi Hao's blood spilled on the spot.

And at this moment, the only one this beautiful princess could rely on was this Nine-Nether Ao Prince Consort by her side!

"Hehe, alright then! For Linger's sake, I'll save you this once, kid!"

Having been pushed to this point, Wang Teng knew he had to act.

Since ancient times, heroes have found it hard to resist a beauty's plea, and he, a descendant of the Ten Primordial Evils, was no different...