432: Chapter 432 The Illusory Beauty

This time, his assault was even more fierce and ruthless, every move aimed to kill. Clearly, he had learned from the previous encounter and was determined not to give Bai Wanwan another chance to use her weapon!

Jiao Yin immediately met the attack. Water energy and Dark Energy collided violently, producing a muffled explosive boom.

The reef shattered and flew apart under the impact of the energies.

Jiao Yin was powerful, but Roger's Dark Energy was bizarre, tricky, and highly corrosive. Moreover, Roger completely disregarded his own defense, fighting with a life-for-a-life mentality.

To protect Bai Wanwan behind him, Jiao Yin had no choice but to withstand several of Roger's attacks head-on. His arm and shoulder were grazed by the Dark Energy, leaving behind searing pain and faint traces of black Qi erosion!

Bai Wan watched, her heart burning with anxiety. Seeing Jiao Yin repeatedly endangered while protecting her, she could no longer hold back. Her hand swiftly moved to her waist, preparing to use the Laser Gun again!

"Bai Wanwan! You're truly vicious!"

Roger, who had been keeping part of his attention on her, let out a furious roar upon seeing this!

Just as Bai Wanwan was about to pull the trigger, an extremely insidious and icy strand of black Qi, like a venomous snake, shot out from a gap in Roger's assault. It accurately coiled around Bai Wanwan's gun-wielding wrist.

Bai Wanwan felt a sudden numbness in her wrist, and then, the Laser Gun flew from her grasp!

"Ah! Give it back!"

Seizing the opportunity, Roger recklessly took the full force of an attack from Jiao Yin's fishtail. Using the momentum, he lunged into the air and firmly caught the falling Laser Gun!

Seeing the Laser Gun fall into Roger's hands, Bai Wanwan was utterly horrified.

"Give it back to me!"

She knew all too well the power of this gun. If Roger fired three consecutive shots at Jiao Yin... Jiao Yin would undoubtedly die!

Gripping the cold, heavy, and peculiarly shaped weapon, a thrilled smile spread across Roger's face.

Imitating Bai Wanwan's stance, he abruptly aimed the muzzle at Jiao Yin, whose breathing was slightly ragged!

"peanut! Roger snatched the gun! Can you help me get it back?" Bai Wanwan frantically called out to the system in her mind.

"I'm sorry, Host."

peanut's voice carried a hint of helplessness. "System rules restrict that once a weapon is taken by a non-Host, it can only be retrieved by the Host personally. But rest assured, this gun is bound to your bio-energy. Roger cannot recharge it. The stored energy inside is only enough for ten shots. Each time he uses it, he depletes it."

Just as peanut was explaining, Roger's finger had already found the trigger!

Bai Wanwan's pupils contracted sharply. She stepped in front of Jiao Yin.

Her gaze was resolute to the extreme! She knew of Roger's obsession with her and understood even more clearly that Jiao Yin was completely dragged into this because of her! She absolutely could not let him die here!

Looking at the slender, fragile back shielding him, Jiao Yin felt a massive tremor in his heart, a surge of indescribably complex emotions raging within.

He tried to pull her away: "Wan Wan! It's dangerous!"

The smug, controlling smile on Roger's face suddenly froze. "Bai Wanwan, move aside!"

"Roger, if you have the guts, blast me," Bai Wanwan stood her ground, refusing to budge.

"Are you taking advantage of the fact that I won't hurt you, so you can keep hurting me over and over?"

The gun muzzle pointed at Bai Wanwan gleamed with a dangerous light.

Bai Wanwan let out a scornful laugh. "Taking advantage? Haven't you hurt me enough? If it weren't for you, I would have just completed the most important ceremony of my life and would be happily with my Beast Husband and The Cubs..."

"What right do they have to be your Beast Husband? I met you before them!"

Aside from Xin Feng and Qiu Rong, he had met Bai Wanwan before her other Beast Husbands.

"But I don't like you, and the things you do make me dislike you even more!"

For a fleeting moment, Roger truly wanted to kill her. That way, she would belong to him forever.

Yet, he had schemed so desperately precisely to obtain her!

He had been so close to success.

With a low growl, he moved his finger away from the Laser Gun's trigger and swiftly tucked the gun into his chest.

Once again, he gathered Dark Energy and pounced at Jiao Yin like a frenzied beast!

His goal was clear: he would eliminate this troublesome merman first!

Jiao Yin's eyes narrowed sharply. With one hand, he shielded Bai Wanwan; with the other, he manipulated water currents to form both defense and offense.

However, burdened with protecting someone and facing Roger's utterly reckless, life-risking onslaught, he was instantly forced onto the defensive, repeatedly finding himself in peril!

Several times, Roger's sharp claws narrowly missed his vital spots, while Dark Energy corroded his defensive water shields!

The battle on the shore had reached a fever pitch.

Jiao Yin, protecting the mobility-impaired Bai Wanwan, struggled to fend off Roger's violent Dark Energy attacks, finding himself hard-pressed on all sides.

Roger fought like a man possessed, each strike carrying the resolve to perish together. The Dark Energy, like viscous venom, continuously eroded Jiao Yin's defenses, leaving charred, scorching marks on his arms and chest.

Bai Wanwan watched, her heart burning with anxiety as Jiao Yin was injured protecting her.

Suddenly, Jiao Yin was struck hard on the back by a tricky strand of black Qi. He grunted, stumbling backward while still shielding Bai Wanwan.

At the critical moment when he was about to be torn apart by Roger's lethal claws, a figure suddenly appeared between Jiao Yin and Roger.

"Look here!"

A clear, yet strangely enchanting voice rang out abruptly! It was Hua Han!

He had, at some unknown time, stealthily moved to the optimal position. Those signature peach-blossom eyes no longer held tenderness but erupted with dazzling pink-purple light!

That light, like a vortex, instantly seized Roger's bloodshot eyes, which were filled with fury!

Roger's movements abruptly halted!

In his distorted vision, the surrounding violent energy collisions, jagged reefs, and churning waves instantly faded away.

In their place appeared a tranquil, warm sea of flowers.

The sunlight was gentle, a breeze lightly caressed.

And in the center of the flower sea stood the Female he had always dreamed of.

She wore a pure white gauze dress, her face adorned with a gentle, watery smile he had never seen before.

She was no longer the Female who glared at him with cold hostility and hatred. Instead, she was like the warm spring sun, full of tolerance and affection.

Slowly, she opened her arms to him. Her red lips parted, her voice like heavenly music: "Roger... my most beloved Beast Husband, come to me..."

An immense, indescribable ecstasy and satisfaction instantly overwhelmed Roger!

It was as if he had shed all shackles and darkness. His eyes held only that open embrace before him.

He forgot the battle, forgot the hatred, forgot the pain in his shoulder. Like a lost child finally finding the way home, he walked, foolishly, with infinite attachment and longing, step by step towards the "Bai Wanwan" in the flower sea.

He only wanted to throw himself into that warm embrace, to forever lose himself in this false haven of tenderness.

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the hem of "Bai Wanwan's" dress, a bone-deep, icy sting suddenly exploded from the depths of his heart!

No! This is wrong!

This smile is too fake! This tenderness is too illusory!

The real Bai Wanwan only looked at him with fear, disgust, and bone-chilling hatred!

How could she possibly show him such a smile? She wished for his immediate death!

"It's fake! All of it is fake!" Roger let out a piercing, mournful roar within the illusion!