274: Chapter 274 Tang Ruan: Such a good position, why didn't you let her crash into it there...?

Heng Zhou nodded and repeated it again, "Crackling."

Tang Ruan couldn't help but let out a "pfft" of laughter.

The way he said those four characters so seriously was just too cute!

"What is 'Crackling'?" she asked.

Heng Zhou did not understand why she was laughing.

Because that thing was not only a nightmare for the monsters, but also for them.

Heng Zhou explained, "The Former Beast God would throw servants into a canyon filled with monsters for training.

Before each start, he would ignite something that made a 'Crackling' sound, saying it was to celebrate success in advance.

So over time, whenever the monsters heard this sound, they would flee in a frenzy."

He looked at Tang Ruan, whose expression seemed somewhat shocked.

He swallowed the rest of his words—that they were just like the monsters; once they heard that sound, they felt immense fear.

Tang Ruan blinked: Could it be firecrackers?

She asked, "For this 'Crackling,' didn't the Former Beast God have a bigger version?

I mean, something larger in size."

She gestured.

Heng Zhou: "There were, but the big 'Cracklings' were useless; their power wasn't as strong as our Supernatural Ability.

So later, he stopped making them."

Tang Ruan: He really knew how to play!

Then she understood.

"We can try to see if the current monsters are still afraid of the 'Crackling.'

If they are afraid, we can use this to drive them all out of the cave," Tang Ruan said.

Some fears, once carved into the genes, are passed down from generation to generation.

"But... only the Former Beast God knew how to make it," Heng Zhou said.

Tang Ruan raised her head, curling the corners of her lips proudly.

"Who says that? I learned it in secret!"

Many years ago, by chance, the method for making gunpowder appeared in Tang Ruan's mind.

But because Yan Qing's Supernatural Ability was greater than the power of ordinary cannons.

Tang Ruan was afraid that once gunpowder became popular, it would instead trigger conflicts between some races.

She wasn't like the Former Beast God, who wanted to transform the Beast World into something very advanced; she only wanted everyone to live peacefully.

So, she never mentioned it to Yan Qing.

Unexpectedly, it ended up coming in handy after all.

After Tang Ruan had been cooped up in her room for three days.

The 112th explosion sounded.

A piece of flying wood chip flew toward the center of Tang Ruan's eyebrows; in an instant, five Barriers of different colors lit up ten centimeters in front of Tang Ruan.

The flying wood chip instantly turned into ashes.

The hearts of Lang Lie, Yan Qing, Hu Che, Heng Zhou, and Fen Tian also tightened for the 112th time.

"It's a success!"

Tang Ruan picked up another small firecracker on the table and immediately twisted the fuses of the remaining few together.

This was a small bunch of firecrackers.

She happily ran out of her "laboratory."

The Beast Husbands followed closely behind, terrified that she might accidentally light the thing in her hand, which was called a "cannon."

Tang Ruan arrived at an open space behind the Beast King Palace.

She placed the firecrackers on the ground.

She took out flint, preparing to light them.

Suddenly, she was grabbed by both hands by Yan Qing and Lang Lie simultaneously.

Five layers of Barriers appeared in front of her again.

A drop of cold sweat slid down Lang Lie's temple.

Yan Qing's Adam's apple bobbed, "Let me do it."

Tang Ruan obediently nodded.

The next second, she was swiftly carried away by Lang Lie.

Heng Zhou and Fen Tian stood like two great mountains, blocking in front of Lang Lie.

Tang Ruan sat on Lang Lie's arm, able to see a glimpse of the firecrackers only through the gap between the two men's shoulders.

She had just poked her head out.

Suddenly, her hand was grabbed by someone.

"Mistress!" Hu Che's brows were tightly locked, and his expression looked as if he were about to shatter.

If they had known making cannons was so dangerous, they would never have agreed to let the Mistress do it, ahhhhhhh!!!!!

These three days had been truly too painful.

They were constantly worried, terrified that she would get hurt.

Hu Che hadn't slept well for several days.

Every time he closed his eyes, he could hear the sound of the cannon, scaring him so much that he had snuck to the Mistress's room door several times in the middle of the night, worried that something might happen to her.

When he arrived at her door, he discovered that the other four were also there.

These past few days, they had agreed that the Mistress was working hard making the cannon, and no one should disturb her.

But none of them could set their minds at ease.

A small flame ignited at Yan Qing's fingertip; he raised his finger, and the flame flew onto the fuse.

A few seconds later, the "Crackling" sound came.

Heng Zhou: "That's it!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief: Finally, it was a success; if it hadn't succeeded, everyone would have gone crazy!

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Inside the canyon, Fen Tian spread his five fingers toward the monster corpses, and an invisible Supernatural Ability was released.

The mountain of piled-up corpses instantly burst into flames.

In the blink of an eye, they turned into charcoal, slowly rising with sparks, drifting toward the direction where Tang Ruan was.

Lang Lie jumped to a high place and released his Supernatural Ability.

The sparks instantly froze, and the charred carbon particles fell to the ground.

Fen Tian lay on the ground and listened for a while, blasted open a hole, and took out the firecrackers from his space.

He prepared to go in first, and after confirming the monsters were inside, he would light them.

"Fen Tian!" Tang Ruan suddenly called out.

Fen Tian looked toward her.

Tang Ruan waved her hand: "Come here."

Fen Tian immediately flashed in front of her.

Tang Ruan took out the armor she had bought for him a long time ago from her space.

Originally, she had planned to give it to him as a gift when Xiao Yi was born.

However, Xiao Yi... it seemed he wouldn't be coming out for a while...

After he went underground, to avoid causing earthquakes, he couldn't release too much Supernatural Ability.

It would be safer to wear the armor.

The armor's craftsmanship was complex, and Fen Tian couldn't handle it himself.

So Tang Ruan helped him put it on, and it took a long time to get it on properly.

When she stepped back two steps and saw his full appearance, her heart was suddenly startled.

Isn't this exactly how he looked in her dreams!

The other four looked at the clothes on Fen Tian with envy.

Yan Qing blinked, lost in thought.

Fen Tian's chest heaved up and down with happiness.

He had heard that A-Wu had prepared gifts for the other four people.

He had thought he didn't have one, but didn't dare to ask her for one.

Afraid that she really hadn't prepared anything for him...

Because, even though he was her First Beast Husband, he was the one A-Wu liked the least...

Therefore, when A-Wu gave him the little red flower, he was so happy that he just had to show it off to the Stinky Snake and the Stinky Fox.

But he hadn't expected that A-Wu had actually prepared something for him...

And it was the best gift among everyone!

Tang Ruan: "I originally planned to give it to you when Xiao Yi was born.

But it's just right for use now."

Tang Ruan stepped forward again to tidy his hair.

These clothes were simply custom-made for him!

"A-Wu!" Fen Tian pulled Tang Ruan into his arms.

"Ah! Hard, hard, hard, hard!"

Tang Ruan's face happened to smash into the half-armor on his upper body.

Yan Qing immediately took a step forward, wanting to pull Fen Tian away.

Fen Tian had already quickly released Tang Ruan, gently stroking her cheek that had been bumped red by him with a pained heart.

"A-Wu..."

Tang Ruan's gaze fell on his pectoral muscle on the other side, which didn't have armor.

Tang Ruan: Such a good spot, why didn't he let her bump into that side...

Fen Tian handed Tang Ruan to Yan Qing and turned around, happily diving into the hole.

Before long, the "Crackling" sound of firecrackers rang out.

Fen Tian jumped out of the hole and guarded the entrance.

From beneath the ground, the panicked cries of monsters could be heard.

A moment later, a loud "Bang" sound came.

A few hundred meters away from them, a hole was suddenly smashed open.

A monster flew out, twisting its body.

Heng Zhou and Lang Lie immediately rushed over there.

Heng Zhou flashed in front of the monster, and the monster immediately turned around to tear at the next monster crawling out.

Soon, the monsters that kept crawling out were locked in a chaotic battle.

Suddenly, another loud noise came.

A monster several times larger than the previous ones suddenly appeared behind Heng Zhou.

He turned around quickly, but couldn't meet its eyes in time.

At the same time, behind him, another monster bit down towards his waist...