Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

At that moment, the gorgeous woman with flaming red hair was already invaded by the aura of Decay Laws, which had seeped into her organs and marrow, her entire body exuding the stench of decay and collapse.

That once-beautiful, flowing mane of flaming red hair had turned lifeless and dull.

Her stunningly beautiful little face gradually twisted into something menacing.

The crazy woman seemed to want to look at the Time Empress just a little longer, standing there blankly, her gorgeous eyes staring intensely, as if she was lost in memory.

She murmured to herself,

"That year, my family tried to marry me off, treating me like an object and sending me to the Xiong Family, *I felt like life was hopeless, and I'd already resolved to die.*"

"But then you appeared, found evidence of the Xiong Family's treachery, gave it to me, and submitted it to the Holy Race. After they investigated, the Holy Race wiped out nine generations of the Xiong Family—only then did I escape that forced marriage."

"You told me I looked good, said you wanted to see my body. We soaked in hot springs together and scrubbed each other's backs."

"Your body looked even better than mine, honestly more seductive. I was completely smitten, *I fell in love with you.*"

"But you shouldn't have stolen my chance—because of you, I missed out on becoming the Saintess. I was even grounded by the Holy Race. If it weren't for my brother's insane talent and him becoming the Saint Heir, I'd probably still be locked away in the Sword Qi Abyss, with countless Sword Laws piercing me, my body shredded to pieces."

"I really enjoyed fighting you, teasing you. You never could beat me, and I liked that."

"Every time you came to fight me, those were the happiest days of my life."

The crazy woman's expression kept shifting, sometimes showing a sweet, sticky smile, sometimes turning hateful, sometimes smiling with pure happiness.

The Time Empress and Xiao Ye were both dumbfounded.

Xiao Ye said softly,

"Time Empress, honey, are you sure that every time you went to fight her, you weren't actually sneaking off to fool around with her?"

The Time Empress puffed out her cheeks, grumbling,

"I stopped having feelings for her ages ago. I fought her because she pissed me off!"

"I worked my ass off to get cultivation resources, and in the end, my Realm never improved even a bit. She almost drove me crazy—I only went to fight her out of pure rage!"

"Hmph, how was I supposed to know she looked forward to fighting me, that she treated it as her happiest time."

The Time Empress' beautiful eyes locked tight on Xiao Ye, nervous, "Human Emperor, you have to believe me."

"I used to be all clingy, but now I like you, Human Emperor!"

"If you don't believe me, I'll give you my body the moment we get back."

Xiao Ye nodded, "I believe you."

He could see it from the Time Empress' expression—she really didn't have feelings for the crazy woman anymore.

*That kind of gritted-teeth hatred, it was all anger—no love left at all.*

The Time Empress used to be all clingy, but that could change with the situation; she wasn't like Huangfu Xiangling back then—hers wasn't some kind of hardware defect.

*Being clingy, that's just a psychological issue! And psychological issues, they change with time and experience.*

But this crazy woman liked his wife, and that pissed him off.

*Good grief, my wife came to fight you, and you thought you could just tease and flirt with my wife?*

Xiao Ye's face grew cold, and he said,

"Hey, crazy woman, is your Divine Soul male or female?"

"You look like the ultimate bombshell, curvy and all, but inside—don't tell me there's an oily old dude's soul hiding in there?"

The fiery red-haired woman, radiating decay, said matter-of-factly,

"Of course I'm a woman!"

"Whatever, I'm out of time. Not gonna keep talking."

She lifted her jade-white hand, and a High Level Crystal filled with the aura of the Time Rule Origin appeared in front of her.

The High Level Crystal floated up before the Time Empress, and the crazy woman said,

"Time Empress, this is a Time Origin Crystal at the Sovereign Realm. It might actually cure the instability in your Realm from when you force-broke through before."

She then fished out a delicate, ancient little Divine Pattern box from her pouch.

Opening the box, she revealed a Sovereign Realm Origin Crystal, brimming with the aura of Life.

"This thing can heal injuries and hidden diseases. Odds are, it can fix the hidden sickness in your body."

Lastly, from the chasm in Gao Song's chest, she pulled out a tiger gizzard etched with Law Patterns.

Regretfully, she said,

"I wanted to eat this with you, to go into the bridal chamber together. But now, I don't need it anymore."

"This is a Law of Strength Wolf-Tiger Gizzard, so I'll give it to you two—as a wedding gift."

With that, she gave a gentle wave of her jade hand.

The small box and the tiger gizzard floated over to Xiao Ye and the Time Empress.

And at that moment, the clarity in her pupils was fully tainted by Decay Laws, scattering to nothing.

Xiao Ye looked at the three gifts, *feeling kind of awkward about accepting them.*

But the Time Empress' beautiful eyes suddenly lit up; she snatched the three items, stuffed them into Xiao Ye's pocket, and giggled,

"Human Emperor, these are all priceless!"

"We can both use them."

She smacked her lips, pouted her rosy mouth, and shoved it onto Xiao Ye's.

It was sloppy and awkward—no skill, no practice at all.

The Time Empress' kiss was sweet, soft, and cool.

Xiao Ye just hugged her head and, like a little fish, forced straight through her teeth and dived right in.

"Mmmph mmmph!"

The Time Empress whimpered and squealed, but didn't push him away.

The two of them made out right in front of the red-haired woman.

"!"

The flaming-haired woman's ruined pupils snapped clear for a moment, staring dumbly at the kissing couple.

*That little minx—so she really could make faces like that.*

*Shy, enchanted, totally lost in it.*

*A bitter feeling welled up inside her. Were she and the little minx really just never meant to be?*

*Hell, was it all just me pining after her, all these hundreds of thousands of years?*

*She had stayed true the whole time, always loving the little minx, that feeling never dulled by time or circumstance. But the little minx—she'd thrown that old love away, and found someone new.*

*Whatever. At this point, there was no reason for her to stick around.*

But the fleeting clarity in her eyes, like a dying flash, lasted two seconds—then she fell fully into decay, her pretty face turning monstrous and those beautiful eyes raging with primal, beastlike ferocity.

"Roar!"

The crazy woman suddenly let out a howl.

Xiao Ye and the Time Empress broke apart, licking the glistening whatever off their lips, unsure whose it was.

Their eyes tangled up in each other's as they stared.

"Roar!"

The crazy woman roared again, lunging straight at Xiao Ye and the Time Empress.

Xiao Ye and the Time Empress finally snapped back to their senses.

"Shit!"

"Told you all this crazy bitch should've left sooner. Guess I gotta be the one to deal with her after all."

Xiao Ye was thoroughly out of patience.

The Time Empress hid behind Xiao Ye, nervous, "Human Emperor, kill her!"

"If you kill her, I'll let you have me when we get back!"

Xiao Ye raised an eyebrow, "So if I don't beat her, you won't be with me anymore?"

The Time Empress stomped her foot anxiously, "Of course not! No matter what, I'll be yours."

"She's coming! Are we just going to stand here and wait to die?"

Xiao Ye kept calm, grabbed the Time Empress, and flashed away with her to the skies above.

The crazy woman, now totally consumed by decay, had lost all sanity. She attacked with nothing but primal violence, missed a blow, then locked onto Xiao Ye and the Time Empress' new position, hurling herself at them again.