Chapter 235: The Grand Finale

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: The Grand Finale

Anna Feng’s figure descended from the sky like a golden meteor!

Her Monarch Butterfly Wings erupted in flames, transforming her into a dazzling golden light as she became like an unsheathed sword!

SQUELCH!

The golden light pierced through Hong Chengtian’s chest, splashing blood onto Anna Feng’s pale face.

"This strike..."

She gripped Hong Chengtian’s neck tightly, her voice hoarse. "Is for all the lives you’ve destroyed!"

Hong Chengtian looked down at the bloody hole in his chest and suddenly laughed.

"My dear Anna."

He gently held her wrist, as intimate as a lover. "It seems you’ve forgotten."

The crimson snake tattoo on his palm flared violently!

CRACK!

Anna Feng’s arm was instantly twisted out of shape!

"You gave me your Divine Female Power as a gift long ago."

Hong Chengtian slowly stood up, the bloody hole in his chest healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

He grabbed Anna Feng by the neck and lifted her up.

"You can’t hurt me!"

Anna Feng’s legs dangled as she struggled, her pupils beginning to lose focus.

"Impossible!"

"Let her go!"

Su An’an seized the opportunity, raising her gun and firing!

BANG!

A golden-pink serum shot toward Hong Chengtian’s face like a stream of light.

Hong Chengtian’s pupils shrank. He raised a hand, conjuring a crimson barrier.

But the moment the serum touched the barrier, it suddenly exploded.

Countless points of light pierced the barrier and sank into his skin.

"Damn it!"

Hong Chengtian’s expression changed drastically. The snake tattoo on his neck began to twist and crack. "What is this?"

"A special antidote!"

Su An’an said coldly, "Specially made to counter your Destiny Snake!"

Hong Chengtian staggered back, a trickle of black blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but he suddenly began to chuckle. "Interesting..."

He snapped his head up, the crimson in his eyes flaring.

"You think this is enough to deal with me?"

"Blood Nest, fully activate!"

RUMBLE.

The entire Imperial City began to shake violently!

The ground cracked like a spiderweb as countless crimson tentacles burst from the earth.

Vein-like tentacles, as thick as giant pythons, wrapped around the Imperial Palace’s defensive shield, making a teeth-grinding, screeching sound.

The surface of the shield was instantly covered in cracks, like glass about to shatter.

Queen Jelena stood on a trembling terrace, her crown long since knocked askew.

She watched her subjects fleeing in the streets below, watched her guards being snatched up and torn apart by the tentacles, her perfectly manicured nails digging deep into her palms.

"Your Majesty! Go, quickly!"

The old Priest tugged at her cape. "The secret passage on the east side is still..."

A tentacle suddenly pierced through the old Priest’s chest, splattering blood across the Queen’s pale face.

In a distant residence, a child’s cry came to an abrupt end.

Fleeing merchants in the marketplace were swallowed by the suddenly buckling ground.

Even the airships on patrol were dragged to the ground by blood-red vines, exploding into fireballs.

The entire Empire was wailing in agony.

Hong Chengtian walked through the bloody mist. Everywhere he passed, brick and stone melted into slurry, and the air filled with a scorching, coppery stench.

He extended a hand toward Su An’an, palm up, as if offering alms.

"One last chance."

"Hand over the cubs and become my bride."

He curled his finger, and the snake tattoos on the necks of the Five Great Beast Husbands tightened simultaneously.

"And I’ll spare their lives!"

Su An’an held the sobbing cub to her shoulder.

In her other hand, she raised the Antidote Gun, its muzzle glowing with golden light. "In your dreams!"

"You’ve rejected my kindness, so you’ll suffer my wrath!"

Hong Chengtian’s face darkened. Countless crimson chains surged toward Su An’an and the cub like a tide of snakes.

Su An’an fired the Antidote Gun repeatedly. The light blue serum hissed, releasing white smoke wherever it struck the chains.

Her Spiritual Power Tentacles and butterfly wings attacked simultaneously, but they still couldn’t stop the Destiny Snake from approaching.

Just as she was about to be bound...

BEEP!

Little Pink suddenly let out a crisp notification sound.

Then, a blinding white light exploded, enveloping the entire battlefield.

Hong Chengtian leaped back. "What the hell is that?!"

In the white light, Little Pink’s mechanical voice became deep and majestic, as if thousands of voices were proclaiming in unison:

"Hong Chengtian, your game is over."

A screen of light unfolded, and countless data chains poured down like a river of stars, instantly wrapping around Hong Chengtian.

"What in the world are you?!"

In the white light, pieces of Hong Chengtian’s body began to flake off like cracked pottery, spattering black blood onto the ground.

Little Pink’s voice echoed between heaven and earth:

"I am the collective will of Beast Star for the past three thousand years. And you are nothing but a mistake."

Countless images appeared on the chains.

Soldiers controlled by the Divine Medicine tearing at their comrades.

Mutated Beastmen devouring their own kin.

Despairing females clutching their dead cubs.

Every scene was soaked in blood and tears.

"You have twisted the fates of others as you pleased. You deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The snake tattoo on Hong Chengtian’s neck shattered inch by inch. Accompanied by a shrill hiss, it finally turned to ash and dissipated.

Just as everyone thought victory was at hand...

"Heh, hahaha!"

Hong Chengtian suddenly burst into manic laughter, his broken body swelling violently.

"Did you really think it was over?"

He ripped open his chest, revealing a throbbing, blood-red crystal.

Inside the crystal, the souls of countless Divine Females wailed in agony. Their screams made the entire battlefield tremble.

"Since I can’t have the Divine Female and the Divine Fetus..."

The crystal erupted with a blinding, bloody light, and the ground of the entire Imperial City shattered like a fragile eggshell.

Countless vein-like tentacles erupted from the ground, each one covered in densely packed, opening eyes.

"Then I’ll have the entire Beast Star..."

Hong Chengtian’s body began to twist and mutate, Bone Spikes bursting from beneath his skin.

His head split open into three giant maws, drool mixed with black blood dripping down.

"Keep me company in death!"

BOOM!

The dome of the Imperial Palace collapsed with a roar.

Queen Jelena was thrown to the ground by the shockwave. Watching the Empire she had ruled her entire life crumble, she cried, "No!"

Little Pink’s light began to dim, but its voice grew clearer.

"Hong Chengtian, your greatest mistake..."

"Was underestimating the weight of life!"

The data stream suddenly erupted, turning into billions of golden motes of light that showered across the Star Network, like a rain of light spanning the Star Domain!

「In an instant.」

Comments flooded the Star Network live broadcast like a tsunami:

[Jiu Su is Her Highness Su An’an!]

[She saved my sister’s life!]

[My brother was saved by the Blood Frenzy Pill!]

All the people who had ever been saved by Jiu Su and Su An’an, regardless of gender or race...

Their images appeared on the Star Network, transforming into streams of faint light that converged on the battlefield, like countless rivers flowing into the sea.

The Five Great Beast Husbands knelt on one knee in unison.

"Anan, lead us. End this nightmare!"

Queen Jelena tremblingly removed her crown, gazing at Su An’an’s back, her voice hoarse.

"The future of Beast Star is in your hands!"

Anna Feng dragged her shattered butterfly wings as she crawled forward, the broken bones of her wings piercing her flesh.

She left a trail of golden blood behind her, each movement seeming to exhaust all her strength.

"Anan,"

She suddenly smiled, as gentle as when she had taught her little sister swordsmanship as a child. "This time, it’s big sister’s turn to protect you."

She crossed her hands over her chest, and the last of the Divine Female Power in her body erupted like a supernova!

"Hong Chengtian!"

Within the golden light, her body grew transparent. "I will make you pay for your crimes in blood!"

The torrent of golden light poured into Su An’an’s body.

Anna Feng completely dissipated into motes of light, leaving only a single butterfly feather, threaded with black and gold, to land gently in Su An’an’s palm.

"Big sister, no!"

Su An’an’s heart clenched violently, and tears rolled uncontrollably onto the feather.

The feather grew warm in her palm, like an apology that was never spoken, and like an embrace finally given.

The cub in Su An’an’s arms suddenly began to cry. Two streams of pure Divine Power resonated with the power in her body, transforming into golden streams that swirled around her!

Hong Chengtian watched his body disintegrate, his scales flaking off in large patches. For the first time, terror appeared on his face.

"No, I am the one chosen by fate!"

"No, you’re just a parasite."

Su An’an raised her hand. The will of the entire Star Network condensed in her palm, forming a Light Saber. Countless faces appeared on its blade.

The fury of the oppressed, the hope of the defiant, the conviction of the sacrificed, and Anna Feng’s final smile.

The moment she swung the sword, time seemed to stand still. The very air solidified.

The blade’s light flashed, and Hong Chengtian’s body was sliced in two, spattering black blood.

But he was still laughing madly, his severed body writhing and struggling.

"Kill me, and you won’t live either!"

The next second, his remains suddenly swelled, transforming into the massive core of the Blood Nest. Viscous tentacles spread out madly, threatening to drag the entire Imperial City down with him!

"Let’s die together!"

His roar was filled with destructive madness.

Just as the Blood Nest was about to erupt...

Little Pink transformed into a small shadow of light, hovering beside the Light Saber. Its voice was cheerful, yet reluctant.

"Your Highness, you’ll have to walk the road ahead by yourself. You must live well!"

Su An’an trembled. Tears burst from her eyes, and her throat felt so tight she couldn’t make a sound.

That pink shadow of light, which had accompanied her through countless hardships, was slowly turning transparent.

"No! Little Pink!"

She reached out to grab it, but her hand closed on empty air.

Little Pink’s light-form waved at her and completely merged into the Light Saber.

"This sword strike is for all those whose fates have been toyed with!"

Bloodshot veins spread across Su An’an’s eyes as she stared death at the ever-expanding Blood Nest.

The fading image of her big sister, Anna Feng, and the gentle, smiling face of Little Pink flashed through her mind.

All her pain transformed into a monstrous hatred for Hong Chengtian!

"Hong Chengtian!"

She raised the Light Saber above her head.

The Light Saber erupted with an unprecedented radiance, exploding like a supernova and instantly consuming the entire Blood Nest!

Hong Chengtian’s screams were cut short in the intense light, not even a speck of ash remaining.

The smoke cleared, revealing a blood moon in the sky.

Su An’an stood upon the ruins, her tears splashing onto the cracked ground.

Seville’s Golden Wings were the first to envelop her, gently wrapping around her back.

Ying Jiuyao’s rough palm rested on her head, and his tiger tail carefully circled her waist.

The other Beast Husbands also gathered around, forming a warm circle that sheltered her and the cubs in her arms.

The two cubs reached out with their tiny hands, gently wiping away her tears.

Su An’an buried her face in Ying Jiuyao’s shoulder, and her suppressed sobs finally broke free.

In the distance, on a newborn sapling...

A tender leaf flickered with an extremely faint pink light, as if someone had blinked.

The wind passed, and the leaf swayed gently, as if giving a silent reply.

After a long while, Su An’an dried her tears and tossed the butterfly feather into the sky.

The feather transformed into thousands of motes of light that showered down upon the city as it began to rebuild, forming a line of golden words.

"Females! From this day forward, you are no longer destiny’s supporting cast. You are your own masters!"