Chapter 2485: He Is My Man

After a brief silence, laughter erupted.

“How is that possible?”

“Indeed. Our Saintess wouldn’t be shaken by secular love.”

“So many outstanding youths haveurted her in recent years, but she didn’t even spare them a glance. That’s why everyone was eventually forced to give up.”

...

The Fiend youths laughed as if what they had just heard was the biggest joke ever.

The Peck Princess was delighted but frustrated. She was glad she didn’t have to worry about the Saintess going after Zu An, but she didn’t like how those words made it seem as if her feelings for him were crude.

Our romance transcends spacetime, alright?!

𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

But the reminder that Zu An didn’t belong to this era dampened her mood.

“My princess, can you tell us about the great hero’s battle with the Incestuous King? Did someone as young as him really defeat the Incestuous King?” someone asked curiously.

The others voiced their agreement too. The news delivered by the Xuan-Su Guards was so inceivable that they wondered if they had exaggerated the details because their cultivation was too low to discern the battle’s details. The Saintessuld have only accepted their statements to raise their people’s morale. It would be more reliable to hear the aunt of an expert like the Peck Princess.

The eyes of the Peck Princess lit up. Even three days wouldn’t be enough for her to speak about Zu An’s exploits. She began sharing the details.

Her mention of how the abrupt appearance of the monsters had driven the Ocean races into despair invited nods from the crowd—they had witnessed the monster army’s prowess in person before.

Then, Zu An had appeared. He'd dove into the monster army and wrecked them like a berserker, causing the monsters to scream and blood to flow like a river.

There was no discrepancy between reality and her aunt, but the Peck Princess, due to her rose-tinted glasses, thought that her version was much more awe-inspiring.

Many people voiced their doubts.

“How can an individual rival an army? What about the monster formation masters? Did they not do a thing at all?”

The Peck Princess slowly replied, “Big brother has an ultimate move—henjureduntless weapons out of thin air to decimate the formation masters.”

“What ultimate move can be that formidable?” The crowd found it inceivable. Formation masters were the most protected group in an army. They weren’t just skilled in long-ranged offense, but defensive formations too. Even the Fiend Emperoruldn’t destroy the formation masters in an army single-handedly.

The Peck Princess ffed at their doubts. “The Ocean races’ experts were all present, including the Mermaid Queen whom you all dream about. You canrroborate the details with them if you don’t believe me.”

Those words won her some credibility.

“What about the Incestuous King? Someone as strong as him wouldn’t just watch as the great hero decimated his army,” someone pointed out.

“He made his move. He released his beast form and his body grew to hundreds of meters tall,” the Peck Princess said, then runted what happened then.

The faces of the Fiend youths darkened. They had witnessed the prowess of the Incestuous King’s beast form in the battle where they suffered the greatest loss. They remembered the immense pressure they'd felt, and just the thought of it evoked a hint of despair in them. The Incestuous King had charged into their army and massacred them as if they were mere ants. Their army formation hadllapsed, and it had eventually bme a one-sided slaughter.

The Peck Princess’ eyes gleamed with excitement as shentinued, “But big brother is even more formidable...” As if she had bme a roadside storyteller, she vividly shared the situation with the crowd, occasionally taking some creative liberties to make Zu An seem even greater.

The Fiend youths were flabbergasted. They had thought the previous story was an exaggeration, but whould have thought the truth would be even more exaggerated than that?

The Golden Crow Prince and Golden Peng Crown Prince exchanged fearful looks.

It’s a relief we didn’t provoke that guy in the heat of the moment, or else we would have bme clowns.

The crowd was overjoyed to hear that the Ocean races and the mysterious races beneath the Eye of the Ocean were willing to ally with the Fiend races.

“With the Saintess’ leadership and an expert of the great hero’s caliber, we can surely defeat those vile monsters!”

The crowd’s faces beamed with excitement as they dreamed about defeating the monsters and returning to their homeland.

But the Golden Peng Crown Prince pouredld water over the enthused crowd. “It’s too early to celebrate. There’s no guarantee an expert of that caliber will help us. We might not be able to afford his help.”

The crowd’s hearts sank.

There’s no reason for an expert of that caliber to help us. Someone that strong would be celebrated as an esteemed guest no matter where he went, even in the Monster World. He might even be able to usurp the Incestuous King’s position.

There’s nothing he can gain from helping us, especially now that the Fiend races are in their weakest state ever.

The crowd turned to the Peck Princess.

The Peck Princess’ face reddened. “Why are you looking at me?”

“Princess, how far have you progressed with the great hero?” a curious youth asked.

Those words piqued the anger of those who adored the Peck Princess.

The usually sharp-tongued Peck Princess suddenly lost her usual eloquence. “I-it’s not like what you think!”

“Princess, why don’t you sacrifice yourself for the sake of our Fiend races’ future? An expert of his caliber should be worthy of you,” another youth from a major race said. He favored the Saintess more than the Peck Princess, allowing him to objectively decide theurse of action that maximized the Fiend races’ interest.

The Peck Princess sighed. “It’s not that I’m reluctant, but...” She briefly paused beforentinuing, “Even the Mermaid Queen triedurting him, but to no avail.”

“What?!” The crowd was stunned.

If the Peck Princess was only famous in their circle, the Mermaid Queen was a world-famous beauty! It wouldn’t be a stretch to call her the number one beauty in the world, given how she had turned down even the Fiend Emperor. To think that legendary woman wouldurt the man from earlier and fail at that!

That would have been a dream for any other man, but he turned her down! Is that fellow still a man?!

Just then, theurtyard doors opened.

“The Saintess is out!”

The crowd looked over, only to freeze in place. Their usually placid Saintess was now resting against Zu An’s chest with flushed cheeks.

The Saintess was embarrassed to have so many gazes on her, but she still gently spoke up. “Let me introduce him to you. He is my man.”

The crowd was speechless.

The Peck Princess was bewildered.