Chapter 22: I Pushed My Wife Toward a Mutant Tiger—Tell Me, Am I Not Savage Enough?
Jiang Tea Tea listened, then raised her thumb at Chong Ming like she was hurling a challenge:
“As expected from the Commander of the Three Armies and the Prince Regent. Truly a man of the nation—you know how to make do with whatever’s at hand. Impressive, truly impressive!”
Chong Ming tilted his head slightly. His gaze shifted from Jiang Tea Tea’s eyes to her delicate, porcelain-like face.
“Classmate Jiang Tea Tea, your compliment sounds anything but sincere. Care to tell me why?”
She wasn’t scared of him. Not even a flicker of fear showed on her face. Even when he unconsciously released that suffocating pressure aimed just at her, she acted like she didn’t feel a thing.
Jiang Tea Tea didn’t hesitate to go for a full frontal attack:
“Don’t overthink it. I was just wondering whether this large-scale assault by the Mutant Beasts and Mutant Insects on the Royal Military Academy was something you intentionally brought about—to test the Academy’s response capacity.”
Big Yellow Strong: “!!!!”
From this moment on, he swore he had a new idol besides Chong Ming—his Tea Elder Sister.
The way she faced off with His Highness Chong Ming without blinking, the way she slammed her words right into his face—cool to the core. So damn alpha. His heart was racing.
Lin Feng Feng and Lu Ling’er were dumbfounded. They stared at Jiang Tea Tea in disbelief. Somehow, watching her go head-to-head with His Highness made them feel like all the slaps they’d received from her earlier weren’t unjustified after all.
Chong Ming’s thin lips curved into a slight smile. “No, that’s not it.”
Jiang Tea Tea was crisp and to the point. “If it wasn’t your doing, then someone’s gunning for your life.”
Chong Ming arched a brow. “Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll look into who’s got the guts to come after me.”
He was calm. So composed it was almost frightening. That meant every student fighting Mutant Beasts and Mutant Insects out there had zero risk of dying.
Jiang Tea Tea yanked Big Yellow Strong over.
“Big Yellow Dog, didn’t you say you wanted to protect your Idol Male God and fight the Mutant Beasts? Now’s your chance. Go.”
Big Yellow Strong looked stunned. “Tea Elder Sister, didn’t you say I’d be a burden? That I’m not even enough to fill a Mutant Beast’s tooth gap?”
Jiang Tea Tea really wanted to crack open his head and see what sort of mush lived inside.
“That was then. This is now. Go!”
“Seriously?”
“Seriously,” Chong Ming answered on her behalf. “Classmate Big Yellow Dog, your Tea Elder Sister says go bite some Mutant Beasts and Mutant Insects. Impress me, and maybe you’ll make it into one of the elite corps.”
Big Yellow Strong’s eyes sparkled. Enlightenment struck. He transformed in a flash—into a 1.5-meter-tall Dog Beastman with a sturdy build and short, dense fur.
Once he morphed, he let out a howl, wagged his low-hanging tail, bared his fangs, and charged straight toward the multi-ton Mutant Tiger.
Jiang Tea Tea couldn’t bear to watch.
He was a Dog Beastman, not a wolf. Dogs go woof-woof, not aaaa-woooo.
And not only did he howl like that, he also went and picked the biggest Mutant Tiger to attack.
There were Mutant Foxes, Mutant Leopards, Mutant Rats—hell, even the airborne Tea King Bees were smaller than that Mutant Tiger. But no, genius here had to choose the biggest boss on the field. He was nuts.
“Tea Elder Sister, Tea Elder Sister.” Lu Ling’er tugged at Jiang Tea Tea’s sleeve, ditching formalities to imitate Big Yellow Strong.
“Me and Lin Feng Feng are Supernatural Ability users too, even if our levels are lower. Should we also go show off a bit?”
Jiang Tea Tea gave them a dazzling smile.
“If you’re not afraid of injury or death, by all means—go dazzle.”
Lu Ling’er shivered from head to toe and cast a timid glance at her Idol Male God.
Just as Chong Ming’s gaze swept over, casually, like fate had lined up the perfect timing.
Lu Ling’er had barely met his gaze before her heart thundered like war drums. She averted her eyes, emboldened, declaring, “I fear no pain, no death! I’ll take on the Mutant Beast too!”
Jiang Tea Tea gave a careless “Oh,” then shifted aside with a languid gesture. “Be my guest.”
Lu Ling’er, a Beastman female with a Sika Deer Beast Form, was a C Rank with Jumping Ability. Once transformed, she was barely a meter tall on all fours. But don’t be fooled—she bolted forward, bouncing with precision from one point to another, landing square on a Level 7 Mutant Rat.
With terrifying accuracy, she sprang, stomped, and crushed. Each jump was a death sentence. Rat guts splattered across the ground. One after another, Level 7 Mutant Rats were obliterated beneath her hooves.
Lin Feng Feng, another C Rank with Wind Ability, couldn’t stay still any longer. She zipped forward and positioned herself just outside Crown Prince Chong Ming’s protective circle. Summoning her ability, she blasted the swarming Tea King Bees with gusts of wind.
The Tea King Bees fluttered, trying to pierce through her gale—but failed. Wind trumped wings. They couldn’t break through to attack.
Big Yellow Strong and two others, all students with no Supernatural Ability—or pitifully weak ones—led the charge. With the Empire’s Idol Male God watching from the sidelines, the rest of the under-A ranks were roused into action.
Abilities flared, clubs swung, screams of battle rose. Mutant Tigers, Mutant Foxes, Level 7 Mutant Rats—all became their prey.
“Classmate Jiang Tea Tea, aren’t you going to hunt Exotic Beasts too?” Chong Ming asked. Aside from his guards, only she remained by his side, eyes gleaming with excitement as others fought.
“Me? I’m a delicate Pure Human female with zero Supernatural Ability. I’d be meat for the Exotic Beasts in a heartbeat.”
Her eyes, however, were locked on the gutted Exotic Beasts strewn across the battlefield. She swallowed hard, over and over, like a starving wolf eyeing a banquet.
[Heavens above… all that meat… all that rich, organic fertilizer… If I could bury every single corpse under my tea tree roots, life would be divine.]
Chong Ming nodded thoughtfully. “You’re right. Those without Supernatural Ability should absolutely hide somewhere safe.”
She swallowed again. Who in their right mind drooled at the sight of a slaughtered Exotic Beast?
Jiang Tea Tea gave him a thumbs up. “Exactly. I’m already in the safest place possible.”
She had taken him as her shelter.
Not a bad choice.
Chong Ming chuckled. “Thanks for the vote of confidence.”
She waved it off like it was the most natural thing. “Don’t mention it. If I get hurt—or worse, die—next to you, it’s your face as Commander of the Three Armies and Regent that gets humiliated. Not mine.”
“Is that so?” His tone was laced with amusement.
“Absolutely.” She nodded firmly.
She had a plan: once the fighting stopped, she’d sneak into the cleanup and scarf down those Exotic Beasts like a ghost in the night.
Chong Ming noticed the glint in her eyes—like a predator sizing up a feast. If she truly hadn’t awakened any Supernatural Ability, he’d eat his boots.
He gestured subtly to his guards. They shifted positions, opening a gap in their defensive formation.
A thunderous roar split the air. A Mutant Tiger leapt from the gap.
“Careful, Classmate Jiang Tea Tea. That Mutant Tiger’s going for you,” Chong Ming warned, giving her a light shove.
Thrown toward the opening, she barely had time to gasp before a snarling, fanged Mutant Tiger lunged straight at her.
Her eyes narrowed. With lightning speed, she yanked Chong Ming in front of her like a human shield.
“You be careful, Your Highness! That Mutant Tiger clearly has a thing for you!”
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I have a question, Will the chapters be unlocked after some time? Like one chapter every week?