“So you’re a rebel…”

Xiao Ran’s mouth twisted into a maniacal grin. “I was just thinking how my promotion to ‘Divine Beast’ was thanks to your help, but now it’s such a pity… Perhaps ‘righteously executing one’s own family’ the moment I take office will show Qinglong just how much I value this position.”

Black Sheep pushed Earth-Monkey aside and said, “Originally I thought there might be a slim chance we could become ‘one of our own’… but now it seems I was being naive…”

“‘One of our own’?” Xiao Ran laughed contemptuously. “No thanks. Since you’ve committed a fundamental error of principle, we’re now mortal enemies.”

“Mortal enemies…” Black Sheep smiled bitterly. “Looks like I’m going to face quite a few opponents today… Well then, all of you come at me together… Two ‘Heaven-level’ plus one ‘Divine Beast’… I suppose I can be written into the history books for this…”

Xiao Ran never expected that the Black Sheep before her would be this insane. The moment his words fell, he came at her with a dagger.

But he did look extremely weak—this strike had no real killing power and only managed to slash across Xiao Ran’s chest.

“Ah!!” Xiao Ran screamed, startling everyone nearby. “You fucking madman! This is going to leave a scar!”

She slightly loosened her clothing to take a look, only to discover that a few characters seemed to have already been carved there. Black Sheep’s blade had cut through the four characters “My Princess” right down the middle, making them look completely out of place.

“This is bad…” Xiao Ran paused. “How am I going to explain this when Qinglong sees it… I was planning to say I carved these four characters for him…”

She felt she didn’t have time to think about these problems, so she quickly fastened her clothes again and turned to roar at the many “Man-level” participants: “Are you all blind? Can’t you see he’s attacking a ‘Divine Beast’? Get him!”

This single sentence left the many “Man-level” participants rather dumbfounded.

“You’re a ‘Divine Beast’… and you’re telling us to attack?” one “Man-level” participant asked tremulously. “Can’t you just kill him with a wave of your hand? He’s already severely injured…”

“You dare disobey me?!” Xiao Ran instantly flew into a rage. “Do you believe I’ll go find Qinglong right now to explain the situation?”

Xiao Ran’s single sentence did indeed intimidate everyone. However, facing Qinglong meant death, and opposing an “Earth-level” also meant death. Everyone felt that the choice offered by this newly appointed “Divine Beast” was far too unreasonable.

Earth-Monkey grinned after hearing this. He found Black Sheep’s words rather interesting—they seemed directed at both the “Divine Beast” and those wavering “Man-level” participants.

After all, no one had ever stipulated whether a “Divine Beast” could actually command “Man-level” participants, but now Black Sheep’s single statement had cleared up the responsibility, effectively making the choice for the “Man-level” participants.

“Right, right… we should listen to our own teachers.” The “Man-level” participants chimed in. “Besides, if you’re really a ‘Divine Beast’, why don’t you just kill this Earth-Sheep right now to prove it to us?”

“That’s right! You should be able to kill him with a wave of your hand, right?”

Hearing these “Man-level” participants speak so insolently naturally made Xiao Ran’s fury burn even hotter.

“Good… good… You actually dare speak to me this way…” She gritted her teeth, but had no idea what to do with these people before her.

She had no powerful abilities at all, and only a superficial understanding of those eyeball powers.

How could she punish these people at this moment?

“Just you wait…”

Xiao Ran left her harsh words, slowly retreated to the side, and under the bewildered gazes of Black Sheep and Earth-Monkey, actually assumed a posture as if preparing to flee.

Almost everything this “Divine Beast” had done from her appearance until now exceeded the expectations of the two men. If she really fled now… wouldn’t she lose all face in front of the “Man-level” participants on her very first day in office?

Xiao Ran glared fiercely at the “Man-level” participants before her, then looked back at Black Sheep and Earth-Monkey before saying, “And you two… Don’t think you’re safe just because I’m leaving. You’re the first pair of mortal enemies I’ve encountered since taking office… If you have the guts, stay here and wait—let’s see what you’ll do when Qinglong arrives.”

“Us ‘two’?” After hearing this, Earth-Monkey could only shake his head with a bitter smile, feeling it was utterly absurd. “Great ‘Divine Beast’, can’t you see I’m a hostage being coerced? All my injuries are on my back, and there are bloodstains on my neck too.”

“Ha… You think I’m stupid?” Xiao Ran laughed angrily. “The two of you were talking and laughing together, standing on the same side… Now the ‘Divine Beast’ has descended, I’m about to go find Qinglong, the situation has reversed… and you remember to pretend to be a hostage? Isn’t it a bit late for that?”

“Hahaha…” Earth-Monkey’s expression was full of helplessness. “Oh my… What should I do now… The new ‘Divine Beast’s’ power is frightfully strong, her judgment practically divine… Let me think about what else I can say to salvage this situation…”

“Stop your wishful thinking!” Xiao Ran shouted angrily. “Qinglong handed me such great authority precisely to purge people like you. Do you regret it now?”

Earth-Monkey nodded after hearing this. “Great ‘Divine Beast’, if that’s the case… do I still have any chance of survival if I don’t rebel now?”

“You have no chance of survival whatsoever.” Xiao Ran gave everyone before her one last look, then turned to retreat far away. “All of you just wait.”

As her words fell, she turned and ran, completely ignoring the gazes of everyone behind her.

Seeing her wretched appearance, even the usually cold and stern Black Sheep couldn’t help but reveal a smile.

He seemed to vaguely understand the purpose behind Baiyang arranging for this person to join. In just a few minutes of her appearance, not only had she failed to add any wounds to him, but she’d actually sparked his fighting spirit, diverted his attention from death, allowing his barely surviving life to hold on a bit longer.

Beyond that, with just a few words she’d turned an Earth-Monkey into an ally. Even he was beginning to feel inferior to her.

“Now it’s my turn to ask you.” Black Sheep looked at Earth-Monkey and said, “Given the current situation, what do you say?”

Earth-Monkey’s expression held only a bitter smile. “Black Sheep, if that woman really is the newly appointed ‘Divine Beast’, then I’ve lost all hope in Qinglong… Even if I survive, under her brilliant leadership… my days ahead won’t be easy.”

“I sympathize with you a bit, but you can reconsider.” Black Sheep said dispassionately.

“No more reconsidering. Some people hold a knife to my throat and I can still sense they don’t want to kill me, while some people just say a few words and make me feel utterly hopeless about the future.” Earth-Monkey stretched his muscles and said, “From here to Heavenly-Tiger’s position is at most a dozen or so doors. I’ll hold off the ‘Man-level’ participants for you—you go ahead.”

Earth-Monkey’s aura erupted, and the dozen or so “Man-level” participants before him all began to retreat.

“Everyone, please make way.” Earth-Monkey said. “Starting now, I’m going to rebel. You all heard it—this was designated by the ‘Divine Beast’. I’m rebelling under orders.”