Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 354 – That’s Why I Hate Ugly Things

At this, a faint curve lifted the corner of Lin Fan’s lips.

That smile carried no warmth whatsoever—only an arrogance that radiated pure entitlement.

Lin Fan did not deny it.

On this continent, the name of the Dragon Clan was the finest pass, representing power that brooked no doubt.

“Since you know who I am, then this is simple.”

Lin Fan’s gaze slid away from Hathaway’s face. She lazily raised a finger, pointing at the Dunkleosteus still circling stupidly overhead.

“That thing—I’ve taken a liking to it.”

“I’m taking it as a mount. You have no objections, do you?”

Her tone was flat, as if issuing a notice rather than a request.

“N-No objections!”

Hathaway shook her head desperately, not daring to hesitate for even a moment. This was never something she had the power to decide anyway.

“Good.”

Lin Fan nodded, a flicker of approval passing through her gold-violet vertical pupils.

Then, Lin Fan shifted gears, her voice taking on a note of amusement.

“Now then, the fish problem is settled. Let’s talk about…”

“…the protection fee.”

Protection fee?

Those three words drilled into Hathaway’s ears, and the color drained from her delicate face in an instant.

She froze.

Lin Fan spread her hands with utter self-righteousness, as if stating an undeniable truth.

“What, I helped you resolve a crisis of this magnitude, and I shouldn’t collect a little compensation for my efforts?”

“I’m always fair, you know.”

Her voice echoed through the underwater city, carrying a pressure that allowed no argument.

“That stupid fish—I had my eye on it, sure—but just now, it genuinely wanted to make a snack out of you.”

“If I hadn’t stepped in when I did, this pretty Shell City of yours would already be inside its belly, well on its way to becoming tomorrow’s waste.”

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“So I saved the lives of your entire city.”

“Charging a little life-debt fee isn’t unreasonable, is it?”

Hathaway opened her mouth, but her throat was so dry that not a single sound came out.

Argue?

Argue with what?

If she refused… Hathaway’s gaze unconsciously drifted into the distance. On the wall of that enormous shell-shaped building, a person-shaped hole was still clearly visible.

She looked back at Lin Fan.

That stunningly beautiful face wore a smile, yet in those gold-violet vertical pupils, there was nothing but icy coldness—not a trace of warmth.

A shiver ran through Hathaway’s body.

“N-Not unreasonable.”

She forced those words out, then slowly lowered her head.

“Whatever we have, you may take it, honored one.”

“That’s more like it.”

The smile on Lin Fan’s face brightened a few degrees.

She always enjoyed dealing with smart people.

Especially beautiful smart people.

“Don’t worry, I don’t want your shiny little trinkets.”

Lin Fan stepped forward. Her form cut through the water without stirring a single ripple, and in an instant, she stood before Hathaway.

She extended a finger and gently hooked it under Hathaway’s smooth chin.

Forcing the other woman to meet her gaze.

Hathaway’s eyes were filled with terror and humiliation as she was compelled to look at Lin Fan. Lin Fan slowly leaned in close to her ear, her warm breath brushing against Hathaway’s sensitive earlobe.

“What I want is your…”

“people!”

The final word was spoken softly, yet it sent a tremor through the entire protective barrier of the underwater city.

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“Hand over all your women above the fourth rank from both clans, and I’ll leave immediately.”

At those words, every trace of color fled from Hathaway’s face.

Hand over every elite above the fourth rank in the clan?

That would be equivalent to ripping out the very spine of the Merfolk.

Severing the foundation of the entire race.

But if she didn’t hand it over… she had no doubt that the dragon wearing a beautiful human skin before her would raze this place to the ground without a moment’s hesitation.

Just as Hathaway was wrestling with her inner turmoil, a piercing roar tore through the dead silence.

“Too far! This is too far!”

Boom!

The ruins in the distance exploded!

Debris scattered everywhere.

Cook, the Jiaoren chieftain who had been slapped flying by Lin Fan moments ago, dragged his blood-soaked body out from the collapsed building, struggling to his feet.

The bone trident in his hand had snapped in two. His toad-like face was twisted with fury, one side swollen grotesquely, his yellowish-brown eyes shot through with bloodshot veins.

“The women of the Merfolk are born spineless, but we Jiaoren will never be slaves!”

Cook spat out a mouthful of bloody foam mixed with broken teeth, raised the half-broken trident high above his head, and roared at the Jiaoren warriors surrounding him.

“Brothers! No matter how strong this woman is, she’s only one!”

“This is deep water! This is our territory! There’s no way she’s more agile than us down here!”

“For the glory of the Jiaoren!”

“Kill——!”

These Jiaoren had ruled this lakebed for so long that they had no idea what a peak Level 7 meant.

Stirred up by Cook’s incitement, the three hundred-plus Jiaoren warriors who had been trembling moments before were instantly ignited with bloodlust, their eyes turning crimson.

The Jiaoren warriors howled, “Tear her apart! For glory!” as they churned up violent undercurrents and charged at Lin Fan from every direction.

Hathaway’s face went pale. She instinctively tried to speak up and stop them.

But she realized it was already too late.

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It’s over.

Hathaway closed her eyes.

These fools wanted to die—why did they have to drag the entire city down with them?

Facing the killing intent surging from all sides, Lin Fan didn’t even raise an eyelid.

She simply floated there in the water, her robes not even dampened in the slightest.

“This is why I hate ugly things.”

Lin Fan shook her head, her tone dripping with disdain.

“Not only are they ugly, but their brains are smaller than a walnut.”

She couldn’t even be bothered to act personally.

Afraid of dirtying her gloves.

Lin Fan raised her right hand and, toward the Dunkleosteus still obediently circling above, gave a gentle snap of her fingers.

The crisp sound traveled through the water.

“Fathead.”

“Dinner time.”

Boom——!

With its master’s permission, the prehistoric beast over fifty meters long instantly switched from its docile state back into the apex predator mode of these waters!

A vicious gleam erupted from those murky eyes!

Its massive body gave a sudden lash!

The sheer water pressure from its tail fin alone instantly crushed the dozen or so Jiaoren warriors charging at the front into meat paste!

Bones, organs, and blood exploded into the water.

Then!

That massive maw lined with rows of razor-sharp teeth snapped open!

Crunch!

A sickening sound that set one’s teeth on edge.

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It didn’t even need to chew.

Cook, the Jiaoren chieftain who had been shouting the loudest, along with the dozens of fiercest guards around him, was swallowed whole in a single gulp.

The hard bone weapons in their hands were pathetically fragile against the Dunkleosteus’s jaws.

Blood instantly dyed half the city red.

What had been a ferocious charge moments ago collapsed into a one-sided bloody massacre in the face of overwhelming power.

“Ah! Monster! Run!”

The Jiaoren warriors who had been shouting about glory just moments before were now completely broken.

They wept and screamed, desperately trying to flee back into their fragile shell houses.

But how could the fathead fish, which had been starving for days, possibly let go of the all-you-can-eat buffet delivered right to its mouth?

The massive shadow rampaged through the city with reckless abandon, each flick of its tail easily shattering a building.

Each opening of its maw claimed a large swath of lives.

Lin Fan stood expressionless with her arms crossed, coldly watching the slaughter she had orchestrated.

“This Jiaoren Skin…”

Her gaze fell upon the Jiaoren scattering in every direction, and her delicate brows furrowed slightly.

Not only did the male Jiaoren look like toads, but even the females had rough skin, covered in pus-filled boils, dragging behind them disgusting tails like oversized loaches.

Too disgusting.

If she were to make this into a Skin and wear it, Lin Fan felt she might vomit up last night’s dinner on the spot.

She let out a disdainful sigh.

Ugly as they were, they were only meant to be used as cushions anyway—she wouldn’t have to wear them herself.

“Fathead fish, leave the female Jiaoren over there alive.”

Through her mental link, Lin Fan issued a new command to her mount, who was busy feasting.

“Eat all the males. Drive the females to the square for me.”

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