Chapter 268: What Did She See?

Chapter 268: Chapter 268: What Did She See?

Upon realizing this, her blood seemed to freeze in her veins.

She slowly turned her head to look at the empty stone entrance.

She knew that as soon as she screamed, Yan Lie would appear.

’But would Shi Hua be put in danger?’

In the moment she hesitated, two male figures appeared at the entrance.

Bai Wanwan looked at them and took a sharp breath. "Where is Shi Hua? Have you hurt her?"

"You mean the female outside?"

"You care about her a lot?" The male who spoke had an ordinary face, the kind you wouldn’t be able to pick out from a crowd of Beastmen.

He bared his stark white teeth. "As long as you come with us quietly, we’ll let her live."

"Okay, fine."

She agreed with a nod, not hesitating in the slightest, but she was actually trying to get them to lower their guard.

Her mind was racing. ’What can I do to save both Shi Hua and myself?’

She knew asking the system was useless. Before she unlocked the later options, it was just a life-support system.

In just a brief moment, Bai Wanwan had already run through countless possibilities in her head.

In the end, she decided to make a sound to let Yan Lie know. Otherwise, they would be lambs to the slaughter, and their fate would be just as grim.

She opened her mouth almost immediately.

But the sound caught in her throat before it could escape.

The two males walked over with a smile. "Little female, we’re males with High Rank Talent Power. Did you really think we’d let you outsmart us?"

The other male urged, "Enough talk. Her Beast Husband doesn’t seem to have a weak Talent. Hurry up, feed her the Mimi Fruit, stuff her in a Beast Skin Bag, and let’s go."

Under the control of the powerful males, Bai Wanwan was completely unable to resist. She clenched her teeth, trying to stop them, but they pried her mouth open with ease and crushed the Mimi Fruit.

The juice flowed down her throat and into her stomach.

Almost instantly, her vision began to blur, and her limbs felt as heavy as lead.

Bai Wanwan wanted to bite her tongue to keep herself awake.

But her bite was weak and powerless. Then, she plunged into darkness.

*******

Deep in the forest, several figures moved in a rapid, intersecting blur.

A Beastman’s sharp claws pierced Zhu Xiu’s tough, serpentine body.

The light of the setting sun cast his cold, grim face into sharper relief.

He abruptly raised his head and, with a flick of his scarlet forked tongue, spewed a great mouthful of thick, black mist.

Seeing this, Roger immediately warned the other Beastmen with him, "Back off!"

The males moved quickly, but Zhu Xiu’s poisonous gas spread just as fast.

The male who fell behind only got a little of the poisonous mist on his hand.

The back of that hand turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The blackness gradually spread up his arm, which slowly went numb.

He looked at Roger in terror. "Captain, save me!"

The venom of a King Cobra was something that even a Yellow Rank Beastman couldn’t neutralize.

A cruel glint flashed in Roger’s eyes. He raised his wolf claw and grabbed the male’s arm without hesitation.

Before the blackness could reach the shoulder, he gave a powerful tug.

ROAR...

Along with the Beastman’s agonized howl, the severed arm fell to the ground.

The remaining Beastmen looked at Zhu Xiu, still shaken with panic, not daring to make another rash move.

Roger soon noticed that something was wrong.

The King Cobra’s pupils were flashing scarlet one moment, then shrouded in deep black the next.

Four males with Yellow Rank Talent had forced Zhu Xiu to mobilize all his Talent Power to fight them.

But overexerting his Talent Power made him unable to suppress the Dark Curse.

The curse was backlashing again.

The King Cobra swayed his massive head, struggling to stay conscious.

He opened his beastly mouth and lunged, trying to bite Roger.

The black wolf dodged away in a flash. He didn’t attack, but after observing him for a moment, he suddenly laughed. "Zhu Xiu, your Talent Power is out of control!"

As if to prove his point, the King Cobra’s long tail whipped out like a steel lash, snapping a massive tree but not harming them in the slightest.

The flames of vengeance in Roger’s eyes burned even more ferociously. "Zhu Xiu, you’ll be leaving your life here today."

After speaking, he closed his eyes slightly, and a power distinct from Talent Power began to swirl around him.

Dark red flames erupted from his body, sweeping toward everything around him.

In just a moment, the green leaves and vines lost their original color, finally turning to ash.

But the flames obediently remained around him, not a single spark spreading outward.

Zhu Xiu didn’t give him much time, either. His massive beast form pressed down on him like a mountain.

The two powers collided in an instant. The shockwave snapped all the trees within a ten-meter radius in half.

The few Yellow Rank Beastmen were sent flying by the aftershock, landing heavily on the ground.

PFFT!

Roger spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood, and blood even trickled from his eyes.

The black wolf raised a paw to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, then lifted his gaze toward Zhu Xiu.

The King Cobra was coiled on the ground, black blood also flowing from his mouth and nose.

He could feel the power of the curse within him beginning to backlash wildly, like millions of ants gnawing at his flesh and blood.

He forced himself to stay coiled on the spot, but his beast skin lost its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Roger sensed Zhu Xiu’s vulnerability at that moment. He ignored his own injuries, pushed himself to his feet, and prepared to find Zhu Xiu’s weak point to deliver the final blow.

But just then, a male from his caravan suddenly appeared.

Seeing the chaotic battlefield, the male clearly hesitated and didn’t approach.

When Roger saw him, he stopped and knitted his brows. "Did something happen to her?"

The male immediately walked over, leaned in close to the black wolf, and whispered a few words.

Roger’s expression changed drastically after listening. Without even a thought for landing the final blow on Zhu Xiu, he turned and left without hesitation.

Zhu Xiu had also lost his senses, focusing all his energy on resisting the Dark Curse, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

Roger’s face was filled with rage. He stared at the male beside him. "Say that again!"

The other male shrank back. "The male you sent to watch the female Bai Wanwan was seriously injured. He said the female Bai Wanwan was captured by several males and has already been taken from the tribe."

Roger, enduring his injuries, grabbed the male by his collar. "Which direction did they go?"

"He pushed through his injuries to follow them and saw. They’re somewhere in these mountains, but he doesn’t know where exactly they went."

Roger’s chest heaved. He turned and headed into the mountains.

But the other males stepped forward at the same time to block his path.

"Captain, don’t forget our mission in the Golden Lion Tribe."

Roger paused. "There’s still time. Finding her and completing the mission aren’t mutually exclusive."

The males exchanged a look. Not daring to provoke the enraged Roger, they could only follow his steps back into the forest.

Bai Wanwan felt like she had been in a long dream. Finally, her consciousness gradually returned.

She seemed to hear some movement around her, but her eyelids felt as if they were weighted down by a thousand-pound boulder, impossible to open.

She struggled against it and slowly regained her strength.

Her eyelashes fluttered. A sliver of light appeared in her vision, gradually becoming clearer.

Then, she suddenly snapped her eyes wide open, staring intently ahead...