Chapter 484 - 481: She Awakened the Life Tree

Chapter 484: Chapter 481: She Awakened the Life Tree

Bai Wanwan’s voice drew the attention of all the Beastmen.

"Who are you? How did you get in?" The Beastmen of the Flood Dragon Clan were all astonished by their sudden appearance.

Jiao Yuan immediately ordered the males at his side, "Escort them out."

A few Flood Dragon Males started toward her but were blocked by Hua Han and Yan Lie, who stood at the front.

"Our clan is attending to an important matter today. We do not wish for conflict. Outsiders, please leave." Jiao Yuan reined in his emotions, doing his best to remain polite.

Bai Wanwan paid him no mind. Protected by her Beast Husbands, she walked right up to the Life Tree.

"Young female, what are you doing? Get away from there!"

"If you don’t leave now, don’t blame us for using force."

Bai Wanwan turned a deaf ear to their scolding, raising her hand to stroke the Life Tree...

The moment her slender fingertips touched the rough, cold tree trunk, which seemed utterly devoid of life, a miraculous phenomenon occurred!

An emerald-green light instantly bloomed from beneath her palm, spreading out like ripples from a stone tossed into a stagnant pond.

The green radiance shot up the trunk. Wherever it passed, the withered, shrunken bark revived as if quenched by a sweet spring, regaining a deep, dark-green luster.

Dry, cracked fissures sealed before their very eyes. Countless tiny buds, like green stars, eagerly burst from the branches, unfurling into tender, dewy new leaves.

The stench of decay was completely replaced by the fresh, vibrant fragrance of thriving plant life.

The once-withered Life Tree now erupted with a dazzling pillar of emerald light that shot straight into the heavens!

A powerful life energy, like a warm tide, instantly swept through the entire valley, even spreading to the entire Flood Dragon Tribe.

The injured Beastmen in the tribe felt their wounds healing rapidly. The old and weak felt years younger, and the dormant power within their bodies stirred with elation.

"It’s alive! The Life Tree is alive!"

"A Holy Female! She is the Holy Female of our Flood Dragon Tribe!"

"The Beast God’s blessing! Our Flood Dragon Clan is saved!"

"Thank the Beast God!"

The Flood Dragon Clan’s Beastmen inside and outside the valley erupted in deafening, ecstatic cheers!

Tears of joy streamed from the eyes of countless Beastmen as they knelt in pious reverence toward the Life Tree and Bai Wanwan, as if witnessing the coming of a divine miracle.

Jiao Yuan stood at the very front. The eyes of the imposing Clan Leader were also rimmed with red, his heart pounding with immense joy.

He watched the young female bathed in the Life Tree’s light, looking like a goddess who had descended to the mortal world. His heart filled with indescribable excitement and gratitude.

Yet, amidst the thunderous cheers and ecstasy, two individuals were completely out of place.

Coral stood at the edge of the crowd, her face ashen.

She looked at the rejuvenated, brilliantly glowing Life Tree. She saw Bai Wanwan, fanatically worshipped by the clan. Then she thought of the bone-deep weakness and pain that wracked her after every one of her own attempts. An immense sense of loss overwhelmed her.

’Why?’

’Why can’t I do it?’

’I wanted to do something for the tribe, for my Father Beast and Mother. I endured the pain and tried so many times, but I never once succeeded.’

She bit her lower lip, unable to accept the stark difference.

Subconsciously seeking comfort from the one closest to her, she turned to look at Lan Yi beside her, "Mother..."

But Lan Yi’s complexion was a hundred times worse than Coral’s.

It was a deathly, ashen pallor, and her lips were completely bloodless.

Her body trembled like a leaf in the autumn wind, her eyes frantic and filled with terror.

She stared intently at Bai Wanwan in the center of the light, as if looking right through her at some horrifying nightmare.

"Mother! What’s wrong? Are you alright?" Coral’s voice was tinged with tears, full of concern.

Lan Yi’s strange reaction instantly drew the attention of a few nearby Beastmen away from Bai Wanwan.

Just then, a Flood Dragon Clan elder, who had been unable to get over Coral’s failures, spoke. His voice, laced with doubt and confusion, wasn’t loud but carried clearly, like a drop of water sizzling in a pan of hot oil:

"Wait, something isn’t right! Isn’t Coral the Clan Leader’s biological daughter? Why couldn’t she awaken the Life Tree even when she gave it her all, yet this... this strange female did it so easily? What... what is going on here?"

His words were like a splash of ice-cold water, instantly dousing the flames of ecstasy that had just ignited in Jiao Yuan and the others.

The fervent atmosphere suddenly froze.

The smiles on the Beastmen’s faces stiffened. Eyes filled with doubt, shock, and disbelief swiveled in unison, focusing like searchlights on Bai Wanwan as the light around her gradually receded.

"He’s right! This is too strange!"

"Who... who is she? Why was she able to awaken the Life Tree?"

"We can’t... we can’t smell any trace of the Flood Dragon Clan’s scent on her, but she just awakened the Life Tree. What’s going on?"

"Young female, are you a long-lost descendant of our Flood Dragon Tribe?"

More Beastmen began to clamor with questions, their fervent gazes fixed on Bai Wanwan, full of probing curiosity and confusion.

They harbored a growing suspicion that she was a lost descendant of the Clan Leader’s own bloodline.

Bai Wanwan stood beneath the revived Life Tree, emerald light swirling around her, making her skin appear fairer than snow. Yet her eyes were as calm as a deep abyss.

She didn’t immediately answer the clan’s questions, her gaze slowly sweeping over the crowd.

Finally, her gaze settled on Lan Yi, who was trying to pull Coral away and flee.

Her lips curved into a faint, chilling smile. "You all want to know who I am? You want to know the truth about the bloodline?"

Her voice was cold and clear, reaching the ears of every Beastman.

"Young female, you must be of our Flood Dragon Clan’s bloodline!"

The curve of Bai Wanwan’s lips widened. Her slender, elegant finger rose as if passing judgment, pointing precisely at the panicked figure trying to escape. "In that case... why not ask the esteemed Lan Yi? She ought to know better than anyone what’s really going on here."

Every gaze, like a thousand invisible ropes, instantly pinned the frantically fleeing Lan Yi to the spot.

She felt as if she’d been stripped naked and thrown out into a frozen wasteland, the very blood in her veins turning to ice.

"Lan Yi?"

"What... what does this have to do with Lan Yi?"

The Beastmen broke into shocked murmurs, their gazes darting uncertainly between Lan Yi, Jiao Yuan, and Bai Wanwan.

Jiao Yuan’s heart felt as if it were caught in an invisible fist. A powerful sense of dread and a chill shot up from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

He strode up to Lan Yi, suppressing the turbulent emotions in his heart. His voice was low and urgent. "Lan Yi! What is going on? Tell me! That young female... what does she mean?"

He tried to grab Lan Yi’s hand, wanting to get an answer from her.

However, Lan Yi snatched her hand away as if she’d been seared by a hot iron. "Don’t touch me!"