Chapter 94 - 93: Hard to Defend Against Hidden Needles

With Chu Liangyu joining the fray, the tide of battle turned in an instant.

Just then, Hu Qiumu and Jinling arrived at the tribe with the people of the Qingqiu Fox Clan. Seeing the slaughter, they ignored their exhaustion and immediately joined the fight.

The Fox Clan’s eyes were adept at confusing their enemies. Their foes died silently under the blades of both sides, a truly miserable end.

No one dared to rush toward Chu Liangyu to their deaths anymore. For a moment, the area around her was empty. With nothing to do, she descended from the sky and quietly watched the carnage on the battlefield.

"Female Master, I’ve brought our people here safely."

Hu Qiumu easily dispatched an enemy near him and, catching a glimpse of her not far away, walked over.

Chu Liangyu was engrossed in the scene and didn’t hear him at first.

"Female Master?"

Hu Qiumu placed a hand on her shoulder and called out to her again. Only then did Chu Liangyu snap out of it.

"You’ve worked hard. I’m just sorry they have to face this the moment they arrive..."

"Watch out!"

Just as Chu Liangyu turned, the cold glint of a silver needle reflected in her eyes. Unfortunately, by the time she saw it, it was too late.

The silver needle pierced Hu Qiumu’s neck. He violently spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed forward.

As Chu Liangyu caught him, she raised her other hand and instantly fired a sharp, black feathered arrow. The ambusher died under the arrow’s strike without so much as a muffled grunt.

The needle must have been coated in some unknown poison. After spitting out a mouthful of black blood, Hu Qiumu’s pupils began to lose focus.

’It’s great that the Qingqiu Fox Clan has joined my tribe, but their allegiance is tied to Hu Qiumu. If something happens to him now, there’s no telling if conflict will break out again.’

Chu Liangyu’s heart tightened. No matter what, she couldn’t let Hu Qiumu die now.

The poison spread quickly and was incredibly potent, rapidly making its way toward Hu Qiumu’s heart.

Chu Liangyu furrowed her brow and increased the flow of energy into his body, trying to slow the poison’s spread, but the effect was negligible.

Any more delay and he would be completely lost. Without a second thought, Chu Liangyu directly infused a stream of primordial Creation Power into his body.

This was the same energy the Beast God had used to grant them the power to transform into beasts when he first descended upon this land. It would not only eliminate the poison completely but also trigger atavism in his bloodline.

However, the process was excruciatingly painful and required the recipient to have an unyielding will.

"Hold on. If you can get through this, you’ll not only survive, but you might even gain the same power as your Fox Clan ancestors."

In an instant, cold sweat beaded on Hu Qiumu’s forehead. His blood felt like it was boiling, and his bones began to restructure. The extreme agony blurred his vision.

His hand gripped Chu Liangyu’s wrist tightly. "Fe... Female Master, I..."

He bit down on his lip in pain, and a trickle of blood soon flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Chu Liangyu’s brow furrowed deeply at the sight. She pinched his chin, casually dragged over a nearby corpse, and stuffed its claw into Hu Qiumu’s mouth to stop him from injuring himself.

Hu Qiumu, who had been about to say something, completely lost the desire to speak. He stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the composed Chu Liangyu, his mind going blank for a moment.

’When she pried my mouth open, I actually thought she was going to use her own hand to stop me from getting hurt.’

"Did you have something important to say?" Chu Liangyu raised an eyebrow, moving to take the object out of his mouth.

Hu Qiumu made two muffled sounds and immediately shook his head.

"Oh." Seeing this, Chu Liangyu lowered her hand and carefully examined the condition of his body.

’Other than his body being ravaged rather violently by the energy, he’ll be fine as long as he grits his teeth and endures it.’

"Sister Liangyu, something’s happened!"

Xiong Jiaojiao rushed over, not even waiting to catch her breath before grabbing Chu Liangyu’s hand to pull her along.

She couldn’t just leave Hu Qiumu there, so Chu Liangyu hoisted him onto her back and followed behind Xiong Jiaojiao, asking, "What happened?"

"It’s like those people knew they were losing, so they started shooting those treacherous needles from behind! They were all aimed at your Beast Husbands. Now they’ve all been hit and are on the brink of death!"

During their conversation, Chu Liangyu got the full picture. Inside a protective circle woven from vines, several of her Beast Husbands lay on the ground, their faces purple and tinged with a dark aura.

They hadn’t been as lucky as Hu Qiumu to receive immediate treatment, and now their condition was absolutely dire.

Chu Liangyu didn’t dare to delay. She divided her Creation Power and sent it into each of their bodies.

Cang Yu, Yu He, Xiang Qiancheng, Xiong Xianhui, Yu Tu, Feng Qiwu, Jinling, and Chi Yizhong—eight in total—showed visible improvement after receiving her energy.

At the same time, Jiang Li, having absorbed a trace of this power through Chi Yizhong’s body, suddenly opened his eyes. The wound on his own body, so deep the bone was visible, began to heal at an incredible rate under the nourishment of this energy.

’I’m surprised she’s so willing to part with it.’

’As my clone, Chi Yizhong shares my bloodline. This poison was never going to be fatal to him. She must have been too anxious to notice.’

’All the better. I don’t have to reveal myself, and I even get this boon for free. What a stroke of luck.’

Soon, however, cries of pain rang out one after another. If the situation weren’t so inappropriate, Chu Liangyu might have felt a sense of déjà vu, as if she were delivering babies in a maternity ward.

"Jiaojiao, put something in their mouths so they don’t bite their own tongues."

"Got it, Sister Liangyu."

A green light glowed at her fingertips, and vines shot into the mouths of the screaming men.

In that instant, Chu Liangyu seemed to sense something. She glanced in Chi Yizhong’s direction, then lowered her gaze thoughtfully.

’Targeting my Beast Husbands specifically... It looks like Jiang Li gave the order in secret.’

A knot of frustration suddenly tightened in Chu Liangyu’s chest, one that wouldn’t dissipate. This time, she had truly come to understand the full extent of Jiang Li’s shamelessness and malice.

’If I’d returned just a moment later, they would have all died from those poisoned needles.’

’Creation Power is hard to come by. It takes us three years of cultivation just to produce a single sliver. The amount I just used up was equal to ten years of my own accumulated power.’

’In the end, we are merely successors; we don’t possess the Beast God’s immense strength or his endless supply of Creation Power.’

Thinking of the Creation Power she had just given away for free to one of them, Chu Liangyu gritted her teeth and cursed inwardly, ’Just consider it fed to a dog.’

"Sister Liangyu, what did you give them? They look like they’re in so much pain."

"Creation Power."

Chu Liangyu was not in high spirits, but she answered the question.

Xiong Jiaojiao froze for a moment, even more confused. "Creation Power? Besides curing the poison, what else does it do?"

"It has many uses. But for them, the greatest effect is that it can grant them the bloodline and power of their ancestors through atavism."

"That’s so cool! If that’s the case, doesn’t that make you the Beast God, Sister Liangyu?!"

Xiong Jiaojiao’s voice was filled with unrestrained excitement and shock, and she stared at Chu Liangyu without even blinking.