Chapter 203 - 201: Severing a Tail to Survive

Chapter 203: Chapter 201: Severing a Tail to Survive

Bai Chaosi and Huang Ziyue, who were standing nearby, also felt that something was off.

Wu Huo was the first to speak.

"What’s going on with this guy? Why hasn’t he revealed his form yet? And it looks like he’s getting smaller."

"Don’t tell me he has another trick up his sleeve. Is he planning to escape?"

A frown creased Bai Chaosi’s gentle features.

"The aura of his spiritual power has completely dissipated. He’s on the brink of death."

So there was no way the man had the strength left to escape.

It looked as though he was in the final throes of death.

’But if he’s about to die and his spiritual power is gone, how can he remain invisible? And how can he maintain that translucent state?’

’He should have reappeared by now!’

This was what puzzled Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue as well.

Just then, as Shen Yue sensed something was amiss and decided to spare his life and pull back...

But the man across from her, as if he no longer wished to live, suddenly summoned all his strength and charged toward Shen Yue.

The small, translucent mass, like a ball of flesh, shot forward like a stray bullet, covering half the distance in the blink of an eye.

Huang Ziyue and Bai Chaosi struck at almost the same time.

Two jets of power appeared directly in front of Shen Yue, slamming into the object.

"BANG!"

The charging figure was instantly knocked to the ground by the fatal blow.

It let out a whimper...

The next second, the figure on the ground slowly became visible, but what materialized was a ball of fur.

Shen Yue narrowed her eyes and took a closer look.

It was a severed tail.

Wu Huo was the first to run over.

"How is it a tail? Not a person?"

Just then, bright red blood began to pour from the tail, and the thick, coppery scent of it filled the air.

Shen Yue, Huang Ziyue, and Bai Chaosi hurried over. The blood was flowing faster and faster.

It was far more blood than a single tail could possibly lose.

Shen Yue asked, "Can you tell which member of the Beast Clan this tail belongs to?"

It was of medium length, grayish-blue, and very furry...

Just as Huang Ziyue was about to use his spiritual power to investigate, the severed tail on the ground suddenly dissolved into a pool of blood right before their eyes.

It happened so quickly that none of the three had time to react.

Wu Huo couldn’t believe his eyes.

"What happened? How did it just turn into a pool of blood?"

Even Huang Ziyue and Bai Chaosi hadn’t expected something like this.

For a moment, they all stood silently, staring at the pool of blood on the ground.

Shen Yue’s gaze darkened.

"Is there any clan in the Beast World that can sever its own tail to survive?"

It was the only possibility she could think of.

The clans of the Beast World were bizarre and varied, with an endless array of abilities.

For instance, chameleons had the ability to take on the appearances of other people, deceiving everyone.

The assassins in black who had pursued her for years were from the Golden Cicada Clan; they could shed their skin like a cicada, breaking out of their bodies to be reborn at critical moments.

So it was very likely that some Beast Clan could sever its tail to escape in a life-or-death crisis.

When she asked the question, Huang Ziyue and Bai Chaosi had naturally come to the same conclusion.

But even with all his experience, having lived in the Beast World for over five hundred years, Huang Ziyue had never heard of a Beast Clan that could sever its tail to save itself.

He shook his head.

"I’ve never heard of a Beast Clan that can sever its tail to save itself."

"However, if you’re right and the owner of this tail escaped by severing it, we should be able to track them by following the scent of this blood!"

Wu Huo added, "That’s right! If he escaped by severing his tail and is seriously injured, he can’t have gotten far!"

"I’ll go after him!"

With that, Wu Huo’s figure flickered and vanished from the spot.

After what had happened, the City Lord Mansion descended into utter panic.

The surprise attack resulted in countless deaths and injuries among the prominent families and merchants of Li City who had come for the banquet.

In fact, only a handful of people made it out of the City Lord Mansion alive.

The rest were either seriously injured and unconscious or had died on the spot.

Within a single hour, all of Li City’s physicians had gathered at the City Lord Mansion, rushing about to treat the wounded.

News of the attack on the City Lord Mansion spread through every street and alley.

At the grief-stricken insistence of Hu Tu, Shen Yue, Huang Ziyue, and Bai Chaosi stayed at the City Lord Mansion.

Besides, the incident was far from over. With Hu Tu having lost his two children, the entire mansion was in chaos and everyone was on edge, so Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue decided to stay the night.

「That night.」

The sound of weeping echoed from the main courtyard of the City Lord Mansion.

Inside, Hu Tu and his Female Master kept vigil by their children’s bedside. Despite the combined efforts of three physicians, the two children still hadn’t woken up.

The two had nearly cried themselves into a stupor.

They refused to accept the reality of the situation.

Just then, Shen Yue walked straight in.

"Hu City Lord, perhaps you could let me try?"

Hu Tu sat dejectedly on the floor. He looked up at Shen Yue, his eyes filled with sorrow.

"Miss A Yue. I’m sorry to trouble you so late at night, but my children can’t be saved..."

His voice was nearly numb.

"I’ve already summoned the best physicians in the city, but they all say my Le’er and Qi’er are dead..."

"Dead..."

As he spoke, he leaned against the bed and tilted his head back, a single tear tracing a path from the corner of his eye.

There was no trace of the simple, cheerful man from that afternoon.

Now, he was just a tragic father who had lost his children.

Seeing this, Shen Yue shifted her gaze from his face to the physicians who were kneeling on the floor, trembling in fear.

She also took in the weeping attendants scattered around the room.

And finally, there was Hu Tu’s Female Master by the bed, her face dazed from the loss of her children.

The entire room was steeped in sorrow.

Without a word, she took two steps to the bedside and carefully examined the two children.

The two children lay neatly on the bed, their chests still. They were, for all intents and purposes, two cold corpses.

Furthermore, judging by the time of death, they must have died during the attack in the great hall.

"I know a little about medicine. Please let me try."

In the courtyard where they were staying with Huang Ziyue,

Bai Chaosi looked in the direction Wu Huo had disappeared, then glanced at the spiritual power Barrier Huang Ziyue had yet to retract.

"If he really did escape by severing his tail, then was your spiritual power Barrier just for show?"

His words made even Shen Yue pause for a moment.

’That’s right, Huang Ziyue’s spiritual power Barrier...’

Huang Ziyue glanced at Shen Yue.

"

Shen Yue nodded.

"I agree, the person behind this isn’t dead. We’ll do it your way. We’ll investigate this to the very end!"