Chapter 232 - 230: No Need to Fear Any Demons or Monsters

Chapter 232: Chapter 230: No Need to Fear Any Demons or Monsters

Three??

Three Hu Tus?

Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue exchanged a look upon hearing the attendant’s report.

This information was incredibly important to them.

It confirmed Shen Yue’s suspicions.

’So I underestimated,’ Shen Yue thought. ’I thought there were two Hu Tus, but it turns out there are three?’

’But how could there be three of them?’

’Did Hu Tu’s female mother give birth to identical triplets?’

’But the females of the Beast World generally have fraternal births. A situation like this should be impossible.’

’And even if they were identical triplets, they wouldn’t be completely the same. There would be at least some minor differences after they grew up.’

After the attendant finished speaking, Shen Yue dismissed him.

The pair hurried toward the West City Forest.

After a slight delay, it was now late morning.

Though it was a bright, sunny day, a gray, misty barrier shrouded the forest before them, making it look as if it had just rained.

Before they even stepped inside, they could feel a chill wafting out from the woods.

The forest stretched out as far as the eye could see, filled with miasma, cold, and damp.

’It seems there’s a lot of wildlife in there, and plenty of poisonous creatures too.’

’Why else would the miasma be so thick?’

Huang Ziyue wrapped his arm around Shen Yue.

"Don’t be afraid. I’m here."

It seemed that in his heart, no matter how capable or powerful Shen Yue became, he still felt she needed protection.

He was always mindful of her feelings and safety, worried that she would be scared or endangered by entering this forest.

But Shen Yue wasn’t afraid at all.

’Who could possibly hurt me now?’

’If I really run into danger, it’ll be a good chance to test out my Vitality Power and see just how formidable and terrifying it can be.’

’Powerful enough for the Golden Cicada Clan to chase me all the way here from the Spirit Realm?’

After speaking, Huang Ziyue flickered out of sight with her, and in the next instant, they were standing inside the forest.

The visibility and temperature inside were, to Shen Yue’s lack of surprise, several times colder than outside.

They couldn’t see more than ten meters ahead.

The moment they landed, a foul stench of decay filled the air.

Shen Yue narrowed her eyes and used her Space Power to pull out a high-powered flashlight.

The beam of light allowed them to see a bit farther and more clearly.

But it also revealed a shocking scene.

They found themselves standing not far from a dead, two-horned rhinoceros.

The rhino’s truck-sized body was decomposing.

The pungent, foul odor was clearly coming from this massive carcass.

But how could such a gigantic beast—so volatile, with such a thick hide and high defenses—have died so easily?

Logically, a beast of this size should have very few natural predators in these mountains.

Even a member of the Beast Clan with High-level Spiritual Power wouldn’t choose to hunt such a troublesome behemoth.

’Could there be a species in these mountains even more powerful than this two-horned rhino?’

"Let’s go take a look," Shen Yue said.

Flashlight in hand, she approached the rhinoceros with Huang Ziyue close by her side.

They both froze in shock.

The rhino’s thick, armor-like hide was covered in scratches.

The marks crisscrossed its entire body, looking like gashes from sharp blades.

But they were clearly claw marks.

’What kind of animal has claws as sharp as knives?’

’Sharp enough to tear through this rhino’s armored back with ease.’

Shen Yue circled around to the front of the rhino with her flashlight, examining the wounds on the massive beast.

She observed the vicious claw marks, which had nearly torn the rhino’s internal organs open.

Suddenly, she swept the flashlight beam across its thick neck and saw a bloody hole.

The bloody cavity was as large as a child’s fist.

She was stunned.

"What could have bitten it?"

Huang Ziyue saw it too and shook his head.

"It’s hard to say."

The Beast World was home to countless beasts of all shapes and sizes, but one with fangs this large and sharp was rare.

Just then, Shen Yue moved the flashlight beam down and spotted another bloody hole just below the first.

"Two of them."

The two puncture wounds were quite far apart.

One could only imagine how large the mouth of the creature that killed this two-horned rhino must be.

Huang Ziyue frowned as well.

"It seems there are some unknown beasts living in this forest."

As he spoke, Shen Yue noticed another detail.

She fixed the flashlight on a less conspicuous mark and looked closely, utterly astonished.

"These are teeth marks."

Between the two puncture wounds was a row of teeth marks.

They were the marks of a rodent.

’A creature with fangs this big and long is a rodent?’

’How is that possible?’

Huang Ziyue also saw the teeth marks and was equally baffled.

He examined the rhino carcass before them more closely and suddenly noticed something.

"Its blood has been drained."

Hearing this, Shen Yue immediately took a few steps closer, looking at the gashes and the holes in the rhino’s neck.

Sure enough, not a single drop of blood was seeping out.

The blood of this two-horned rhino had clearly been drained in an instant!

She was completely shocked.

"There’s something in this forest that can instantly drain the blood of a two-horned rhino?"

’That’s just outrageous.’

’Besides, even when animals hunt, they eat the meat. What kind of creature only drinks blood?’

’This was a kill purely for the sake of drinking blood.’

’No matter how you look at it, it’s brutal and evil.’

’It’s a monster!’

Huang Ziyue narrowed his eyes.

"Let’s go. With me here, you don’t need to be afraid of any monsters or ghouls."

With that, he prepared to lead Shen Yue away from the area.

But they had only taken two steps.

Shen Yue’s foot suddenly sank into a depression in the ground.

She shone her flashlight down and looked, instantly shocked.

"Such a huge footprint?"

A sunken footprint, half the size of a person, lay clearly visible before them.

The footprint was elongated, with rounded, lobe-like impressions at the top.

It looked like the kind of print a long-haired animal would make.

Huang Ziyue guessed,

"Looks like a wolf’s."

Shen Yue examined it closely.

"No, a wolf wouldn’t have such an elongated footprint."

While the two were speculating,

a sudden cold wind swept past, and their surroundings fell silent.

The dampness underfoot seemed to creep up their legs.

Huang Ziyue’s eyes turned cold as he abruptly focused his spiritual power.

"Something’s here."

Of course, Shen Yue had sensed it too.

Her eyes narrowed as she vigilantly scanned her surroundings.

Just then, the ground beneath their feet began to shake—

THUD! THUD!

It sounded as if some behemoth was leaping toward them.

At that moment, the masters from the Mystic Mechanism Building who had been secretly protecting Shen Yue suddenly appeared.

Five of them appeared in unison, shielding Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue.

Each one exuded a steady, powerful aura, their eyes filled with killing intent.

The Dragon Guard, whom Huang Ziyue had previously ordered Wu Huo to secretly dispatch for Shen Yue’s protection, also appeared in an instant, positioning themselves in front of the pair.

Shen Yue looked at the figures who had suddenly appeared, dressed in black and wearing Dragon Guard emblems on their chests, and immediately recognized them as the Dragon Guard of the Flood Dragon Clan.

While learning about Huang Ziyue, she had discovered that the Flood Dragon Clan historically had a unit of the strongest and most feared Hidden Guards, known as the Dragon Guard, who had hardly shown themselves in public for nearly a century.