Chapter 292 - 290: What on Earth Is This Thing

Chapter 292: Chapter 290: What on Earth Is This Thing

His small body was gently enveloped by the giant beast’s soft mane.

His little face, which had been streaked with tears just moments before, still looked wronged, but now held a touch more defiance.

A pair of tiger-like eyes, identical to his own, were glaring furiously at him.

Yun Lie Ting froze in place. For the first time, a crack appeared on his habitually cold and imposing face.

He was the Beast King, ruler of the mountains and forests. He had seen countless Fierce Beasts and raptors, yet he had never laid eyes on such a terrifying behemoth!

’This... This came from the rabbit I dismissed as a pet, one I could have crushed with a single hand?!’

He was utterly horrified. ’What in the world is this thing?!’

ROAR—!

The colossal Purple Rabbit let out another earth-shattering roar.

Murderous intent churned in its blood-red eyes. Wubao’s recent tears, along with Yun Lie Ting’s rebukes and threats, had become the catalyst for its towering rage.

With a vicious swipe of its claws, massive trees that would take several people to encircle snapped and fell. Shattered rock flew through the air, the display of power absolutely terrifying.

Down below, Yun Lie Ting was instantly buried by the falling trees.

The speed he was so proud of was useless before this behemoth, this creature that defied all comprehension!

In a panic, he summoned his Spiritual Body, frantically scrambling to evade the onslaught from below.

But the crashing trees and flying debris still left him covered in countless wounds.

From his perch above, Wubao clutched the beast’s mane with his small hands, watching as Yun Lie Ting was quickly reduced to a battered and disheveled state.

His small, childlike voice, still thick with unshed tears, was nonetheless exceptionally firm.

"Rabbit, don’t hurt him!"

How could Wubao not have known? From the moment Yun Lie Ting seized him, he had sensed the bloodline connection between them.

The mean tiger down there had the same fur color, the same eyes, and the same spiritual power aura as he did.

Although he hated Yun Lie Ting for insulting his female mother and was furious at the man for his threats and aggression, he didn’t want the Purple Rabbit to actually hurt this man connected to him by blood.

Hearing this, the Purple Rabbit paused. The savagery in its blood-red eyes subsided slightly, but it continued to stare down at Yun Lie Ting with an intensely oppressive gaze.

If Yun Lie Ting made even the slightest move against Wubao, it would not hesitate to grind the insignificant Beast King to dust.

When the assault from above ceased, Yun Lie Ting finally stopped. Looking at the wounds covering his body, he forcefully suppressed the horror rising from deep within his heart.

He looked up and tried to release his Beast King’s aura again, only to find that in the face of the colossal Purple Rabbit, it was as feeble as a firefly’s glow against the bright moon—laughably futile.

He looked at Wubao, who was perched on the beast’s shoulder and no longer the weak little boy he could intimidate at will. Then he looked at the behemoth, whose power could likely shatter the heavens and earth. Something suddenly clicked in his mind—

’An Exotic Beast like this... and his son was cuddling it like a common pet?’

’And he had actually threatened to kill this Exotic Beast for its meat?’

The color drained from Yun Lie Ting’s face, his usual imposing authority completely gone.

In its place was an indescribable astonishment and... a nearly imperceptible flicker of disbelief and shock!

He lifted his gaze to meet Wubao’s eyes, which were filled with anger and hurt. They looked so much like his own, yet they held a purity and obstinance he had never possessed.

At that moment, Yun Lie Ting looked at Wubao, whose small body, perched on the beast’s shoulder, radiated an unyielding spirit...

The vexation in his heart, his belief that his son was a coward unlike him, slowly began to dissipate.

’How is that cowardly?’

’This is the courage of protecting family.’

’It’s the grit to never bow your head, not even when facing your own aggressive and intimidating father.’

And that "ugly female" he’d despised, the one he considered a source of humiliation... to think she could raise a child so devoted to his mother and so loyal, and even have a behemoth like this willingly stand guard by his side...

’Is she really the crude, ugly, and cowardly female he’d taken her for?’

Yun Lie Ting stood frozen, his tiger-like eyes heavy as he stared at the boy and the beast.

For the first time, he lost all of his sharp-edged aura. His voice even lowered unconsciously, devoid of its earlier harshness.

"You..."

He opened his mouth, but for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Only the sound of the wind and the beast’s low growls filled the forest. Wubao sniffled, turned his little face away, and hugged the Purple Rabbit’s mane tightly, still pouting defiantly.

"I don’t want to talk to you! You’re a big meanie! I want to find my female mother!"

As the words left his mouth, the colossal Purple Rabbit seemed to understand his wish. Its enormous body stirred, preparing to turn and carry Wubao away.

Yun Lie Ting’s heart clenched, and he spoke out of pure instinct.

"Stop!"

This time, there was no intimidating aura, no sharp rebuke—only a trace of panic that even he hadn’t noticed.