Chapter 292: Hope Shattered

Pfft!

Yun Li spat out another large mouthful of black blood, but strangely she did not faint; instead, Leng Xiao seemed to have reached some threshold and collapsed outright, his breathing weak.

A Li!

Seeing Yun Li spitting blood again, Mu Qing's face darkened; he lifted the person and placed them in a corner, then turned his head and shouted "Leng Xiu."

Just now Cang Lang intervened at the right moment; Jia Sha's explanation hadn't finished when he cut it off.

So although Mu Qing and his group knew what the Thousand-Leaf Gu was, they still couldn't help Yun Li and Leng Xiao out of the current predicament; therefore they had to capture Jia Sha or one of their Beast Persons to force them to reveal the antidote method.

Upon hearing Mu Qing call him, Leng Xiu understood the meaning, so he cooperated further with Ke Si to restrain Cang Lang, allowing Mu Qing to seize Jia Sha and inquire about the antidote.

Yet Jia Sha, truly a Beast Slave who rose from the low ranks of the infernal Giant Tribe, unleashed unprecedented potential before death; realizing they intended to capture her, she without hesitation lunged toward the struggling Cang Lang.

Now, in this situation, she could only take a gamble, betting that Cang Lang still needed her—a somewhat capable subordinate willing to be loyal to him.

But it was evident that she seemed to have lost the gamble.

As soon as Jia Sha arrived near Cang Lang, he mercilessly swatted her away with his wing.

Accompanied by a heavy thudding sound, both Mu Qing and Leng Xiu felt a chill in their hearts; the Jia Sha they had hoped to capture was struck by Cang Lang so badly his fate became unknown, and now their only plan was to join forces to seize Cang Lang.

As for the battle between Ji Xuan and Meng Liang's side's Purple-rank Beast Persons, Mu Qing and Meng Liang had briefly sparred; later, even after Ji Xuan broke through the Purple-rank, he trained with him, but a gap in realms is not easily overcome, and perhaps now that he has passed, he could become Ji Xuan's weak point.

Consequently, the final development was that Mu Qing, Ke Si, and Leng Xiu together took on Cang Lang.

Yet after adding Mu Qing, they instead discovered Cang Lang's terrifying nature, for even the three of them together could not gain the upper hand against him.

Even though Cang Lang's wings, head, and other body parts had each suffered varying degrees of severe damage from Mu Qing and the others, forcing him into a humanoid form to fight them, he looked ragged and pitiful; yet it did not change that as long as he had a breath left, Cang Lang could stand up again and continue battling them.

"Watch his blood!"

Ke Si suddenly shouted that, but Mu Qing and Leng Xiu seemed to have no questions.

Something made them vaguely sense something was wrong; although they realized a bit late that Cang Lang himself was a toxin, discovering it was better than never knowing, after all, who could have thought a winged Beast Person would be boiled alive by their Tribe with various herbs into a poisonous being.

Moreover, Cang Lang was not only a toxin but one with extremely strong regenerative ability.

Sometimes Mu Qing and his group couldn't help but doubt whether Cang Lang was still a Beast Person; otherwise, how could a Beast Person sustain such severe injuries and still stand before them?

"We can't drag this out any longer."

Don't let the female we fail to save drag all of us Beast Persons into it; that would make their deaths too bitter.

Fortunately, Ji Xuan had been monitoring their side; perhaps the seriousness of the situation triggered his potential, and he risked a double defeat to try to completely take down Meng Liang.

And Meng Liang, perhaps fearing death and lacking the courage to risk mutual defeat with Ji Xuan, or maybe the toxin inside him faltered at that moment, was instantly defeated by Ji Xuan.

"Useless!"

The one-versus-three Cang Lang, who had never truly been at a disadvantage, saw this scene, a strong disdain flashing in his eyes, but the current situation left no room for him to stay.

Thus, before Mu Qing and the others could pounce to restrain him, Cang Lang first transformed into a beast form and lunged back at them; while Mu Qing's group instinctively dodged, he turned his head, flapped his wings, and fled.

Seeing Cang Lang flee, Mu Qing and the others tried to chase, but Ji Xuan called out, "Stop the chase; rescuing A Li and Leng Xiu is more urgent."

Leng Xiu, poisoned and heavily wounded during his clash with Cang Lang, would have died long ago if not for the medicine Ke Si provided that kept him hanging on.

Meanwhile, Yun Li, having vomited much blood due to the Thousand-Leaf Gu, didn't fall into a complete blackout like Leng Xiao, but her condition wasn't good either; she felt countless ants crawling inside her, the unbearable agony making her suffer immensely, and she could only gauge her surroundings through vague hearing.

"A Li! A Li!"

After the clashing sounds ceased, Yun Li seemed to hear someone continuously calling her name beside her ear.

Yet she remained unable to fully awaken until the shameless Cang Lang, who had left and returned, ambushed Ji Xuan's party, forcing her into the grasp of the male who intended to completely drain her value, and only then did she regain clear consciousness.

…

"Awake?"

The male hidden in the shadows sensed the female watching him, grabbed a beast‑hide coat nearby, slipped it on casually, and walked up to the female.

Yun Li raised her hand and slapped forward, and the slap that was expected to be blocked instead landed squarely on the male's face; she seemed momentarily stunned, but after regaining composure she wanted to give the male several more slaps.

However, this time Cang Lang seized her hand, halting her frantic action.

"Enough, that's more than enough; otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

Cang Lang's gaze, tinged with aggression, swept over Yun Li's body, the meaning obvious.

If she continued disobeying, he would use his methods to turn her completely into his puppet.

"Get out! You madman! Even if I die, I won't let you succeed!"

Yun Li's pale complexion flushed with a hint of redness from anger; Cang Lang's gaze had sharply stimulated a sensitive nerve of hers.

If she hadn't shouted those words, she then violently spat out a huge mouthful of blood, which doused Cang Lang's fury like a bucket of cold water; he truly seemed about to do something that would make Yun Li nauseous for the rest of her life.

Yet now that she's in Cang Lang's grasp, whether he does it or not has already dealt Yun Li a huge blow.

Clearly she had already returned to her Beast Husband, and was just a step away from regaining her former happy life; it was Cang Lang who ruined her entire life.

Yun Li could only think that she would never return to Mu Qing's side again, or perhaps one day she might, but when everything has changed, her inner hatred and murderous intent toward Cang Lang kept boiling unabated.

"If I kill him! Only by killing him can all the pain I'm enduring now be smoothed away! Then I can return to my Beast Husband!"