Chapter 308: Encountering Wandering Beastmen

"Fine! Since you want to die, we'll grant you that."

Seeing Yun standing still in front of Yun Li, Yun Li showed no intention of going with them, and the leading Qing Rank Beastman said coldly, "Attack! Kill the male, capture the others alive."

Of course, if those two cubs are a nuisance, they can just die.

Although it's Yun Li's first formal clash with Beastmen, because she has a Beast Husband and experienced combat friends in the Tribe who spar with her from time to time, her true strength is actually greater than she imagined.

So once she struck, she immediately knocked down the Qing Rank Beastmen of the same rank as her, leaving Yun and the Beastmen who came to capture them stunned.

But soon the Beastmen recovered; originally their plan was to have the leading Qing Rank Beastman stay back as a guard, preventing anyone among them from pulling a trick and fleeing.

Then the two charged straight at Yun Li; one confronted Yun for a quick decisive battle, while the other seized the two cubs.

But unexpectedly, at the first glance, Yun Li knocked down the two Beastmen before her, which greatly surprised them.

So the Qing Rank Beastmen fought Yun Li and Yun; after all, before they could rush forward, Yun Li, seizing the moment they were stunned, grabbed one of Yun's opponents by the back of the hand and slammed the person hard to the ground.

"Damn it! Are you all useless? Hurry up and help!"

After the Qing Rank Beastman personally sparred with Yun Li, he realized this female was not an ordinary tough nut; she seemed to know her strength couldn't match him head‑on, so after Yun was wounded, collapsed on the ground and spat blood, she transformed into a beast form and began a delaying battle with him.

That Qing Rank Beastman's fire!

Only after he finished scolding them did he turn to look at the few Beastmen who had come together, and discovered an injured Yun dragging two Beastmen while fighting; he was still holding the upper hand.

What's going on?

The Qing Rank Beastman felt a sudden shock in his heart.

But Yun Li gave him no chance to think deeply; she once again seized the opening in the fight with the Qing Rank Beastman, lunged straight at the one who had just gotten up from the ground, and while the Qing Rank Beastman tried to bring her down, the Beastman she had previously bitten on the back was instead left empty.

The Beastman instinctively dodged, but who could have known that this time Yun Li's speed was even faster than before, and her target was no longer the wound on his body but his fatal neck.

"A Qiu!"

Accompanied by splattering blood, the companion who came with him suddenly erupted at that moment.

……

The fight didn't last long, because Yun Li's medicinal powder took effect quickly, not to mention they had initially underestimated her strength, causing their burst directly to become a death talisman.

But the two cubs' condition wasn't good; being just cubs, a tossed adult Beastman could easily cause them injury.

If the Beastmen trying to catch them hadn't dismissed them as cubs, Yun Li estimates they wouldn't have lived until she and Yun dealt with that Qing Rank Beastman.

"I'll pull them; you and the two go rest up."

Seeing Yun injured yet still trying to pull the cart, Yun Li stopped him outright.

He was badly wounded; even with a Beastman's robust constitution, one who should rest must rest at such a time.

Yun was forcibly seated on the cart by Yun Li; watching Yun Li's back as she walked ahead pulling the cart, she suddenly said:

"The beast cart you mentioned before, let's make one on the road."

Yun Li gave a wordless "Hmm" without turning her head, "When you both have healed, we'll make it."

Yun liked the "we" in her words; as long as they could continue like this, without any formal ties, Yun was willing to keep following her.

A month later, the boundless grassland finally had an edge in Yun Li's eyes.

But by then the dry season wasn't far off; if they couldn't reach the nearest grass stack—called the Grass Market—before the dry season, then once it arrived, finding a route to Fu City would be even harder.

Moreover, the toxin on Yun Li required new herbs to concoct an antidote to suppress it, because without counter‑poison, ordinary antidotes couldn't alleviate the two poisons inside her.

"A Li, are you okay?"

Seeing Yun Li constantly coughing blood, Yun's gaze toward her was full of concern.

But Yun Li's attitude toward him had become colder than when she left the Hundred Green Tribe, she gave a "Hmm", then closed her eyes, showing a look of not wanting to continue speaking.

Yun saw the female's face flash with a hint of loss, but still said softly, "After the soup is ready later, I'll call you again."

This time Yun Li didn't even utter a "Hmm"; after Yun walked away, Yun Li finally opened her eyes, looking at the one adult and two children gathered around the campfire, feeling deep irritation.

She knew she was wrong, like an "emotional black hole" that only draws their emotional value without giving any positive feedback, yet she simply couldn't control herself.

Not only did the excruciating pain when the toxin flared make her mood grow more negative each day, but also the constant hardships and sudden mishaps along the way prevented her from easily smiling as she could in the Hundred Green Tribe, nor could she become as gentle as before.

Perhaps bringing them along was a mistake; Yun Li's mind flickered with a brief regret, but that regret was merely her conscience at work. If she could return to the past, she would still let them come, because with them she was already this ragged; without them she feared she couldn't endure to the present.

On the other side, the two cubs watched the fruitless Yun, their gazes toward him involuntarily filled with a bit of worry.

Yun noticed the cubs' concern and couldn't help smiling, "It's fine, A Li is just in a bad mood. Once we reach the grass stack, we'll find antidote herbs for A Li."

Hearing that, the two cubs both nodded; as they eagerly looked toward Yun Li, Yun's smile on his face faded.

Can the toxin on A Li really be cured?

The longer they were out, the more Yun's inner unease grew; compared to Yun Li's desperate gamble for survival, frankly, he was just coming at her.

The colder Yun Li was toward him, the less reason he seemed to have to continue.

Yet he kept that thought well hidden, so Yun Li and the two cubs didn't notice.

A few days later, unsure whether the nearby Tribe and the wandering Beastmen's gathering at the grass stack were closer, Yun Li's group unexpectedly encountered other Beastmen on the road.

It was a wandering Beastman who suddenly appeared beside them while Yun Li's group was cooking.

The two cubs instantly and alertly shifted into beast forms surrounding Yun Li, and Yun watched the newcomer with tense eyes.

In the wild they're not afraid of encountering ferocious beasts; at least when they meet a beast they can run, using poison and traps to turn the tables. But if they encounter malicious Beastmen, they're afraid the Beastmen run ahead while they chase from behind.

Especially if the other is a wandering Beastman, they might not guard against Yun Li's group's use of poison.

Thus, sensing the other's aura stronger than Yun Li's, Yun's forced composure not only dissolved but turned pale instantly.

"Y-You are a Qing Rank Beastman!"