Chapter 49

I'm fine.

Yun Li saw him finish looking, still hugging herself and not letting go; a hint of helplessness flashed across her face, "That eagle beastman seems to have no intention of harming me."

Even so, Leng Xiao gritted his teeth and said, 'This matter absolutely cannot be left like that.'

Yun Li felt the same way; regardless of whether he ended up harming her, the act of abducting her was wrong in itself, and fortunately his mental fortitude was lacking, otherwise she would truly be in danger.

"'Let's put the eagle beastman matter aside for now; since he's set his sights on me, we'll surely see him again. As for the lack of water at home...'"

She looked at Leng Xiao and said, 'While the eagle beastman has just left, let's hurry to fetch water and go home.'

Just fetching one barrel today will do; with a little less water, they can make do by using it sparingly.

Once they deal with that eagle beastman, their lives will return to normal.

Leng Xiao's face stiffened; seeing him like that, Yun Li instantly felt a bad premonition, 'You didn't throw the stone tub into the river, did you?'

"\"...... I didn't see you when I looked back, in my panic I just\" threw the stone tub.

But Leng Xiao had no regrets; if he had still had the mind to fetch water at that time, that would truly have been ghostly.

Yun Li:......

No choice, they had to go back and get another stone tub to fetch water again.

This time, fortunately, the eagle beastman didn't cause trouble midway; after fetching a barrel of water, Yun Li also grew tired, and before Leng Xiao finished cooking, she fell into a deep sleep on the stone chair.

Seeing his female exhausted like that, a flash of ferocity crossed Leng Xiao's eyes.

That eagle beastman had better not appear again, or else he would surely kill him.

Meanwhile, the eagle beastman that Leng Xiao had been thinking about ran into the Youbuluo beastmen, who are at odds with the Silver Eagle Tribe.

One against two, yet he was still ambushed by them.

His arms were dislocated, though it's unknown why they didn't kill him.

"'Yo, isn't this a male from the Silver Eagle Tribe? How did you get lost to the point of not knowing how to return to your own tribe?'"

The two snake beastmen looked at the eagle beastman, who couldn't escape, with mocking expressions.

One of them, with a feminine appearance, even half-transformed, flicked out his tongue, as if discovering something on the eagle beastman, and inhaled the faint female scent as if addicted.

"'How fragrant, you actually found a female in this godforsaken place? But you touched a female and didn't succeed—could it be that there are other males around her?'"

The eagle beastman gave a cold snort, closed his eyes, and showed an expression that said, 'Go ahead and kill me if you want.'

Here he is the only eagle beastman; even if these two males killed him, their tribe wouldn't know.

But unfortunately, compared to killing him, the two snake beastmen who have been single for a long time are obviously more interested in the female he discovered.

"'We know you're not afraid of death, but our Witch Doctor has recently discovered something quite interesting.'

We happen to have brought it out but haven't tried it yet; how about using you to test the poison on our Witch Doctor?

Let's see if the poison made from this corpse flower can let you experience what it's like to wish for death over life.

Upon hearing that the substance in the bottle was poison made by the Youbuluo Witch Doctor, the eagle beastman's face changed instantly.

His voice full of shock and anger, he exclaimed, 'You dare?! If our Young Master finds out that you killed me...'

"'Just now you had a heroic, ready-to-die expression, and now you suddenly bring up our Young Master?'

Young Master Xuan is formidable, having broken through to Blue Rank Beastman at a young age; but no matter how strong he is, could he possibly come to save you now?

Seeing the eagle beastman's face turn pale, his teeth chattering, he finally closed his eyes and turned his head away.

The half-transformed snake beastman could no longer contain himself.

He gripped the eagle beastman's jaw and shouted, 'Speak! Where is that female? Otherwise we'll make you swallow this poison right now.'

The other snake beastman also said coldly, 'It seems he'd rather die than talk; let's just kill him.'

I don't believe we won't be able to find that female in such a small area.

A wandering female is like a delicious treat that everyone wants to bite into.

They were interrogating the eagle beastman just to save time searching for her, but since he's being so uncooperative, they might as well kill him.

The half-transformed snake beastman's face grew grim, yet he choked the eagle beastman's neck; the other's face flushed red but still refused to speak.

His anger flared instantly; he flicked open the bottle cap with a single finger, intending to pour the poison into the eagle beastman's mouth.

However, a sudden breaking-through sound came, and the eagle beastman seemed to sense someone coming to rescue him; he lifted his leg and kicked at the half-transformed snake beastman's abdomen.

If this kick lands, the half-transformed beastman who was dodging sideways to avoid a surprise attack would only suffer a minor setback; if his reaction were slow and he got killed by the eagle beastman's claws in a counterattack, that would be a serious matter.

In the end, the other snake beastman reacted extremely quickly, grabbing his companion's animal-skin clothing and pulling it toward the hind legs.

The eagle beastman's kick missed, and the two snake beastmen, realizing what happened, instantly fully beastified.

But who knew that the rescuing beastmen were more than one? Because the two snake beastmen are not the type that can take on ten opponents alone.

In order to seize a chance to survive, they feigned east, struck west, each charging toward the eagle beastman.

But this also enraged the four beastmen who had come to rescue him; if they weren't wary of their own kin, they would likely have all fully beastified and pounced.

"'Get out!'"

Two beastmen blocked the snake beastmen's attack on the eagle beastman; seeing that they still intended to attack, their faces instantly darkened.

The female beastman perched in the tree even more unreservedly released her Qing Rank Beastman aura, shouting, 'Leave or die!'

Hearing that, the two snake beastmen, without caring about their sorry state, turned and fled swiftly.

"'They should just have been killed!'"

The beastman who came down first to treat the eagle beastman's wounds said in a cold voice.

But the female beastman glanced at that beastman and said, 'Those two snake beastmen both have poison fangs; are you hoping they'll drag one or two of us down with them in a death struggle?'

Among the four beastmen, the female is the strongest; the other three are either Green Rank or Yellow Rank.

But those two snake beastmen are both Green Rank; if they truly fight to the death, they might win, but they could also lose a companion.

Upon hearing that, the beastman treating the eagle beastman's wounds fell silent.

The four of them shortly thereafter took the eagle beastman and left the spot.

Two days later.

Yun Li and Leng Xiao watched as five unfamiliar beastmen approached, their gazes immediately falling on the leading female beastman.

Being also Qing Rank Beastmen, Leng Xiao clearly knew he lacked full confidence to defeat that female.

Not to mention, there were other beastmen behind her.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Yun Li was shielded behind Leng Xiao, her gaze nervously fixed on these uninvited guests.

I had thought there was only that eagle beastman, but I didn't expect he would even summon his own clansmen.

What do they want by coming here?