Chapter 163: Warning

Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Warning

A rustle in the leaves was followed by a small animal scurrying past.

It was a false alarm. Shi Hua finally relaxed.

Mu Feng immediately reassured her. "Don’t be afraid, Huahua. We’ll protect you."

Shi Hua nodded quickly, and Bai Wanwan patted the back of her hand.

"Don’t worry. With the four of them here, no wild beast in the forest can hurt us."

If only one or two males had been escorting them on their journey, Bai Wanwan would have been a little worried.

But now, four males with High Rank Talent were traveling with them.

Bai Wanwan was far more relaxed than Shi Hua. Her only worry was finding a good place to rest at night.

Shi Hua was pregnant. After traveling all day, she needed a proper place to rest and recover for the night.

Shi Hua was very resilient along the way, walking for another two hours without a single complaint of fatigue.

All along the way, Bai Wanwan kept an eye on Shi Hua’s complexion. When she saw the healthy color drain from her face, she immediately reached out to steady her.

"Stop for a moment."

She called for the males to stop, then turned to Shi Hua. "Are you tired?"

Shi Hua did feel a little unwell, but she felt she could push through and didn’t want to slow everyone down.

She immediately shook her head. "I’m not tired, Sister Wanwan."

"You’re lying. Your face is pale."

Bai Wanwan held her hand and continued, "It’s not easy traveling while you’re pregnant. If you feel unwell, you have to tell me. You still have a while before the cub is born. We can take our time and enjoy the journey. There’s no rush."

Shi Hua was touched. She was used to sacrificing her own comfort to accommodate other Beastmen.

But Sister Wanwan was always so considerate of her.

Bai Wanwan turned to Mu Feng. "We’ll rest here. Why don’t you come and talk with Shi Hua for a while?"

The males had been focused on scouting their surroundings during the journey and hadn’t had much time to keep Shi Hua company.

Mu Feng immediately put down their kill and sat down with Shi Hua.

"Why didn’t you say anything if you were feeling unwell?"

Shi Hua smiled and shook her head. "It’s just a little discomfort. Sister Wanwan is just too worried about me."

Zhu Xiu walked over to Bai Wanwan, a basket in his hand. He reached up and wiped the light sheen of sweat from her forehead. "Not tired?"

"I’m fine." ’Yan Lie and Mu Feng must be the most tired.’

’But the two males had been carrying their kill for hours without even looking flushed or out of breath.’

’She truly admired the incredible physiques of the males in this Beast World.’

Bai Wanwan took a few strips of cured, dried meat from her system, walked over to Shi Hua, and handed them to her.

Just as she did, she heard Shi Hua mention she was thirsty, and Mu Feng was about to go find water for her.

"Wait, don’t go. I have some here."

As she spoke, a stone bowl filled with water appeared out of thin air in Bai Wanwan’s hand.

Mu Feng stared, stunned. He took the water Bai Wanwan offered him without another word and turned to help Shi Hua drink.

Zhu Xiu noted his reaction.

After helping Shi Hua drink some water and eat some meat, Mu Feng, at her urging, finally decided to eat some meat himself to regain his energy.

"Mu Feng..."

Just as Mu Feng reached the kill, he heard Zhu Xiu’s cold, deep voice.

"From now on, whatever you see, you pretend you didn’t. I don’t want any other Beastmen knowing about Wanwan’s abilities."

Mu Feng understood how the other males felt. If Huahua had secrets that made her different from other females, he would do everything in his power to conceal them.

’Bai Wanwan must have intentionally revealed this in front of me. It’s clearly because Shi Hua trusts me.’

"Don’t worry. I will never speak of this to anyone."

His reply was firm and sincere, but Zhu Xiu wasn’t the type of male to trust others easily.

Especially when it concerned Wanwan. He had to be even more cautious.

"As long as you and your female do nothing to harm Wanwan, we will continue to protect you. But... if you ever betray Wanwan, I won’t spare either of you—not you, not your female!"

Mu Feng’s heart tightened, and he nodded solemnly.

’He knew the male before him would absolutely keep his word.’

"I won’t tell anyone. You’ve done us a great service. My female is fond of Bai Wanwan, and I will follow her wishes and do my best to protect Bai Wanwan as well."

’Even before seeing that, I knew Bai Wanwan wasn’t an ordinary female.’

’I’ve seen females with high fertility, but none who have had as many children as she has.’

’But I’ve never seen the legendary Holy Female, so the thought never crossed my mind.’

Bai Wanwan, for her part, was chatting with Shi Hua while nibbling on a strip of dried meat.

"Sister Wanwan, it’s getting dark. Shouldn’t we be looking for a place to spend the night?"

"Yes, soon. We’ll find a place as we go."

ROAR...

Suddenly, a roar echoed through the forest, and all the birds took flight with a flurry of wings...

Shi Hua had never experienced anything like this. She trembled in fear, and the strip of meat in her hand fell to the ground.

The sudden roar startled Bai Wanwan for a second, but she didn’t even glance in the tiger’s direction. She calmly picked up the fallen meat, dusted it off, and handed it back to Shi Hua.

"Don’t be afraid. We have so many males with us. That’s just an ordinary tiger."

’If I had just arrived in this world, I definitely couldn’t have said something so nonchalant, like it’s "just an ordinary tiger." ’

’But after witnessing the Talent Power of the males in this world, I’m well aware of the huge gap in Combat Power between a regular wild animal and a Beastman.’

’And we have four High Rank Males with us.’

"I’ll go."

After Mu Feng spoke, he transformed into a Black Dog and charged in the direction of the tiger.

Shi Hua had always lived in the tribe and had never seen such a scene.

She watched with wide eyes as her Beast Husband turned into a Black Dog and charged at the tiger.

The Black Dog’s body was much larger and stronger than a normal dog’s, but he was still a size smaller than the tiger.

"Mu Feng, be careful!"

As soon as she shouted, she saw the Black Dog blur into motion, leaping directly onto the tiger’s back and sinking his teeth into its nape.

The tiger reacted instantly, trying to throw him off, but the Black Dog had already leaped away. He closed the distance again in a flash and bit down on the tiger’s throat.

This happened several times. The tiger was always a step behind, its body already covered in bloody wounds, yet the Black Dog remained completely unharmed.

The fight was over in a flash.

Before Bai Wanwan could even finish a strip of meat, Mu Feng had already defeated the tiger. He dragged it by its hide and dropped it in front of the group.

"Perfect timing. We just finished the other two kills. Now we don’t have to hunt," Yan Lie said cheerfully.

Normally, when a male ate his fill, he could devour an entire animal. Zhu Xiu’s beast form, for example, was enormous; he could swallow a several-hundred-pound kill by himself and, as long as he didn’t exert himself, could go for days without eating again.

"On the way, we’ll pass a market. It’s very lively and has a lot of supplies. Do you all want to go?" Mu Feng asked.

"A market? There’s a place like that?" Bai Wanwan was immediately interested.

Seeing her curiosity, Yan Lie eagerly explained, "These kinds of markets are usually set up in a central location between a few nearby tribes. Beastmen bring their extra goods to trade."

After hearing that, Bai Wanwan quickly asked Mu Feng, "Do we need to take a detour?"

’I need to check the route. If it’s too far out of the way, we shouldn’t go just for the fun of it. I’m worried it’ll be too much of a delay and inconvenient for Shi Hua.’

"No detour. It’s right on the way to the Golden Lion Tribe."

"Alright then. Shi Hua, let’s go check out the market."