Chapter 281: The Smell of a Conspiracy

Chapter 281: Chapter 281: The Smell of a Conspiracy

The males blocking the way felt an involuntary chill, wanting to fall to their knees on the ground...

Xin Feng didn’t want to make things too ugly with the Golden Lion Tribe. After all, they still had to spend the rainy and snowy seasons here.

He also stepped forward and said to the beastmen blocking their path, "These males just ganged up on our Wife. Let me ask you, if it were you, could you just stand by and watch your own female be attacked?"

"Who knows if you’re telling the truth? You’re just outsiders..."

Bai Wanwan was coiled in Zhu Xiu’s long tail, temporarily unable to move. She could only lean out from behind him to peek at them.

"I can swear to the Beast God that not a single word we’ve said is a lie. Just now, as my two Beast Husbands and I were about to go home, we were attacked by them. If my Beast Husbands hadn’t reacted quickly, I might have been killed."

Another female in the crowd questioned, "Why would a male just hurt a female for no reason?"

"Exactly," Bai Wanwan smiled. "I’d also like to know why they wanted to hurt me for no reason. So could everyone please make way? At least let us catch them and find out why."

Zhu Xiu had already lost his patience. While the crowd hesitated, he forcefully pushed his way through them.

The beastmen subconsciously took two steps back, clearing a path for him without realizing it.

「*******」

Jin Xi led Zhuo Ling’s other two Beast Husbands through the alleyways.

His Wife’s only wish before she passed away was to kill Bai Wanwan.

Even if their Wife hadn’t said it, they would have done it anyway.

But now they had revealed their intentions without succeeding. Bai Wanwan’s Beast Husbands would definitely not let them go.

They couldn’t go back to their old home. They had to leave the tribe quickly and find another chance for revenge later.

Just as they were getting closer to the tribe’s main gate, several figures suddenly appeared ahead, forcing Jin Xi and Zhuo Ling’s remaining Beast Husbands to a halt.

A faint smile hung on Roger’s plain face as his gaze swept over each of Zhuo Ling’s Beast Husbands.

"You’re Zhuo Ling’s Beast Husbands?"

Tu Shan glanced behind him and roared impatiently, "Get out of the way! We have things to do."

Before Roger could speak, the males beside him sneered, "Captain, he’s telling us to leave?"

Jin Xi sensed something was wrong and shifted his stance warily. "You’re Traveling Merchants? I don’t believe we have any grievances with each other."

"We don’t have any grievances. But we want your lives."

Roger’s subordinate spoke with immense arrogance. Jin Xi immediately understood this wouldn’t end peacefully.

"Charge!"

The three males instantly launched their attack.

Roger’s men attacked at the same time. In a single clash, two of the Green Rank males had their shoulders bitten through.

Jin Xi hadn’t expected these Traveling Merchants to be so powerful. In just one exchange, two of his companions were wounded.

"Jin Xi, run! Don’t worry about us! If you get the chance later, you must avenge our Wife!"

Their Wife’s wish had not yet been fulfilled. They couldn’t all fall here.

Jin Xi had to escape so he would have a chance to avenge their Wife in the future.

The two Green Rank males struggled back to their feet and stood in front of Jin Xi, trying to buy him time to escape.

Jin Xi watched their backs, gritted his teeth, and nodded. "Don’t worry. As long as I’m alive, I will avenge our Wife!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a warm spray of blood splattered across his face.

The two males in front of him had already had their throats slashed by Roger’s claws.

Roger licked the blood from his claws and grinned at him. "Your turn."

With that, the black wolf’s body blurred into an afterimage.

The Golden Lion’s body was nearly twice his size, yet Jin Xi could barely track his movements.

He swiped with his claws and hit nothing but air. By the time he realized what had happened, a chunk of flesh had been torn from his hind leg.

ROAR...

He roared and turned to bite the black wolf, but he was a step too late.

Almost at the same moment he turned his head, another piece of flesh was ripped from his other leg.

Horrified, Jin Xi dragged his wounded legs back three steps and snapped wildly at the air around him.

ROAR... WHIMPER...

The roar gradually turned into a whimper as the black wolf tore open his throat.

He could feel his blood draining away rapidly. He struggled resentfully, but the Talent Power on the black wolf suddenly ignited, scorching his fur to ash in an instant.

The intense pain made his whole body tremble, his struggles useless.

A cold light glinted in Roger’s eyes. He only opened his jaws when the Golden Lion’s life force was nearly depleted.

Jin Xi’s body lost its support and fell to the ground with a THUD.

He opened and closed his beastly mouth, as if trying to say something. But the blood gushing from his throat prevented him from making a complete sound.

The eyes of all three males were fixed on Roger, filled with unwillingness and hatred.

Only when their gazes went vacant did they finally fall still, their final wish unfulfilled.

Only then did Roger’s subordinate speak up. "Captain, why kill them directly? Wouldn’t it be better to convert them?"

"Because..." Roger’s eyes were frigid. "I don’t want them to live."

’If they lived, they would be a threat to Bai Wanwan.’

’She needs to live well, until I come to take her away.’

At this, Roger glanced into the distance, then looked away. The corner of his mouth twitched. "Let’s leave this place for now."

Bai Wanwan was coiled on Zhu Xiu’s back as he pursued them at high speed.

But suddenly, Zhu Xiu stopped.

"It looks like the male beastmen who attacked us."

After Xin Feng spoke, he stepped forward.

Bai Wanwan also tilted her head to look, and what she saw was a scene covered in blood.

Zhuo Ling’s last few Beast Husbands had been killed.

Xin Feng went forward to inspect them for a moment, then stood up and shook his head at Zhu Xiu. "They’re all dead."

"A pity. I didn’t get to finish them myself."

Thinking about how Zhuo Ling’s Beast Husbands had endangered Wanwan’s safety time and again, Zhu Xiu wished he could have devoured them all.

Xin Feng shook his head, a trace of worry on his handsome face. "Something’s not right. How could they all be killed so coincidentally?"

"Mm, you’re right, something’s off. Let’s get out of here first."

After speaking, Zhu Xiu started to turn around with Bai Wanwan.

But just then, a large crowd of beastmen swarmed in from all sides, trapping them in the middle.

"Gods, that’s the Yellow Rank Talent male, Jin Xi."

They all recognized the Golden Lion on the ground as Jin Xi.

The surrounding beastmen hadn’t been sure what was going on. They had only heard that someone was bullying a female over here and had come to see.

They never expected that a beastman would dare to kill one of their males right inside the Golden Lion Tribe.

Almost instantly, flames of fury ignited in the eyes of all the Golden Lions.

"You killed Jin Xi?"

Xin Feng shook his head. "We just got here. We didn’t kill them."

"Just because you say so? Who else could it be but you?"

Bai Wanwan also felt that they had no way to defend themselves. They had just arrived and were immediately surrounded, and by pure coincidence, one of the dead beastmen was a Golden Lion.

No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like a conspiracy against them.

"Hurry and bring the Clan Leader! You outsiders will pay for what you’ve done!"

"That’s right! You must pay for Jin Xi’s life with your own!"