Chapter 497 - 494: Father Beast

Chapter 497: Chapter 494: Father Beast

He burned the last of his life and soul, concentrating all his strength and a lifetime of toxins into a single, eerie blue bone spike tempered with countless poisons.

The bone spike was silent, yet as fast as lightning. It carried a chilling aura of death as it shot with unerring accuracy toward the heavily protected Bai Wanwan.

This strike contained the old Chameleon’s entire life’s worth of Talent Power.

Cunning, vicious, and timed to absolute perfection!

"Wanwan!"

Jiao Yuan, who was still a few steps away from Bai Wanwan, felt his pupils suddenly constrict to pinpoints.

Intense fear seized him in an instant! He didn’t even have time to think; his body’s instincts moved faster than any thought.

The instant before the bone spike could touch Bai Wanwan, he erupted with unprecedented speed, lunging forward as if he had teleported!

He used his own back to block the bone spike’s path, and he could even feel the bone-chilling aura of death touching his scales!

"PFFT!"

The barbed, eerie blue bone spike plunged deep into Jiao Yuan’s shoulder blade!

At the same time, Bai Wanwan was already surrounded by her Beast Husbands and Jinying. The bone spike would have only hit them, never reaching her.

Seeing that he had blocked the spike, Jiao Yuan’s body relaxed, and a faint, relieved smile even appeared on his lips.

But the terrifying poison spread in an instant, causing his burly frame to tremble as his complexion turned ashen at a visible rate.

The intense pain made his vision go black. His mighty body swayed and then collapsed toward Bai Wanwan like a falling mountain.

Bai Wanwan watched him take the poisoned spike for her, and a strange, complex emotion filled her heart.

"You’re courting death!" Zhu Xiu’s roar boomed like thunder.

The Talent Power of a Red Rank Powerhouse erupted from him, blasting away all the nearby, spent Chameleon males. They slammed against the stone walls, their internal organs rupturing.

On the altar, Kui Ze saw that the desperate, all-or-nothing strike had been blocked, and he collapsed to his knees in despair.

As the last Red Rank guard was burned to ashes by the flames conjured from Yin Ze’s Talent Power, and as Kui Ze’s screams were drowned out by the vengeful roars of the Flood Dragon Warriors, the Chameleon Clan’s resistance completely crumbled.

Kui Ze himself had his sternum shattered by one of Jin Yi’s claws. He flew backward, spitting blood, and then breathed his last.

Seeing their Clan Leader killed, the other surviving Chameleon Beastmen scattered and fled like stray dogs, disappearing into the depths of the labyrinthine cavern.

The core area of the cavern was a scene of utter devastation, littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

The victorious Flood Dragon Warriors let out a sky-shaking cheer.

Bai Wanwan was already kneeling beside Jiao Yuan, looking at the ghastly wound on his back and the rapidly spreading poison.

’Hua Sheng, is there a way to cure this poison?’

Jiao Yuan was still conscious. He struggled to open his eyes, wanting one last look at his female cub.

"Wanwan, Father Beast is fine. Don’t worry," Jiao Yuan managed to force a smile.

Bai Wanwan didn’t answer him right away; she was still communicating with Hua Sheng.

"Wanwan... Father Beast has wronged you all these years," he said. He could feel his body temperature dropping, a very bad sign.

The light in his eyes was slowly fading, but he held on, wanting to hear her call him "Father Beast."

"Wanwan, can you... call me... Father Beast, just once?"

He finished speaking, but Bai Wanwan still didn’t reply.

The glimmer of light in his eyes grew dimmer, and he was about to lose consciousness.

Just then, Bai Wanwan suddenly spoke. "Father Beast, hold on for a moment. I’m going to detoxify you right now."

"Wanwan... Did you just call me that?"

But Jiao Yuan’s mind was growing more and more muddled.

Bai Wanwan didn’t respond. Following Hua Sheng’s instructions, she retrieved a Strong Antidote Medicine and an Extreme Effect Golden Sore Medicine from her System Space, deftly administering the injection and spraying the wound.

Jiao Yuan suddenly felt his body lighten, all the discomfort and heaviness vanishing in an instant.

He stared at his female cub in utter amazement, watching as she calmly turned her head to speak to her Beast Husbands.

She glanced around. "Xin Feng, Yin Ze, find two sturdy wooden poles and some beast hide. Make a simple stretcher."

Knowing his female cub was concerned for him, a warmth spread through his heart. "Father Beast can walk on his own. It’s fine."

The moment he finished speaking, he met his female cub’s gaze. It was calm yet allowed no room for argument. The words on the tip of his tongue were immediately swallowed, and he just smiled at her.

When the simple stretcher was ready, he obediently let Wanwan’s Beast Husbands lift him onto it.

Though his face was ashen, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl slightly upward.

Even though excruciating pain lanced through him, and even though the poison wasn’t completely cleared, Wanwan’s clear "Father Beast" still echoed in his ears.

It brought a searing warmth to the heart that had been gnawed by guilt.

On the way back, he took the opportunity while Bai Wanwan was turned away talking to Xin Feng.

His gaze swept over the males carrying the stretcher beside him.

’I have to admit,’ he thought, ’even by my picky standards, these males meet my requirements. It would be hard to find any better than them.’

’But no matter how good these males are, it’s useless if they don’t treat my female cub well.’

"You all better take good care of Wanwan in the future, or else..." He wanted to threaten them, but considering his current state, his words carried no weight.

"Don’t worry. Every one of us would protect Wanwan with our lives."

Yin Ze figured that, no matter what, he was still Wanwan’s Father Beast, so he offered a reply.

"You’d better mean what you say!"

After he said that, the young males ignored him, leaving him to sulk in silence.

Throughout the journey, Bai Wanwan never approached Jiao Yuan on her own initiative. As Jiao Yuan’s condition improved day by day, he faked pained whimpers several times to get his female cub’s attention.

But Bai Wanwan didn’t give him much attention.

「A few days later.」

They returned to the Flood Dragon Tribe.

Just as they entered the tribe’s main gate, a voice called out.

"Jiao Yuan! Where are you hurt? Is it serious?" Lan Yi, with Coral in tow, anxiously pushed through the Beastmen blocking her path and rushed over.

In her haste, she even shoved Bai Wanwan aside.

Zhu Xiu was about to erupt in anger, but Bai Wanwan shook her head, crossing her arms to watch the show.

Lan Yi threw herself beside Jiao Yuan’s stretcher, pawing at his clothes to check his injuries.

Jiao Yuan raised a hand to block her. "I’m fine. You should go back for now."

Lan Yi was still unaccustomed to his coldness and grew a little angry. "Jiao Yuan, I’m just concerned about you."

"If you have the energy to worry about me, you should worry about Wanwan first."

Only then did Lan Yi notice Bai Wanwan standing a short distance behind her.

She lowered her gaze and said with a hint of guilt, "Isn’t she perfectly fine?"

"She’s fine because she was lucky! Do you have any idea that Wanwan bravely went with us to the Chameleon Tribe to get revenge for our entire tribe? If it weren’t for Wanwan, I wouldn’t be here right now."

Lan Yi’s attitude toward Wanwan chilled his heart. "Wanwan is your own flesh-and-blood female cub. When will you ever understand that?"