Chapter 450 - 449: "You Have to Take Me With You Everywhere!

Buli looked at the guard, apparently already knowing what this was about. "Are you sure?"

The guard nodded repeatedly.

"The news came from a Golden Knight. It’s absolutely certain!"

Buli’s expression didn’t change much. He led the temple messenger toward the upper levels of the warship, giving a final order before he left: "No one is to disturb Miss Rabbit."

"Yes, sir!"

The guard watched them go.

No one usually came near this confinement cell—

The mutated octopus captured from the sea had an incredibly foul temper. Although it was chained in the pool, if it ever broke free, approaching it with its current strength would be a death wish for any guard!

’Who would have thought a female from the Rabbit Clan would come looking for it...’

’And they all seem to be connected to the Divine Hall.’

Yu Zhizhi hadn’t expected the Little Octopus to start wailing. She paused, her grip on its tentacle loosening slightly. "Don’t... don’t cry. I won’t pull you."

She slowly sat down by the edge of the pool.

Beneath the water’s surface, a sunken shadow was faintly visible. Its soft, limp tentacle remained still, but its body tried to hide as deep as possible at the bottom of the pool, trying to avoid being seen by the little rabbit.

The Little Octopus hiccupped through its sobs.

Yu Zhizhi gently stroked the tentacle she held. "How did you end up here?"

The Little Octopus sobbed, "After my body started to rot, I wanted to soak in the sea to see if I could recover... and then I was captured..."

It had only meant to sneak out for a bit, but then its body underwent a terrifying change. It didn’t go back to the inn, thinking it would wait until it could control the mutation before finding a chance to see Tutu again.

A fierce battle broke out in the sea, and it was swept into the fray.

Those people were in a killing frenzy, and so was the Little Octopus.

After that, it was captured by the guards on this warship, brought to the confinement cell, and chained up in the pool.

Bubbles rose to the surface of the pool. The Little Octopus was utterly miserable. "Like this... I can’t go back to the Beast God’s Homeland anymore... WAAAH..."

The Beast God’s Homeland was the most sacred place; no creature with a tainted aura could enter.

Yu Zhizhi comforted it, "It’s okay. If you want, you can live in the territory forever."

"You’ll kick me out..."

"Why would I do that?"

"I’m mutated now. I might be contagious."

The mention of mutation sent a wave of panic through the Little Octopus. It had no idea what would happen next, only that something was terribly wrong with its body. The explosive growth of its spiritual power would have made it ecstatic before, but now...

But besides this terrifying feeling, there was another sensation, both familiar and strange. The Little Octopus shivered, instinctively resisting it, yet unable to stop a sense of anticipation.

But whenever it thought about what it looked like now, it felt awful.

’The confinement cell is so dark, and I’m hiding so deep. Tutu definitely can’t see what I look like.’

’If she saw me, she would definitely be disgusted.’

Suddenly, a white light appeared over the surface of the pool.

The Little Octopus’s breath hitched.

It realized Tutu was using her Healing Skill!

The warm light of Healing enveloped its ugly, decaying tentacle—

’Oh no!’

It wanted to struggle, but it didn’t dare use too much force, afraid of hurting the female from the Rabbit Clan.

In the glow of the light, Yu Zhizhi could see everything clearly.

The Little Octopus’s tentacle was so much bigger than before. It used to be a pure red, but now it looked as if it were coated in ink, covered with jagged wounds that seemed to be rotting, slowly oozing fluid...

She could barely hold on to it.

Yu Zhizhi tried to use her Healing Skill to mend its wounds, but found that, like the other Mutated Beastmen from Sun Ridge, the injuries were incredibly stubborn. Fortunately, she had experience from purifying the Hamster Beastman. Yu Zhizhi detected the Little Octopus’s Beast Bone and was taken aback. "Your spiritual power now... it’s so high..."

The Little Octopus used to have only eight hundred points of spiritual power. Now, even just looking at its beast form, its spiritual power had multiplied many times over. After detecting its Beast Bone, she discovered that its spiritual power had surged explosively!

A Beast Bone that even Evolution couldn’t mend had been completely renewed by the mutation. Was this a blessing in disguise?

The Little Octopus had been wallowing in grief over its mutation. Hearing Tutu’s words, it snapped back to its senses. This was the powerful spiritual power it had always wanted, and it had achieved it just like that.

"But..." It pouted. "I’m so ugly now."

"We’ll find a way."

Yu Zhizhi realized that although it was also a mutation, the Little Octopus had broken through its previous limitations. If everything could be brought under control, this mutation might not be a bad thing.

She smiled slightly. "Maybe once your wounds are healed, you’ll go back to how you looked before."

Judging from the tentacle, the horrifying part was the rotting wounds. After they were healed, perhaps it would just be a different color.

Hearing the Rabbit Clan girl’s reassurance, the Little Octopus’s mood gradually improved.

"Then can I live in the territory forever?"

"Of course!" Yu Zhizhi said.

"What if you’re not there one day?"

"You can still live there forever."

Tutu’s words were a great comfort. The one tentacle it had outside the water couldn’t help but curl slightly, like its usual smiling face. "Then you have to take me with you wherever you go, okay? Don’t sneak away!"

’It’s decided!’

’Without Tutu, Sky Star Territory holds no appeal for me at all!’

’I’d rather be a wanderer!’

Yu Zhizhi noticed the Little Octopus wasn’t hiding anymore. She slowly let go of its tentacle. "Do you have a lot of wounds on your body? Do you want to let me see?"

The surface of the pool trembled, sending ripples spreading outward. The Little Octopus seemed to hide even deeper.

"That... maybe some other time..."

It was afraid of scaring Tutu.

Yu Zhizhi didn’t insist.

The Little Octopus asked, "Are we going back to the territory now?"

Yu Zhizhi nodded lightly. "We have to go back."

"Is Zero taking us?"

"Mhm~"

Just then, footsteps sounded from outside the confinement cell door. The Little Octopus knew who it was and watched secretly.

The young man from the Cat Clan came down from above and went straight to the confinement cell.

"Zhi Zhi, something has happened in Sun Ridge. I need to stay here for a while."

"What’s wrong?"

Seeing the look on Zero’s face, it seemed to be something important. Yu Zhizhi couldn’t help but stand up and look at the young Cat Clan man by the door.

Zero said softly, "The Knight King has fallen."

The Little Octopus in the pool was stunned. "He’s dead?!"

The strongest Beastman in Sun Ridge, the founder of the Knight Alliance—he was actually dead!!

’No wonder all the major powers in Sun Ridge have been getting restless recently...’

Yu Zhizhi only knew that such a person existed; she didn’t know anything more.

Zero asked, "I can find someone else to take you back, or... this warship. They’ll be passing by Sky Star Territory."

’...Buli?’

Yu Zhizhi hesitated. "Wouldn’t that be too much trouble?"

’He’s still on a mission.’

"Besides, will the boss of this warship agree?"

Zero smiled. "It won’t be any trouble. As for that guy... he’s already joined us."