Chapter 862 - 848: Level

Xiao Jihan had been paying close attention to the commotion outside.

He would not leave his wife to go out and fight, but if anyone dared approach the main gate of the courtyard, he would kill without mercy.

At this moment, a chilling murderous intent surged all over Xiao Jihan.

Some Beastmen had hidden their strength; this time they did not, and directly broke through the patrol team’s defenses, charging in through the courtyard gate.

"It’s here, kill that female."

"Kill her..."

With someone commanding them, they were almost killing like madmen.

Looking at the door so close at hand, they imagined that once they killed this female, Xuan Yan’s strength would inevitably regress, his combat power weaken, and then Black Rock City would be easy to take.

By then everything in the city, including the food, would be theirs.

They wouldn’t need to hunt, they would just eat the food of Black Rock City and safely get through the Snow Season.

Mad grins spread across their faces.

Just then, a bone-piercing chill suddenly rose outside the door, even the night wind around them seemed frozen.

Pale blue ice mist coiled around Xiao Jihan’s body, tiny ice fragments condensed at his fingertips, Spiritual Energy surged wildly around him, and his Ice Ability was pushed to the extreme.

In the next instant, the countless drifting ice fragments turned into innumerable razor-sharp ice hidden weapons, cold light flashing as they shot like a rainstorm toward the Beastmen who were launching the surprise attack.

Those ice hidden weapons seemed to have gained a spirit of their own, precisely locking onto every Beastman’s position; no matter how the Beastmen dodged, they could not escape the tracking of the Ice Blades.

Because there was Level suppression.

The strongest among them was only Level 5, while Xiao Jihan was Level 6.

The shrill hiss of Ice Blades cutting through the air pierced the ears as they stabbed straight at vital points.

Every strike hit a fatal spot.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Thud..."

Miserable screams rang out one after another.

Countless Beastmen had their brows pierced by the ice hidden weapons; their bodies went rigid and toppled to the ground, the ferocity in their eyes scattering in an instant.

Many had their throats cut; before the blood could gush out, it was frozen by the chill enveloping their bodies, and they crashed heavily onto the bluestone slabs, lifeless.

In just an instant, more than a dozen Beastmen fell in succession; they hadn’t even touched the courtyard gate.

Cold corpses quickly littered the ground outside the door, twining with the surrounding ice mist, adding even more to the grim, killing atmosphere.

Xiao Jihan’s expression did not change. Power gathered once more at his fingertips, the ice mist around him suddenly whirling, turning into a bitter gale that swept toward the corpses on the ground.

The corpses were lifted high by the whirlwind, rushing through the air like dead leaves, and in a blink were swept away, leaving only a few faint ice marks and bloodstains on the ground, as if there had never been a deadly surprise attack.

"Wh-what is that?"

"It’s Ice Ability, a L-Level 6 Superpower Beastman..."

The Beastmen commanding from the shadows in the rear were all horrified when they saw this scene.

The gap between Level 5 and Level 6 was huge; they were simply no match for this person.

The Beastmen in hiding wanted to back out.

But the matter of attacking the city was urgent; they could not give up.

They had to think of a plan.

Of course there was another way: sacrifice a few of them, use Blood Burning to boost their strength for a short time.

...

At this time the gate had returned to calm; the ice mist around Xiao Jihan slowly faded. He turned to look at Su Muyao behind him, his tone easing a little: "It’s fine for now."

When those Beastmen had approached the gate just now, Su Muyao had heard what they said.

"They want to kill me just to deal with Xuan Yan."

Seeing the confusion in her eyes, Xiao Jihan could only sigh lightly and explain, "In this world here, because there’s no Beast God to restrain them, the order is somewhat chaotic."

"After male Beastmen have a wife, if the wife is killed, they will suffer Beast Power backlash, and their strength will regress."

"Some, if they can’t withstand the Beast Power backlash, in severe cases may lose their reason and completely beastify."

"So here, Beast Husbands all protect their wives even more carefully."

Su Muyao hadn’t expected it to be like this.

So those Beastmen think that if they kill her, they can make Xuan Yan suffer Beast Power backlash and his strength regress?

So that’s how it is.

"Then, then if a powerful male doesn’t form a Contract, he won’t suffer backlash, right?"

Xiao Jihan shook his head helplessly. "No, he can’t. The more talented a male Beastman is, the more he needs to form a Contract. Only then will his Beast Power backlash lessen and his Spirit Sea become calm."

Listening to this, Su Muyao roughly understood what it meant.

No wonder females were so precious and so arrogant here.

"I hope Xuan Yan will be alright."

Right now Su Muyao was thinking that fortunately Xiao Jihan had reached Level 6 strength.

Su Muyao’s heart had been strung tight.

But suddenly, her belly started to ache.

The color drained further from Su Muyao’s face.

Xiao Jihan was lightly holding Su Muyao at this moment and could feel her body trembling.

"Wife, what’s wrong?"

Holding Su Muyao now, Xiao Jihan couldn’t help but panic.

Even his hands trembled slightly.

Da Bao also lifted his head to look at Su Muyao. "Mother, what’s wrong?"

Su Muyao’s brows knitted sharply from the pain. "I-I’m about to give birth..."

Without a powerful Wood Element Ability and the system’s support, she could feel the pain.

Before, she had always delivered Zaizai easily and effortlessly.

Xiao Jihan was panicking so badly inside that he hurriedly supported Su Muyao, quickly carrying her back into the room and letting her lie down properly.

"Wife..."

Xiao Jihan gripped Su Muyao’s hand tightly; all the color had left his face, his eyes reddened, the clear, cold brows and eyes carrying a frightened look.

Seeing him like this, Su Muyao’s expression softened. "I’m fine, it just hurts a little."

It was much better now.

Just now she’d probably been too worried about Xuan Yan, her mind panicked and tense, that’s why it had been like that.

Now that she was lying quietly, it was a lot better.

Xiao Jihan lowered his head and gently kissed Su Muyao’s brows and eyes, his movements very tender.

He had a thousand words he wanted to say, but didn’t know where to start.

He knew his wife was bearing Zaizai for him.

He truly wished he could dig out his heart and give it to her.

Seeing Xiao Jihan this scared, Su Muyao found it a little funny.

She actually had to comfort him instead. "Don’t be nervous, it’s fine. Da Bao was right at your side before, you’ve got experience."

Da Bao stepped forward. "Xiao’s father, Mother, what can I help with?"

Da Bao was comparatively calmer.

Only then did Xiao Jihan snap out of it. "Right, Da Bao, I’ll trouble you to help boil some hot water."

At the moment, Xiao Jihan didn’t dare leave Su Muyao’s side, so he could only entrust Da Bao.

Da Bao was very happy; there was finally something he could do.

He hurried off to light the fire and boil water.

The house was well-stocked; several water vats were filled to the brim.

There was plenty of firewood too.

All of it had been prepared beforehand by Xiao’s father and Grandpa Xuan.

Just then, Su Muyao felt something, and the two Zaizai were born all at once.

They were two especially beautiful wolf Zaizai, with pure snow-white fur all over, particularly pretty and cute.

But at that moment, a unique fragrance spread from Su Muyao’s body, a scent unlike any other.

As the fragrance dispersed, it seemed able to trigger a riot in Beastmen and even wild beasts.

Just now Xiao Jihan had been looking at the Zaizai, so excited and nervous that he didn’t know where to put his hands and feet.

"Something’s wrong, Wife. The scent on your body can stir Beast Blood into a frenzy."

That meant danger, and he had already heard the roars of Beastmen outside the gate.

Su Muyao’s face went pale, realizing something too, and she hurriedly sat up.

"This scent has never appeared before."

But she also suddenly discovered that her Wood Element Ability had jumped up by two levels in an instant.

Was it that giving birth to Zaizai had restored her Wood Element Ability?