CHAPTER 309: CHAPTER 301 BORROWING STRENGTH_1

The desperate Beastmen saw Si Yan as if they had glimpsed hope.

It was Wisewoman Si Yan! The female Beastman endowed with great wisdom, Wisewoman Si Yan herself!

Si Yan once again felt the enlightenment from the inheritance world.

With great fame comes great responsibility.

She suggested to the Beastmen who were pleading for her help, "You should go to the Wan Cheng Gathering to find strong Beastmen. Get them to come and rescue people. Especially the merfolk tribe and the crocodile Beastmen tribe from Water City; they can help."

The elder cried, "It’s too late! The water level rose in an instant. We’ve already sent people to call for help, but by the time they arrive, the Beastmen and the cubs over there will be dead!"

The floodwater’s surge was indeed terrifyingly fierce.

In the brief moment Si Yan took to speak these few words, the water level had risen significantly more.

The Snake Beastman said coldly, "We can’t handle this. Let’s go."

Seeing Si Yan about to leave, the Beastmen kneeled one after another, thrashing about as they tried to stop her.

"Wisewoman Si Yan, Wisewoman Si Yan, please!"

"You are a Beastman of great wisdom! If you don’t help, they’ll truly be beyond saving!"

"That’s over thirty Beastmen—over thirty lives!"

"Wisewoman Si Yan! Please, we beg you!"

Several elders began to kowtow desperately.

The Snake Beastman’s expression darkened.

Si Yan sensed the Snake Beastman’s displeasure and took his hand.

She Wang smirked coldly and said icily, "So many Beastmen, and all you know how to do is beg a female?"

"I see you all have hands and feet, while my Mistress Si Yan is just a pregnant female. What do you expect a mere female to do for you? You’re powerless to save them yourselves, yet you think of forcing a female to risk her life for you?! She is indeed a Wisewoman, but she’s also just a weak female Beastman! And she has cubs in her belly!"

This was the first time Si Yan had ever seen him speak so many words to outsiders at once.

After the Snake Beastman’s roar, the Beastmen there trembled and huddled together.

Si Yan was a Wisewoman, but she was also just a female, and they were practically strangers to her.

Why would a female risk her life to save a few strangers she didn’t even know?

"We have no hope left..."

"The cubs are going to die..."

"My grandfather is going to be washed away and drown..."

Despair spread, filling the scene with bleakness.

Suddenly, Si Yan tugged at the agitated Snake Beastman, who looked down at her.

The rain was so heavy that the few leaves overhead couldn’t fully shield her.

She was soaked through, her wet hair clinging to her face, yet she didn’t appear disheveled.

Her dark, vivid eyes still shone brightly. "Wang, I have a way to save everyone. Don’t worry, it won’t be dangerous for me."

Seeing Si Yan like this, the irritation simmering in the Snake Beastman’s heart slowly subsided.

He liked the free-spirited Si Yan; he didn’t want to restrict her. But his only objective right now was to ensure the safety of her and the cubs in her belly. The lives of the old Beastmen and the cubs on the other side were none of his concern.

With a low growl, the Snake Beastman suppressed the irritation he could barely control. "What solution have you thought of?"

Si Yan looked at him with a hint of slyness in her eyes. "I have indeed thought of a solution, but I need your help. You’ll always help me, right?"

Veins throbbed on the Snake Beastman’s temples.

Yet, he still hummed a quiet affirmation.

Si Yan hopped off the Snake Beastman joyfully and dashed to one side.

The moment Si Yan moved away, an almost instant surge of irritability washed over the Snake Beastman. But whenever Si Yan glanced back at him, he suppressed his agitation once more and immediately flashed to her side.

Si Yan said, "This spot is perfect."

"What spot?"

"Wang, give me your hand."

Si Yan held out her hand, and the Snake Beastman’s large hand covered her small one. She retrieved several seeds from her spatial storage.

In the pouring rain, her action of accessing her storage was invisible to everyone except the Snake Beastman.

Si Yan guided his large, well-defined hand, which held hers, and then, clutching the seeds, she pressed them directly into the mud!

The Snake Beastman suddenly realized what Si Yan intended to do.

Si Yan turned her head, her features soaked by the rain, yet her smile was still beautiful.

"My dear Great Demon King, would you be willing to take the blame for your little Mistress this once?"

The Snake Beastman paused, slightly surprised.

Suddenly, all the ferocity in his body vanished.

Amidst the downpour, the usually cold and emotionless, cold-blooded Snake Beastman actually smiled, unable to stop the vibrations in his chest.

For the typically cold-hearted She Wang, such an outward display of joy was exceedingly rare.

Si Yan pouted. "What’s so funny?"

As she spoke, the seeds in her hand—aided by the rainwater, the mud, and Si Yan’s own powerful Wood-based Ability—instantly began to grow wildly!

Wood-based Ability!

"A Wood-based Ability! Look, everyone! Oh my gods, I heard before that Wisewoman Si Yan had a Beast Husband with a Wood-based Ability. It seems to be true!"

"Does that Snake Beastman have a Wood-based Ability?"

"Wisewoman Si Yan’s snake Beast Husband is actually a male Beastman with a Special Ability!"

"We’re saved, aren’t we? The cubs are saved, right?!"

The Beastmen who witnessed this scene were ecstatic.

The vines in Si Yan’s hands suddenly began to tremble violently. The next second, as if stimulated, they shot out ferociously towards the small, isolated patch of land in the river!

Si Yan had chosen a relatively high spot, so even if the vines drooped slightly, they wouldn’t touch the water.

Seeing this, the Beastmen’s hearts began to pound.

Hope.

This was hope!

"Wisewoman Si Yan!"

"Wisewoman Si Yan, keep it up!"

"Snake Beastman, keep it up!"

Si Yan pressed down with her other hand as well, pouring all her strength into the vines.

Faster, even faster!

The river was rising too suddenly and too quickly. Even though Si Yan’s vines were already growing incredibly fast, they still couldn’t outpace the rapidly rising water level.

She Wang’s strong body enveloped Si Yan, his chest pressed firmly against her back.

Rainwater mixed with sweat as he shielded her from the wind and rain with his own body.

A rare sense of heroism surged in the male’s heart—a feeling of magnificence inspired by the little Mistress he was protecting.

"Baby."

"Hmm?"

He gently brushed away the strands of hair plastered to her forehead by the rain, his voice a dominant yet tender whisper, "You forgot to borrow my strength."

Startled by She Wang’s demeanor and actions, Si Yan’s mind went momentarily blank, and her ears flushed red. "But... I don’t need lightning right now."

The male Beastman affectionately tapped her small nose.

"Borrowing strength isn’t limited to Special Abilities. There’s also Beast Power."

Si Yan had a sudden epiphany.

She and She Wang had practiced borrowing strength countless times. Even with some distance between them, it wasn’t too difficult for her to borrow his power.

It was even easier now that he was so close, their hearts gradually synchronizing.

Easy to borrow. Not difficult at all!

"Borrow strength."

Si Yan hummed softly, and a torrent of immensely powerful, dark purple energy surged into her body.

The purple power infused her cells with boundless vitality, activating her potential and elevating her strength to a whole new level.

Si Yan’s face instantly turned a reddish-purple.

It seemed she had accidentally borrowed too much.

The Snake Beastman quietly retracted some of the power, and Si Yan’s complexion immediately improved.

At this moment, she could feel that Wang’s strength was her own.