CHAPTER 17: CHAPTER 17: FEMALE, DON’T TOUCH RANDOMLY

"Achoo!"

On the other side of the dense forest, Wen Shu, completely unaware that she had made it onto the Blood Beasts’ "wanted list," sneezed heavily. The force of it tugged her wound, and her face turned pale with pain. "Ugh—"

Hearing her stifled intake of breath, Mious slowed down his pace.

In fact, he was considerate of Wen Shu being a female. Fearing that the bumps might worsen her injuries, he had tried his best to avoid the uneven paths.

Compared to the speed of their arrival, the return journey could be considered slow.

Mious’s beast form was very tall. Wen Shu was securely wrapped in the air by his snake tail and didn’t notice the silent consideration of the male.

Wen Shu’s vision whitened with pain, her face covered in cold sweat.

The cool wind blew past her cheeks, waking her up slightly. She rubbed her temples and looked up, her eyes meeting the leaves overhead.

Unlike the lush green of summer, the leaves before her were a very deep dark green.

The trees in the Beast World do not wither and fall. These dense green leaves indicated that the continent had entered autumn, and it would only be a few months before the snow season arrived.

The beastmen would migrate before the heavy snow, each household bringing sufficient food to live in Su’en City until the next spring.

This was also the beginning of the female supporting character’s tragic fate.

The time left for Wen Shu was not much. She had to quickly enhance her abilities and stockpile enough food just in case.

Before that, there was an even more urgent problem—the group of Blood Beasts.

They were nearby, and perhaps the next target was the Fox Beast Tribe.

Wen Shu withdrew her gaze, feeling a wave of dizziness when she lowered her head again.

Afraid of fainting, she tiredly lay down on the cold snake tail. "Mious..."

The wind scattered her voice. Wen Shu clung to the scales at the end of the snake’s tail and leaned forward, "I have something to tell you."

Mious was fully focused on hurrying along when the tip of his tail suddenly felt a warm, soft touch.

His breath caught, and his snake body tensed up with awkward tightness. Slowing down, he turned his head coldly to see the weak female’s entire upper body clinging to his snake belly, her fingers on his most fragile scales!

Mious’s snake face flushed red and then black. This female, already injured, was still seducing him?

He flicked out a bright red tongue and coldly warned, "Female, don’t touch randomly!"

Startled, Wen Shu immediately let go of her hand, a bit stunned by Mious’s angry snake face.

She could actually see an expression on a snake’s face?

Even leaning over was not allowed; Mious must really detest her.

However, she completely understood. If she had been in Mious’s position, she would have castrated the culprit long ago.

Wen Shu propped herself up, keeping a good distance from the snake beast, smiling apologetically, "Sorry, I didn’t mean it."

Mious’s eyes remained cold, not believing the female’s words at all, because...he clearly knew how much the female liked him.

He had already heard about the gladiatorial match yesterday.

They had only known each other for two days, yet she refused all the males from the tribe for him and boldly claimed that having him and Nan in her life was enough.

To say he was not moved at all would be a lie, but he didn’t like Wen Shu and would not give her false hope.

"A snake beast’s tail can only be touched by its mate." Mious hissed coldly and dove forward.

His sudden acceleration forced Wen Shu to lean back, instantly gritting her teeth in pain.

She hadn’t realized touching the tail had such a special meaning and moved her hands farther away from the snake beast.

If she touched it again, she suspected Mious would consider her a pervert and fling her away!

Fortunately, Mious’s trekking was relatively stable, avoiding uneven paths, which didn’t jar her injuries further.

The strong wind rushed into her mouth, and Wen Shu’s long hair was blown into a canopy shape, tugging painfully at her scalp.

She raised her hand to shield her face from the wind distortion, bending over to shout at Mious: "Mious, can you slow down! I just had something to tell you, I encountered Blood Beasts in the dense forest!"

Mious’s body paused abruptly at the words Blood Beasts; the female encountered Blood Beasts?

His cold vertical pupils filled with doubt. Blood Beasts were one of the three major bandit organizations in the dense forest, notorious for their heinous acts of arson, murder, and robbery, bringing deadly blows to tribes wherever they appeared.

Their attacks on tribes were targeted, only abducting all Purification System females.

To date, dozens of tribes have been severely damaged because of them.

Those tribes that lost their Purification System females either all starved or consumed polluted plants, becoming unrecognizable mutant beasts.

A few years ago, Mious had witnessed a Blood Beast-led attack on a tribe. They were well-trained, not ordinary rabble.

If a female fell into their hands, how could she possibly escape?

Knowing that a couple of sentences were not enough to prove it, Wen Shu raised her hand to scrape off the solidified mud on her body, pulling apart the beast’s skin to let the scent disperse a bit, "If you don’t believe me, you can smell the scent on me."

After all, she had hugged it all night, and the scent wasn’t easy to dissipate.

Mious showed signs of hesitation, but seeing her earnest expression, his snake head drew closer, and the heavy scent of soil invaded his nostrils, along with a hint of unfamiliar male scent.

The smell was strong and unusual.

Each beastman has a distinct scent, but among different species, there is a commonality due to habits. He had visited many tribes but had never smelled such a scent from a beastman before.

Those bandit organizations always recruited rare beast clans.

He finally began to believe her a bit, asking seriously, "How did you encounter them?"

Seeing that he finally believed her, Wen Shu skipped the specifics and detailed the encounter with Luo Fei, "...That Blood Beast was very arrogant, and I escaped while he went fetching food."

After saying this, she observed Mious’s expression and emphasized, "Also, the Blood Beast’s superpower was very strange, it was blue flames."

Such a distinctive feature, surely the beastmen were aware.

Not to mention Mious.

The Alentia Empire had been combating bandits for years, as a successor of one of the Main Beast Cities, he must have heard about the Blood Beasts and would take this matter seriously more than anyone else.

Mious didn’t respond immediately, but Wen Shu felt the snake tail around her waist tighten.

Only the rustling sound through the grass remained between them, with an urgency permeating the silent atmosphere.

"This information is important," Mious said, his vertical pupils quietly watching her, his indifferent voice unprecedentedly solemn, "All nearby tribes will be grateful to you."

In Mious’s heart, it was as if a massive stone weighed upon him, for he had indeed heard of such a beastman.

Blue flames, that was the emblem of the Blood Beast leader.

Every time that dreaded Blood Beast appeared, the likelihood of a tribe’s destruction increased exponentially. If he was in this area, all tribes under the jurisdiction of Su’en City would be in dire trouble!

Confronted with unexpected gratitude, Wen Shu was stunned for a few seconds. Before she could fully react, she accelerated again.

She awkwardly maintained balance, glancing at the rapidly retreating silhouettes of trees. After about a dozen minutes, that familiar river came into view.

Wen Shu, with sharp eyes, spotted the fallen fish by the river and quickly patted the snake tail at her waist, shouting, "Mious, stop here! I have something to get!"

Almost as soon as her voice rose, a huge splash erupted from the river, and a tall male figure broke through the water, with eyes glistening golden in the sunlight, gazing directly at her.