The evil female is weak and the males of the whole continent are out of control and fall.

Chapter 485 Heartbroken
She looked up, her face contorted with fear and a near-breakdown of madness. "What do you want to know? Why don't you ask her? Why are you asking me? I don't know anything!"

She screamed incoherently, her eyes darting around in a panic, not daring to look at Jiao Yuan or Bai Wanwan.

After saying that, she grabbed Coral's arm tightly again, who was completely stunned, and with all her might, she practically dragged her away from the forbidden area amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd.

She staggered, her back view was disheveled, as if a ferocious beast was chasing her from behind!

The blue-clad figure's reaction was so abnormal that even the beastmen of the Jiaolong clan noticed something was wrong.

They turned to look at the clan leader, Jiao Yuan, with complicated expressions.

Jiao Yuan's hand, which had been flung away, remained frozen in mid-air, and he stared blankly at the departing female figure.

He was filled with confusion, took a deep breath, and tried to suppress his turbulent emotions.

Turning around, he forced a smile of apology and explained to Bai Wanwan, "Bai Wanwan, I'm so sorry. My female... she might not be feeling well, and she's a bit emotionally unstable. Please don't take offense."

Upon hearing this, Bai Wanwan tilted her head slightly. "She really shouldn't be feeling well. After all, she did something wrong; how could she possibly be healthy?"

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was like a precise probe piercing Jiao Yuan's heart.

Jiao Yuan's expression turned somewhat ugly. He suppressed his anger at being offended and his voice turned cold: "Little female! I am very grateful to you for saving our tribe, this is an immense favor! But please also respect my female! I will not allow anyone to slander her like this!"

His attitude did not surprise Bai Wanwan; all males in this world dote on their females without thinking.

The coldness of being abandoned, the humiliation of being treated as a useless female, the pain of struggling on the edge of life and death in the original owner's memories... all rushed into her mind in an instant.

She was able to meet and mate with her beastly husbands only because she possessed this body. Therefore, she also has a responsibility to seek justice for the suffering endured by the original owner!
Bai Wanwan glanced at Jiao Yuan's face, which was filled with suppressed anger, and said calmly, "If nothing unexpected happens, Chief Jiao Yuan, I should be your cub."

Jiao Yuan's anger turned into astonishment, and his eyes became blank and disbelieving for a moment. "You...you are my cub?"

He had considered countless possibilities, but the one thing he hadn't considered was that this little female was his own offspring.

“You just saw it with your own eyes: I can awaken the Tree of Life, but coral females cannot.”

"No...not possible."

Jiao Yuan felt as if he had been struck in the chest by an invisible force. His legs staggered uncontrollably, and he stumbled back two steps, each step feeling as heavy as if he were stepping on the edge of a muddy abyss.

His tall frame swayed, his lips trembled, and he could only repeat these few pale and powerless words.

The little girl he raised with his own hands and poured his fatherly love into for more than ten years was not his biological child?

“I know you can’t accept this right away, Chieftain,” Bai Wanwan’s voice broke the suffocating silence in the valley. Her gaze calmly swept over Jiao Yuan, who stood frozen like a stone statue.

There was no mockery, no expectation, only a detached understanding of the world: "It's alright. I believe the woman in blue knows the truth far better than anyone else present."

After saying that, she stopped looking at Jiao Yuan and had no intention of enjoying the awe-inspiring gazes cast upon her by the people of her tribe who had regained their lives because of her.

It was as if her sole purpose in this journey was to awaken the ancient tree that held the fate of the tribe together.

Having accomplished her mission, she had no more lingering attachments. She turned around, her movements swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

Several beastmen protected her in the center, their aura acting as an invisible barrier, isolating her from the outside world and blocking all probing gazes. They then slowly and steadily departed along the valley path.

Jiao Yuan sensed from her retreating figure that she showed no lingering affection, which struck Jiao Yuan's heart like a heavy hammer.

"Clan leader!"

A respected elder of the tribe finally stepped forward, his voice heavy and filled with an undeniable urgency, “This matter is of utmost importance! It concerns the very core of our tribe’s bloodline and the future continuation of the Tree of Life. You must investigate this thoroughly!”

The other older orcs nodded in agreement, their eyes filled with worry and seriousness.

However, Jiao Yuan at this moment was like a shell whose soul had been taken away.

He remained frozen in place, his gaze blankly following the direction Bai Wanwan had gone. The elders' words seemed to come through a thick layer of mist, indistinct and unclear.

“Uncle Yuan…” A deep, concerned voice sounded beside him.

Jin Ying appeared beside him at some point, and seeing the usually dignified and powerful clan leader looking so dejected, he sighed, "I know you are feeling very distressed right now."

Jiao Yuan's eyes moved extremely slowly, finally focusing on Jin Ying's face.

Ember Shadow's voice was calm and factual: "But White Curved Female, she has no reason to deceive you on such a matter. Awakening the Tree of Life is the most irrefutable evidence."

He paused, seemingly considering his words, but finally decided to say it, "Bai Wanwan, the female, didn't have a good life before... it was even very difficult."

"Difficult?" Jiao Yuan's eyes widened in shock, and he finally focused completely.

"Hmm." Jin Ying's gaze turned to the direction where Bai Wanwan had disappeared, his eyes deep and unfathomable. "At the Tiger Clan Chief's mating ceremony, I overheard some things about her. It's said that she and the Chief Rong met in a very small tribe..."

He only touched on the surface, without describing the specific humiliations and suffering that might exist. In the beast world, small tribes could be wiped out at any time, which shows what kind of life they lived.

"Didn't the person who switched her back then intend to kill her?" A sharp, cold glint flashed in Jin Ying's eyes. "But she wasn't meant to die, and she pulled through. Uncle Yuan, can you imagine the hardships she endured?"

Ember Shadow's words were like countless cold steel needles, piercing his heart.

A huge, belated wave of guilt and heartache that nearly overwhelmed him erupted like a volcano!

What pained him even more than the truth itself was the suffering his own female offspring endured!
This realization was like a wake-up call, instantly dispelling his reluctance to part with the coral, leaving only a sharp, almost tearing pain and self-blame!

His eager gaze swept across the crowd, searching for the figure that had just left.

However, the entrance to the valley was already deserted.

"Jinying..." After a long while, Jiaoyuan finally managed to find his voice.

He slowly turned his head to look at him. "You knew her before. Were those powerful males with her her beast mates? Were they good to her?"

(End of this chapter)