The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 131 Battle-Damaged Fox
Chongzhen ran towards the tribe's containment area with the two pendants, but just as he turned the corner of the stone wall, a vicious beast with jet-black fur and scarlet eyes pounced down from the stone wall diagonally above.

His heart leaped into his throat, and instinctively, he used the right side of the stone wall to push off, immediately jumping to the left to avoid the extremely fast beast.

The beast was a black panther, but it was twice the size of an ordinary black panther, with thick, dense fur and sharp teeth that were a full fifty centimeters long.

"Hold on tight, or you'll get left behind."

Chongzhen quickly calmed down, dodging the degraded black panther while using his superpower to block its attacks.

Yu Shaochen grabbed the fur on the back of the black panther, looked up at the drooling black panther, and couldn't help but shrink his neck, asking, "Are you confident? This beast looks like it won't be easy to deal with."

Ling Xiaoxi grinned, not really wanting to hide on Chongzhen's back, but she knew she couldn't get off now, or she would be a burden.

Chongzhen's expression was solemn. He wrapped his long tail around the restless Ling Xiaoxi and said in a deep voice, "Don't move."

"This is a level seven inferior beast; it's not something you can handle."

Ling Xiaoxi immediately wilted and said in a low voice, "Then you can't do anything about it either? You're not even level seven yet."

Earth-based abilities are not very offensive. This inferior beast is far superior to the three of them in level, and it is not yet clear whether it has any special abilities.

If so, then we're even more doomed.

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said, "So you two don't move around, or we'll all be doomed."

"No, my sister was also running in this direction, so why did she miss such a high-level inferior beast?" Ling Xiaoxi couldn't understand.

Chongzhen didn't understand either, but his pupils quickly contracted: "It has a special ability, earth-based."

Yu Shaochen instantly understood and looked back at the black panther that was chasing after him again: "We can't run in this direction. That's the cub shelter area. If we lead this black panther there, we'll be in big trouble."

Chongzhen said solemnly, "I know."

"So in a bit I'll lure this inferior beast away, and you two go to the containment area and tell them to settle the cubs as soon as possible, and then find someone to come to the west to support me."

Yu Shaochen suddenly looked up, surprised, and asked, "You're alone?"

"I'm faster by myself." Chongzhen suddenly changed direction, heading directly to the left, while the inferior beast, unable to stop in time, crashed into the giant tree in front of it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he used his supernatural abilities to bury Yu Shaochen and Ling Xiaoxi in the ground, and then used his supernatural abilities to send the two away underground.

He wasn't too worried that once they were far enough away, the two versions of himself would emerge from the ground.

"Roar--"

The beast had thick hide and almost no sense of pain, so even after breaking the giant tree, it simply shook off the wood chips and quickly stood up. It looked up again and stared at Chongzhen with a greedy and fierce gaze.

Chongzhen had no choice but to stop immediately and run westward without looking back.

Black Panther ran forward for a distance, then suddenly looked down at his feet, and the ground beneath his feet began to churn.

Seeing this, Chongzhen had no choice but to jump down from the tree, draw the weapon he was carrying, and land directly behind the black panther that had turned around. The bone blade in his hand plunged into the back of the beast's neck, making a vicious cut and severing the flesh on the right side of the panther's neck.

But as long as its head isn't cut off, this vile beast won't die.

Chongzhen failed to kill him in one strike and could only immediately dodge away.

This angered the beast, finally causing it to give up its pursuit of Yu Shaochen and Ling Xiaoxi.

The beast pounced on Chongzhen without hesitation. This time, Chongzhen did not immediately create distance, but instead kept the black panther dangling from his grasp.

This will make it focus its attention on itself and prevent it from running towards the containment area.

Chongzhen's heart was in his throat at first, but after luring the black panther away, he suddenly realized... this was an excellent opportunity to break through.

He's been stuck at level six for over a year. If he were still at the Medicine Girl level, he would consider this pace normal.

But since arriving in Shilin and becoming Ling Chengen's beast husband, he has also felt unprecedented pressure.

Almost everyone in this family is a genius; breaking through and upgrading their skills is as easy as eating and drinking.

Compared to Su Weihua and Bai Qingyu, who had hardly ever used Heart Stones for cultivation, Ling Chengen gave him almost all the Earth-type Heart Stones he had collected.

Even so, he failed to break through.

He didn't know about the other people's superpowers, but he felt that his own superpower was like water in a tank.

All the power of the Heart Stones absorbed earlier has been stored in this large water tank.

The water tank is already full, and even if it absorbs more power from the Heart Stone, the water in the tank cannot be increased.

Therefore... we must break this water tank and reconstruct a container within our bodies that can hold more superpowers.

However, he tried many times but could never break through this barrier.

His talent is limited, and he cannot naturally advance to level seven, so he can only break through through battle.

While it's not hard to find a level 7 opponent, it's very difficult to find one who won't show him any mercy and who makes him feel a clear and direct threat of death when he breaks through to the next level.

Actually, advancing from level five to level six can also be considered as breaking through a realm through battle, but at that time, it was a successful upgrade while dealing with a small-scale beast tide.

After thinking it through, he hardly hesitated, found a suitable location, and began to focus on dealing with the beast.

……

Meanwhile, Yu Shaochen and Ling Xiaoxi dug out the hole and jumped directly to the ground.

Yu Shaochen led Ling Xiaoxi toward the containment area. Before they got close, a huge white falcon swooped down from above, startling Yu Shaochen so much that he immediately straightened up and stood in front of Ling Xiaoxi.

Ling Xiaoxi looked up at the white falcon, a hint of joy flashing in her eyes: "It's Uncle Bai."

Yu Shaochen watched the white falcon fly overhead, then turned around and saw a golden light slash out from mid-air.

In their blind spot, a dark gray cat-like beast was cleaved in two by a metal blade, its body quickly separated from its head.

The white falcon grabbed them and flew towards the containment area, looking down and asking, "Why are there only two of you? The young clan leader said there were three people..."

"On our way here, we encountered a level seven inferior beast, a black panther. Since Brother-in-law Chongzhen couldn't escape with us, he went and lured the black panther away himself."

"He went west."

Yu Shaochen pointed out the direction without saying anything unnecessary, only silently praying in his heart that Chongzhen could hold on a little longer.

The white falcon's expression was cold and stern as it quickly abandoned the two in the containment area.

The cubs here have been placed in an underground shelter, and four or five tall orcs are guarding the entrance to the shelter.

The white falcon flapped its wings and hovered in mid-air, shouting to the group, "Let the two of them go in, I'm going to rescue the people on the west side."

After Yu Shaochen and Ling Xiaoxi ran into the shelter, the heavy stone door was closed. He stood there blankly, looking at the closed stone door, and asked worriedly, "Won't Chongzhen be in trouble?"

Ling Xiaoxi had a fierce expression on her face and didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, she stomped her foot on the ground in frustration.

If she were a little older, she could be more helpful.

Instead of needing protection from others like we do now.

“He’ll definitely be fine, don’t scare yourself.” Ling Xiaoxi grabbed the little panda’s arm and dragged him towards the shelter center. “We just need to stay put and not go out and cause them any trouble.”

Ling Xiaoxi was already experienced with this kind of thing. She wasn't an ignorant child and knew very well what she should do in such dangerous situations.

"Don't you know healing magic? I'm sure I'll need your help later."

Ling Xiaoxi tossed the red panda next to Kong Mingming, plopped down on a haystack, and looked at Yu Shaochen, who was clearly flustered: "Wounded soldiers will be brought over in a little while, you can go and help them then."

Yu Shaochen nodded absentmindedly: "I know."

Ling Xiaoxi asked in confusion, "Didn't you encounter any beast tides before in Wuyang?"

Yu Shaochen lowered his head and said, "I have encountered them before, but I have a special place to take refuge, which is very secluded, and I have never encountered any vicious beasts."

Ling Xiaoxi exclaimed in shock, "Really? Your tribe is really lucky!"

“No, I didn’t seek refuge with the orcs of the tribe,” Yu Shaochen explained in a low voice. “I don’t get along well with the people inside Wuyang, so they rarely inform me. Therefore, I always seek refuge from the beast tide on my own. The location is not far from Wuyang, but no one has ever discovered it.”

Ling Xiaoxi suddenly realized and said "Oh," then scratched her head and said, "Then you're quite pitiful. But they never asked you how you avoided trouble?"

“I asked them, and I took them to another place. That space was also very small, and could only accommodate three people at most.”

Yu Shaochen wasn't stupid; he wouldn't actually reveal his hiding place to the public.

If he were to encounter someone trying to shift the blame or someone with malicious intent, with his pathetic fighting skills, he would be easily delivered to the enemy.

Although Ling Xiaoxi didn't quite understand why his situation in Wuyang was so bad, she didn't press him for an answer.

……

Level 7 inferior beasts are really not easy to deal with. After several exchanges, Chongzhen was covered in injuries.

He originally intended to cut off the black panther's head directly from the previously opened wound.

However, the bone blade in his hand was not sturdy enough and was too short, so it got stuck in the gap of the beast's neck bone and he couldn't even pull it out.

This inferior beast also had a strong fighting instinct; the fur on its back stood up almost instantly, turning into hard thorns.

He was nearly pierced in the feet by the hard spikes and had to flip over and jump off the beast's back, but he was also hit by the beast's claws and crashed into a pine tree.

Chongzhen raised his hand and touched the wounds on his abdomen caused by sharp claws. Blood flowed down the wounds, which were about one centimeter deep, with the skin and flesh turned outwards, making them look very ferocious.

He cursed under his breath; he had finally recovered from his injury, and now he was disfigured again.

If I have a scar, it won't be easy for me to seduce Ling Chengen.

He felt he was quite capable, being able to think about these things at a time like this.

However, his thoughts wandered for only a moment, and he dared not let his guard down.

The injury can't have been in vain. Today, we must sacrifice this black panther to help him upgrade his superpowers.

But I don't have a suitable weapon...

Chongzhen frowned slightly, looking at the bone blade stuck in the black panther's neck, feeling a little headache.

In human form, the attack power is insufficient.

Chongzhen can only revert to his beast form, but his bite force is no match for that of the black panther. Therefore, he can only rely on his beast form to try to retrieve the bone blade.

In another critical moment when he was about to be bitten on the side by the black panther, Chongzhen suddenly reverted to human form, grabbed its mutilated ear, and jumped onto the black panther's back.

But as expected, his instep was pierced by those hard thorns, and he frowned tightly, unable to help but gasp.

Although the soles of the feet were strengthened with superpowers, there is a significant difference between level six and level seven.

His hair, reinforced by a level seven earth-elemental ability, was incredibly hard; breaking through his defenses was like stabbing tofu with a knife.

But this time he did not back down. Even though his foot was injured, he still gripped the bone blade with his right hand without hesitation and pulled it out with a sudden force.

In fact, the most effective solution is to open up the chest and abdomen and directly remove the heart stone.

But the black panther was exceptionally agile, and its chest and abdomen were located on its lower body, so he couldn't attack its belly.

Even if they manipulated the ground to form earth spikes, they couldn't break through the fur on his body that was covered with earth-based abilities.

It seems like beheading is the only option.

Chongzhen looked at the white, hard bones beneath the flesh and blood, and still managed to steady himself despite the black panther's violent shaking.

The black panther prepared to crash into the tree trunk, hoping to throw him off, but Chongzhen did not hesitate to roll over and get under its belly.

As the black panther slammed its back into the tree trunk, he exerted a sudden force, flipping it over to the ground.

Suddenly, the bone blade in his hand pierced into the black panther's chest. Even though his arm was pierced by sharp black thorns, he just gritted his teeth and a ruthless look flashed in his eyes.

As he channeled all his supernatural power into the bone blade, he painstakingly ripped open the beast's chest. When the beast lowered its head to bite, he instinctively dodged to the side, but his right shoulder was still pierced by the sharp spikes. Even so, his left hand still reached into the beast's chest without hesitation, grabbed the huge heart stone, and yanked it hard.

As the heart stone detached, the beast immediately lost its ability to move, and its huge head slammed into the ground.

His shoulder was still pierced by the teeth, and if he continued in the same position, his entire right shoulder and arm would be torn off. He could only fall to the ground.

Holding the level-seven heart stone, his heart pounded violently. His eyelids drooped slightly, and he felt as if he had developed a pterygium. His vision was filled with crimson, followed by waves of blackness.

The white falcon fell from mid-air and was startled to see Shigeaki lying on the ground, covered in blood.

He rushed to the beast and found that it had completely lost its ability to move. He quickly reached out and pried open the black panther's mouth, then used his weapon to dig out the panther's teeth.

He dared not pull out the teeth immediately, because the thorns were very long, and two of them were particularly thick.

Once pulled out, a large amount of blood may gush out instantly, and without a wood-type beastman, he has no way to stop the bleeding.

Shigeaki is likely to die from excessive blood loss in a short period of time.

As the young clan leader's beastman, he dared not be so careless with the boy's life, so he could only leave him in the position of being pierced by beast teeth and quickly lead him toward the shelter.

Hope it comes in time.

The white falcon, smelling the strong stench of blood and watching the drops of blood dripping from its wingtip, couldn't help but sigh.