Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

The sharp whistle should have been able to travel for miles, making it the most effective means of communication between tribes.

But now, the bone whistle only made a dull "puff puff" sound, as if it was blocked by something.

His expression changed, and he tried again, but the result was the same.

"What's going on?" The young tribesman was somewhat flustered.

The older man didn't answer; he quickly walked to the window of the wooden building and looked outside.

In the darkness surrounding the outpost, a faint, almost transparent energy barrier had risen up at some unknown time.

Like an inverted bowl, it enveloped the entire outpost.

Outside the barrier, all sound was blocked.

A huge, silent cage.

"It's a spell! We're trapped!" The older man's scalp tingled.

Just then, the door of the wooden building was gently pushed open.

A woman dressed in black walked in from outside.

The older man immediately drew a bone knife from his waist and demanded sharply, "Who are you?"

Ning Wei did not answer.

She simply raised her hand and pointed gently at the fire.

The shadows beside the fire came alive.

Several black shadows stretched and twisted from the ground, turning into ropes that flashed and wrapped around the hands and feet of the two Bloodthorn Clan members.

Before they could even react, they were firmly bound by the shadows and unable to move.

His mouth was also sealed shut, so he couldn't make a sound.

......

The next morning.

Lin Bai pushed open the stone door, ready to set off.

Hongnan and Hongye were already waiting outside, followed by several Bloodthorn Clan members who were preparing to travel with them.

"My lord, everything is ready," Hongye said respectfully.

Lin Bai nodded.

Just then, two Bloodthorn tribesmen rushed out from the depths of the cave, their faces filled with anxiety.

"Leader! Leader!"

"What's the panic!" Hongye's face darkened, and she scolded in a low voice.

She glanced at Lin Bai subconsciously, afraid that her clansman's outburst would anger the lord.

The two clansmen also noticed Lin Bai, their bodies stiffened, and they quickly lowered their heads and lowered their voices.

"Chief, the western outpost... has lost contact."

Hongye was startled. "What's going on?"

"I don't know. Logically, there should have been a message back last night, but there's been no news."

"Have you sent someone to check?"

"We've already sent someone; they should be able to..."

Just then, another member of the tribe rushed in from outside the cave, looking even more panicked than the first two.

"Chief! The men who went to the western outpost are back!"

"How is it?" Hongye asked anxiously.

The returning tribesmen were panting heavily, their voices trembling. "The outpost...the outpost is gone!"

"What do you mean by 'disappeared'?"

"They just vanished into thin air! The entire wooden building, along with the clansmen on night watch, have all disappeared! Only a large crater remains on the ground!"

At the cave entrance, all was quiet.

"There are a few lines of writing left at the scene." The tribesman took out a piece of animal hide from his pocket and handed it over.

"Say...say that if you want them to live, then let...let the young lady go alone."

Hongye snatched the animal hide, and after reading it, she swayed slightly.

She looked up, staring intently at the tribesman who had brought the news. "What else did you discover?"

"Judging from the residual energy fluctuations at the scene... the person who did it should be..."

The tribesman hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up.

"Alchemist."

The words fell.

Hongye suddenly turned her head and looked at Lin Bai.

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow.

Alchemist?

A thought struck him.

Hongye's eyes held a searching look and a hint of barely perceptible fear, but in the end she didn't dare to ask any questions.

Lin Bai looked at her reaction and then at Hong Nan, whose face was pale, and he roughly understood what was going on.

It's true that he was taking Hongnan to find the Crimson Beast.

But now that this has happened, he can't just take people away and ignore the lives of the other people in the tribe.

This wasn't because he was being kind.

The main issue is that this alchemist who suddenly appeared specifically asked Hong Nan to come over.

This has already affected his future plans.

"Let's go take a look," Lin Bai said calmly.

......

Outpost.

This place didn't actually disappear directly as the Bloodthorn tribesmen saw it.

The reason that tribesman thought so was because the outpost was now completely enveloped by her large-scale spell shadow barrier.

From the outside, it looks as if it has disappeared.

Inside the outpost, Ning Wei leaned against the wall, her figure half-in the shadows, waiting quietly.

Several Bloodthorn Clan members, who had been bound by her shadow spells, lay on the ground not far away.

His mouth was sealed shut, so he couldn't make a sound and could only look at her with terrified eyes.

Ning Wei ignored it.

Her purpose in coming to the Sunset Mountains this time was very clear.

The Crimson Beast – Shadow Wolf.

More accurately, it was the claws of the Shadow Wolf.

She is a sixth-tier alchemist, specializing in the Shadow magic.

While her combination of spells may not be top-tier in terms of direct offensive power, she is absolutely confident in her control, stealth, and survival abilities compared to others of the same level.

This is also the source of her confidence to come here alone.

Now, her advancement to the seventh rank is imminent.

She has even found a suitable seventh-order spell.

Once you learn it, you can get promoted.

However, that technique is very special, requiring a high-quality shadow-based material as its core.

The most suitable thing she could find was the claws of the Shadow Wolf.

That's where the problem lies.

The Shadow Wolf is a seventh-tier crimson behemoth.

She can't beat him.

For a sixth-tier being to try and kill a seventh-tier behemoth single-handedly is nothing short of a pipe dream.

That's how this scene came about.

The guardian beast of the Bloodthorn Tribe—the Dark Demon Serpent.

It is also of the seventh rank.

She wanted the Dark Serpent to help her kill the Shadow Wolf...

She did thorough research before she came.

In the Bloodthorn tribe, there are two most important people.

One is the leader, Momiji, the contractor of the Dark Demon Serpent; she can't afford to offend her.

The second one is Hongye's daughter, Hongnan.

This young girl is the future of the Bloodthorn tribe and the only candidate to become its next leader.

As long as you have the red nanmu tree in your hand, you won't have to worry about the red leaves not complying.

As for whether Hongye would actually let her daughter risk her life for the sake of the two tribesmen at the outpost.

Ning Wei didn't care.

She never expected to succeed on her first try.

This is just the first test.

If Bloodthorn doesn't hand over the person, she will continue killing.

The next outpost, or a hunting party.

With her abilities, as long as she is careful enough, she is confident that she can escape unscathed even if the Dark Demon Serpent comes after her personally.

She has plenty of time and patience to play along with this tribe.

Until they compromise.

As she was pondering, she suddenly heard a soft footstep coming from the shadows in the woods.

Ning Wei raised her head.

A young woman with fiery red hair emerged from the woods.

Alone.

It was Hong Nan.

......