Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

Lin Bai nodded after listening.

"Seek help from the Dark Demon Serpent? You can't do that."

Ning Wei frowned. "What do you mean?"

Lin Bai pointed to the hidden power behind him.

"That guy, I beat him to a pulp yesterday."

Ning Wei's expression froze on her face.

She looked at Lin Bai, then at that burly figure, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

The Dark Demon Serpent... was it destroyed?

Her heart sank little by little.

Is this time really going to end in failure?

"However..." Lin Bai's voice rang out again, "I can help you get the Shadow Wolf's claws."

Ning Wei suddenly looked up, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"What are your conditions?" She quickly calmed down.

"Reward," Lin Bai said succinctly, "give me those shadow spells you just used."

Ning Wei shook her head.

"no."

"All the techniques I know were taught by the academy and are forbidden to be passed on to outsiders."

Lin Bai was not surprised.

"Then let's choose another one." He was already prepared. "Trail Blazers points, five thousand points."

Ning Wei's brow twitched.

Five thousand points is no small amount.

But if it could earn me the chance to advance to the seventh rank...

"Okay." She agreed almost without hesitation. "Deal."

The energy barrier surrounding the outpost dissipated.

Ning Wei released the several Bloodthorn Clan members who had been bound.

They looked at the group in shock, not knowing what had happened.

Lin Bai was too lazy to explain.

"Take care of it and have them go back and let your mother know they're safe," he said to Hongnan.

"The three of us should get going."

......

The Sunset Mountains are very large.

Even with Lin Bai and Ning Wei's abilities, it took them three whole days to get close to the Shadow Wolves' lair, guided by Hong Nan.

Over the course of those three days, they witnessed a variety of strange creatures born from the energy of the Crimson Land.

It also bypassed several areas that even the Power Body Master found troublesome.

night.

The campfire crackled, and sparks leaped into the dark night sky.

Lin Bai leaned against a giant tree, closing his eyes to rest. His inner power body stood like a silent iron tower, guarding him from the side.

Not far away, Ning Wei and Hong Nan sat side by side, talking in hushed tones.

"Why do you Bloodthorns hunt down alchemists who enter the mountains?"

Ning Wei poked at the fire and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind for the past few days.

She could tell that the people of the Bloodthorn Tribe, aside from their innate awe of the strong, did not harbor any deep-seated hatred towards her and Lin Bai.

This contradicts the intelligence she had previously gathered.

"It's not that we want to kill them." Hong Nan shook her head, her voice very soft.

"It is Lord Dark Demon Serpent who wants to kill."

Ning Wei paused for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know why either." Hongnan hugged her knees, looking at the flickering flames.

"Ever since I can remember, my mother told me that the Dark Serpent Lord dislikes outsiders, especially alchemists like you, and people from other worlds."

"Anyone from another world who enters the Sunset Mountains and is discovered by it will be ordered by Mother to deal with them."

"This is one of the conditions of the contract it made with its mother, and it is also the price it pays for protecting the tribe."

Ning Wei did not ask any further questions.

She got it.

The Bloodthorn tribe simply wanted to survive in this dangerous mountain range.

Their guardian beast, the seventh-tier dark demon serpent, is the truly exclusive creature.

Lin Bai didn't even blink, but he heard their conversation clearly.

Does the Dark Serpent harbor hostility towards people from other worlds?

This is easy to understand.

The Crimson Beast was originally a weapon created by this world from its very essence and resentment to resist invaders.

Their purpose is to eliminate everything that doesn't belong to this world.

He opened his eyes and glanced at the two women not far away.

Ning Wei was whispering something in Hong Nan's ear, which made Hong Nan blush and gently push her away.

Lin Bai shook his head inwardly.

Women are truly amazing creatures.

Three days ago, one of them was thinking of kidnapping the other as a hostage.

The other one wished the other would be torn to pieces as soon as possible.

It hasn't been long, and we've already gotten so attached to each other.

......

"Your talent is quite good. Given your current situation, it won't be long before you're able to contract your own giant beast, right?"

Ning Wei looked at Hong Nan and asked with great interest.

"Have you decided which contract you want?"

She patted her chest, her tone carrying a sense of grandeur and confidence.

"When I advance to the seventh rank, I'll lend you a hand."

Hong Nan opened her mouth, and subconsciously and cautiously glanced in Lin Bai's direction.

Contracted behemoths...

indeed.

At the normal pace, in a year at most, she will be preparing for her coming-of-age ceremony and attempting to contract the guardian beast belonging to the next leader of Bloodthorn.

That sixth-tier blood lion beast was her chosen target.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have spent her days idly tracking the Blood Lion Beast and learning about its habits.

But now...

The blood lion beast that was the target, along with its three drops of crimson blood, had already ended up in the pocket of the person behind him.

The body is probably completely cold by now.

Hope... is probably gone.

Lin Bai was originally pondering how much world origin the remaining two giant beasts could provide him.

He noticed the gaze Hong Nan cast at him, which carried a hint of fear and an inexplicable sense of resentment.

He was slightly taken aback.

A thought flashed through my mind.

Blood Lion Beast... Contract...

He instantly understood.

Lin Bai coughed lightly twice, then casually turned his head to look at the dark forest on the other side, pretending to observe the surrounding environment.

This has nothing to do with him.

......

"roar--"

The tranquility of the mountains and forests was shattered by a sudden loud noise.

The ground shook slightly.

Lin Bai, who was leaning against a tree trunk with his eyes closed, opened them.

Ning Wei and Hong Nan, who were not far away, also stood up at the same time, looking warily in the direction from which the sound came from, which was the location of the Shadow Wolf's den.

"What's going on?" Ning Wei frowned.

Hong Nan's face showed some unease. "It's the sound of fighting."

Immediately afterwards, another deafening roar, accompanied by the rumble of collapsing rocks, echoed from afar.

This roar was furious and violent, but it did not belong to the Shadow Wolf.

Lin Bai stood up, and the secret power body behind him moved silently.

"Let's go take a look."

The three concealed their presence and, under the cover of night and dense forest, quickly made their way towards the nest.

The closer you get, the stronger the tremors become.

Large swaths of trees collapsed, and the air was thick with violent energy and the pungent smell of blood.

......