Chapter 591 - 417: Re-encounter
The blood of Fierce Beasts is mostly dark red. The more powerful the Fierce Beast, the closer its blood is to black.
Although only dried bloodstains remained here, the color was still red, so...
A suspicion formed in Wu Yue’s mind, and her heart couldn’t help but quicken. "System, this is a Beastman’s blood. And appearing here at this time... it couldn’t be anyone other than Yuan Lang and his group."
"Host, we’re already near the central region where mid-rank Fierce Beasts are active. Any deeper, and we’ll be even closer to the territory of High Rank Fierce Beasts. They...
They know it’s dangerous, so they wouldn’t go any deeper, would they?"
The System’s four short legs trembled. If it hadn’t been for Tayun’s protection and the items its host had redeemed from the System Mall these past few days, they’d probably be Fierce Beast poop by now.
"AWOO!"
As the two of them were talking, a cry suddenly came from Tayun in a nearby patch of grass.
Wu Yue’s heart tightened. "Tayun seems to have found something."
With that, she hurried over to where Tayun was.
"What is this?"
When she reached the spot where Tayun was crying out, she was met with the sight of several Fierce Beast skeletons. They looked to have died only a few days ago, their bodies covered in gnaw marks. There were even scraps of flesh still clinging to the bones.
But what excited Wu Yue was a clean gash running across the spine of one of the Fierce Beast skeletons.
"Host, that was clearly cut open on purpose."
The gash was too clean.
Wu Yue nodded. As if a thought had struck her, she endured the foul stench and squatted down, carefully examining the area where the spine had been cut open.
A moment later, her chest was heaving with excitement, and she couldn’t keep the smile from her face. "I was right! The Beast Tendon from this Fierce Beast is gone."
She turned to look at the System squatting beside her. "Do you remember what Yuan Lang and his group came in here for?"
The System also held a small paw to its little nose as it leaned in, carefully inspecting the clean wound where the flesh was peeled back.
"Are you saying Yuan Lang and his group took the Beast Tendon from this Fierce Beast?"
Wu Yue’s grip on her witch’s wand tightened, her heart still pounding. "Exactly. They were definitely here."
The deeper into the forest they went, the taller the weeds grew. If you weren’t passing right by this spot, you’d never see the Fierce Beast’s corpse lying here.
"We’ll search the area. The wounds on prey killed by Beastman Warriors are different from those killed by Fierce Beasts. If we follow the trail of their kills, we’ll definitely find them."
’She was now both excited and worried. This area was already very dangerous. She just hoped Yuan Lang and his group wouldn’t venture any deeper. Losing their lives over a Bow and Arrow simply wasn’t worth it.’
Steeling herself, she swung onto Tayun’s back. "Tayun, let’s check every spot nearby where prey has been killed."
With that, she patted the snow-white beast’s back.
Tayun let out a cry and shot forward with a stamp of its hooves.
The System, sitting behind Wu Yue, tumbled backward. Breaking into a cold sweat, it quickly grabbed onto Wu Yue’s clothes.
’The g-force was unreal!’
As Wu Yue and the two beasts followed the trail of kills, their expressions grew increasingly grim.
「A few days later.」
Wu Yue stared into the ever-darkening deep forest ahead, her heart heavy as lead.
"System, it looks like they really did enter the territory of High Rank Fierce Beasts."
The System, squatting by its host’s feet, couldn’t help but shake its little head. "Host, what do we do now?"
’He really wanted his host to turn back; this place was just too dangerous.’
’But looking at the dirt-stained bandage wrapped around his host’s leg, he just couldn’t bring himself to say it.’
’Even with protection from Tayun and items from the System Mall, his host had still gotten hurt during the search.’
’The forearm-length gash on her leg was proof of the danger.’
"Host, you’ve seen it yourself these past few days. Yuan Lang’s group is clearly targeting the Single-horned Flood Dragon Beasts. We’ve seen so many of their corpses."
"Even if they haven’t entered the High Rank Fierce Beast territory, they’re still operating on the border between the two regions, hunting Single-horned Flood Dragons."
He glanced over at the Cloud Treading Beast, which was crunching away on a Crystal Core, and couldn’t help but roll his eyes. "Besides, ever since we entered the territory of the Single-horned Flood Dragon Beasts, these single-horned creatures have been incredibly hostile toward us."
"They attack us on sight, even when they’re not hungry."