Chapter 199: The Candy from Seville
Seville knelt on one knee, which sank into the soft furs, and pressed gently against Su An’an’s side.
Her mind was hazy, and she instinctively curled up, but he grasped the back of her neck and held her in place.
"Don’t move."
Seville’s rough fingers brushed against the fair, tender side of her neck, sending a shiver through her.
Golden Energy seeped from his fingertips into Su An’an’s body.
But she arched her back in pain as the Hexagram mark on the small of her back began to flash violently.
"It hurts!"
She murmured breathlessly, her rosy lips parting slightly in a silent invitation.
Seville’s gaze darkened, and he leaned down.
Their noses touched, their breaths mingling.
"Does it still hurt?"
His low, hoarse voice, thick with his masculine scent, washed over her as she trembled.
"Not enough!"
Su An’an reached out and wrapped her arms around Seville’s neck, rubbing her soft cheek against the side of his neck.
Seville’s Adam’s apple bobbed violently, and he lowered his head to press his forehead against hers.
This was the "Spiritual Resonance" unique to the Swan Clan Priests, an intimacy deeper than skin-to-skin contact.
All Su An’an felt was the jade-like coolness of his forehead.
Then, a stream of golden Energy surged into her sea of consciousness like scalding honey.
Her whole body trembled, and her fingertips unconsciously clenched his collar.
"RIP!"
The soft sound of tearing fabric mixed with their ragged breaths.
Pink light and Golden Light intertwined and surged, forming a fine vortex of energy between their overlapping figures.
Within the intimate halo of light, she saw the dark fire dancing in the depths of Seville’s pupils.
The Divine Pattern suddenly erupted with a blinding pink light, and Su An’an threw her head back, losing control.
Seville’s reaction was faster than her whimper.
A kiss carrying the scent of blood fell fiercely upon her trembling lips.
He bit the tip of his tongue, and a drop of divine golden blood slid down her throat along their intertwined tongues.
At the same time, his blood-stained fingertips pressed heavily on the Divine Pattern on her lower back. "Endure it."
When the Divine Pattern transformed into a complex Hexagram totem, Su An’an abruptly came to her senses.
She was curled up in Seville’s arms, her legs wrapped around his waist at some point without her realizing.
And the hand he had propped beside her was now pressing against her heaving chest.
The tips of her ears burned red in an instant. Just as she was about to struggle, he held the back of her head and deepened the kiss.
"Shy now, are we?"
When Seville released her, his thumb caressed her swollen lips, a dark tide surging in his eyes.
"You weren’t thinking about that when you were clinging to me just now, were you?"
Su An’an averted her gaze. The blush spread from the tips of her ears all the way to her collarbone, glowing like a pearl in the moonlight.
Seville methodically licked the remaining golden blood from his fingertips and warned in a low, hoarse voice:
"If you dare let yourself get into this state again, I’ll make you face the consequences."
"I get it!"
Su An’an hurriedly burrowed into the fur blanket, but heard the rustle of clothing behind her.
Seville tucked in the corners of the blanket for her, his deep voice holding a rare gentleness. "Go to sleep."
The scent of frosty pine filled the entire hut. Su An’an’s tense back relaxed, and she sank deep into dreamland.
Morning light streamed through the cracks in the hide flap, falling on Su An’an’s face.
She blearily opened her eyes, only to be met with the sight of Seville’s bare torso.
Morning dew trickled down his tense back muscles. In the shifting light and shadow, the lines of his waist and abdomen looked as if they had been forged by a god.
Sensing her gaze, he turned his head and raised an eyebrow. "Had your fill?"
"Not at all. It’s too easy on the eyes."
Su An’an blinked, feeling much bolder after a night’s sleep.
Seville narrowed his eyes dangerously, but his playful expression vanished when he heard the commotion outside.
"It’s time to meet your followers."
Su An’an and Seville lifted the hide flap, and a wave of noise washed over them.
Countless unfamiliar Beastman Warriors were prostrated on the ground like a black tide, worshiping the Gang Vine Divine Tree that had blotted out the sky the night before.
"The Divine Lady has come out."
Old Wolf quickly squeezed his way to the front of Su An’an, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Last night, the radiance of the Gang Vine Divine Tree lit up half the barrens."
"We hadn’t even set out, and beastmen from the Seven Great Tribes came on their own!"
"Greetings, Divine Lady!"
The moment they saw Su An’an, the leaders of the seven tribes knelt on one knee and placed their right hands over their chests.
This was the highest rite of submission in the Beast World!
The Rhino Clan Leader looked up, his tail trembling with reverence.
"We saw it with our own eyes! The Mutated Beast Group scattered outside the Gray Stone Tribe, and the Gang Vine grew to touch the sky overnight! This is surely a sign of the Beast God’s descent!"
The Chameleon Clan Leader’s vertical pupils constricted. "The Divine Army defiles our hunting grounds and slaughters our clan’s beasts. Only you, Divine Female, can lead us in a counterattack!"
The Hawk Clan Chief raised his weathered face. "We, the Seven Great Tribes, swear to follow the Divine Lady to the death!"
"Very well!"
Su An’an’s dark eyes swept over them as the Divine Pattern on her lower back lit up with a brilliant pink glow, making her seem like a descended Goddess.
Seville’s black, white, and golden wings fully unfurled behind her, casting a shadow over the seven clan leaders.
"Remember your oath! Otherwise..."
His Feather Blades transformed into Golden Light, locking around the seven clan leaders’ throats. His voice was colder than a polar glacier. "Those who defy us will be shown no mercy!"
The seven clan leaders all beat their chests and swore:
"We swear on the names of our ancestors, we shall never betray you!"
「Deep within Poison Mist Valley, the Divine Army’s lair.」
"Worthless! A bunch of worthless trash!"
The leader of the Divine Army, a mutated Liger Beast covered in purple-black scales, was roaring in a frenzy.
"Two elite warriors, leading an entire squad of mutant beasts, and they couldn’t even take down a mere Gray Stone Tribe?"
"Chief, the Swan Priest and the Empress are hiding in the Gray Stone Tribe. They helped that bunch of worthless beastmen take out our warriors and mutant beasts."
The Bat Beastman cowered on the ground, his wings rattling loudly.
"I suspect the Empress is the legendary Divine Female."
"Because not only can she purify the toxins of mutant beasts, she can also make the Gang Vine grow into a towering tree overnight!"
"And now, the leaders of the Seven Great Tribes have all sworn to follow her."
’The Divine Female just fell right into our laps?!’
The Liger Beast’s pupils constricted violently, and a twisted smile appeared on its savage face. "Good, good, good! This is wonderful!"
"Chief, if the Seven Great Tribes unite against us, it will definitely delay the maturation of the King Blood Mutant Beast."
The Snake Beastman in the corner thought of the terrifying Lord Red and couldn’t help but tremble all over.
"What will we do if we can’t deliver?"
"Idiot!"
The Liger Beast’s steel-whip-like tail sent the Snake Beastman flying, and it licked its ferocious, bone-white fangs.
"The Divine Female’s Purification Power is more precious than a King Blood Beast! As long as we capture her!"
He violently ripped open his animal hide clothing, revealing the purple-black scales on his chest that were encroaching upon the last patch of normal skin.
"We can shed these mutated bodies and return to being true beastmen."
The cave fell deathly silent. All the members of the Divine Army stared wide-eyed, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
"Issue the order!"
The Liger Beast leader’s roar shook the lair. "All forces of the Divine Army, move out!"
"The target is Su An’an—capture her alive! The first to catch her will be granted the ’Blood of Purification’ and be freed from their mutation!"
"ROAR!"
The entire Divine Army lair erupted!
All five hundred S Level Divine Army warriors fell into a frenzy!
Their scarlet eyes glittered in the darkness as they roared greedily:
"Divine Female! Purification! Divine Female! Purification!"
A crazed smile spread across the Liger Beast’s twisted face. ’Divine Female, my little Prey, let’s see where you can run.’