152: Chapter 152 Giving birth

Wham!

A snake tail smashed into the ground, each impact leaving a deep pit...

Yan Lie leaped several times, once coming perilously close to being ensnared by Zhu Xiu's tail.

"Are you serious? I just told you, we're family now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Xiu's attack descended once more. In the end, Yan Lie couldn't avoid it completely.

He was struck, crashing heavily to the ground.

Pfft...

He exhaled a breath that sent the dirt on the ground flying.

He felt like his back was about to break.

He quickly turned his head to look at the King Cobra, but the beast seemed to have suddenly lost interest in him.

Yan Lie, panting and enduring the pain, got up. Whatever, considering they were both Bai Wanwan's Beast Husbands, he wouldn't argue with a Snake Beast.

He thought about sneaking inside while the King Cobra wasn't paying attention to him. But the moment he moved, the King Cobra's tail rose again.

Just then, a low cry from Bai Wanwan came from inside the house.

The sound immediately captured the attention of the two Males.

"Wan Wan!"

Yan Lie shouted and made to charge inside.

But the King Cobra suddenly reared its head. Dark energy swirled around its body, so thick it nearly obscured its head.

Yan Lie, who had been about to shout threats and rush in, was stunned by this sight.

"You... what's wrong with you?"

No sooner had he spoken than Zhu Xiu opened his maw wide, lunging to devour him.

Yan Lie's pupils contracted. He transformed instantly, the gray leopard springing up like lightning.

Inside, after exerting herself, Bai Wan felt something roll out.

"Is it out?"

This birth was really strenuous.

Although it wasn't very painful, there was a feeling of distension, and pushing it out required more effort than before.

Shi Hua, overjoyed, cradled an egg and brought it before Bai Wanwan. "Sister, look, such a big egg."

It was much bigger than a chicken egg!

Bai Wanwan looked at the egg, which was easily ten times the size of a chicken egg, her mind in a jumble.

She was supposed to be a mammal, so why was she laying eggs?

This Beast World continent was truly a bit fantastical.

Xin Feng reached out and took the egg from Shi Hua's hands. "Careful, don't drop it. I'll put the egg in the nest first."

A small nest had been temporarily built beside the bed. Placing that egg inside took up almost half of it.

Bai Wanwan wanted to speak, but her belly tightened again, the sensation returning.

She had no choice but to hold her breath and push with all her might.

One... two...

Two more eggs rolled out from her belly in succession.

Bai Wanwan, drenched in sweat, began communicating with the system.

"peanut, are there any more eggs left in my belly?"

"No. Congratulations, Host, on giving birth to two Yellow-Tier Male Cubs and one Female Cub with excellent fertility. Total reward: seventy thousand points. Since the Host recently exchanged for a Painless Childbirth pill, the current remaining points total is 8,554."

That much?

Bai Wanwan hadn't expected that one litter of Cubs would yield more points than the previous two litters combined.

And this litter only had three Cubs.

"Host, please continue your efforts. Find high-Talent Males to bear Cubs with. The higher the Talent of the Cubs you give birth to, the more points you will receive."

Bai Wanwan thought to herself that once Zhu Xiu recovered, she would need to have a couple more litters with him.

"By the way, I now have over eighty thousand points. How many more do I need to lift the dark curse from Zhu Xiu?"

"About one hundred and twenty thousand."

Good, good. Then she just needed to have one more litter with Zhu Xiu.

A massive boulder pressing on her heart suddenly lifted, and Bai Wanwan felt much lighter.

Xin Feng sat beside her, holding a bowl of soup. "Are you hungry? Let me feed you some soup."

Bai Wanwan had just exerted a lot of energy and was indeed tired, thirsty, and hungry.

She nodded and let him help her sit up, cradling her in his arms.

She drank the soup from the bowl, guided by his hand.

After just a few sips, some commotion suddenly came from outside.

"Is Zhu Xiu still outside? What's that sound?"

Earlier, everyone's focus had been entirely on Bai Wanwan giving birth. After giving birth and receiving so many points, Bai Wanwan was overjoyed and had almost forgotten the situation outside.

"Shi Hua, please help me feed Wan Wan the soup. I'll go out and take a look."

"Alright."

Shi Hua reached out to take the stone bowl, taking Xin Feng's place.

Shi Hua was about to continue feeding her when Bai Wanwan raised a hand to stop her. "Listen... isn't the commotion outside getting a bit too loud?"

As she spoke, Yan Lie's voice came from outside. "If you keep hitting me, I really won't hold back."

Yan Lie was taking a severe beating. Because he was mindful that this was Wan Wan's Beast Husband and held a special place in Wan Wan's heart, Yan Lie had been holding back, not daring to truly retaliate.

The result was him being beaten until he was scurrying around like a rat, nearly coughing up blood several times from the blows.

Hearing Yan Lie's voice, Bai Wanwan worried that Zhu Xiu, not recognizing him, might truly injure Yan Lie. She immediately told Shi Hua to put the bowl down. "Shi Hua, help me outside for a moment."

Then she said to the system, "peanut, exchange for post-partum recovery for me."

Having just given birth, she had been feeling somewhat weak and limp.

After the exchange, the fatigue vanished from her body.

Even the sore, distended sensation was gone.

"Sister, you shouldn't go. You just gave birth, your body..."

Bai Wanwan didn't have time to explain to Shi Hua. Seeing her hesitate, Bai Wanwan simply threw off the covers herself, sat up, put on her coarse cloth shoes, and walked out.

By the time she reached the doorway, Yan Lie had already been coiled up by Zhu Xiu's tail.

In his frenzy, Zhu Xiu opened his maw wide.

Xin Feng stood before him, his face full of seriousness and tension.

"Zhu Xiu, calm down. He's like us, one of Wan Wan's Beast Husbands. If you swallow him, Wan Wan will definitely be sad..."

But Zhu Xiu's movements didn't pause. He used his snake tail to lift Yan Lie towards his gaping maw.

Seeing this, Bai Wanwan broke into a run. She quickly reached Zhu Xiu and began climbing his beastly body using both hands and feet.

None of the Beast Husbands expected her, having just given birth, to suddenly appear and climb Zhu Xiu's body with such agility.

Xin Feng reacted, immediately stepping forward to try and pull her back.

But Bai Wanwan moved too quickly. Before he could reach her, she had already climbed up.

And Zhu Xiu suddenly abandoned his attempt to devour Yan Lie, instead lowering his head to hiss menacingly at the approaching Xin Feng.

His long forked tongue flickered, his maw gaping ominously.

"Zhu Xiu, don't hurt Wan Wan!"

Bai Wanwan, halfway up, couldn't climb any further.

The upper half of Zhu Xiu's beastly body was reared upright, offering no handholds. Climbing up would just cause her to slide back down.

"Wan Wan, get down quickly! He can't swallow me."

If he really dared to swallow him, Yan Lie would tear up his intestinal wall from the inside.

Bai Wanwan saw his face was turning blueish from the pressure and grew very anxious.

She didn't have time to reassure Yan Lie. Turning her head, she called out to Zhu Xiu, "Zhu Xiu, you can hear me, right?"

Zhu Xiu stopped his threatening display towards Xin Feng.

His massive head slowly turned. A pair of huge, bell-like black eyes stared at Bai Wanwan, a truly terrifying sight.

But Bai Wanwan wasn't afraid at all. She stretched out her arms and hugged his enormous beastly body.

"I just gave birth to two little Male Snake Cubs and one little Female Cub for you. Do you want to see them?"

She looked up at him, her gaze incredibly gentle.

The other two Males present held their breath, terrified that if Zhu Xiu went berserk, they wouldn't be able to save Wan Wan in time.