225: Chapter 225 Fear Keeps Growing

Bai Wanwan immediately had a flash of insight, her eyes gleaming with anticipation, "The Beast Tide has receded?"

"Mm," Jin Yi smiled and nodded.

He rarely smiled; his faint smile carried a noble elegance, like fine porcelain reflecting light.

"I patrolled along the eastern Mountain Ridge, and there are very few crazed wild beasts left. They are now converging on several other Mountain Peaks."

Bai Wanwan let out a long sigh.

"Then can we go back to the Tribe?"

"We can't go back directly. We have to pass through those Mountain Peaks, and the Beast Tide there hasn't receded yet."

He paused here. "However... there's an Underground River that can bypass the wild beasts on these Mountain Peaks and reach the foot of the mountain near the Tribe."

Bai Wanwan had also had enough of this wild life and immediately nodded, "Then let's go quickly while the daylight is good."

"Mm."

After Jin Yi spoke, he quickly transformed into a majestic Golden Lion in front of her.

Bai Wanwan, familiar with the routine, hugged his massive Beast Form and climbed onto his back.

Perceiving the soft Female wriggling on his back, Jin Yi suddenly realized that he could interact with a Female so naturally.

Even when she climbed onto his back, he no longer felt the initial repulsion and resistance.

Before he could ponder more, Bai Wanwan gently patted his head, "Why aren't we going yet?"

Jin Yi snapped back to attention, quickly got up, "Hold tight."

With that, he leaped up, his golden figure darting into the forest.

The forest also seemed to be gradually waking up. Along the way, she finally heard birdsong again.

Occasionally, small animals darted out from the bushes and quickly disappeared.

This was in stark contrast to the dead silent forest during the Beast Tide.

Bai Wanwan's tense nerves slowly relaxed.

Not long after they started walking, the

Looking up, Bai Wanwan saw the Waterfall cascading down like a white silk ribbon.

"We're here."

Hearing Jin Yi's words, Bai Wanwan immediately turned her gaze to look around.

Finally, she saw a Cave half-hidden by vines on the side of the Waterfall.

The Cave was enormous, about five meters high and four meters wide.

Deep inside the Cave, where no sunlight reached, it was pitch black, as if bottomless.

Jin Yi did not stop, carrying her directly towards the Cave.

Passing through the vine-covered entrance, a wave of damp, cold air rushed towards them.

But after passing the entrance, he stopped abruptly after a few steps.

"There's something here, hold on tight to me."

Bai Wanwan also noticed a strong smell of blood mixed with the damp, cold air.

It was nauseating.

Before Bai Wanwan could reply, a low growl came from the darkness.

Bai Wanwan stared intently into the depths of the Cave, and several pairs of eerie blue eyes gradually appeared in her vision.

"Meow!"

With a heart-wrenching meow, the wildcats rushed forward together, actively attacking them.

Facing the small but agile and extremely lethal wildcats, Jin Yi dared not be careless.

He leaped up quickly, pushing off the Cliff with his four limbs, swatting one wildcat away with a claw, while his sharp fangs simultaneously bit through the neck of another wildcat.

But during his leap, the jolting was too severe, and Bai Wanwan still slid off when his body swayed sideways.

Jin Yi and the other wildcats simultaneously noticed the falling Bai Wanwan.

Meow!

The wildcats immediately locked their gaze on the easier-to-deal-with Female.

"Bai Wanwan, step back!"

Jin Yi quickly flashed to block her, but one still leaped from the Cliff, rapidly pouncing and biting at her.

Jin Yi ignored the pouncing of the other wildcats, reaching out a claw towards the wildcat attacking Bai Wanwan.

Puchi...

Bai Wanwan, holding the Watermelon Machete she took from her system space, stabbed the wildcat through its abdomen.

Jin Yi's attack followed, and the wildcat's head was grabbed by Jin Yi's claw, pulled hard, and then torn off the Watermelon Machete.

Bai Wanwan gasped for breath, looking up to see several wildcats tearing at Jin Yi's body.

In an instant, his skin was torn and flesh exposed.

"They're biting you, hurry and fight back..."

Jin Yi didn't care about the wildcats' attacks; he was worried that the fragile Little Female would be harmed by these small wild beasts.

Seeing Bai Wanwan unharmed, he slowly raised his paw, grabbed the wildcat gnawing at his foreleg, and threw it forcefully against the Cliff.

Bai Wanwan also rushed over, stabbing the wildcat tearing at Jin Yi's back with the Watermelon Machete.

The wildcat was only focused on eating Jin Yi's flesh and blood, completely ignoring the approaching Bai Wanwan.

Puchi...

Bai Wanwan stabbed two wildcats without even blinking.

After Jin Yi finished clearing the other wildcats from his body, he turned to see her standing behind him, calmly holding the Watermelon Machete.

"Aren't you scared?"

He couldn't help but ask.

"I've even seen Mutated Beasts..."

Bai Wanwan glanced at him, a hint of a smile in her eyes.

It was like being reborn after a disaster.

After this incident, Bai Wanwan not only gained a deeper understanding and knowledge of the Beastman World but also strengthened her courage.

In her previous life, she had only seen fierce beasts in zoos, and those fierce beasts were docile enough to just roll around and frolic for her.

Unlike this world, where even cats were so ferocious.

Bai Wanwan looked at the still-dripping Watermelon Machete. It was good to get some practice; there would always be times when her Beast Husbands couldn't take care of everything.

If she could use weapons to deal with these wild beasts, she would be relatively safer.

Jin Yi's gaze lingered on her for a long time before moving away.

After carefully inspecting the Cave for a while, Jin Yi carried the wildcats' bodies out of the Cave and threw them down the Waterfall.

He then dug at the soil on the ground, covering up the wildcats' bloodstains.

After doing all this, Jin Yi transformed into human form. "The entrances to the Underground River are very narrow, too small for my Beast Form. I'll go ahead, and you follow closely behind me."

"Okay."

Even in human form, Jin Yi was very tall, at least over 1.9 meters.

He walked ahead without looking back.

But as a beastman, his intuition was always accurate.

A shadow-like gaze fell upon his back.

It was Bai Wanwan looking at him.

His heart inexplicably skipped a beat, and his back stiffened slightly more than usual.

But soon, he felt the gaze on his back shift away, and after that, it no longer lingered on him for a long time.

Jin Yi was right; Bai Wanwan had indeed stared at his back for a while.

She thought that while Zhuo Ling's character wasn't great, her taste was indeed good.

Then she shifted her gaze.

The Cave leading to the Underground River became increasingly narrow, damp, and dark.

Bai Wanwan couldn't even clearly see Jin Yi's figure ahead.

There was no sound at all, and fear continuously grew in her heart.

"Jin Yi?"

She held it in repeatedly, but still couldn't resist calling out to him.

"Mm, I'm here."

Jin Yi's clear voice rang out not far in front of her.

Bai Wanwan sighed in relief, "It's too dark here, I can't see you."