196: Chapter 196 Burning Heaven! You're injured!

Tang Ruan: "They actually agreed so readily..."

Fen Tian, Yan Qing, and Lang Lie transformed into their Beast Forms in the blink of an eye and headed toward the distant hillside.

Meanwhile, the beastmen were still kneeling on the ground.

Hu Che's icy gaze swept across the crowd and landed on the Witch Doctor who had interrupted earlier.

By now, he was already paralyzed with fear on the ground.

"Long Bao, take everyone away first," Hu Che said.

Long Bao immediately stood up with the beastmen from Dragon Valley and headed toward their cave.

At this moment, only the kneeling Witch Doctors remained in front of him.

Hu Che's tone was sharp: "The Beast King's life hangs in the balance because he tried to save you.

Today, if the Beast God insists on your deaths, no one can save you!"

"Lord Hu Che, save us!"

"City Lord, have mercy!"

"City Lord, it was him who didn't know his place; it has nothing to do with us!"

The Witch Doctors thought about how they had originally been happily eating with the Beast God.

This experience would have been enough for them to brag about for a lifetime once they returned.

Yet, just because a companion they had only known for a few days had said one extra word, they were about to lose their lives here.

In an instant, they all glared resentfully at the talkative beastman.

Some had already started attacking him with punches and kicks.

"That'll teach you to talk too much!"

"That'll teach you not to respect the Beast God!"

Hu Che watched them coldly.

They needed to learn a lesson.

He took Tang Ruan's hand and said with a smile: "Let's go! Let's go see Eggy."

Tang Ruan: "Eggy..."

Tang Ruan looked into the distance uneasily.

"Hu Che, I want to go over and take a look."

Hu Che hurriedly pulled her back: "Hey, hey! Mistress, let the Male Beastmen handle their own business; don't worry about them!"

As he spoke, he transformed into his giant fox form.

Tang Ruan climbed onto his back, worried, and hugged his neck tightly.

Hu Che sprinted all the way, leaping onto the steep mountain peak. With a few agile bounds, he dashed into the cave located halfway up the mountainside from a tricky angle.

The cave was brilliantly lit, and in the deepest part, there was a huge bird's nest made of branches and straw.

The nest was filled with tiny, colorful crystals, and a cushion at least twenty centimeters thick was spread over them.

The egg that Tang Ruan had laid was sitting perfectly upright in the very center of the cushion.

A ball of blue soul power swayed back and forth around the egg.

It was like a very bored little child swinging while grabbing its own little feet.

The soul on the egg noticed Hu Che and Tang Ruan entering.

It suddenly stopped on the left side, then "whoosh," it dove into the egg.

The entire egg radiated a faint blue light.

Of course, Hu Che couldn't see any of this.

Only Tang Ruan could see it, and she found it extremely interesting.

Just then, the egg suddenly rolled to the right.

Hu Che broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly ran over, crouched down, and prepared to catch it.

Tang Ruan, however, let out a chuckle: "It did that on purpose."

Hu Che: "..."

Hu Che realized that Tang Ruan could see the soul power.

He stood up angrily and pointed at the egg to lecture it: "You're playing pranks when you're this small! You're going to scare your fourth daddy to death!"

"It's just saying hello to us."

Tang Ruan walked over and sat down beside the egg.

She wanted to reach out and touch it.

Who would have thought that the next second, the egg would actively roll "clatter, clatter" toward her.

It even seemed to have the posture of wanting to jump into her arms.

Tang Ruan was shocked.

It had only been born a few days ago; could it already control its own body?

Oh! No! It couldn't even be called a body yet.

When Baby was in her stomach, he was at least fully formed.

Fen Tian's Cub was indeed impressive.

The egg tried a few times but couldn't jump into Tang Ruan's arms, and it began to tremble with grievance.

Like a little kitten abandoned by its owner.

Tang Ruan hurriedly reached out, picked it up, and carefully cradled it in her arms.

She had originally thought the egg would feel hard, but to her surprise, it was smooth and warm, and it felt quite comfortable to touch.

An instinctive maternal love welled up in Tang Ruan's heart; she pressed her face against it and kissed it.

The egg happily rolled around in her arms.

Tang Ruan was so scared that she hurriedly tightened her arms, afraid it would fall.

She suddenly realized that she had originally thought her feelings for this egg were average, not as intimate as they were with Baby.

But at this moment, she loved this egg so much, and she really hoped it would quickly hatch into a healthy and cute Cub.

Preferably, a little Female Beastman.

A little girl with wings who was so clingy—that would be a little angel!

Hu Che watched the interaction between Tang Ruan and the egg, feeling both novelty and warmth.

He said: "Mistress, have you and the Stinky Bird given it a name yet?"

Tang Ruan: "Not yet."

"Then why don't you think of a few and ask it which one it likes?"

Tang Ruan: "It probably won't understand..."

"It's only interesting if it doesn't understand!"

Tang Ruan thought about it: That's true, it's just like the traditional ritual of grabbing objects.

She looked down and said: "How about you be called Yuanyuan?"

The egg didn't react.

"Then what about Beibei?" Mommy's little treasure.

The egg still didn't react.

Hu Che thought for a moment and said: "It's so mischievous, why not call it Pipi, or maybe Eggy."

Hu Che was just joking. Who knew that the pointed tip of the egg actually tilted toward him.

Tang Ruan hurriedly reached out to straighten it.

"You are called Xiao Yi! Your nickname is Xiao Yi! I'll discuss your formal name with your father."

Tang Ruan decided for it.

Xiao Yi sounds better than Eggy.

If it were called Pipi, what would happen if it turned out to be really mischievous in the future!

It was because her name had the character "Ruan" (soft) in it that people had thought she had a soft personality since she was a child.

Later, as people kept calling her that, her personality really did become softer and softer.

The egg had a name, and it happily wanted to cuddle with Mommy.

The soul power propelled the egg to jump; the egg rotated 180 degrees in mid-air and successfully rubbed against Tang Ruan's mouth.

Then, it plummeted to one side.

Tang Ruan: "!!!"

Hu Che saw the situation.

He lunged over.

The two of them, with four hands, scrambled in a panic, their movements blurring in mid-air, and finally managed to catch the egg.

The two of them were scared out of their wits.

The egg affectionately rubbed against their palms.

Tang Ruan: The Cub being an egg is too much work for a mother!

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On the other side.

Fen Tian, Yan Qing, and Lang Lie were all bruised and scratched.

The three of them lay side by side on the grass.

Fen Tian used his tongue to push against his cheek, which had been beaten until it was numb. "I didn't expect you two to have some skills."

Lang Lie closed his eyes; there was a bruise under his left eye, and he smiled proudly: "I won!"

Fen Tian: "You only won one round."

Lang Lie's tone remained proud: "Didn't you say that if I won one round, it would count as me winning?

Besides, the one I beat is the Beast God."

Hearing him say this, Fen Tian burst into laughter.

He turned his head to look at Yan Qing, who also had a black eye: "Stinky Snake! I thought you only knew how to coil around people! You should teach me those moves of yours another day!"

Yan Qing opened one eye with a half-smile: "The Beast God doesn't need hand-to-hand combat.

Besides, I lost."

"Didn't you also win once?"

Yan Qing was not very satisfied with his performance: "Only won once."

Fen Tian: "The one you beat is the Beast God."

Hearing him say this, the three of them couldn't help but burst into laughter together.

The sunlight filtered through the dense leaves, casting dappled shadows on the three strong Male Beastmen.

It had been a long time since they had fought carefree like Cubs.

Before the sun set, the three of them returned from the distance, chatting and laughing.

Fen Tian had the best eyesight and was the first to see Tang Ruan waiting at the cave entrance.

He, who had been walking briskly, suddenly stopped.

He turned to Lang Lie and Yan Qing and said: "You two support me."

"What's wrong?" Lang Lie frowned slightly, "Did I kick too hard just now?"

Fen Tian: "..."

Fen Tian: Duan Shi's Cub is truly innocent; this little guy actually thought he could really hurt him badly.

Fen Tian: "Ah."

The two of them hurriedly supported his arms from left and right.

Until—they saw Tang Ruan running anxiously toward them.

They realized that something seemed wrong.

"Fen Tian! You're hurt?"