213: Chapter 213 This is a cute girl!

That Jiao Clan Male Beastman actually exploded.

Countless chunks of flesh, accompanied by blood, splattered everywhere.

Lang Lie immediately activated his Supernatural Ability.

The flesh chunks and blood solidified in mid-air and fell vertically to the ground.

"Mistress! Mistress, are you alright?" Hu Che pulled Tang Ruan up from the ground.

It was clearly he who had blocked in front of her.

Yet he worriedly pulled her around to check her, terrified that she might be injured.

Tang Ruan shook her head, meeting Lang Lie's worried gaze, signaling to him that she was fine.

"What is going on?"

Tang Ruan said, her gaze sweeping over the corpse pieces that had been "beautified" by ice crystals, yet she still instinctively felt a wave of nausea.

Suddenly, her line of sight landed on an ice block not far away.

Inside the ice block, there was a red line; at first glance, one would think it was blood.

But Tang Ruan's eyesight was very good now, and upon closer inspection, she could see that the "blood line" actually had several pairs of black feet growing on it.

It looked more like a long, thin worm.

Hu Che saw it too.

He casually grabbed a stone and forcefully smashed open the ice block.

The worm frozen in the middle was exposed.

"A Promise-Eating Worm!" Hu Che exclaimed, immediately retreating two steps and pulling Tang Ruan away.

Seeing his reaction, everyone followed suit and ran away.

Although they didn't know what a Promise-Eating Worm was.

It was clearly nothing good.

Because, it had been growing inside that Jiao Clan Male Beastman's body.

Looking closely, it seemed to be in the other corpse pieces as well.

Before everyone could voice their questions.

The Promise-Eating Worm, which had been frozen stiff, actually woke up after coming into contact with sunlight.

It twisted its body frantically on the ice block.

"The Promise-Eating Worm is a type of worm legendarily raised by the Jiao Clan to control other Beastmen.

It is said that after eating a Promise-Eating Worm, the first sentence spoken becomes the oath of the one who ate it.

If the person does not break the oath, although the Promise-Eating Worm will grow and reproduce in their body, it will not harm them.

But once they break the oath, the Promise-Eating Worm will instantly release a type of thermal Energy and burst through their body, then devour them completely."

Hearing Hu Che's explanation, everyone felt a wave of horror.

They subconsciously retreated a few more steps.

At this moment, the Promise-Eating Worm, while twisting, dropped itself onto the ground.

Only a few seconds later, the worm, which was only as thick as a few strands of hair, stopped wriggling—withered—and died.

"Promise-Eating Worms live in the ocean and cannot leave the water," Hu Che explained simply.

Hearing him say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Quick, quick, quick! Use fire to burn it!"

Several Sheep Tribe Beastmen received Jiao Jue's order and immediately pulled out firestones.

While they were burning the corpse pieces.

Lang Lie pulled Tang Ruan and Hu Che to a safe spot in the distance.

"Someone didn't want him to reveal Tang Ruan's past," Lang Lie said.

"It must be the Jiao Clan! We shouldn't have killed Princess Jiao Yi so easily back then!" Hu Che said bitterly.

"Perhaps other members of the Jiao Clan know."

"We asked. We've already captured every Jiao Clan member we could encounter on the sea.

Even if someone knew, it could only be those two legendary princesses."

"The two legendary princesses?" Lang Lie asked, puzzled.

Hu Che: "They are only legendary; no one has ever seen them.

Princess Jiao Yi said her two younger sisters died as soon as they were born.

But that Beastman just now said he was delivering food to a prince. I've never heard of the Jiao Clan having any prince.

It's clear that Princess Jiao Yi's words cannot be trusted either."

From the conversation between Hu Che and Lang Lie, Tang Ruan learned.

They had been investigating the Jiao Clan in order to find out her past and help her break the Seal on her body.

She herself hadn't taken this matter to heart.

Anyway, at her current level, there was no problem with her bearing a Cub for any of them.

She had no pursuit of powerful Energy.

But perhaps they felt that the stronger she was, the safer she would be...

"Yan Qing cannot dive for too long either," Hu Che said. "Our Red Fox Tribe Beast Husbands are all being kept by the Jiao Clan on an island..."

"We must go to the seabed to see for ourselves. Perhaps I can..."

Hearing Lang Lie's words, Tang Ruan suddenly looked at him.

Seeing the worry in Tang Ruan's eyes, Lang Lie smiled and said, "After I fell into a coma last time, I triggered the ability to breathe underwater.

I can try again."

"No!" Tang Ruan refused seriously. "Don't even think about taking risks!"

Lang Lie: "I will test it well before going into the sea."

"Don't even think about it!"

Tang Ruan angrily shook off Lang Lie's hand.

He had been holding her hand.

Lang Lie looked at his empty palm, instantly feeling a sharp pain in his chest.

"None of you are to think about diving into the sea!

The pressure in the sea is so great, how can it be the same as outside?

Besides, there are so many Sea Beasts!

And Lang Lie is also—"

She wanted to say that Lang Lie was only at level three, and with his current level, he was no match for those Sea Beasts.

But fearing he would feel inferior, she changed her words: "Anyway, I'm fine right now!

Whether or not the Seal can be broken, I don't care at all.

Besides, didn't Fen Tian say that I've already been breaking free from the Seal bit by bit?

What's the rush?"

Although neither Hu Che nor Lang Lie understood what "pressure" meant.

They could tell that their Mistress was very worried.

Therefore, they both nodded in agreement with her words.

"Okay, understood, I won't go."

"Mistress, don't be angry anymore."

After saying this, the two exchanged a look.

Wanting to help Tang Ruan break the Seal was one aspect.

Understanding her past and finding those who had bullied her in the past to take revenge was their true goal.

However, in order not to make their Mistress worry, they should think of another way...

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Jiao Jue finished dealing with the Jiao Clan member's corpse.

He led them to the Sheep City Lord's Mansion and met City Lord Yang Youyou.

After a few pleasantries, Lang Lie got straight to the point and asked about the Jiao Clan Male Beastman and the Cub.

City Lord Yang Youyou was a timid Male Beastman, and upon learning that they already knew.

He said nervously: "Didn't Potato already ask the Divine Maiden?

That Male Beastman and the Cub have nothing to do with the Divine Maiden."

Lang Lie sneered: "Indeed, they have nothing to do with her.

But you still suspected they did, which is why you put them under house arrest, isn't it?"

City Lord Yang Youyou nervously swallowed his saliva, "No, no, it's just that we saw they were pitiful, so we let them stay in the City Lord's Mansion temporarily."

"I want to see the Cub," Tang Ruan said.

Lang Lie and Hu Che also looked at City Lord Yang Youyou.

Perhaps they could get some clues from this Cub.

City Lord Yang Youyou immediately had someone bring the Cub over.

The Cub was carried over with her back to everyone.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, she immediately hid behind the Male Beastman who had carried her.

"This Cub is afraid of people," said the Male Beastman responsible for taking care of the Cub. "Guo Guo, don't be afraid, come out and let the uncles and auntie see you."

The little Cub poked her head out from behind the Male Beastman.

But they only saw her soft, straight bangs, round cheeks, and the ends of her hair gently swaying with her movements.

But just that little bit that was revealed made Tang Ruan immediately conclude—this was a cute girl!

She squatted down and opened her arms toward her, "Guo Guo, let Auntie see you, okay?"

Guo Guo's fair, tender little hands were tightly gripping the Beastman's leg.

Hu Che saw it more clearly from another angle.

This Cub's profile was also—too cute!

He squatted down and took a fruit out of his space.

"Guo Guo, come to Uncle here, I'll give you this to eat, okay? It's very sweet!"

Hu Che's expression was exaggerated.

Guo Guo still didn't move.

Hu Che held the fruit in his palm, opened his arms towards Guo Guo, and acted spoiled: "Hurry up! Uncle wants to see just how pretty Guo Guo is!"

Guo Guo's chubby little mouth suddenly pursed.

Then, she suddenly ran towards Hu Che and dove headfirst into his arms.