219: Chapter 219 "That brat got away."

"That Cub has run away."

"I've never seen a Sea Beast before!" the beastman's face was brimming with excitement.

Having said that, he walked away without looking back.

Lang Lie: "It probably isn't alive."

Hu Che and Lang Lie both looked at Tang Ruan simultaneously, seeking her opinion.

"Let's go take a look! I'm curious about what's going on, too."

The volcano in Dongdong Valley is an extinct volcano, and there is a hot spring inside.

Although this hot spring is connected to the sea.

However, no large fish have ever appeared there.

Let alone Sea Beasts.

"When I fell in, I didn't see any Sea Beasts either. If there were any, I assume they would have already been eaten."

As Lang Lie spoke, relying on his tall and sturdy physique and the faint pressure he emitted, he quickly cleared a path in front.

Hu Che protected Tang Ruan, and Tang Ruan, holding Guo Guo, followed behind.

At the end of the crowd.

A giant monster that looked remarkably like an octopus lay limp by the lake like a puddle of rubber, with half of its body still in the water.

A dozen or so tentacles, seven or eight meters long, swayed in the water with the current.

It was exactly the kind of Sea Beast that the Jiao Clan controlled.

"There are no wounds on its body," Lang Lie concluded after observing it.

"This thing has great flexibility. Unless you sever its head, it's very hard to kill," Hu Che added.

"Could it be seawater pollution, or poisoning?" Tang Ruan asked.

"Seawater pollution?" Lang Lie asked, puzzled.

"It means the water has changed, causing the fish to be unable to survive. Just like a fish living in a stream, it would die if it entered the sea," Tang Ruan explained simply.

She speculated that it might be because Fen Tian and Yan Qing had killed too many Sea Beasts a few months ago, causing the seawater to be polluted by the corpses, making it impossible for marine life to survive in the original water quality.

At the time, she had only thought about how the undersea tremors would trigger a tsunami. She had forgotten about water pollution.

Fortunately, the beastmen do not rely on sea fish for a living.

Lang Lie frowned slightly; this was something he really hadn't noticed before.

In the past, beastmen didn't eat fish. But he understood what Tang Ruan was saying.

Just then, Jiao Jue arrived with a few beastmen.

Lang Lie exchanged a few brief words with him and then ran back to Tang Ruan's side.

"I've asked the Sheep Tribe to investigate and report the results to Yan Qing. Since we saw it this time, they wouldn't dare to hide it."

"Mm." Tang Ruan nodded.

The three of them continued on their way.

On the way, Tang Ruan sat on the back of Lang Lie, who was in his giant wolf form.

Guo Guo was sitting on Hu Che's back, excitedly playing with his fur; it looked like she wanted to braid a little pigtail on his back.

Because they had a little Cub with them, the group didn't travel very fast.

Fortunately, they had plenty of time.

While passing by a withered little tree, Tang Ruan suddenly shouted: "Wait a moment!"

The three of them looked at her simultaneously.

Tang Ruan pointed to the little tree that had withered from malnutrition because its roots had been dug out halfway.

"Doesn't it look a lot like the Sea Beast?"

Lang Lie and Hu Che stared at the tree for a moment.

Lang Lie: "You mean, it starved to death?"

Tang Ruan: "Or it could be that someone drained its Energy."

Hu Che said with some pride: "Among the beastmen I know, only the Mistress has the ability to absorb Energy. However—"

He changed the subject.

The others turned their gazes toward him.

"Perhaps the Jiao Clan can command Sea Beasts to offer up their own Energy. In the end, the Sea Beast dies from Energy depletion. However, only the royalty of the Jiao Clan has the ability to control Sea Beasts."

Sea Beasts are a very magical existence.

They are neither beastmen nor ordinary animals.

They possess a certain level of intelligence, and some Sea Beasts even have Supernatural Abilities, yet they are controlled by the Jiao Clan's royalty.

As for whether they have always been controlled, or if it only started from Jiao Yi, it is unknown.

Because the time that the beastmen on land have been in contact with the Jiao Clan is only a few decades.

"Perhaps a new King will be born among them soon," Lang Lie concluded.

They all thought of the same thing simultaneously.

If that were true, it would prove that this new "King" is currently collecting Energy.

And the purpose of collecting the Energy is very likely to seek revenge on them.

They needed to speed up.

They had to tell Yan Qing about this quickly.

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On the other side.

On the sea.

Another Sea Beast collapsed in front of the beautiful Female Beastman of the Jiao Clan.

It was gasping for air, on the verge of death.

"Clean it up!"

Following her command, another, larger Sea Beast immediately picked up its corpse and swam into the distance.

"Gr— Second Princess!"

A Male Beastman Witch Doctor wearing a cloak called out behind her.

The Female Beastman of the Jiao Clan looked at her fingernails, bored, and silently channeled her Energy.

On her pinkish-purple fingernails, a few translucent flowers immediately bloomed.

She curled her lips in satisfaction.

The moment she turned her head to look at the Witch Doctor, her expression darkened.

"If you are as loose-lipped as the previous Witch Doctor, I will chop you up and feed you to the fish. I'll let you taste the same fate as her and her daughter."

Upon hearing this, the Witch Doctor immediately knelt down.

He slapped himself hard across the face, "I was wrong, please forgive me, Second Princess."

"Hmph!" Jiao Luo snorted and ignored him further.

Now was the time to use him; she didn't want him to die yet.

The Jiao Clan Witch Doctor saw Jiao Luo sit down on a seashell chair not far away.

Only then did he dare to change direction and, while kneeling, said: "I just checked the Prince's condition. His blood can be used now."

"Really?"

Jiao Luo stood up from the chair immediately.

Then, she couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

"It can finally be used! It can finally be used!" she said excitedly.

She had waited so many years; it could finally be used.

She would no longer have to go through the trouble of obtaining Energy from other places.

Jiao Luo said regretfully: "It's all my brother's fault for suffering such severe physical trauma for that Female Beastman back then. It took so long for the Power of the Beast God to return. What a waste."

Jiao Luo smiled and lifted her chin slightly, signaling the Witch Doctor to get up.

"Start drawing blood for me from tomorrow. No! Start today."

According to legend, the four servants of the Beast God contain the Energy the Beast God shared with them within their bodies. That is the Power of the Beast God.

And this power, along with their reincarnation, would appear in a new physical body.

This is a legend that has been passed down in the Jiao Clan.

However, only her father discovered it.

This Energy can be transferred.

As long as one drinks the blood of the "reincarnation," that portion of Energy in the blood will enter the drinker's body.

And her brother just happened to be that reincarnation.

"Yes!" the Witch Doctor replied.

He raised his head and looked at Jiao Luo's face, which was seven or eight parts similar to Jiao Yi's.

Although they looked very similar, they were clearly not the same person. Yet, the same soul resided within their bodies.

Another effect of the Power of the Beast God is the immortality of the soul.

It seemed that this Female Beastman already possessed this ability.

And she had also mastered the ability to allow the soul to enter another physical body without going through reincarnation.

He couldn't help but think that being her brother was truly unfortunate.

As the reincarnation of the Beast God's servant, he could have originally become the strongest existence in the Beast World. Instead, his Energy was sealed, and he was kept in captivity like an animal, providing blood for her.

And her two sisters, whose souls were extracted when they were on the verge of death to be used as spare bodies. As well as the father she drained dry... and her brother's Cub... Truly, anyone related to her was unlucky.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Seeing that the Witch Doctor was still kneeling and not leaving after answering, Jiao Luo said impatiently.

"There is one more thing I need to tell you."

"Speak!"

The Witch Doctor saw that Jiao Luo was in a good mood right now. He nervously smacked his lips and said: "That Cub has run away."