Chapter 137 - 136: I’m Not Ugly, Big Sister. How About You Consider It?

Chu Liangyu had been in a pretty good mood before entering the Sumeru Space.

But this string of events made it impossible for her to smile.

When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken—a truth even a three-year-old child understands.

Now that Chu Liangyu knew the Beast World’s situation, there was no way she could just stand by and do nothing.

Of course, aside from that, she needed to obtain that position as soon as possible.

This trip out had given her a new understanding of her own strength.

Perhaps her power was immense in front of her Beast Husbands, but before these Guardians, the strength she relied on was utterly insignificant.

That guy named Yu was harsh, but what he said was the truth.

She knew clearly that she was just a Beastman of still-meager strength, not yet at a level where she could interact with them as an equal.

She traveled back at an extremely high speed, even twice as fast as when she had come.

This time, she didn’t allow herself much time to rest. Only when she was too exhausted to fly would she stop for a brief moment; the rest of the time, she was frantically rushing on her way.

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"Speak! What did you do to her?! Why hasn’t she woken up yet?"

Jinling viciously kicked the man on the ground, his voice thick with unconcealed rage.

Hua Youyue hadn’t expected this guy to recognize him, even though he’d turned himself into a beastman cub.

It was as if the man had eyes that could see through any disguise, which left Hua Youyue utterly frustrated.

A sharp pain shot through his body from the heavy kick, and tears and snot streamed down his face. He quickly begged for mercy, "I only used a confusion rune! Under normal circumstances, she should have woken up in two or three days. Who knew she still wouldn’t be awake by now?"

"This time, it really has nothing to do with me!"

"How does it have nothing to do with you? If it weren’t for you, she wouldn’t be in this state."

As Jinling spoke, he crouched down and grabbed him by the neck. "You’re better off dead."

This guy was good at running, and also skilled at changing his form and appearance, which reminded him of the Alien Flower Clan near the tribe.

If it weren’t for the extremely accurate intuition he’d gained after leveling up, he would have lost the trail countless times.

It was also because of this skill that he was able to see through this person’s disguise every time.

"I can sense you’re not lying, but if anything happens to her, your Alien Flower Clan won’t need to exist anymore."

"Y-You... if you kill me, you’ll have even less of a chance to wake her up! Why don’t you... let me try again!"

Hua Youyue struggled, gasping for a moment of air, and hastily tried to save the situation.

Jinling snorted coldly, but ultimately released him, letting him go over and try.

In truth, he had already used every method he knew. What he’d just said was just a stalling tactic—after all, he really didn’t want to die.

While he put on a show of making gestures over Chu Liangyu, he could feel the hostile gaze on his back, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

’Oh heavens, I’m not really going to die just like this, am I?!’

The people in his tribe were waiting for him to bring someone back to trade with the Xihe Tribe for food. If he died just like this, his tribe would have no choice but to wait for death.

He prayed inwardly for the woman before him to wake up quickly, but as time passed, his eyes gradually filled with despair.

"You lied to me." Jinling had only let him try on a whim, and now that he saw the result, he grew even angrier.

Hua Youyue’s eyes darted around as he backed away. Remembering the feeling of suffocation from before, his lips trembled as he spoke, "N-No, that’s not it! Just wait a little longer, just a little longer and it’ll work!"

No matter how he retreated, the difference in their strength was absolute. He failed to escape Jinling’s grasp on his neck.

This time, Jinling used real force. In an instant, Hua Youyue’s eyes rolled back in his head, and his mind buzzed.

He tried to pry Jinling’s hand away, but it didn’t budge an inch. Shamelessly, he resorted to digging his nails in. Perhaps feeling the pain, the hand choking him finally loosened its grip.

A flash of joy crossed Hua Youyue’s face, and he took the opportunity to struggle even harder. Being shameless enough, when he saw Jinling still wouldn’t let go, a desperate idea struck him: he licked the back of Jinling’s hand.

Just one look at Jinling’s disgusted expression was enough to know that this move was far more effective than digging in his nails.

Jinling wiped his hand on everything in disgust until the revolting feeling was gone, at which point his expression finally improved slightly.

"You’re disgusting!"

Jinling’s eyes grew cold. He lost the inclination to torture him slowly, and instead, a thick killing intent arose.

He had never seen such a shameless male beastman. The guy was a disgrace to all male beastmen; it would be better to just kill him and be done with it.

Then again, this guy wasn’t really a beastman, just a flower. But he was still male. He deserved to die.

ROAR...

He reverted directly to his beast form and pounced on Hua Youyue. His powerful lion body easily pinned the man beneath his paws.

His open jaws could easily bite off Hua Youyue’s head, leaving no chance of survival.

"Jinling, are you hungry?"

In truth, after she had left the Sumeru Space, she had been able to reconnect with and control her avatar again, but she had been too agitated by recent events.

When she finally remembered and tried to take control, this was the scene she saw through her avatar’s eyes.

"He’s so ugly, and you’re still able to stomach it?"

Those high cheekbones and protruding lips... Chu Liangyu took one glance and had to look away.

It was truly an eyesore. Looking at him just made her mood worse.

"Yes, yes, yes! I’m so ugly, I won’t taste good!"

The moment she spoke, Jinling released Hua Youyue and bounded over to Chu Liangyu in a few steps.

His huge lion head stared at her blankly, just like a giant stuffed toy.

Chu Liangyu was taken aback for a moment, then couldn’t help but ask, "What’s with that expression? You don’t recognize me?"

"No, no! I just thought... I thought you’d never wake up."

A glimmer of moisture flashed in the lion’s eyes before he shook his head forcefully.

Chu Liangyu stroked his head and comforted him, "I’m fine now. But this whole incident... you’ve worked hard."

"Let’s go. It’s getting late. We need to hurry back to the tribe."

Jinling paced around happily and offered enthusiastically, "Female Master, you just woke up. Let me carry you back."

The avatar only looked identical to Chu Liangyu; it didn’t possess her abilities. Therefore, Chu Liangyu didn’t refuse.

She vaulted onto the lion’s back, and the two prepared to leave.

Hua Youyue stood to the side, not even daring to breathe, terrified they would notice him.

"Jinling, wait."

"What is it?"

Chu Liangyu pointed at the man standing stock-still over there and asked, "He’s the one who kidnapped me?"

"That’s him. I was about to kill him just now, but when I saw you wake up, I got so happy I forgot."

As he said this, Jinling started walking back, raising a massive paw to smash the man to death in a single strike.

"AHHHH, SPARE ME!"

"Big Sis, I’m actually not ugly! I’m even better looking than this guy! If it’s possible, could you consider letting me become your Beast Husband?"