Chapter 364: Chapter 364
He watched as the former City Lords were revived one after another.
Xue Lin stood up in shock. Among these revived former City Lords, several were his ancestors, the Kylin Beastmen. "Grandfather..."
He Mei gently tugged his arm. "Xue Lin, that’s not your grandfather. Grandfather was the kindest and most amiable person. This... this thing, it feels terrifying."
Xue Lin snapped back to his senses. "Mei Mei, you’re right. He’s indeed not Grandfather." With that, his eyes filled with anger.
His ancestors, the Kylin Beastmen, and those former City Lords of Myriad Beasts City, were all heroes of Myriad Beasts City. How could they be defiled and desecrated !
He picked up his Mistress. Whispering softly, he coaxed, "Mei Mei, I’m going to fight in a bit. Could you take the cubs and hide for now?"
He Mei keenly sensed the danger. "Xue Xue, Grandfathers look so scary. You must be careful."
"Hmm. I will protect myself," he said, gently stroking He Mei’s hair.
Xue Lin and He Mei were widely recognized in Myriad Beasts City as a devoted couple. Unexpectedly, even as the great battle loomed, they didn’t forget to show their affection.
"Jian Lin, Sheng Lin, Kang Lin!"
The three male Kylin immediately appeared before Xue Lin.
Xue Lin said, "Jian Lin, you are responsible for taking your mother and your sister Bao Lin to safety. Sheng Lin and Kang Lin, you are in charge of evacuating the Beastmen and taking the female Beastmen and the cubs to hide in the protection caves."
"Understood!" the three Kylin males responded. With the great battle imminent, the males had a duty to protect the females and cubs.
Jian Lin asked, "Father, what about you?"
Xue Lin declared, "I am the City Lord of Myriad Beasts City. I cannot retreat from this battle."
The three male Kylin felt a surge of emotion in their chests. "We understand," they said.
Shi Bai and the two Golden Dragon Beastmen were locked in an intense battle, their powerful auras seeming to obscure the sky. Suddenly, several newly created corpse soldiers appeared on the ground.
The Beastmen ran in panic in all directions, while the Grey Parrot Sages, along with the Priests and Witch Doctors of Myriad Beasts City, arranged for the Beastmen to evacuate Divine Mountain in an orderly manner.
She Wang teleported before the Black Priest in an instant. He was about to strike with fearsome lightning when a newly appeared corpse soldier, a Kylin Beastman, blocked him. Lightning had a restraining effect on necrotic energy, and the corpse soldier Kylin staggered back a few steps. However, just then, two more dark corpse soldiers appeared in front of She Wang.
From Si Yan’s shoulder, Gecko cried out, "Grandchild, they’re spreading the corpse soldier virus!"
They saw the corpse soldier Shi Bai relentlessly spewing dragon breath in the air. Meanwhile, the newly revived corpse soldiers on the ground would scratch a Beastman, then release them to attack the next.
The corpse soldier virus spread quickly. One after another, Beastmen turned dark and collapsed to the ground. High Priest Bai Feng flew through the air, waving his priestly staff and leading the Beastmen in battle.
Tai Seng, Jin Qian, and many other male Beastmen rushed to the front lines to fight these corpse soldiers. Beastmen possessed many shortcomings, but they also had one great virtue.
In the face of danger, male Beastmen were always willing to lay down their lives to protect the females and cubs! This was a terrifying power, a force capable of overcoming fear and darkness.
Si Yan said, "You will lose."
The Black Priest, however, seemed unconcerned about the battle raging outside. "Is that so?" he replied.
Si Yan felt uneasy looking at his nonchalant arrogance. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
She had once drawn an Electric Snake from She Wang’s body and kept it in her space to breed. That Electric Snake was incredibly prolific. In her space, it had multiplied endlessly!
She casually pulled out a few Electric Snakes from her space. They appeared beside her, CRACKLING menacingly. Lightning was a nemesis to such evil entities.
Si Yan grabbed the tail of an Electric Snake. The fearsome creature opened its massive mouth, as if to devour the Black Priest!
However, the Black Priest’s lips curled into a smile. He took a few steps back, and the dark matter behind him coalesced into a pair of huge wings. As the wings unfurled, they seemed to absorb the nearby light.
Si Yan was momentarily startled. Wasn’t this world supposed to be a low-magic world? She had thought her Spatial Element was the biggest ’cheat’ in this world.
Wasn’t he just an ordinary Priest like Song Ji who had strayed down the wrong path and turned dark? His wings didn’t resemble Beastman wings. What was going on? This had to be the presence of high magic.
In a low-magic world like the Beast World, power levels are comparatively low, and individuals possess certain Special Abilities, such as control over fire or electricity.
In a high-magic world, however, strength levels are extremely high. Such worlds are akin to cultivation settings, with abilities like sword flight and the formation of qi wings. It’s commonplace to encounter individuals who can casually use magic on the street, or even powerful beings capable of destroying half a world with a wave of their hand.
Then, the Black Priest flew into the air and charged towards Si Yan.
"Si Yan!" She Wang shook off the corpse soldiers surrounding him and prepared to help her.
Si Yan held lightning in one hand and snake scales in the other. As the Black Priest struck, she lightly turned her body, using a deft movement to neutralize the attack. Now that they were close, Si Yan’s aim with the Electric Snake improved, and she sent a bolt of lightning, thick as her wrist, towards the Black Priest’s head.
The Black Priest took the full force of the blow. He wasn’t like the corpse soldiers, so he didn’t fear the lightning. After the strike, his hood slipped off.
When she clearly saw the face of the person before her, Si Yan’s mind reeled, and her pupils dilated instantly.
The momentary lapse in concentration gave him an opening. He spun behind Si Yan and locked his arm around her throat.
"Si Yan!!" Tai Seng exclaimed anxiously.
As his arm tightened around Si Yan’s neck, the Black Priest gently rested his chin on her shoulder and whispered in her ear, "Little Yan, so many years have passed, and you’re still so concerned about this face."
After the initial shock, Si Yan quickly calmed herself. "No, you’re not him."
A strange, unsettling feeling washed over her again; although the man before her looked exactly like Si Jie, he was not the brother who had cherished her for twenty years. A few more corpse soldiers arrived, blocking She Wang and Tai Seng’s path.
The Black Priest manipulated the corpse soldiers, preventing other Beastmen from interfering with him and Si Yan. Si Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Sparks of electricity flashed across her body, and in the next instant, she successfully escaped, reappearing about ten meters in front of him. At the same time, She Wang appeared beside her.
He quickly scanned her from head to toe. Upon spotting even minor wounds on her body, his killing intent surged. He glared at the Black Priest, his voice laced with brutality, "You’re seeking death!"
Si Yan grabbed his wrist, signaling him to stay calm.
She wasn’t seriously hurt. The minor scrapes from the fight were already almost healed.
The Black Priest’s eyes narrowed slightly. "A combination of Spatial Element and lightning abilities. Nicely done," he praised.
In her previous life, after she returned from college... she felt there was a slight change in Si Jie’s personality. No, it was more than slight. Even as children, she would occasionally feel her brother’s personality undergo sudden, inexplicable changes.
She had occasionally mentioned it to her brother, but he always seemed hesitant and troubled, as if struggling to find the words. She trusted him, so she didn’t press the issue.
A particularly unsettling suspicion now began to creep into Si Yan’s mind.
Could her brother have a dual personality? Or perhaps there was a twin.
"Why did you also come to the Beast World?" Si Yan asked, "Is it because we perished together, and that’s why we both ended up in the Beast World?"