Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 210 - 152: A Hidden Secret and the Mysterious Youth
In the pitch-black night sky, the wind blew apart the thick clouds, letting slivers of moonlight peek through. Below, on land stained blackish-red, bones were piled into mountains.
The once-clear river was now littered with the corpses of Demon Beasts, also stained blood-red. Under the moonlight, the water cast an eerie sheen.
In contrast, the Beastmen had suffered few casualties.
Gu Yin stepped out from the ranks of the Beastmen. Barefoot, he trod over the bones. His powerful, well-built form seemed to loom larger with each step as he advanced on the panicked Spider Beastman at the forefront.
A cold, crazed smile touched his thin lips. "Now, it’s your turn."
The exhilarating, frenzied battle had completely unleashed his bloodthirsty nature. Gu Yin’s blood-red, serpentine pupils constricted into pinpricks, so excited that his irises were almost invisible.
His long, blackish-red hair was completely soaked in blood, as if it had just been rinsed with water, and it lay in disarray across his broad, sturdy back.
His deathly pale body was also covered in blood. The fists hanging at his sides were caked in gore from just having crushed a Demon Beast’s skull.
He looked like a bloodthirsty god of slaughter who had just clawed his way out of hell.
The Spider Demon Beastman had already lost two of his limbs and was sprawled pathetically on the ground, barely clinging to life. A large pool of sickening, greenish-blue blood oozed from his stumps.
"We’re both despised and rejected Wandering Beasts, yet you’re helping these Beastmen! Have you forgotten how they drove us out?!"
The Spider Beastman dug his fingers deep into the dirt, his face contorted as he stared at the advancing Gu Yin. His voice was almost a roar, and the veins on his neck looked ready to burst.
Gu Yin paused. His eyes darkened. Looking down at the Spider Beastman, he slowly shook his head and said with conviction, "No, I’m not a Wandering Beast. I’m not like you."
’I have a female who wants me, and my mate loves me very much.’
"Heh heh, you mean that little female hiding in the tree? She’s just deceiving you! No female would ever like a Wandering Beast!" the Spider Beastman suddenly let out a twisted, maniacal laugh.
Hidden in the tree, An Jin was caught off guard as she met his cold, crazed gaze. Even from so far away, the venomous hatred in his eyes pierced her to the core.
Goosebumps instantly prickled all over her skin.
He secreted a thick web of silk from his fingertips. Bypassing the suddenly panicked Gu Yin, it shot toward the distant tree trunk in an instant. "Since you won’t let me live, then we’ll both go down together! If I can’t kill you, I’ll take your mate to see the Beast God with me!"
"Jin’er?!" Gu Yin whipped his tail, sending the Spider Beastman flying. His pupils contracted as he scrambled frantically toward the trees.
But the silk was too fast. He couldn’t stop it in time.
In that moment of life and death, An Jin used all her remaining spiritual power to form a sharp sword, which she used to slash through the silk hurtling toward her.
"I’m fine! Hurry and finish off that Demon Beastman!" An Jin yelled.
"COUGH, COUGH."
The Spider Beastman, dragging his mutilated body, collapsed on the ground, unable to get up again. He lifted his face, which had been crushed into a bloody pulp, making him look even more hideous and terrifying.
He let out a madman’s laugh. "Don’t even think about killing me. The power my lord bestowed upon me cannot be destroyed. You should be more worried about your own safety!"
A sudden scent of the deep sea enveloped An Jin. A man’s long, cool, and slender fingers landed on her fragile neck, his sharp nails piercing the delicate skin over her artery.
Droplets of red seeped from her snow-white skin, like vibrant red plums blossoming in the snow.
’It’s Xi?’
’How could he...’
"..." Her life was in someone else’s hands. An Jin frowned. She detested this feeling, but she wisely chose to wait and see what would happen.
’Did Xi actually betray me?’
’No, impossible. I trust Xi. With his innocent and carefree personality, there’s no way he would wallow in the mire with these Demon Beasts, who are as foul as a sewer.’
’There must be some detail I’ve missed.’
’When I saw Xi by the river earlier, his expression seemed off.’
The air grew utterly still. She was forced to hold her head high, unable to see what was happening below.
’But Gu Yin and that cunning Spider Beastman must be at a stalemate.’
’It’s shameful to admit, but I, this insignificant hostage, have become the only thing that can turn the tide of this battle.’
An Jin’s mind raced. She silently sent out her spiritual power once more to probe every inch for the detail she had missed, and finally, she found the clue.
—A strand of spider silk was connected to the top of Xi’s head.
And the other end of the silk was attached to the Spider Beastman’s finger.
’He’s actually controlling Xi like a marionette?!’
The strand of silk was hidden in the pitch-black night. To use an exaggeration, it was as thin as the air itself, making it extremely difficult to spot.
Ah Jin, cut it!
Xi’s voice echoed in her mind.
Although she was being held captive by the Merfolk, and one of his hands was viciously gripping her neck, his other hand was gently holding hers.
She had Xi’s Shark Pearl inside her. Although they were not mates, they shared a mental connection even stronger than that between mates.
Within a certain distance, they could communicate telepathically through the Shark Pearl.
A few days ago, I was hunting in this area to rank up when I discovered this rampaging horde of Demon Beasts. I observed them for a while and was planning to warn you, but he unfortunately discovered me.
Although I successfully advanced to the Fifth Rank, my power isn’t stable yet. I carelessly fell for his trick. My mind is still clear, but I can’t really control my body.
Xi’s tone was a mixture of pride and regret.
Learning the truth, An Jin’s tense body slowly relaxed. She never would have thought that in just one short month, Xi’s power had progressed by leaps and bounds, jumping straight from the Third Rank to the Fifth Rank.
Not even the most talented Beastman in the Beast World could cultivate at such a rapid pace.
’He must have accumulated enough power over the past decade or so to be on the verge of ranking up. He just needed a breakthrough.’
Having successfully threatened the ashen-faced Snake Beast, the Spider Beastman propped himself up and squatted on the dark ground. He shot a malicious, wicked smile at Gu Yin. "Kill me, and your mate dies too. If you want her to live, cut off your own arm!"
Then he beckoned to the Merfolk. "Bring her over here!"
"Yes."
The Merfolk came to stand behind him, his expression blank.
Just as the Spider Beastman was about to pull the female into his arms to deliberately provoke and humiliate the Snake Beast, his neck suddenly went cold.
"AH—!"
A short, sharp cry.
The Merfolk’s fingers sliced cleanly through his neck. A mist of blood from the severed artery sprayed over both of them as the Spider Beastman’s head was separated from his body.
His eight-eyed head went tumbling across the ground, rolling over several times.
"CAW CAW—" A massive black bird flew swiftly through the night sky. A slender figure could be faintly seen sitting on its back before it quickly vanished thousands of meters into the air.
’Hmph, it’s him again. How annoying.’
The handsome, black-haired, black-eyed youth gazed coldly at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood on the ground, a captivatingly cold tear-mole at the corner of his eye. He moved his fingertips slightly, and the Demon Beast corpses on the ground rapidly dissipated into clouds of black mist.
