Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 198 - 142: Soaring Snake Royal Mansion

It was a bright, clear day, yet the dense forest blocked all sunlight, casting the woods into a dim, deep gloom. The atmosphere was pervaded by an indescribable sense of unease.

Sang Luo’s heart skipped a beat. The surrounding aura shifted abruptly as an overwhelming malice and killing intent washed over her. She took a sharp step back, and a black Trapping Array materialized beneath her.

At the same time, countless dark figures burst from the dense woods, charging in for the kill.

Sang Luo forcibly shattered the Array, clutched the Little Snake, and turned to flee.

"Leave no survivors! Kill her!"

Si Yang appeared in mid-air, looking down on Sang Luo with a cruel smile. "If you must blame someone, blame yourself for ever showing up. And that child in your womb should never have existed! Si Ye destroyed my life’s work, so I’ll destroy his bloodline!"

Si Yang had secretly cultivated a group of a hundred King Rank Beastman Death Warriors. Si Ye had eliminated most of them, but the twenty-odd that remained now followed him. They had been assimilated into Demon Beasts, their power soaring as a result.

The Death Warriors blocked her only way out.

She was surrounded, front and back.

No way forward, no way back.

Compared to the thousands of Demon Beasts chasing from behind, Sang Luo had no choice but to brace herself and face the Death Warriors first. She could handle one or two, but facing more than twenty Death Warriors of a similar level all at once was beyond her. She had the will, but not the strength.

In an instant, several wounds appeared on her body. The Demonic Qi tainting the gashes began to devour her flesh and blood, resisting both Purification and healing.

A burly Beastman in black raised his blade, about to strike her down.

The Little Snake shot out in a fury. The Beastman’s body was instantly pierced, leaving a gaping hole in his chest. His Crystal Core was gone.

In a flash, the remaining twenty-odd Beastmen all fell to the ground, dead. The Little Snake had devoured every single one of their Crystal Cores.

Seeing the gruesome fate of the Death Warriors, the thousands of Demon Beasts at her back retreated in fear.

Si Yang broke out in a cold sweat. ’A King Rank cub... could it be!’

’How could this female be connected with the Southern region?’

Mi Xing himself had warned him not to provoke the Southern region.

’But it’s too late to back down now,’ he thought. ’This female must die!’

A Magic Whip appeared in Si Yang’s hand. As a Fallen Demon, his power had reached the Peak of King Rank; Sang Luo was no match for him. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

BOOM!

A tremendous force flung her dozens of meters, sending her crashing against a stone cliff face. Sang Luo’s face contorted in agony. ’It feels like every bone in my body is about to shatter.’

The whip in Si Yang’s hand instantly transformed into a Longsword, which he aimed straight for her stomach.

Sang Luo clutched her stomach in terror. Forced back step by step, she reached the edge of the cliff, her foot slipped on empty air, and she plummeted downwards.

Suddenly, a figure appeared, catching her in an embrace and soaring back up.

Terrified, Sang Luo clung tightly to his silver-patterned dark robe, her face ashen. ’Did my Soul Mark trigger? Did it summon one of my Beast Husbands?’ But when she looked up, she saw a strange man in dark robes.

Silky, ink-black hair cascaded down his back. He wore the mask of a fearsome ghoul, obscuring his face, but his jawline was as elegant and white as jade. A faint, cold fragrance emanated from him, making her heart flutter in a daze. As she lost more and more blood... her consciousness began to fade...

The man carried her and walked along the cliff’s edge. With every step he took, the beasts retreated in droves.

Si Yang’s expression was grim. "And where did you spring from!"

The man’s voice was calm. "You’re one of Mi Xing’s men. A Beastman who has undergone Demonization."

"You... How do you know that? Who are you?" Si Yang suddenly realized something was terribly wrong, and an unspeakable panic began to spread through him.

"A decent enough pawn, but you laid a hand on someone you never should have touched." The man glanced down at the unconscious female in his arms, and a sudden, violent rage surged within him. The dark mist behind him solidified into chains, coiling like vipers around the fleeing Si Yang.

The next second—POP! Si Yang’s body was crushed into a fine mist of blood.

A black Crystal Core floated down into the man’s palm. He crushed it with ease, and a surge of powerful energy flowed into his body, allowing him to completely devour its Talent Ability.

Carrying the unconscious Sang Luo and the Little Snake, he teleported away.

...

Sang Luo startled awake from a nightmare.

Lying in bed, she took a moment to compose herself before quickly checking her body.

She was completely unharmed.

Her wounds were completely healed, the Demonic Qi had vanished, and not a single scar remained.

Once she was certain that she was alive and well, Sang Luo finally took a moment to survey the unfamiliar bedchamber.

’Where... am I now?’

"Noble female, you’re awake?" a Beast Servant said, stepping forward. "This is the Southern Soaring Snake Royal Mansion."

"Soaring Snake... Royal Mansion..." Her mind felt sluggish. Dazed, she asked, "Then who is your master?"

"Our master is Lord Quan Xiu, the adopted son of the Soaring Snake Clan’s Old Beast King," the servant said respectfully. "Thank you, noble female, for finding our lost Young Master. You were injured and unconscious, so the master brought you back to the mansion and instructed us to take good care of you."

Sang Luo quickly pieced everything together.

The man in white she had met at the morning market was Quan Xiu. He was also the one who had saved her at the cliff.

’No wonder his aura felt so familiar...’

’The Little Snake is his biological son, which means he’s related by blood to Caesar...’

’No wonder... seeing the Little Snake always made me unconsciously think of my own snake egg...’

’But why did Quan Xiu avoid me last time? Was he afraid I’d recognize him?’

The impression Quan Xiu gave her now was much better than when they had met back on the Western Continent.

Sang Luo asked, "How long was I unconscious?"

"Not long. The master personally dispelled the Demonic Qi and healed your wounds. You were only unconscious for a few hours."

Sang Luo glanced out the window. The sky was still bright; it was still afternoon.

"Right, what about the Little Snake? Is he okay?"

She remembered Si Yang had also knocked the Little Snake to the ground. He was so small; she wondered if he had been fundamentally injured.

"He’s fine. The Young Master is very tough. He woke up a while ago. The master took him to Siguotang."

The servant sighed. "I don’t know what’s gotten into the Young Master lately. He’s always trying to sneak out."

"This isn’t the first time he’s run away. The master caught him and brought him back the last few times."

"This time, he escaped again while the master was away on business. If the master hadn’t sensed he was in danger through their bloodline mark and rushed over, I’m afraid the Young Master would have gotten himself killed."

"..." ’He’s certainly a handful.’

After a moment’s thought, Sang Luo said, "I would like to see your master. Would it be possible for you to take me to him?"

"The master and the Young Master should still be in Siguotang. I can take you there now."

"Thank you."

Sang Luo followed the servant into a courtyard, where she came across a female dressed in lavish clothes.

The female was stunningly beautiful, but her features held a hint of cold indifference. She shot Sang Luo an extremely hostile look and muttered, "A lowly female picked up from who-knows-where, brought into the Royal Mansion... The master is really getting less and less picky."

After the woman and her attendants had walked away, Sang Luo asked, "Who was that noble female?"

"That is Lu Zhi, a concubine who has been by Lord Quan Xiu’s side for many years. She is a female from a local, noble Snake Clan family. The master dotes on her. After he returned from his last trip, he even dismissed all the other concubines in the mansion for her sake, keeping only her."

"Lord Quan Xiu’s feelings for Lu Zhi are genuine. I heard he plans to formally propose to her soon," the servant told Sang Luo. "However, this noble female often acts unscrupulously in the mansion, banking on Lord Quan Xiu’s favor. Since you were brought here from the outside by the master, she will likely resent you. It would be best for you to keep your distance from her."

"Mm."

Sang Luo nodded.

’Quan Xiu mentioned before that he had many concubines in his mansion. As a King Beast, he had no shortage of females or beauties; the only thing he lacked was an heir. The Little Snake’s birth mother must be this Snake Clan female, Lu Zhi.’