Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 40 - 25: Taken Away by the Insect Clan

She imbued her arrows with the Power of thunder and lightning, and every shot was a killing blow. Her hunting efficiency even surpassed that of most of the Male Beasts in the party!

She had even managed to kill a member of the Insect Clan!

The creature had been hiding right in their ranks, ready to strike them from behind. The moment its corpse hit the ground and reverted to its true form, a chill ran down the spines of the Beastmen present. Even the few troublemakers in the group settled down considerably after that.

Though no one said it aloud, these Male Beasts had to admit they had subconsciously started to follow the young female’s lead.

"Young female, would you like to sit on my back? I can fly you high into the sky for a look. The view is much wider up there! We’ll be able to spot anything immediately!" The Snow Owl Beastman from before was incredibly enthusiastic.

He had just hunted a deer-like Star Beast and hadn’t yet shifted from his beast form back to his humanoid one. He was a great, snow-white owl with a wingspan of a full three to four meters. Sang Luo stared, her eyes wide. She couldn’t resist reaching out to stroke his back, finding his feathers surprisingly smooth and soft.

Instantly, the envious and jealous glares from the other Male Beasts were sharp enough to bore holes through him. The Snow Owl Beastman was so flustered his face flushed red; it was a good thing he was still in his beast form.

’This Snow Owl is clearly interested in me.’ Sang Luo had no desire to get into another romantic entanglement, so she pulled her hand back after a single stroke. She smiled and said, "It sounds like there’s some movement up ahead. I’ll go take a look. Don’t worry about me."

"Let me go with you!"

"That’s not necessary."

The Snow Owl Beastman watched her back, a dejected look on his face. ’It seems the young female isn’t interested in me.’ He sighed, then joined a few other avian Beastmen to patrol the nearby woods.

Tu Zhu’s eyes had been fixed on Sang Luo the entire time. When he saw her leave alone, his gaze darkened. He made an excuse to a few Beastmen beside him about needing to relieve himself in the woods, then trailed after her.

Sang Luo was not unaware of the movement behind her. She didn’t look back, striding forward as if she hadn’t noticed a thing. Only after she had put several kilometers between herself and the group did she stop.

"Your Talent Power is the Earth Element, and one of its abilities is detecting ground tremors. That’s how you secretly discovered the signs of the Beast Tide and used it to frame Lan Cang, isn’t it?"

Tu Zhu stopped dead in his tracks, belatedly realizing she had known he was there all along. He sneered, crossing his arms over his chest with an unhurried air. "You knew I was following, yet you still dared to stray this far from the group? You’re courting death!"

"You want to kill me?" Sang Luo turned to face him.

He had always known she was stunningly beautiful, but when their eyes met, Tu Zhu was still caught off guard, staring blankly for a few seconds. Then, his expression darkened abruptly. This female had rejected him time and time again, turning him into a public laughingstock!

Ever since Sang Luo had been captured by Wandering Beasts, Tu Zhu’s prestige in the tribe had plummeted. The other females and males all mocked and ridiculed him behind his back.

If Sang Luo had been killed by the Wandering Beasts, that would have been one thing. But he never imagined she would reappear before everyone, alive and well!

The mere sight of Sang Luo reminded Tu Zhu of the shame and resentment he had endured recently.

’If I can’t have her, I’ll destroy her!’

Sang Luo saw the undisguised killing intent in his eyes, and the smile on her lips widened. "Do you know why I let you follow me? Because we both have the same thing in mind."

She had deliberately lured him here.

’It’s time to settle all of Lan Cang’s scores with you, new and old.’

POP! With a sound of tearing fabric, Tu Zhu’s clothes burst apart as he transformed into a massive, powerfully built gray wolf. He kicked off with his hind legs and lunged, aiming to kill.

A row of earthen spikes, each several meters tall, erupted from the ground. Had this been the newly-transmigrated Sang Luo, with the body of a normal human, she would have been instantly impaled. But her current strength was comparable to a Peak of Fifth Rank Beastman, nearly rivaling a Sixth Rank. A light leap carried her three or four meters into the air, and she landed in a tree, causing the gray wolf’s lunge to hit nothing but air.

At the same time, she swiftly drew her bow.

WHOOSH—

The arrow, infused with the Power of thunder and lightning, struck the gray wolf’s body.

But it failed to pierce his hide.

A Beastman’s beast form was their strongest state. Now that Tu Zhu was a Sixth Rank, the fur covering his gray wolf body was like the toughest iron armor. The arrow only managed to leave a gash in his flesh.

His reflexes, honed by years of hunting and combat, were far beyond what Sang Luo, a mere human with little fighting experience, could ever hope to match.

Her arrows missed time and again, nowhere near the deadly accuracy she had displayed before.

After they clashed for several dozen rounds, the gray wolf slammed its forepaws into the ground. The earth trembled violently, and the surrounding trees splintered and broke apart. Sang Luo was thrown from her branch. A jolt of panic shot through her, and in an instant, she channeled the origin power within her. Countless green vines sprouted from the roots of the trees, wrapping around her waist to set her down gently on the ground.

Seeing this, Tu Zhu actually took several steps back in fear. His narrow, cold wolf eyes filled with disbelief. "You... you have two superpowers?!"

But his realization came too late.

A thick vine shot out, coiling around the gray wolf like a venomous snake.

A normal vine would be weak and harmless, but this one was infused with the Power of thunder and lightning. Its thorned tip struck once, piercing straight through the gray wolf’s abdomen. Blood poured out in a torrent as the wolf collapsed, lifeless, falling utterly silent.

She had turned the tables and killed Tu Zhu.

But a wave of dizziness suddenly struck Sang Luo.

’My origin power is depleted again,’ she realized.

Sang Luo could use both the Power of thunder and lightning and her Original Talent Power, but the two were different. The Power of thunder and lightning came from Lan Cang; how much she could wield depended entirely on her own mastery over it.

Her Original Talent Power, however, was a force that was consumed directly from her own body.

Sang Luo’s current strength was still too low. Whenever she overexerted this power, she would be left utterly exhausted, sometimes even falling unconscious.

She staggered forward two steps, trying to make her way back to the group, but her vision went black, and she lost consciousness completely...

An ordinary-looking Beastman passed through the woods, his movements slightly stiff and strange.

Suddenly, his eyes twitched, and his gaze fixed on the young female collapsed on the ground.

His pupils, flooded with excitement, turned completely black!

He hoisted the female onto his back, muttering, "An offering for the Insect King... offspring..."

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「Beckman Forest.」

The Beastmen of an entire city had all been "assimilated" by the Insect Clan.

It had become a new base of operations for the Insect Clan on this continent.

Beastmen entered the city from all directions, each carrying an unconscious female on his back. Their expressions were numb, their gaits stiff. On the outside, these "people" looked like Beastmen, but their cores had long since been replaced by the Insect Clan!

Another group of Beastmen had their heads and limbs manipulated by white threads that were nearly invisible, practically dissolving into the air—they were puppet Beastmen, controlled by the Insect Clan.

Rows upon rows of these puppet Beastmen carried stone and other construction materials, building a new palace in the heart of the city.

The abducted females were all being transported to this palace.

A youth with black hair, golden eyes, and a devastatingly demonic beauty emerged from the palace. Every member of the Insect Clan they passed bowed to him in reverence.

"Your Highness!"