Beauty and the Beasts

51-60

Chapter 51 - Shook Off the Tail

The next day.

A leopard transformed into human form and back-faced Muir, walking in the forest with a group of leopards. He said worriedly, "Muir, are you okay? Shall we send you back to the City of Beastmen first?"

Muir shook his head feebly. "It's of no use. The only way to neutralize the poison from snake beastmen is to eat them. Don't bother wasting your energy by running back for me. The more important thing is to rescue the female."

The snake beastman had four animal stripes, whereas their group only consisted of two-striped leopards. They couldn't even rescue a female from his hands, much less kill him.

Now that the strongest among them—Muir—had lost his combat power, they would probably even fail in their task to save the female.

The leopards felt dejected.

Roar! Someone discovered something!

Very quickly, a leopard beastman in human form ran to Muir's side with a tree leaf that had a snake scale on it. "We found a snake scale in the place where the snake beastman lived, appropriately placed on a tree leaf. It will definitely help to neutralize the poison!"

Muir stared at the snake scale blankly, unable to describe his feelings at the sudden turn of events.

Next to him, the leopards talked noisily. His senses were already blurry at this moment, yet he clearly heard this— "There's the scent of a female on this scale. That female must have plucked it."

…

Bai Qingqing sat on Curtis's arm, following him as he proceeded to the beach. After he made up his mind to shift to a new home, he brought Bai Qingqing back to the cave, packing up all his things into a piece of luggage which he now carried with him.

It was noon sharp, yet the skies suddenly darkened, the air pressure so low that it made one feel stuffy in the ċhėst. With the birds in the forest flying at a low altitude, if one didn't pay attention he might just walk right into a few.

"Seems like it's going to rain," Bai Qingqing said as she stared at the skies.

This was bad. If they were to stop now, Curtis was still brimming with energy. What if he decided to unleash all this energy on her?

Curtis said, "There's a cave in front. Let's seek shelter from the rain there."

Bai Qingqing grinned. "Why are your caves everywhere?"

"It's like that for feral beasts," Curtis said.

This cave was rather hidden. On top of the dense vines hanging at the entrance of the cave, there were red little flowers blooming amidst those vines—quite a beautiful sight to behold.

Bai Qingqing pried the vines away and tied them to the two sides, to let air circulate into the cave. Just as she was about to enter, Curtis suddenly pulled her behind him.

Rmfz!

A strong and bulky tiger pounced out. Curtis's upper body dodged it and, twisting his body, transformed into his snake form and curled around the ferocious tiger.