The other party's calm tone also miraculously soothed the anxiety in Wen Te and Shu Yue's hearts.
Shu Yue clasped her hands together in prayer, "May the Beast God bless An An and keep her safe."
After praying, she bowed to Priest Wei and thanked him, "Priest Wei, thank you. We'll trouble you again in a few days. Please rest well, we'll be going now."
Priest Wei nodded. Before they could leave, he closed his eyes. Alas, he was getting old and couldn't manage.
Seeing this, Shu Yue and Wen Te quietly left, closing the door behind them.
They would go back and prepare some nourishing food to bring over for the priests to recuperate.
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Shui You saw land in the distance. Land was different from islands. Islands were bare with few trees, whereas real land was first seen with many trees, and a dry scent greeted them.
Shu An's entire body was ice-cold, trembling from the chill. Even with the protection of the clam shell, her body was alternately dry and wet, wet and dry. Moreover, the weather wasn't exactly warm.
She also saw the forest, and joy appeared in her eyes, "Great, we're finally going home!"
Shui You hesitated, "Shu An, I've never been to land before. At most, I've seen forests by the shore. So, you'll have to lead the way for me to take you back."
Water beastmen's combat power was halved on land. He had no tribe and entering land alone was a risky act. Therefore, he had never been there. He had survived for so long by himself, he had to restrain his curiosity to live longer.
Shu An was still confident, "No problem!"
She didn't know the way either, but as long as she met a beastman, it would be much easier. Who didn't know Warrior City?
Shui You brought her closer to the shore. Before they even landed, many dark figures suddenly emerged from the dense forest in all directions, and they were clearly not friendly.
Shui You was startled and immediately submerged, pulling Shu An down with him. Everything happened too quickly, and Shu An didn't even have time to hold her breath, getting completely submerged.
Shui You heard the gurgling struggle and suddenly remembered that females couldn't go into the water. He quickly pushed her out of the water. As soon as she was out, Shu An completely left the clam shell and was carried into the sky by a beastman.
The Fallen Beasts, who were lying in wait, looked delighted. They thought it was prey, but unexpectedly, it was a beautiful female. They were so lucky!
Shui You, in the water, saw this and was about to save her, but he couldn't fly. If he hadn't been fast, he wouldn't have been able to escape either; he would have been eaten by these people!
No matter how angry Shui You was, he could do nothing. He couldn't go ashore at all. The shore was guarded by land beastmen. Not only could he not save Shu An, but he would also lose his own life.
He could only hover in the nearby sea, unwilling. He had finally encountered a female he liked, only to have her snatched away by bad guys. He was indignant!
Shu An was taken away by the Fallen Beasts. These rough beastmen surprised Shu An, "Who are you? Where are you taking me?"
Listen to how innocent her question was. The Fallen Beasts looked at her maliciously, "We are Fallen Beasts. Where do you think we are taking you?"
"Fallen Beasts?" Shu An rummaged through her memory for this term. Since Warrior City had publicly emphasized the importance of trials during the cub stage, there were almost no Fallen Beasts in the East Sea.
The term Fallen Beasts was something she had heard from Aunt Ya. Aunt Ya said that her hometown was full of Fallen Beasts, a group of brutal and inhuman beastmen who showed no mercy even to female cubs!
Shu An was shocked, "You are Fallen Beasts, then is this the West Sea?"
The Fallen Beasts became excited. They hadn't encountered such a clean little female in a long time. Her innocent appearance made their beastly blood boil!
Shu An looked at the Fallen Beasts surrounding her, feeling extremely scared. She hugged her arms, with nowhere to retreat, and asked in panic, "What do you want to do!"
The Fallen Beasts approached with ill-intentioned lust, "Little female, you are too cute. We can't help but want to mate with you here..."
Shu An's pretty face instantly lost its color, "Don't come near me!" No, Daddy, come save her quickly!
Shu An was so scared she cried. However, this was the West Sea, and there were plenty of Fallen Beasts. Unless they were on their own territory, they had to be prepared for interference when they were outside.
Several more groups of Fallen Beasts arrived from different directions. They were just passing by, but when they saw a little female, they had to snatch her!
The Fallen Beasts carrying the female immediately ran when they saw others approaching. The several groups snatched Shu An back and forth like lions fighting for a绣球 (embroidered ball). Shu An was so scared that all she could do was scream.
She was tossed around in the air, always being caught by a back just before she could fall to her death, and then thrown into the sky again. Her head was spinning, and the fear of death constantly surrounded her. At this moment, she truly understood how detestable the Fallen Beasts were!
Finally, she got caught on a tree branch. Seeing her stuck on the tree, those Fallen Beasts stopped paying attention to her and focused on fighting. After all, the female belonged to the ultimate victor!
Shu An suppressed the feeling of nausea. While they were all fighting, she quietly transformed into a White Spirit Beast and climbed down from the tree. She fled in the opposite direction of them.
As for the clothes hanging on the branch, she could only abandon them. Survival was the priority!
Although Shu An had been pampered since she was young, her father, to prevent accidents, had taught her and her sisters some survival skills. She and her sister could transform into their beast forms. Although the White Spirit Beast form was very weak, it had the advantage of a small size and speed.
Running through the tall and dense grass, any beastman who saw her would only mistake her for a rabbit beast and wouldn't bother to catch her. The only thing Shu An had to be careful of were snakes. In her panicked escape, Shu An didn't care whether there were snakes or not, she burrowed into wherever the grass was thickest, just to hide from that group of Fallen Beasts first!
The Fallen Beasts finished their fight. Except for the corpses and the victor, everyone else fled. When the victor went to claim his prize, he found only an empty piece of clothing.
"Who is it!" The victorious group was so angry that they uprooted the tree, caused a lot of destruction, and then left with resentment.
As for the piece of clothing, they took it with them. They must not find out who stole the female!
Shu An was unaware that her immediate crisis had passed. At this moment, she was hiding in a tree hollow, trembling. She was scared and had to breathe softly, for fear of being found by those people again.
After hiding for a long time, she heard nothing but the rustling of leaves in the wind. Shu An poked her head out of the tree hollow to look around. Outside, besides trees and grass, there were no powerful predators. Only then did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.
As her mind relaxed, hunger made its presence known. Shu An sighed weakly. If only she had swapped beast forms with Xia Xia, at least she could have survived a few more days alone in the wild.
Alas!
After calming down for a while longer, she cautiously climbed out of the tree hollow and burrowed into the grass to look for plants she was familiar with. She didn't find any food, but she did find some herbs for treating colds. She decided to eat two stalks first. She had been soaked in water and frightened, so she couldn't afford to get sick.