Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Why Could I Still Hurt Him?

No wonder the man in black crushed Huang Ziyue, Mu Silin, and the others so easily.

It was as effortless as an elephant squashing an ant.

You have to understand, even a half-level difference in spiritual power is like an impassable chasm—a true watershed in terms of strength.

So with so many levels between them, the man in black fighting them was like an immortal fighting a mortal.

And, just as Lan Cangyue had said, the man in black had indeed shed all the characteristics of a Beastman.

’But then Shen Yue had another thought. If the man in black had truly reached a state of being immortal and impervious to harm, then how could his arm have been severed?’

At that moment, Gu Fangqi, who had been listening, thought of the same thing.

"If he’s immortal and can’t be harmed, how was I able to injure him?"

Mu Silin said, "That’s what I find strange as well. Logically, with his level of strength, we shouldn’t have been able to harm him in the slightest, even if we gave it our all!"

Shen Yue frowned as she listened.

’An 8S spiritual power level... Others shouldn’t even be able to get close to him, yet this person’s Spiritual Body barrier was broken by a single strike from Huang Ziyue.’

’And Gu Fangqi even cut off his arm.’

A sense of unease grew within her as she thought about it.

’Could it be that this man got injured on purpose?’

Her heart skipped a beat. Ignoring whatever else the others were saying, she rushed out.

"Take me back to the bamboo house we were at before. Quickly."

Huang Ziyue had also been frowning in thought.

When they heard her, they all snapped to attention.

Ye Lüqi said, "I’ll take you!"

"I’ll go too!" Mu Silin added.

Shen Yue looked at Huang Ziyue.

"You come with me. The rest of you stay at the bamboo house and guard the children."

’It’s a good thing these men had this argument,’ she thought. ’Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t have had the chance to stand together and discuss this matter.’

’And she might have overlooked this crucial piece of information.’

Huang Ziyue’s expression was also grave. Without hesitation, he wrapped an arm around her and vanished on the spot.

Meanwhile, Bai Chaosi, Mu Silin, and the others also realized the gravity of the situation.

They quickly released their spiritual power, sealing the entire bamboo house in a tight protective barrier.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue appeared outside the water dungeon cave.

The surroundings were uncannily quiet.

Shen Yue started walking inside. It was the same place they had stayed before, but now she felt a chill seeping up from the ground.

Her heart was in her throat without her even realizing it.

Just as she was about to step into the cave, Huang Ziyue grabbed her, his expression grim.

"Walk behind me."

Shen Yue nodded.

The moment the two of them entered the cave, before they could even steady themselves, a wave of heat kicked up a gray mist and rushed toward them.

"Careful."

Huang Ziyue instantly flicked his sleeve, sending a palm strike forward to block whatever was coming for Shen Yue.

The wave of heat dissipated.

Shen Yue trembled. ’The man in black is the only one in this cave. Who did that attack come from?’

’Could it have been him?’

The cave fell silent again.

Shen Yue stepped out from behind Huang Ziyue and looked up. The cave was exactly as it was before, completely unchanged.

It was as if the wave of heat had never happened, just a figment of their imagination.

Huang Ziyue was also stunned. He had clearly launched a palm strike, yet nothing had happened.

’Not even the stone walls of the cave shook?’

Shen Yue couldn’t spare it another thought.

She rushed deeper inside, afraid that her worries had come true.

She rounded a corner and stood before the puddle, her eyes scanning the area.

The heart that had been stuck in her throat instantly dropped back into place.

’He’s still here.’

’The man is still here.’

He was still lying face down in the water, unconscious.

Shen Yue slowly exhaled, then walked closer to check the wires wrapped around the bars.

She found they weren’t broken or loose.

Then she crouched down to inspect the Electric Shock Stick device.

Huang Ziyue walked to her side, his brow tightly furrowed as he stared at the man in the water.

He had thought the same thing as Shen Yue—that the man had feigned his injuries and already escaped.

He never expected the man to still be here.

’Does this mean we were wrong?’

Shen Yue observed the man in the water. He was lying motionless by the edge of the puddle.

’It seems I was worried over nothing.’

She pressed a button on the Electric Shock Stick in her hand.

ZZZT! The sound of electricity crackled.

The man in the water convulsed for a moment, but he didn’t wake up.

She pressed it again, but there was still no reaction.

Shen Yue stood up, sensing something was wrong.

She walked over, about to poke him awake with the stick in her hand.

"Hey, wake up!"

Seeing this, Huang Ziyue narrowed his eyes.

With a flick of his fingertip, he sent a wave of power toward the man.

Under the force of Huang Ziyue’s power, the man’s body flipped over.

His face was suddenly, unexpectedly, revealed to them.

Shen Yue’s pupils constricted.

Her legs nearly gave out...

’This man...’

’Where is this man’s face?’

There were no facial features on his face.

It was like a bare stump of flesh, with a long gash split open on it.

It looked as though something had burst through the skin of his face and crawled out...

At this horrifying sight, Shen Yue’s face turned pale.

"UGH~"

A wave of nausea churned in her stomach, and she almost threw up.

Huang Ziyue was also frozen in shock.

’What is going on?’

Shen Yue quickly regulated her breathing, trying her best to calm down.

She took a deep breath, the hairs on her arms standing on end.

"Is he dead?"

’His face is gone. His features have vanished, leaving only a stump of flesh...’

’What kind of death is this?’

’Did someone show up and kill him?’

Huang Ziyue’s expression was icy as he examined the body on the ground. He felt that things weren’t that simple.

A thought suddenly struck him.

"I once heard of an ancient Beast Clan that could escape danger by shedding their bodies and being reborn!"

"And each time they shed their bodies, the newly reborn body’s strength increases!!"

Shen Yue was instantly shocked to hear this.

’There’s a Beast Clan like that?’

’It’s like they’re using their own deaths to grind for more Combat Power!’

She looked at the gash on the man’s face on the ground, and a chill ran down her spine.

’Doesn’t it look just like something crawled out of his face!’

’If this man really did escape by shedding his body and being reborn...’

’Then the consequences would be unimaginable.’

Huang Ziyue’s gaze darkened as he recalled the wave of heat that had rushed at them when they first entered.

Shen Yue forced herself to calm down and immediately put the pieces together.

"Damn it, that gust of hot air from before."

’The man must have escaped!’

"Quick, back to the bamboo house."

Huang Ziyue and Shen Yue immediately returned to the bamboo house.

But when they got back, the dreadful thing they had feared had not happened.

Mu Silin, Ye Lüqi, and the others were guarding the front of the bamboo house so vigilantly that not even a fly could have gotten in.

Shen Yue quickly ran back into the house. Seeing the little ones sleeping soundly, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She came back out to find the men all looking at her with grave expressions.

She knew Huang Ziyue had already told them what had happened.

The group sat inside the house, and Mu Silin was the first to speak.

"Is there really a Beast Clan that can be reborn by shedding their bodies?"

Huang Ziyue: "Yes."

Ye Lüqi had dropped his usual carefree demeanor.

"The Realm of Qi Breaking, rebirth by shedding one’s body... these are things of legend. I never thought I’d actually see them with my own eyes!"

Gu Fangqi stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes.

"If he was reborn and shed his body, then where did he go?"

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