Chapter 840 - 828: The City
Su Muyao listened to the trembling of the ground outside, her face turning pale.
It was imaginable that what was coming might be more ferocious beasts.
Xiao Jihan saw Su Muyao’s pale face, gently stroked her hair, and comforted her, "Don’t worry, everything will be fine."
Although Xiao Jihan was suppressed to Level 5 strength here, in the Extreme North, Level 5 strength was enough to deal with some fierce beasts and savage beasts.
Moreover, through his superpower, he identified that three fierce beasts were coming.
Su Muyao clutched Xiao Jihan’s sleeve tightly, looking at him worriedly.
"It’ll be dangerous, won’t it?"
The roars of the beasts outside were deafening, as if they could stir up a storm.
Su Muyao realized that the environment here might really be dangerous.
Staying in the cave was not safe.
She speculated whether food had attracted them over.
"You can’t have anything happen to you."
Seeing her wife worrying about him, Xiao Jihan’s heart melted, "Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to me."
Because now he had to protect his wife well.
"Just a moment."
With that, Xiao Jihan stepped out of the cave, and Su Muyao followed closely.
They then saw three fierce beasts running over not far from the cave, their bodies completely black, hair standing like steel needles, and their size enormous.
Their beast eyes were blood-red, staring intently at the direction of the cave, growling from their throats with drool dripping down their sharp fangs, carrying a savage aura.
They had been hungry for a long time and just happened to follow the scent of food here.
In their eyes, there was only slaughter, and they already considered Su Muyao and Xiao Jihan as food.
Their speed was very fast, attacking directly towards Xiao Jihan and Su Muyao.
The stout beast claws, brought by a whistling wind, slammed towards the cave entrance as if to tear Su Muyao and Xiao Jihan to pieces.
The chill around Xiao Jihan surged, rapidly catalyzing his Ice Ability, and a vast cold air instantly condensed in his palm.
With a wave of his hand, a crystal-clear ice wall suddenly formed.
The ice wall was thick and sturdy, shimmering with a cold light on its surface, firmly protecting Su Muyao behind it, blocking the fierce beasts’ attack.
"Bang!" The beast claws slammed into the ice wall with a thunderous bang, causing the ice wall to tremble violently, yet it remained unmoved, only showing faint cracks on its surface.
Taking advantage of the gap when the fierce beasts were obstructed, Xiao Jihan’s eyes shone with a sudden brightness, mobilizing his superpower, countless ice spikes burst out from his palm, like a rainstorm shooting towards the three fierce beasts, the ice spikes carrying a bone-chilling cold, cutting through the air with sharp whistling.
But these fierce beastmen were not only huge in stature but also had thick skin and flesh, their black fur like hard armor, the ice spikes hitting them either bounced away or left just a shallow white mark, unable to break through their defense at all.
Xiao Jihan understood that this wasn’t a solution.
At this moment, the three fierce beasts became even more violent, their blood-red eyes filled with even greater rage, waving their beast claws as they pounced again, their roars resonating through the cave, their massive bodies nearly blocking the cave entrance.
The chill around Xiao Jihan grew denser, the icy mist in his palm coalescing, the ice fragments gathering instantly and transforming into a cold, gleaming Ice Blade.
The Ice Blade was slender and sharp, its surface swirling with an icy blue superpower halo, the cold almost freezing the surrounding air.
Holding the Ice Blade, Xiao Jihan moved so quickly that only afterimages remained, dodging the fierce beasts’ violent attacks while searching for their fatal weakness.
Although fierce, the fierce beastmen weren’t that agile.
Seeing Xiao Jihan leap lightly, dodging a fierce beast’s swipe, the Ice Blade with tremendous power accurately stabbed towards the soft flesh of the beast’s neck.
That was its only weak spot.
With a "poof" sound, the Ice Blade easily pierced the neck of the fierce beast, blood spurting out and instantly freezing into black ice particles upon hitting the ground.
The fierce beast let out a poignant wail, its massive body shook and fell heavily, twitching a few times before lying still.
The remaining two were also pierced through the neck by Xiao Jihan in an instant.
Quickly, Xiao Jihan extracted three Crystal Cores from the bodies of the three fierce beasts.
Xiao Jihan then removed the ice wall, and Su Muyao hurried to Xiao Jihan, "How are you, are you hurt?"
Although Xiao Jihan had won, Su Muyao feared that in a moment of inattention, he might have been injured.
The size of the three fierce beasts alone was terrifying.
She hadn’t expected such large fierce beasts here, it completely overturned her understanding.
"I’m fine, not injured, they’re just third and fourth level fierce beasts."
If not for their thick hide and hard flesh, which couldn’t be penetrated, Xiao Jihan wouldn’t have had to waste time killing them.
"Xiao’s father, mom."
When the fierce beasts roared, Da Bao had already awakened, but looking at his mom, he still felt like he was dreaming.
Only after running over and seeing them did he realize it was true.
Seeing Da Bao awake, Su Muyao hurriedly picked him up.
"You’re awake, Mom will take you to wash up, and we’ll eat soon and leave here early."
Su Muyao felt that staying in the cave wasn’t safe.
She now understood why Xiao Jihan had moved with Da Bao into the settlement before.
Da Bao spoke, "Mom, I can wash up by myself."
He was a big kid now, he couldn’t let his mom take care of him, it would be tiring for her.
Da Bao struggled out of Su Muyao’s embrace and went to fetch water to wash up himself.
However, Da Bao still glanced at Xiao Jihan first to ensure his Xiao’s father was fine before busying himself.
Looking at Xiao Jihan, Su Muyao asked, "Was it us lighting the fire to cook that attracted the fierce beasts?"
Xiao Jihan replied, "It’s okay, Snow Season is approaching, food is scarce, some beasts don’t come out often, so fierce beasts have to look for food everywhere."
In the Extreme North, Snow Season is the harshest time, many beastmen can’t survive the Snow Season.
"And the beastmen here eat raw food, there are no Fire Seeds in the settlements, it’s said that only some cities have Fire Seeds, where the beastmen would use fire."
"Ordinary settlements know of Fire Seeds but dare not use fire, they even fear the flames, worried that the flames would destroy their settlement."
This was also why Xiao Jihan never let Da Bao use his Fire Ability.
He worried that the settlement beastmen, fearing flames, would harm Da Bao.
Su Muyao asked, "Is there any city with a better environment that can accept us?"
"Is there a beastman city nearby?"
Su Muyao felt they couldn’t live in the cave like this, it was too dangerous, not even able to use fire for cooking.
What if Snow Season came?
Staying in the cave was no solution.
If she still had her power, she naturally wouldn’t worry about these.
But she couldn’t let Xiao Jihan remain on guard and constantly fight.
During Snow Season, when beasts don’t emerge, neither do beastmen, those fierce beasts would surely slaughter recklessly for food.
No, that’s too dangerous.
She also couldn’t bear for Xiao Jihan to struggle so hard.
Xiao Jihan explained, "It’s said that the nearest city is Black Rock City, beastmen entering the city have conditions, female beastmen need to find a Beast Husband in the city to settle down, if a male beastman’s strength is insufficient, they are not allowed to enter Black Rock City."
Such cities generally have many male beastmen and are more willing to accept female beastmen.
"Such cities have many strong male beastmen who can resist fierce beasts and predators attacks, allowing beastmen to safely pass through Snow Season."
"However, this isn’t absolute; some cities also get overrun."
"From here, we’d have to cross several mountains; the fastest would be just about reaching before Snow Season arrives."