The clouds veiled the moon,
casting a faint silhouette of a figure, neither fully human nor beast.
It leaped from Mount Daqing, its body hunched, darting rapidly across buildings.
It seemed to be searching, chasing something.
Before long, it spotted the circle of dark figures moving towards the village entrance,
and within the encirclement, a faint, small flame.
Under the onslaught of the dark figures, the small flame flickered.
Aunt Hui’s face, too, flickered between light and shadow.
"Roar—!"
The half-beast’s mood turned peculiar.
The frenzied agitation lessened considerably, replaced by a strange, unprecedented surge of energy from within its body.
This energy grew, and grew, and grew.
Unable to contain itself, it vented towards the village entrance.
"Roar—!"
Its beast-like limbs were filled with power, leaping high.
Its muscles tensed, its speed no less than that of the dark figures.
In a few bounds, it caught up to the last dark figure in the encirclement, which was being trampled and crawling on the ground.
‘You cannot go,’
‘You cannot go!’
‘You are the one who doomed this mountain, you failed to protect the great ones on it.’
‘You did it with the villagers, don’t forget what you did back then!’
‘So many years have passed, what are you pretending for now?!’
The half-beast’s face suddenly contorted, and the voice that caused its head to split with pain began to clamor again.
Irritation returned, and its body slowed uncontrollably.
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Aunt Hui, wielding a cleaver, struck down.
She relentlessly chopped off hands that reached through Qi Liu and the others’ encirclement.
Sometimes she even severed heads.
Under the faint oil lamp, the blade reflected light.
Though a fearsome weapon, it carried the glow of flames.
Warm, resolute,
possessing an unstoppable momentum.
"Roar—!"
Roar!
Roar—!
Roars filled the half-beast’s ears, drowning out the voices in its mind.
The more this happened, the more it needed to go!
The next moment,
the half-beast’s towering form charged forward,
its movements ghostly, yet carrying the might of a mountain.
It crashed directly onto the black ‘wall’ in front of Liu Yao and the woman in the red dress.
The crowded dark figures were forced to scatter.
Facing the sudden appearance of the half-beast, the dark figures’ indistinct faces revealed expressions of hatred.
The half-beast also hunched its body and retorted,
"Roar—!"
Liu Yao and the woman in the red dress were startled,
thinking it was some heavyweight enemy. They had almost used up the pond water they carried.
Though anxious in their hearts,
their minds buzzed, a cacophony of noise and silence.
In simpler terms, they were somewhat dazed.
Before they could react and figure out what to do, they saw the towering figure roar at the dark figures.
Then it extended its massive, beast-like claws,
snatching several dark figures at once and flinging them into the distance.
It then stretched out its arms, blocking the surging dark figures, and charged straight ahead.
The dark figures were blocked, propelled by immense force, and continuously pushed backward.
The path to the village entrance,
little by little,
was being opened.
Liu Yao and the woman in the red dress were astonished, then remembered what the streamer had mentioned.
The half-beast from Mount Daqing.
“What’s happening up ahead?”
From behind, Qi Liu and the elite man were busy dealing with the dark figures behind them.
They only heard a great commotion ahead and had no time to look back.
By this point, their movement speed had slowed to a crawl.
Even moving backward, they didn’t know when they would take another step.
Dark figures surrounded them, watching them like predators.
“It’s Uncle Feng!”
The two women in front seized the opportunity, advancing along the path cleared by the half-beast.
“He’s probably here to find his conscience!”
As the two women advanced, Aunt Hui also began to move forward.
Sensing the increased space behind them, Qi Liu and the elite man flung their jars towards the dark figures.
Then they quickly discarded the jars and turned to follow the main group.
"Roar—!"
The half-beast’s roar came from ahead.
Qi Liu and the elite man could only see a towering figure, moving against the shadowy dark figures.
Its long hair was like steel needles.
As its great claws swung, one could almost feel the sharp steel claws upon them.
Qi Liu: “That’s so cool!”
The elite man took the chance to adjust his slightly crooked glasses, a passage he had read before surfacing in his mind.
It was said that everyone harbored a beast within their heart.
They possessed long teeth, sharp claws, roars that shook the heavens.
And, a fearless valor.
When their claws were turned away from people, they would be seen as the beast’s tenderness.
Because they had learned to protect.
…
“I was so scared, I thought the half-beast was joining the enemy.”
“Me too, my heart was in my throat.”
The viewers in the live stream took a collective sigh of relief.
When they had seen a tall, inhuman figure smash into the front of the group, they had also been startled.
After all, they had been to Mount Daqing with the streamer before.
They had witnessed the half-beast’s nighttime frenzy.
That speed, that power,
and those claws, with a single swing, saplings were cut like tofu, sectioned.
The earth was kicked up three zhang high.
What if those claws were swung at a human…?
The scene was unimaginable.
Blood would splash three feet in an instant, game over.
“It looks so terrifying when it’s an enemy, but so reliable when it’s an ally, haha…”
“He’s finally come to find his conscience.”
“It’s probably because Aunt Hui finally came out of the house, and it sensed it, its conscience gradually returning.”
At this moment,
the viewers finally understood.
Why the streamer hadn’t made a move until now.
It wasn’t just a test, but also because he had guessed that the half-beast would come to reclaim its conscience.
At the same time, it allowed the four of them to see.
This level wouldn’t be a certain death scenario.
“Streamer is awesome!”
“His analysis and speculation of the anomalies are spot on. No wonder everyone likes a professional match.”
…
With the half-beast as a significant aid, and Aunt Hui’s timely interventions,
the group’s progress accelerated considerably.
The dark figures ahead, after being blocked by the half-beast, began to shift their focus.
They pounced on this traitor.
One came, the half-beast swatted it away.
Two came, the half-beast grabbed one in each hand and threw them far away.
The dark figures it killed, like those killed by Aunt Hui,
after a brief stiffness, would ‘resurrect’ again.
And then pounce again.
One, two, three…
The dark figures attacked the half-beast from all directions, front, back, left, and right, one after another.
They pressed it down heavily, gnawing at its body.
…