"Why is it a pity?"
"It's a pity that it landed in my hands." There was a murderous look in Parker's eyes as he declared wilfully, "I'm going to burn it. Serves him right for seducing my female!"
Bai Qingqing, who grew up in a civilized society and received a civilized education, naturally didn't share the same barbaric thinking as beastmen. She felt it was inappropriate.
She was the one who brought back this snakeskin. Moreover, it was something important to a snake beastman. How could they just burn it?
"No way! You'd better return it."
"Hmph! He deserves death! Not only am I going to burn his snakeskin, but I'm also going to gather the tribe to kill him." Parker carried a pile of firewood and walked out to start a fire outside.
Seeing Parker's tough attitude, Bai Qingqing held back the uncomfortable sensation and, carrying the snakeskin with her, quietly left.
By the time Parker started the fire and looked up, Bai Qingqing had disappeared with the snakeskin. He was both furious and anxious. "This stupid female! Didn't I tell her that feral beasts are wicked!"
Parker hurriedly ran out of the village.
Carrying the heavy snakeskin, Bai Qingqing had just gotten to the entrance of the valley when she halted in her footsteps.
A naked young man stood outside the village. He was of a tall frame, his skin was extremely fair, reminding one of the vampires one read in Western folklore. His hair was of a Vermillion red and cascaded over his shoulders like a waterfall all the way down to his butt.
Unlike the wild appearance of a leopard, he was handsome in a soft and gentle way. Combined with his emotionless blood-red eyes that were devoid of desires, it made one feel a piercing coldness.
Right now, this pair of blood-red eyes was staring fixedly at Bai Qingqing.
Bai Qingqing felt her body turn cold by his stare. She widened her eyes and gazed at him, her vision accidentally sweeping to his naked lower body. And she saw that there were two penises there!
Bai Qingqing blinked, feeling like her eyes must be playing tricks on her. But her reserved nature as a female kept her from looking towards that spot again.
The most striking thing about this man wasn't his red hair or red eyes, but those four animal stripes on his face. There were two wavy green tattoos on each side of his face.
The number of animal stripes was twice that of Parker's, who was the strongest in his tribe. Even as a person from an alternate world, Bai Qingqing could sense that this beastman was very powerful.
"Qingqing!"
Parker's panicked voice could be heard from behind. Bai Qingqing abruptly turned around to see Parker running towards her, yelling, "Come over quickly!"
It was only then that Bai Qingqing realized the man before her was a feral beast. She was about to run when, unexpectedly, she was being held forcefully in place by a cold and large hand.
That hand was unbelievably cold, so cold that Bai Qingqing felt like her blood had coagulated.
Bai Qingqing couldn't support the weight of the overly heavy snakeskin with one hand and nearly dropped it, instinctively hugging it to her chest with one arm.
This detail caused the pleased Curtis's red eyes to glow.
He hadn't come to snatch a female and was merely passing by and decided to stay for the time being seeing the clear lake waters here. Unexpectedly, after swimming one round in the lake today, when he returned he realized that his snakeskin was gone, replaced only with the pleasant scent of a female.
Following his own scent, he traced his way here and found the female holding onto his snakeskin.
She wasn't very good-looking, but her eyes were inexplicably charming. She didn't have any marks of having a mate on her body. Perhaps she hadn't yet come of age.
This was a suitable choice of mate for him.
Bai Qingqing turned her head and looked at Curtis. Now that she was this close to him, she realized that this man was very tall, and her head didn't even reach his chest. His body was slim and long, but it didn't appear scrawny and weak. Instead, he had proportionate and beautiful muscles all over his body.
He was clearly more than ten meters away from her, yet he got to her side in the blink of an eye. How fast was that?
Parker roared upon seeing that Bai Qingqing was captured. His eyes had turned red in anxiety as he transformed into his beast form after letting out a growl. His muscular body pounced at the snake beastman like a tiger pounced on its prey, completely ignoring the fact that he was facing a four-striped opponent.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a four-striped feral beast. He was too careless.
The leopard's roar echoed throughout the valley as the skirt he burst through fell from the air slowly.
The leopard's ferocious figure was reflected in Curtis's calm eyes. As he became nearer and clearer, Curtis still didn't make a move.
It was only until the leopard came within 10 meters of him that a black and red figure flashed across the skies, followed by a loud growl as the leopard fell heavily on the ground.
Curtis's lower body transformed into a snake tail that was more than 10 meters long with a red base and black spots, like an enlarged version of a red-banded snake. The strong contrast between the black and red colors made one's scalp turn numb.
Especially since Bai Qingqing had a fear of snakes.
Bai Qingqing's widened eyes were filled with terror, feeling like something was blocking her breathing passageway. Despite opening her mouth wide, she was unable to breathe. It was only when she heard Parker's growl that she turned her stiff neck around to look.
"Parker!"
"What's going on? Sounds like Parker's voice."
"Something must have happened. Let's hurry over and take a look."
The males rushed out of the village in a group and saw Parker battling a snake beastman. That snake beastman was holding Parker's female and had made the two striped-Parker powerless to retaliate.
It was indeed a feral beast!
It had been many years since a feral beast had been to their village, but every beast still felt a deep sense of loathing towards these feral beasts.
Instantly, the males let out their rage, and the hundred over of them completely transformed into their animal forms, making a series of loud banging noises. Just as they were about to charge at him, they froze in their steps uniformly as the snake beastman looked towards them.
What? He's a beastman with four animal stripes?
There were only five beastmen with four animal stripes in the City of Beastmen. How could this feral beast have four animal stripes!
The most formidable one amongst them only had one animal stripe, so of course, they didn't have the guts to fight a beastman with four animal stripes! Even if the entire tribe were to come out and help, they might not necessarily be able to help Parker snatch back his female. But it was certain that their tribe would end up with many casualties and injuries.
Seeing that the group of beasts wasn't attacking him, Curtis shifted his gaze away. His half-transformed animal form stood even taller as he lifted Bai Qingqing off the ground.
Bai Qingqing felt despair at seeing the tribe's males waver.
Kicked into the air once again by the snake's tail, Parker staggered to his feet with blood all over his body. He glanced towards Bai Qingqing with his bloodshot golden eyes, before letting out a growl and pouncing at the snake once again.
As Bai Qingqing and Parker's gazes met, Bai Qingqing's tears slipped down instantly. She screamed in her heart, "Just leave me alone!"
However, under that circumstance, she couldn't utter a single sound.
Curtis was a lazy snake who liked to go with the flow and didn't like complicating issues. Now that over a hundred beastmen had come over, he wanted to get it over and done with as quickly as possible.
This time his tail didn't toss Parker into the air again, but instead, curled and slightly shifted backward, before sweeping up vigorously, rolling around the leopard that had leaped up into the air.
The leopard let out a roar as his soft waist was tightly encircled, continuously vomiting out fresh blood from his mouth. In between the tightening of the snake's tail, the sound of the bones' abrasion could be heard indistinctly.
Bai Qingqing hurriedly looked towards the snake beastman's face. "Let go of him quickly!"
Curtis lowered his head and looked at Bai Qingqing, his gaze as calm as ever. Clearly, Parker's attack was nothing in his eyes.
Bai Qingqing frantically glanced at Parker, feeling more anxious now. "Let go of him, I beg of you!"
Bai Qingqing's eyes brimmed with tears, her slightly downturned eyes making her look pitiful and innocent—even the black freckles all over her face didn't conceal their attractiveness.
Curtis gently kissed Bai Qingqing's eye and pecked away the tears. He let go of her and said gently, "Okay."
The snake then swung his tail, tossing the leopard far away into the distance.
"Hush hush." Curtis jolted Bai Qingqing in his arms, but all that did was make her let out a burp after all that crying. His handsome and extraordinary face couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.
Snake beastmen were actually very handsome. But no matter how good looking they were, Bai Qingqing wouldn't be able to notice it under such circumstances.
Curtis twisted his body and turned around. His large body didn't make him clumsy. On the contrary, he was even more nimble than a small snake. He twisted his snake body at will and easily glided nearly ten meters forward.
Hearing Parker's nonstop roars from behind, Bai Qingqing looked over Curtis's shoulder.
The males in the tribe attempted to stop Parker, but Parker slyly dodged the male beasts and speedily gave chase.
However, since even the severely injured him was faster than the beasts who had one stripe fewer than him, how would he be able to chase up to Curtis who had two more stripes than him?
Bai Qingqing stared at the maniacally running Parker in a dazed state, until his figure became further and further, smaller and smaller, until finally, he was completely out of sight…