The Bloodworm Clan has been almost wiped out.

Shen Miao suddenly realized that the leader was gone, and she was immediately shocked, knowing that the leader must have run away while the strange beast was killing her people.

This guy is extremely cunning. Nobody knows that his existence is a scourge to the beasts, himself, and even the tribe.

Since we've already killed them, let's nip it in the bud!

As Shen Miao was thinking this, she was about to go find the leader of the Bloodworm Clan when suddenly, she felt a chill behind her, as if she was being watched by something dangerous.

Shen Miao felt a chill run down her spine. She tried to dodge, but it was too late. The surging, malicious spiritual energy was already approaching her back. She gritted her teeth, intending to take the blow head-on, but in the next moment, she was pushed away by a ferocious beast.

When she fell to the ground, Shen Miao was still in shock.

She looked at the strange beast blocking her way, struggled to her feet, rushed to it, and anxiously asked, "How are you?"

She had just seen that the red spiritual energy emanating from the Bloodworm Clan leader was completely blocked by the alien beast.

The beast did not answer, but the bloodworm leader, who had been knocked to the ground by the beast, laughed maliciously, "Hahaha, it's dead! You beast that killed my people and wiped out my entire race, you must pay with your life!"

Before he could finish cursing, the beast stretched out its claws and tore the leader's chest apart with one strike.

The leader coughed up blood, his eyes wide open, and finally breathed his last.

His wide-open eyes held a strange glint in them.

Shen Miao didn't want to look at this wicked beastman any longer, so she ran to check the beast's body. "Where exactly is it injured? Is there anything that's bothering you? Tell me quickly."

"Don't listen to him, I'm perfectly fine, they can't hurt me," the beast said calmly.

Shen Miao refused to believe it. She had witnessed with her own eyes that the attack unleashed by the Bloodworm Clan leader with all his might could not possibly have been without any threat.

Beasts aren't impenetrable fortresses.

But it refused to speak, and Shen Miao couldn't force it, so the two of them embarked on their journey back.

Shen Miao didn't want to ride on the beast's back, fearing it would worsen its injuries. The beast said, "It's alright. If you don't ride me, when will we get home? Don't you want to save your people?"

Hearing this, Shen Miao bit her lip and sat down helplessly.

On the way back, the white-horned beast slowed down a bit. Shen Miao was worried and kept saying, "It's okay if you go slower. If you get tired, stop and rest."

The white-horned beast agreed.

Upon reaching a river, the beast stopped to drink. Shen Miao examined its body again, suspecting that it had suffered internal injuries, but she couldn't tell. She tried to channel healing energy into the beast's body, but despite the continuous flow of spiritual energy, there was no reaction, as if there was a vortex inside the beast's body, which was very abnormal.

In the end, it was the strange beast that stopped her.

"Don't waste your energy, it's useless. Doing so will only drain your spiritual energy."

Shen Miao pleaded, "Tell me where you are injured, and I'll try my best. Whatever it is, we'll give it a shot. We're sure we can heal you."

The beast was usually full of energy, but at this moment, it was visibly exhausted.

The white-horned beast sighed and said, "There are no injuries, it's true. The Bloodworm Clan is most skilled in Gu and Curse Arts."

Shen Miao held her breath, her face full of resistance.

She had a premonition that what the white-horned beast was about to say was something she might not want to hear.

But the white-horned beast still said, "That leader, in the last moment of his life, gathered all his spiritual power and uttered a final curse."

"Can it be broken? We can find an orc who also understands curses to break this curse," Shen Miao said anxiously.

The white-horned beast smiled slightly and shook its large head, saying, "No, if it were an ordinary curse, it could be broken, but this curse is connected to the life of that blood pet beastman. Now that he is dead, it can no longer be broken."

Shen Miao never expected to hear such an outcome.

She was stunned, her heart filled with guilt and sadness.

It was her fault.

If she hadn't shielded the beast from that blow, it wouldn't have died. If she hadn't summoned the beast to keep it company, it wouldn't have died either. The one who should have died was her.

Shen Miao's eyes reddened, and she lay there limply, as if her life had been taken away from her.

After a moment, she rallied and said in a hopeful tone, "Don't be so discouraged. Maybe this curse can be broken. Let's go find a veterinarian and all the beastmen who know about this. They can definitely save you. Don't give up."

The white-horned beast looked at Shen Miao gently.

Knowing that she was in a state of extreme self-blame and shock, I didn't correct her. If that would make Shen Miao feel better, then I would let her be.

When they set off again, the white-horned beast was noticeably slower.

Shen Miao was extremely anxious, wishing she could return to the tribe immediately and ask Lin Shousheng for help.

"Shen Miao, I have a favor to ask of you." The white-horned beast suddenly spoke, as if it were giving its last words.

Shen Miao felt bad, but said, "Go on, I'm listening."

The beast slowly spoke, "I'm under this curse, so I have no regrets about dying. The only thing I can't let go of is my two cubs."

"No, no," Shen Miao said repeatedly.

The beast's tone was indifferent, "It's nothing. Speaking of which, you were the one who delivered my two cubs. From now on, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on you to take care of them."

Shen Miao said incoherently, "I will take care of them, I definitely will, but you will be fine too, we will take care of them together."

This time, the beast did not answer.

It wasn't until much later that its voice came softly, "If possible."

Shen Miao's tears immediately fell.

She cried almost the entire way home. When she arrived at the tribe, the beast reminded her, "You can't cry anymore, or your cubs and the beastmen will worry."

Shen Miao sobbed, "I know, but I... I can't help it. Is there really no other way? We can try everything."

When she asked that question, she knew it was a pointless question.

Shen Miao was extremely upset and it took her a long time to compose herself before she dared to go home.

Qingchen and the babies greeted her.

Shen Miao forced a smile and said that she had obtained a way to cure the Gu poison. Although the children did not understand, they still cheered.

Only Qingchen kept staring at Shen Miao's face and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Miao forced a smile, "What's wrong? I'm fine."

"You've been crying," Qingchen asked confidently. "What happened?"

Shen Miao couldn't tell him what had happened, so she could only vaguely say, "It's nothing, the wind was just too strong on the way back, and it got in my eyes."