The deeper one goes into the swamp, the darker it becomes, with the occasional mournful cry of a crow echoing through the silent forest.
Cat Duoduo mustered her courage and walked inside, calling out Snake Three's name to bolster her courage as she went.
After passing through the winding, dark passageway, the view suddenly opened up, and one could faintly hear heavy breathing rising and falling.
Cat Duoduo hid behind an ancient tree and peeked into the swamp. Countless giant crocodile beastmen lay across the muddy banks of the shallows.
They were all lying on their backs, their half-open mouths revealing sharp, gleaming teeth, their bite force probably enough to kill an elephant in one bite.
Cat Duoduo's gaze swept quickly across the area. She sniffed the air but couldn't smell Snake Three's scent. Her heart sank. Had he already been eaten by these beastmen?
Snake Three has always been timid, how could he dare to come here?
Could it be that Snake One wasn't telling the truth?
Just then, her foot slipped, and she leaned forward, landing on a tree branch, the leaves rustling in the wind.
The giant crocodile beastmen all looked this way, meeting several pairs of eyes that glowed with light in the darkness. CatDodo's back stiffened, and he felt as if the blood in his body had frozen.
Oh no, she probably won't survive to the end and will be bitten to death by crocodiles!
Since death was inevitable anyway, she preferred to be bitten by a snake...
In the blink of an eye, several giant crocodile orcs moved and closed in on her.
"A kitten dares to trespass into our territory! You're asking for it!"
The giant crocodile beastman, standing upright, was three times the height of CatDodo. Her legs went weak, but she still mustered the courage to ask, "Have you seen a baby snake?"
One of them laughed wildly and replied, "I didn't see any snake cubs, but I did see a female cat-beastman. That's great, now we have something to eat and something to play with."
The group, certain that Cat Duoduo couldn't escape, approached slowly with lewd grins. After exchanging glances, they pounced on him together, but Cat Duoduo vanished into thin air. The orcs collided with each other and fell to the ground, dizzy and disoriented.
"And what about the little female?"
Where did it go?
"Go look over there, they can't just vanish into thin air!"
A group of giant crocodile orcs cursed and swore as they headed towards the Great Swamp. CatDodo, who had been hiding in the resource space, only came out after all the orcs had left and ran out of the Great Swamp with lightning speed.
Outside the swamp, the sun shone brightly. Mao Duoduo rested on her knees for a while before she felt the warmth in her body, and her blood, which had almost frozen from fright, gradually came back to life.
"Hey, who is it? Looking so disheveled, got rejected by the cheetah again?"
Rabbit Ling'er crossed her arms, held her head high, and looked at Cat Duo Duo with disdain.
Cat Duoduo got up from the ground and gave Rabbit Ling'er a cold look.
"I stopped liking Bao Lie a long time ago. But you, why aren't you at home keeping an eye on your man?"
Leopard Fierce was a robust and strong man, the most skilled hunter among the beastmen in the tribe. Females who were attracted to him could line up from the top of the mountain to the bottom. Rabbit Spirit kept a close eye on him, and he was willing to pamper Rabbit Spirit, ignoring the other females.
"Hmph, Cat Duoduo, I never expected you to be so ruthless. You'd even risk your own child's life just to please Leopard Fierce."
Rabbit Spirit's face turned ashen. In the morning, a flirtatious female fox beastman came to Leopard Fierce, saying that she had found a live snake gall.
The snake clan is already small in number, and the cubs are extremely precious. Apart from Mao Duoduo, no one would be willing to sell snake gallbladders.
CatDodo stomped its feet angrily: "Where did they go!"
"What, you're trying to seduce Bao Lie with this?"
"I told you, give up on this idea as soon as possible, otherwise, I..."
Where are they?!
Cat Duoduo interrupted her sharply, her usually charming cat eyes flashing with a terrifying cold light, as if she were about to unleash her claws and fight to the death.
Rabbit Spirit was intimidated by her and pointed towards the direction of the back mountain.
Cat Duoduo disregarded everything else and rushed to the back mountain at the fastest speed she had ever traveled.
The mountainside behind is covered with dense forest.
Snake Three, now in its original form, was hanging upside down from a tree branch, swaying and struggling, but unable to break free even slightly.
The female fox-orc who had bullied them before held a stone knife and gestured towards the location of the snake gall: "What are you crying for? Don't be afraid, I'll be quick."
The cold stone knife rubbed back and forth on the snakeskin, and Snake Three trembled.
"Let me go! When my father comes back, he won't let you get away with this!"
"Your father? That useless Serpent Rong? Don't dream about it. He couldn't even subdue your mother, so who else could he take revenge on!"
"Once I take your snake gall, you'll be free, and you won't be abused by your mother every day anymore."
Leopard Fierce will arrive soon. She will present him with the hot snake gall, and he will surely treat her differently.
As for Maoduoduo, she doesn't care about her baby at all.
Hu Feng'er found the right spot, and just as he raised his stone knife, about to make a move, a pebble knocked it to the ground.
"Let my brother go!"
Snake One and Snake Two arrived panting, their tongues flicking as they lunged at Hu Feng'er with reckless abandon.
This female orc has been bullying them all along, and now she even wants to dig out their snake gallbladders. This is outrageous!
Hu Feng'er kicked Snake Two in the chest. Snake Two rolled on the ground several times, his forehead hitting a large rock, and he couldn't get up for a long time.
The snake's eyes were bloodshot, and its tail lashed out at Hu Feng'er. She couldn't dodge in time, and a bloody gash appeared on her face.
Hu Feng'er raised her hand to touch her cheek, looking down at the bloodstains on her fingertips, her fox-like eyes revealing ruthlessness.
"If you dare to hurt my face, I'll take your life!"
The orc cub was no match for the adult orc. Hu Feng'er pushed off with her feet and swung her claws to knock the snake to the ground. With a few swipes, she almost tore off all the scales on the snake's chest.
Snake One was covered in blood, and Hu Feng'er grabbed him and Snake Two by the tips of their tails, hanging them together with Snake Three.
"Three snake gallbladders are enough for Leopard Fierce to break through his cultivation level."
The three cubs felt a chill in their hearts when they heard the name Leopard Fierce.
The wicked mother did indeed harm them.
She was afraid that her father would make things difficult for her when he returned, so she had someone else do it!
Hu Feng'er cleaned the wounds on her face, imagining how happy Bao Lie would be to see the fresh snake gall when he arrived.
What can the delicate and frail Rabbit Spirit compare to her!
"Hu Feng'er, you'd better kill us today, or I'll skin you alive and grind your bones to dust!"
The snake was hanging upside down, and drops of blood dripped from its body and into the soil. Its forked tongue flicked out, and its scarlet eyes stared intently at Hu Feng'er, making her scalp tingle.
It's just a cub, yet it has such a grand presence.
Hu Feng'er was furious and embarrassed. How could a little brat intimidate a grown beastman like herself?
She raised her whip and lashed the snake several times. If it weren't for the need to extract the snake's gall bladder while it was still alive, she would have beaten it to death!
The snake neither dodged nor avoided, nor did it cry out in pain; the hatred in its eyes was almost tangible.
"I'm not even afraid of your parents, why would I be afraid of a half-grown brat like you!"
Hu Feng'er raised her hand, ready to strike again, but the end of her whip was grabbed from behind, and a female voice rang out.
"Hu Feng'er, come here today, and I'll show you what fear is!"
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