Shen Yue was horrified. She could see the blood surging through the man’s veins with her naked eye—his beastly desires were erupting.
Just as the man was about to pounce, Shen Yue suddenly spotted a blood-red marking on his hip:
"Wait, you’re a Great Knight of the K Empire, aren’t you?"
At her words, the man froze in his tracks.
’So, I was right!’
Shen Yue took a deep breath. "The Great Knights of the K Empire are incredibly prestigious. Only a select few from outstanding and pure-blooded Beast Clans are even qualified to take the trials. To become a Great Knight, you must have passed through a rigorous selection process, and your Combat Power must have reached the rare Level 8 or higher just to pass!"
The man paused, his dark brown eyes narrowing as he scrutinized Shen Yue.
"How do you know so much about the selection process for the K Empire’s Great Knights? Who are you?"
’He’s finally talking.’
Shen Yue let out a sigh of relief, but a contraction in her lower abdomen made her gasp again.
"Who I am isn’t important. What *is* important is why a Great Knight like you would be exiled here. If you don’t harm me and agree to help me, I can cure your leg injury and help you reclaim your former Combat Power and glory!"
The man’s pupils contracted at her words.
’How could she see that I have a leg injury?’
He stared at Shen Yue in disbelief. It was a secret he had kept for years; no one knew about it.
His expression flickered, unreadable, as he clearly tried to gauge Shen Yue’s identity and the truthfulness of her words.
Shen Yue possessed medical skills that could practically bring the dead back to life, and her eyes were preternaturally sharp. She could tell with a single glance that the man had a severe old injury on his leg.
But she didn’t have time to waste on him. She couldn’t bear it any longer.
"I’m giving birth! Help me!!"
Besides, she could already sense other males rapidly approaching, drawn by the scent she was emitting!
"Just protect me this once, and I swear I’ll heal your leg! I’m a woman of my word!"
The man looked at Shen Yue’s pained expression and also sensed adult males approaching quickly. He pursed his thin lips.
"And why should I believe you?"
Sweat beaded on Shen Yue’s forehead.
"Because I could identify the injury on your leg with a single glance!"
The man listened, his dark brown eyes fixed on her, a cold glint in them as if he were both deliberating and hesitating.
After a long moment, he finally spoke slowly.
"I, Si Muye, will trust you this one time. If you dare to deceive me, I’ll kill you, you ugly female, even if it means violating the laws of the Beast God!"
’Si Muye... that’s a nice name.’ But Shen Yue had no time to spare him any more thought.
She knew that while his words were threatening, in his heart, he was already willing to take a gamble on her.
After all, very few people knew of the trials for the K Empire’s Great Knights, and even fewer could recognize a Great Knight’s identity—unless they were one of the powerful nobles from the Royal City.
Besides, the injury on his leg had tormented him for at least a decade. Only a precious SSS level Healing System Doctor might be able to detect it with their Perception; it was impossible for anyone else to discover it with their naked eyes!
On this entire Beast World Continent, S Class Healing System Doctors were already a rare sight, to say nothing of an SSS level one. Though he acted as if nothing was wrong, he was, in fact, enduring constant pain. So, she bet that he would be moved!
The fragrance emanating from Shen Yue grew richer and richer, a scent that was like a fatal poison to males. Si Muye had to muster all his spiritual power to resist the temptation it brought. He forced himself to stand guard at the cave entrance, his muscles so tense that he was drenched in sweat.
’Who would have thought this butt-ugly female could release such a potent scent? For the male who possessed her, it would be absolute heaven.’
He couldn’t imagine how stimulated and ecstatic her Beast Husbands would be, smelling her scent while she was in heat.
In his nearly one hundred years in the Royal City, he had never smelled a fragrance so rich. Not even the noble young lady of the Marquis Mansion, a female so perfect, had ever emitted a scent during her heat potent enough to cause a commotion for kilometers around!
’This scent is simply too rare!’
Si Muye breathed it in greedily.
At the same time, he struggled to control the restless, beastly desire stirring within his body.
By now, the males rushing in from all directions had already been driven into a frenzy.
Some had even begun their beast transformations mid-sprint, starting brutal fights with other males they encountered along the way.
Si Muye extended his spiritual power, held his breath, and heard the roars and clashes of males fighting kilometers away. His heart skipped a beat. ’I can’t believe this ugly female caused such a massive commotion!’
Time ticked by. Inside the cave, Shen Yue’s scent continued to intensify, but there wasn’t the slightest sound from her.
Standing guard at the entrance, Si Muye grew increasingly tense. He not only had to resist the ugly female’s scent, but he also worried that if so many males arrived at once, his current Combat Power wouldn’t be enough to fight them all off and protect her.
’What if I can’t protect her and she falls into the hands of other males? What would I do then?’
The thought made Si Muye shudder. ’Am I actually worried about this ugly female’s safety? Am I afraid I won’t be able to protect her?’
Inside, Shen Yue’s forehead was slick with sweat. So much time had passed, yet not a single cub had been born.
’Isn’t it supposed to be easy for females in the Beast World to give birth? Why have I been in labor for so long with nothing happening?’
Just then, she felt completely drained, but a sharp pain suddenly shot through her lower abdomen.
"AHH!!"
She couldn’t help but scream before finally passing out from exhaustion.
Si Muye, at the cave entrance, was startled.
"What’s wrong?"
There was no response from inside.
"Hey! Say something!"
Si Muye hadn’t wanted to go inside, but after he shouted several times with no reply and noticed that the ugly female’s scent was fading, he immediately rushed in, worried.
He found Shen Yue passed out on the ground, her smooth, slender legs exposed. Although her top was long, it still failed to cover certain tantalizing sights.
Si Muye’s breath hitched, and his heart seemed to slow for a few beats.
As he lowered his gaze, he saw seven eggs that had rolled out from behind the ugly female.
His eyes widened, thinking they were playing tricks on him. He then counted them carefully.
"One, two, three... seven?!"
’Seven of them. It’s really seven!’
’Seven cubs in a single birth? How is that possible?’
A healthy female with a normal fertility level would only have one cub per birth. A rare B level female might have twins, and an even rarer A level female might have triplets. Even the most precious S Class females could have four at most!
But seven in a single birth was completely unheard of. A sudden thought struck him—could this ugly female possess the legendary, never-before-seen SSS+ fertility level?
He stared at Shen Yue on the ground in horror. ’What is this ugly female’s identity? With such a precious constitution, wouldn’t the males of the royal family in the Royal City fight to the death over her?’
’It was just a pity she was so ugly—with her haggard and pockmarked face, she was hard to look at.’
Just then, Si Muye sensed that males had arrived outside. He immediately stripped off the last piece of cloth on his body, covered Shen Yue and the eggs with it, and rushed to the entrance of the cave.
Once outside, he saw that over a dozen males, all reeking of beastly lust, had surrounded the cave entrance. This group was covered in wounds of all sizes, clearly sustained during their battles on the way here. They were the victors.
Seeing this, Si Muye narrowed his eyes and unleashed his battle aura. The powerful and intimidating presence unique to a pure-blooded, high-level male Ancient Bear instantly cowed the group of wild males, their eyes filling with fear and cowardice.
But there are always a few who don’t fear death. Having completely lost their Divine Will to Shen Yue’s scent, they lunged directly at Si Muye.