Family Rule

Xia watched Shang's back and could not help feeling a flutter of unease.

For some reason, he felt that something bad was about to happen, yet he had no idea where it would come from.

Just then, a young woman singing and dancing beside the bonfire completely drew his attention away.

That was Xia, a girl he was very fond of, and tonight, perhaps, she would choose the person she loved most.

Xia viciously bit into a piece of fruit, entered the gathering, and began flaunting his tall physique and powerful muscles to his heart's content.

The feast gradually reached its climax.

The atmosphere was boisterous, driving away the darkness and cold.

Suddenly, a dog's bark tore through the revelry.

From the outskirts of the tribe came the sound of a fence collapsing, followed at once by the screams of the tribespeople.

"Ah!"

A mangled corpse was thrown into the bonfire, provoking wave after wave of shrieks from the tribespeople. The men hurriedly took up their bone weapons.

"Woof! Woof!"

Accompanied by a sound like a dog barking, an Exotic Beast that looked like a tiger yet was covered entirely in porcupine quills charged straight into the bonfire gathering.

"It's the Exotic Beast Qiongqi!"

High Priest Jian Di shouted, "Hunting party, move!"

For a primitive tribe to be attacked by an Exotic Beast was utterly commonplace. And Qiongqi especially loved eating people, making it one of the most common natural disasters.

"Woooah!"

Several hunting-party members shouted and fired bone arrowheads. They struck Qiongqi's body, yet could not even pierce its hide.

Qiongqi let out a doglike howl, pinned down a fleeing woman with its claws, and opened its bloody maw.

Crack!

The gruesome sight made Xia's eyes blaze red.

Because the person Qiongqi had bitten to death was his