Saving the Beauty, Healing in a Cave!

Xiao Lei exchanged a few words with the members of the Blood Battle Mercenary Group. Amid their shocked and grateful expressions, he concealed his aura and headed alone deeper into the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Lei pushed the Soul Restraint Technique to its limit. Not only could it hide his cultivation level, but it could also conceal nearly all traces of his presence.

Combined with his powerful spiritual perception and the Sharp Ears secret technique, he could easily avoid every demon beast.

As Xiao Lei gradually ventured deeper, he discovered something unusual.

The demon beasts near the outer region all seemed to be fleeing for their lives.

The reason for their escape was that powerful demon beasts from the inner region of the Demon Beast Mountain Range had invaded their territory.

As for the demon beasts of the inner region, they seemed to be searching for something.

"Damn it! Search with everything you have! You must find that human woman for me!"

After Xiao Lei had ventured a certain distance into the Demon Beast Mountain Range, an enraged roar brimming with endless killing intent rode the mountain wind into his ears.

He even "heard" a massive demon beast, seven or eight meters long, with a ferocious lion's head and beastly eyes glowing with strange violet light. It stood atop a huge boulder, roaring madly as it commanded the other demon beasts.

The beast's body was covered in a layer of violet crystals that gleamed brilliantly beneath the sunlight, almost painfully bright.

A pair of violet wings grew from the sides of its enormous lion body. It was the ruler of the demon beasts in this region—the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

A fiery red, spiraling horn protruded from its head, but part of it had been broken off, and blood stained its head crimson.

Clearly, the so-called Beast Tide had been caused by the Amethyst Winged Lion King ordering his demon beasts to search the outskirts of the Demon Beast Mountain Range for a human woman!

"So Yun Yun's battle with the Amethyst Winged Lion King happened ahead of time. I wonder how Yun Yun is doing now."

After investigating for a while, Xiao Lei confirmed his guess. He rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

After pondering briefly, Xiao Lei continued to spread out his spiritual perception while using the Sharp Ears secret technique to search the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

If nothing unexpected had happened, Yun Yun should have been afflicted by the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Sealing Art by now.

If the demon beasts under the Amethyst Winged Lion King found her first, she would likely become demon beast food. That would be rather regrettable.

More than an hour passed, and Xiao Lei suddenly halted mid-stride.

He faintly heard the rushing sound of a waterfall. On the river beneath it floated a beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes.

Her eyes were tightly shut, and her cheeks were pale. She had clearly suffered serious injuries and had fallen unconscious.

Xiao Lei immediately quickened his pace and rushed toward the waterfall.

Another quarter of an hour later, Xiao Lei arrived beside the river beneath the waterfall and saw the beautiful woman floating on the water with his own eyes.

The woman drifted unconsciously on the surface. Her clothes were already soaked through, clearly outlining her graceful curves. Only the five savage wounds across her chest marred the overall beauty.

Xiao Lei gave the woman a brief look before swiftly lifting her from the water. Then, several dozen meters from the waterfall, he found a cave.

Afterward, Xiao Lei left the cave again and scattered some medicinal powder in a fan-shaped pattern fifty meters outside its entrance.

This powder merely required Medicinal Herbs to be mixed in certain proportions and ground into powder. He had prepared it according to the records in the Seven-Colored Poison Manual while staying in Xiao Yi Xian's valley.

The powder was highly irritating to demon beasts, much like how certain flower pollens could trigger allergies in humans. Thus, demon beasts would rarely enter this area.

Once he finished setting it up, Xiao Lei returned to the cave and examined the sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect at close range.

Her brows and eyes were picturesque, her skin like ice and her bones like jade. Most eye-catching of all was the air of dignity and nobility she carried.

After sweeping his gaze across her delicate, flawless face, Xiao Lei's eyes slowly moved downward. Beneath her jade-like neck, five savage, blood-tinged claw marks marred her chest, staining her robes red.

Though unconscious, her dark brows were faintly furrowed, and a trace of pain lingered on her cheeks. It gave her a pitifully lovely air that contrasted with her usual temperament.

"Really doesn't know how to treat a beauty gently."

Xiao Lei shook his head slightly, then bent down and reached out to undo Yun Yun's robes and inner armor. Her large, white—ptui—savage wounds appeared before his eyes.

At that moment, Yun Yun's tightly shut eyes suddenly flew open. A trace of icy anger and embarrassment filled her beautiful eyes as she stared at Xiao Lei.

"Cough, cough... You're awake?" Seeing Yun Yun suddenly open her eyes, Xiao Lei coughed dryly and backed away slightly. "I only wanted to help treat your injuries. I had no other intentions."

As he spoke, Xiao Lei willed it and took a small jade bottle from the System Space. It contained healing powder.

It was merely an ungraded medicinal powder, with simple effects such as stopping bleeding and promoting wound healing.

"Get out!" Yun Yun stared at Xiao Lei and said coldly. Feeling the chill against her chest, she was both embarrassed and furious.

"I'll leave right away. Apply the medicine yourself." Xiao Lei shrugged, placed the jade bottle beside Yun Yun, and slowly retreated to the cave entrance.

Only after seeing Xiao Lei withdraw did Yun Yun breathe a slight sigh of relief, and the chill in her eyes faded somewhat.

However, when she tried to apply the medicine herself, she helplessly discovered that her entire body was numb.

Yun Yun slowly closed her eyes and carefully examined the condition within her body. After a long while, she opened them again and gritted her teeth as she cursed, "That damned bastard! I was actually struck by his Sealing Art."

Xiao Lei sat quietly at the cave entrance and paid no attention to Yun Yun's curses.

After struggling once more, Yun Yun could only give up helplessly. Her beautiful eyes looked toward Xiao Lei, who sat at the cave entrance with his back to her. After hesitating for a while, she softly said, "You should help me apply the medicine after all."

The problem was not just applying medicine. Her upper garments had already been undone, leaving her wounds exposed to the air. The seal would take several days to lift, and she could not possibly lie like this the entire time.

After all, she was not an exhibitionist.

At the thought, a faint blush rose on Yun Yun's cheeks.

Xiao Lei turned around and looked at Yun Yun. "You're the one asking me to apply the medicine."

"Let's make this clear beforehand—you can't repay kindness with hostility afterward by gouging out my eyes, cutting off my hands, or even killing me to silence me."

Hearing Xiao Lei's words, Yun Yun did not know whether to laugh or cry. She shook her head and softened her voice.

"Don't worry. I'm not that old-fashioned. As long as you keep your hands and mouth under control, I naturally won't repay kindness with hostility."

After hearing Yun Yun's words, Xiao Lei said nothing further. He slowly walked to her side and bent down again. "I need to clean the wounds first."

With that, Xiao Lei took out some clean cotton cloth from the System Space, then produced another jade bottle and poured some liquid onto her wounds.

"I'm starting," Xiao Lei said, holding the cotton cloth as he looked into Yun Yun's eyes.

"Mm." Yun Yun closed her eyes and responded with a soft hum. Her face flushed, and even her eyelashes could not help trembling.