During this time, everyone had taken the chance to regroup properly, leveling up or cultivating as needed.
Bai Yaoyao had distributed the pile of beast cores the Mutant Tiger Mother had given her among the beasts, giving the Beasts Legion an epic boost in strength!
Of the two level-six beast cores, one went to Big Meow, who became the first beast in the Beasts Legion to successfully reach level six. Xuan Qi was an exception, of course. He had woken up at level six-there was no competing with that.
The other was Tiger Mother's gift to her cub. Naturally, Bai Yaoyao wouldn't touch it. She put it in Big King's bed, and he slept hugging it every night.
Perhaps because Big King was still young and had always been sickly before, he hadn't realized his mother was gone. With everyone in Dark Night and all the beasts eager to cuddle him, he rarely had a moment alone.
So Big King had remained quite happy, much to Bai Yaoyao's relief. Tiger Mother's final request weighed heavily on her, and the impact of what she had left behind was so profound that Bai Yaoyao dared not take it lightly, terrified of letting her down.
But Bai Yaoyao was naturally rather oblivious. Just as she hadn't noticed that Great Sage was sensitive inside despite his cheerful exterior, she hadn't noticed the Tiger Cub silently hugging the crystal core and crying at night.
It was Big Meow, who seemed the most aloof of them all, who noticed something was wrong.
While strolling around late one night, he discovered Big King sobbing. Startled and afraid to approach, he hurried off to wake Bai Yaoyao instead.
Bai Yaoyao felt an explosion go off in her head, instantly driving away all her drowsiness.
She rushed over, crouched