No Wonder She's Bold, She's Determined to Die!

Only a voucher for accepting a mission could trigger the teleportation array and send them to the vicinity of the mission location.

This was also why Long Ying wanted Bai Zhou to bring her along.

Without a contracted Spirit Master, she couldn't register her identity in the mission hall, which meant she couldn't accept any missions.

After a series of dizzying teleports.

When the feeling of solid ground returned.

The scene before Bai Zhou and the other two had changed drastically.

Where they stood, they were surrounded by towering trees several times the width of a person's embrace!

The canopy blotted out the sun!

Even though it was daytime.

Sunlight only filtered down through the gaps in the leaves, like scattered starlight.

But even so, visibility in this place was very low.

Moreover, the air seemed to be filled with a faint stench.

It smelled like rotting flesh.

This was Bai Zhou's first time in a place like this, and he couldn't help but frown.

Let alone Lin Wei.

Her small face had turned somewhat pale. If not for Bai Zhou's large hands in her small ones, which could still transmit some warmth to her.

She might have already been scared out of her wits.

However, Long Ying, who lacked a contracted Spirit Master, appeared somewhat excited after landing.

Furthermore, without even greeting Bai Zhou and Lin Wei, she ran directly in one direction into the dense forest.

Seeing this, Bai Zhou did not stop her.

In fact, a faint smile lingered in his eyes.

Without any hesitation, he followed Long Ying from a distance.

He knew that Long Ying had recognized that Chu Yun must have completed the mission he had arranged upon seeing a piece of equipment on Chu Yun.

And that equipment was from the place where Chu Yun had triggered his fortuitous encounter.

Now, Long Ying had charged off in a direction without a second thought.

There was no need to ask; she must know something.

This saved him the trouble of exploring.

Why not?

However, Bai Zhou had to admit, Long Ying's courage was truly remarkable.

A young girl, without a Spirit Master, had proactively approached a stranger like him, and then followed him, another stranger, into a place like this alone.

Upon arriving, she didn't care if she was defenseless and just ran blindly into this dark forest by herself!

As time passed.

The surrounding trees clearly became much sparser.

A large open area even appeared ahead.

And the faint smell of decay that permeated the air grew stronger and stronger.

In the distance, Bai Zhou seemed to see something emitting light in the center of the open area.

"No—"

At this moment, the running Long Ying suddenly let out a mournful cry.

She staggered towards the spot of light.

Before she even got close.

Her steps began to slow, becoming slower and slower.

Finally, with a "thump!", she fell straight to her knees on the ground.

Bai Zhou and Lin Wei, who had followed closely, also stopped.

Lin Wei's face turned even paler, and she gasped, covering her mouth and burying her small head into Bai Zhou's back.

Bai Zhou frowned even more, feeling a slight urge to vomit.

He knew the original plot and naturally knew what scene he was about to witness.

But written descriptions could never compare to the visual impact of seeing it with his own eyes!

Large swathes of the soil had turned a dull reddish-brown.

And within this reddish-brown soil, scattered pieces of flesh could be seen.

Next to the pieces of flesh lay a severed human lower leg, and a finger that had clearly been torn off by biting.

Aside from that.

There was also a necklace stained red with blood.

The distant light spot was reflected from this necklace.

Long Ying knelt and crawled, finally reaching it.

Her cloak had been stained black by the rotten blood.

Her trembling hands slowly lifted the necklace.

"No—" a heartbroken cry wailed out again:

"Brother! Sister-in-law!! Don't leave me, don't leave me!"

"Wuwuwuwuwu..."

Long Ying buried her head deeply in her hands, pressing her forehead hard against the necklace in her grasp.

Hearing Long Ying's heartbroken sobs, Lin Wei, her face pale, slowly peeked out from behind Bai Zhou.

Looking at Long Ying, who was kneeling and sobbing uncontrollably, Lin Wei's face showed a look of unbearable pity:

"Brother Bai Zhou, this sister is so pitiful..."

You don't need to tell me that.

Bai Zhou had also seen in the original work about Long Ying's brother and sister-in-law.

However, Long Ying's appearance in the story was set much later than today.

By then, the grief in Long Ying's heart would have faded considerably, not as intense as she was showing now.

Even so, Bai Zhou didn't pay much attention.

Instead, he found the surrounding atmosphere very strange.

For one thing, this place was the Otherworlder Forest!

It was said that the Otherworlder Forest was home to a large number of low-level otherworld races.

But since they had teleported here, they hadn't encountered a single otherworld race.

Moreover, the surrounding environment was eerily quiet.

Thus, Bai Zhou slowly took Lin Wei's small hand and said:

"Don't be afraid, transform first. I'm here, nothing will happen."

Lin Wei nodded at Bai Zhou.

Then, she instantly transformed into specks of starlight, becoming the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear, which Bai Zhou held in his hand.

The moment the Divine Weapon Maiden possessed him, Bai Zhou's senses were upgraded.

He immediately detected a massive aura rapidly approaching their location.

The next second.

"Awooo~~" a deafening wolf howl exploded from the dense forest.

Advanced setting.

"Wooo—" a sound of tearing through the air.

A huge black shadow shot out directly.

It instantly enveloped Long Ying, who was kneeling there.

The massive black shadow landed, but it made no sound.

The reason was undoubtedly its eight slender and sharp legs, like those of a spider.

Yes, spider legs.

And at the center where these eight spider legs converged, there was a giant, pure black wolf's head!

The existence of this thing was clearly unscientific!

It was as if a wolf had died, its head cut off.

And then a giant spider had parasitized the head.

This spider had perfectly fused with the wolf's head.

"Is this an otherworld race?"

Seeing this monstrosity with his own eyes, fine beads of sweat appeared on Bai Zhou's forehead.

This ghastly thing was clearly the powerful otherworld race that had pushed the Protagonist Chu Yun to the brink of despair.

Just the size of that wolf's head was comparable to a small car.

Not to mention the eight spider legs, each leg was at least five meters long.

It stood there, bent, its massive black shadow completely engulfing Long Ying's body.

The wolf's five eyes all emanated a bloodthirsty glow, staring intently at Long Ying, who was kneeling there.

Given this thing's size, it was definitely not a low-level otherworld race.

The reason no other otherworld races were seen here was likely due to fear of this thing's aura.

But at this moment, although Long Ying was enveloped by this terrifying creature.

She raised her head, but there was no fear or other emotion within her.

Her small, pale face and pupils were filled with despair.

As she looked at the wolf's gaping maw, the girl actually slowly closed her eyes.

Well, well.

No wonder she was so bold earlier. This little lady came here with a death wish!

"Awooo!" The otherworld race, seeing Long Ying not afraid of it and even closing her eyes, whether it was angered by feeling underestimated or not, it immediately let out a long howl to the sky.

The next second, its six legs hit the ground, and its two sharp front legs were raised high.

With a "swish!" sound, it fiercely stabbed downwards, breaking the air.

Seeing that Long Ying's body was about to be pierced, a tragic smile appeared on Long Ying's face, and she dazedly said:

"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm coming to join you."

"Join your grandma's grandson!" Bai Zhou's roar suddenly came.

With a dull "clang!"

The massive body was directly flipped over.

Long Ying instantly opened her eyes and saw Bai Zhou, holding a silver spear, blocking in front of her.

But instead of gratitude, Long Ying roared at Bai Zhou:

"I don't want you to save me!"

"Shut up!"

Bai Zhou showed no good expression towards Long Ying.

[Ding! Detected main character suffering mental damage +444, obtained Destined Villain Value +50, Villain Roulette activated 1400!]

Am I saving you, this young master?

This young master is saving my Destined Villain Value!