Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 883: Chapter 689: Obsession with Becoming Strong—Who Is It? (Part 1)

Shen Tang later returned to the Ghost Snake Clan once more, learning of Xue Yansi’s disappearance. Meanwhile, the rumors of him murdering his brother spread far and wide, causing quite a stir, with countless people secretly cursing him as heartless.

Xue Yansi fell from paradise to the mud overnight, from the honored Young Master of the Ghost Snake Clan, to a wanted criminal once again.

It is said that the commotion was so loud this time that even those old fellows in the clan who had long secluded themselves were alerted.

Now the entire clan is mobilized, determined to capture him back.

Upon hearing this, Shen Tang felt nothing but irony, besides concern.

These people claim to want revenge for Xue Jianghan, yet I fear their hearts are all set on that complete ”Bone of Devouring”!

The various families are putting forth all their efforts to send large troops, merely wanting to secretly seize the ”Bone of Devouring” one step ahead.

Luckily, she had previously left a trace of spiritual power mark on Xue Yansi, able to roughly determine his location.

If she truly wants to find him, she wouldn’t be completely clueless.

But at this moment, Shen Tang suddenly noticed that the mark was weakening.

Shen Tang’s face suddenly changed, did something happen to Xue Yansi?

Has someone found him?

She immediately put aside previous worries and set off at once.

...

In the depths of the Wasteland Zone, a remote and uninhabited deep mountain wilderness.

This place looks like a dense tropical rainforest, mountains interspersed, dozens of meters tall ancient trees growing densely, vines interwoven.

The air is heavy and damp, occasionally accompanied by the sound of rushing water, as if shrouded in a layer of misty water vapor.

Just by looking, you can imagine how uncomfortable it would be to take a breath here.

Mind you, most parts of the Wasteland Zone are barren and desolate, not a blade of grass grows, birds don’t poop, very rarely seen such lush and vibrant scenes.

However, the more abnormal it is, the more dangerous it tends to be.

In fact, this place is an S-grade forbidden area, more dangerous than the ordinary Wasteland Zone, home to a large number of mutant plants and many special mutant beasts.

Ordinary people who accidentally enter here could not last even a quarter of an hour and would not know how they died.

Even the average mutant beast dares not approach, Beastmen even less so, unless they wish to die.

Yet in such a dangerous place, there is a secluded cold pool hidden deep in the mountains.

From a high altitude, the pool water resembles a deep green eye, with the pupil so dark it’s bottomless, like an abyss.

The air here is permeated with cold and dangerous vibes, like a massive mouth ready to devour people.

A huge White Snake over ten meters long is coiled in the cold pool, its body floating and sinking, faintly visible.

Suddenly, it seemed to go crazy, wildly whipping its tail to create great waves, fiercely colliding with everything nearby, its surroundings now overflowing with uncontrollable black fog energy, violently bombing everywhere.

Bang——

The water waves raised by the snake tail crashed heavily on the shore, soaking large tracts of land, causing surrounding rocks to collapse, falling into the water, splashing more spray, leaving chaos everywhere.

Uh...

So uncomfortable.

Xue Yansi only felt his thoughts were a mess.

After that last incident, his once absolute memories suddenly seemed extremely false.

Who he thought were his father and brother, turned out not to be real relatives, but thieves waiting for a chance to steal everything.

Then, what about his real memories?

In his past, which were true, and which were false?

Xue Yansi suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something, forgotten something important, someone important.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t recall it.

He desperately tried to distinguish truth from falsehood in the chaotic memories, yet it only increased his headache, and his aura became increasingly unstable.

But deep in the chaotic mind, a blurry shadow gradually emerged.

He couldn’t make out the figure clearly.

Yet instinctively felt... beautiful, gentle, a sense of attachment.

He almost involuntarily wanted to approach that shadow, wanted to see more clearly...

”Uh!”

But at this moment, he suddenly let out a suppressed painful scream.

Dense black air suddenly enveloped around him, the black air condensed into fierce venomous snakes, with wide-open bloody mouths, surprisingly lunging to bite him!

This Bone of Devouring was originally his power, now there seemed to be signs of backlash!

This is a great taboo in the Ghost Snake Clan’s cultivation of the ”Bone of Devouring.”

The Devouring Power is overwhelmingly powerful, cultivation methods also deviate from the norm.

Once it fails to be completely controlled, the power will backlash, losing everything.

Therefore, cultivating the Bone of Devouring requires oneself to be undefeatable, without weakness, to completely tame the bone within and prevent backlash forever.

And to become a strong person without weakness, the biggest taboo is to be emotionally moved.

The emotional world is the most dangerous thing in the world, it can shake your foundation, interfere with your resolve, and bring countless unpredictable variables.

Hence the Ghost Snake Clan has long passed down the saying, to refine the Bone of Devouring to its peak, one must be devoid of emotions and love.

The deeper the feelings, the harder they are to control, the more ferocious the backlash will be!

Xue Yansi’s current situation clearly shows he’s emotionally moved.

The ”Bone of Devouring” sensed this weakness, about to retaliate against its master.

Xue Yansi himself also realized this, his face pale, cold sweat pouring, his purple eyes filled with disbelief.

This... how is it possible?

He was just one step away from reaching the peak, thinking he’d already severed emotions, had a cold temperament, even Luo Ying hadn’t ever stirred his emotions, never encountered such a situation!

He turned into a snake-human form, able to see a faint black shadow looming at his back where the spine is, where the Bone of Devouring resides.

And countless black lines extended from the bone, like tattoos with a dark aura, attempting to spread like a spider web.

If not curbed in time, this body will become a vessel for the Bone of Devouring, even his soul and consciousness would be devoured.

Xue Yansi strained to suppress the bone’s spread, but to little effect.

”Puff——”

He clutched his chest, suddenly spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

When Shen Tang laboriously arrived, she could hear the rumbling sound from afar. She hurried over, only to see the collapse of rocks and a snake shadow floating in the center of the water.

Shen Tang noticed Xue Yansi’s aura was chaotic to the extreme, even more dangerous than last time, her face immediately changed, ”What happened?”

After scanning, the System issued an urgent warning, [Host, this is bad, the Bone of Devouring inside Xue Yansi is about to lose control! Simply put, he is on the brink of falling into madness!]

[If not stopped, he’ll be devoured by backlash!]

How did this happen?

The Bone of Devouring is powerful and dangerous, but such things seem to have hardly occurred in the Ghost Snake Clan’s history.

Why did it happen to him?

Shen Tang immediately wanted to rush over.

The System hurriedly shouted, [Host, don’t go! His energy is out of control, very dangerous now!]

”I can’t care about that, I must save him.” Shen Tang was still determined to move forward.

Xue Yansi felt dazed, almost unable to see anything, yet seemed to vaguely hear something, seemed someone was calling him.

A blurred silhouette appeared in his view.

Not knowing who that was, he only felt it incomparably familiar, as if it overlapped with the silhouette in the misty memory...

So, the moment the other person approached, he almost instinctively extended his arms, holding her tightly in his arms.

So warm...

His body was so cold, yet when holding her, it was like embracing a ball of fire. That warmth made his icy, painful body seem revived again, even slightly alleviating the pain.

He held so tightly, as if fearing she’d escape, wanting to blend her into his bones and blood.

Shen Tang’s body slightly stiffened, letting him hold her.

Then, in her ear echoed his deep, husky murmur:

”I miss you so much...”

This seemed to be merely an unconscious murmuring during his unclear consciousness, carrying weakness and a hint of pain.

Yet Shen Tang was completely frozen, momentarily forgetting to move, until the man’s heavy body collapsed upon her, and she couldn’t stabilize either!

With a thud, they fell into the cold water.