Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 95 - 55: Fire in the Backyard

Duotu took the paper, and his expression instantly darkened. "A Live Sacrifice Array, one that was banned long ago. It nurtures new life with death. They actually want to sacrifice the lives of these females to the rules and conceive an heir for the legendary Insect King."

Sang Luo was stunned for a long moment before she spoke. "That Array is so cruel. Who created it?"

"The Live Sacrifice Array was originally used by some heirless King Beasts on the brink of death. To leave behind an heir, they would sacrifice their own lives to obtain a pure-blooded descendant. At first, since it was a willing act, it wasn’t considered a problem. But soon, people discovered that using a female with an innate gift for fertility as the sacrifice, along with a single drop of one’s own blood essence, could also produce an heir. Moreover, the higher the Fertility and the greater the number of females used, the higher the success rate."

"During those years, many females in the Empire went missing, all sold on the black market. Eventually, the Royal Family of that era realized the situation was spiraling out of control and finally outlawed the array. To think the Insect Clan managed to get their hands on it..."

"You were captured by the Insect Clan... and you were almost sacrificed?" he asked, his voice strained.

"It’s true I was captured," Sang Luo said, "but it wasn’t that bad. I escaped."

Duotu fell silent for a long moment, then reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace, filled with the profound relief of a close call.

’He truly had no idea what she had been through all this time...’

His voice sharpened again. "Don’t you ever run off without a word again!"

"Okay, okay, I promise."

Sang Luo was quick to agree, but Duotu knew her heart wasn’t as compliant as her words. He sighed. ’In this world, there probably isn’t a single male who can truly capture her heart.’

"This coastal region isn’t within my jurisdiction, but I’ll send an envoy to notify the Beast King there. For now, just get some rest. You don’t need to worry about anything else."

"Okay." Sang Luo snuggled into his embrace as a wave of exhaustion washed over her.

Duotu shifted into his beast form and lay on his side, letting her rest against the soft fur of his belly. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Sang Luo stroked his soft, smooth golden fur and mused aloud, "So your Beast Mother really was an Angel Clan female."

"Yes. How did you know?"

"Caesar mentioned it to me once."

Duotu hummed softly in acknowledgment.

Her voice muffled, Sang Luo asked, "Why can’t I find any trace of your Angel Clan bloodline?"

Duotu grew bashful. ’Good thing I’m in my beast form right now.’ "I... I haven’t awakened my Angel Clan bloodline inheritance..."

Being a mixed-blood Innate King Beast sounded impressive, as if one could possess the strengths of two King Beast lines. But in truth, simultaneously awakening the inheritances of two different King Beasts was far more difficult than it was for a Pure-blooded King Beast. At birth, he had only awakened the inheritance of the Flame Lion clan, not that of the Angel Clan.

There was a chance of awakening it later in life, but the probability was extremely low. He would likely never awaken his Angel Clan bloodline inheritance in this lifetime, which was why Duotu rarely ever declared his other half to anyone.

Duotu’s beast form was magnificent and long-limbed. Lying flat, he was nearly six or seven meters long and two or three meters wide—bigger than a bed. Sang Luo could even do a full roll across his belly!

She reached out and squeezed his padded paw. ’It’s bigger than my face!’

She gave his fur a little tug. ’So soft and fluffy! He must meticulously groom this golden coat of his every single day.’

Duotu closed his eyes, letting her tug and play with his fur. After a while, Sang Luo grew sleepy too. Resting against the Golden Lion’s warm, broad chest, she felt completely safe and quickly drifted off to sleep.

His thick, long tail gently curled around her waist.

Duotu cracked open an eye to glance at her before finally falling asleep himself.

In the morning, Sang Luo took some jerky from her storage space. After they had eaten their fill, they continued on their way.

Although they were supposedly traveling, it felt more like a leisurely excursion. They rested and played for a while, and when they needed to cover a large distance, Duotu would teleport them forward. Passing by a river and spotting fish, they decided to go catch some.

Once a Beastman’s power reaches the King Rank, it undergoes a monumental transformation. They can seemingly shrink the very earth beneath them, an ability also known as teleportation.

However, there is a fundamental difference between this kind of teleportation and Space Jumping. The former is merely a drastic reduction in travel time, while the latter involves actual Space Travel.

The distances are also very different. General teleportation is limited to rapid jumps of a few dozen kilometers at most. Space Jumping, in theory, has no spatial limitations. But Sang Luo was far from proficient in using this Talent Skill; she was afraid of accidentally teleporting to some random, dangerous place again, so she avoided using it whenever possible.

The two of them covered more than half the distance in a single day.

That evening, Sang Luo was craving grilled fish. She took out a fat fish they had caught in the river at noon from her storage space, started a fire, and began to grill it.