Chapter 1 — Rebirth (2/2)

At the San Feng lookalike’s words, the other two started to giggle as their moods eased. “Come, throw the Ninth Miss into the forest below the cliff. Let the beasts have her as nourishment; that’s her only worth now.”

A tender voice, paired with cold and vicious words.

Wu Feng didn’t miss a word of the trio’s conversation. In her mind, the memory of what had happened prior played.

That day, His Highness the Crown Prince spent the night at General Manor, intending to pick someone from the manor to join the ranks of his harem as an imperial concubine. The original body’s owner, who lived in the back mountains, had somehow appeared in the crown prince’s room.

Throughout that memory, there was no indication of the original body’s owner entering the crown prince’s room at all—clearly, she had been framed.

Afterward, she was captured by the Eldest Miss, Third Miss, and Sixth Miss and pulled to the cliffside, where she was then whipped and lacerated…

Ha… good, very good!

Wu Feng’s eyes gleamed coldly. On this day, she marked down everything that had been done to her. When her body was dragged unceremoniously through the debris as though she were little more than a sack, a slice of bloodied flesh landed on the clifftop floor. As her body fell through the air and pummeled down the cliff, her heart filled with the desire for slaughter.

Wait for her—her return would mark the end of their peaceful days.

…..

The mountain grounds were packed full with ancient and colossal woods and shrouded in what seemed like a millennium of darkness. A vast variety of magical beasts roamed the forest, causing it to emanate a malicious aura.

“Grrr…”

“Awooo…”

Tigers roared, wolves howled, and their cries resonated across the whole forest. The startled Wu Feng —no… she was Yun Wu now— recovered her consciousness. Once she discerned her situation, Yun Wu couldn’t help but feel her heart quiver. She arched her body and shuffled back to the cliff wall.

A beam of golden light flashed through her mind, immediately followed by a strange passage of information.

[Rank 2] Golden Tiger: Fire-attribute. Strong offense, unique defense, low agility. They are twice as large as normal tigers.

[Rank 1] Iron-Back Wolf: Water-attribute. Average offense, weak defense, exceptional agility. A pack attack can rival the power of a rank two magical beast.

Yun Wu’s situation did not permit her the time to contemplate why these pieces of information were in her mind. On her right-hand side stood a rank two Golden Tiger. It was baring its fangs ferociously at a pack of Iron-Back Wolves and growling in warning while its eyes stared at her greedily, as a predator would with prey.

On her left-hand side was a pack of Iron-Back Wolves. They were —quite defiantly— baring their fangs back at the rank two Golden Tiger while similarly keeping a close eye on her.