Chapter 488 - Taken Away (1/2)

”A… king?” Alex was surprised when he heard that.

”Yes, of the Continent,” Lady Ren said. ”Or Queen, whatever your friend can be. But I do remember you saying 'him', so he must be a male beast.”

”This continent is lacking because it doesn't have a ruler, and so it desperately needs one. Please show us the beast so we can see if he's worthy to become what this continent needs,” Lady Ren said.

Wen Cheng, Ma Rong, and Luo Mei's eyes were wide with shock since they had realized what the beasts were after. The two sect leaders who knew the origins of the little cat were especially surprised that there was such a big history behind him.

Alex still didn't trust the beasts fully, but he was more so inclined to do what they said after listening to them and seeing the type of beast Lady Ren was.

”Come out, Pearl,” Alex said. A bright white light appeared as a small White Cat appeared from inside of the beast space.

The three beasts saw Pearl after the shine disappeared. The moment they did, their faces changed.

”That's…” the jaguar looked at Pearl in surprise.

”Another White Cat?” the puma asked as well. ”That shouldn't be possible.”

Lady Ren was very surprised as well to see another one of her kind after so long. ”Child, come here,” Lady Ren said when she saw the White Cat.

”Meow?” Pearl cowered a little in fear around the new people and beasts. He jumped onto Alex's arms and tried to snuggle in there. He then looked around at the new figures.

He could only recognize Alex's masters and sister since he had interacted with them and they had been nice to him.

He then turned around towards the other 3 humans with no recollection as to who they were.

Finally, he looked at the beasts. At first, he thought he was fighting them, but once he felt their aura, he cowered even more.

Then, out of nowhere, the aura from a few months ago started calling to him to the distant place, and once again, the same fear from when he was inside the formation started appearing.

”It's alright, I'm here,” Alex said as he caressed Pearl slowly.

The jaguar and puma seemed to have realized something. ”Lady Ren, what's going on?” they asked.

”What do you mean?” Lady Ren asked.

”Our senses, we can't lock on anyone anymore. Neither the child nor the human,” The puma said.

”That can't be. I can perfectly sense—” Lady Ren stopped as her eyes went wide again.

”What's wrong?” the jaguar asked.

”I can sense the human and the child,” Lady Ren said.

”Hm, I wonder if we lack the lord's bloodli— wait, did you say you can sense the human too?” the jaguar asked.

”Yes,” Lady Ren said with clear confusion on her face. ”I don't know what's happening now. The human… he has the bloodline of our King too.”

”That's impossible,” the puma cried out. ”How could a human possibly have our lord's bloodline.”

”I do not know. None of the knowledge I have told me anything about a human having the bloodline of the 4 great families,” Lady Ren said. ”The fountain's aura should be ending soon. If we want to find out more… then we will have to take them back.”

”No!” Ma Rong shouted. ”He's my disciple. You can't take him anywhere.”

Ma Rong stepped in front of Alex. Wen Cheng wanted to get there too, but he realized that the atmosphere had changed. The warm air had turned incredibly cold all of a sudden and the grass below them frosted.

The three saint realm humans were surprised too when they sensed the sheer chill around Ma Rong.

”Interesting,” Lady Ren said. ”I didn't know there were still humans with such great body constitution. But little girl, you can't do anything to us. Especially, to me.”

”I can try,” Ma Rong said stubbornly.

Alex was behind her and he wanted to say something. However, he could not stop his body from trembling in fear at the aura his master was releasing. This one was far more potent than any of the other times.

It seemed that not only had she gotten good at controlling her constitution, she could also make it stronger now.

”MA RONG!” Wen Cheng shouted. ”Can't you see what you're doing to your disciple?”

Ma Rong lost focus on the beasts and turned around to see Alex nearly on the ground. Her heart skipped a beat when she remembered what her aura did to her disciple.

”I'm sorry,” she said and hurried to catch him before he completely fell. Once her cold aura disappeared, Alex began to retain his senses and could think without feeling fear for his life.

”Are you his Master, little girl?” Lady Ren asked.

”Yes,” Ma Rong said.

”I see,” Lady Ren said. ”I can see why you are defensive then. But I can promise you that we mean no harm for your disciple. We will just be taking him back to the palace and we will learn why he has the bloodline that he does.”

”Give us the child, human boy,” the puma said.

”No need,” Lady Ren said. ”He seems scared around us unfamiliar faces. Let him stay with the human until he's back in the palace.”