Night had fallen and the moon was hidden in the sky.
The mountain was pitch-black, and the scenery was not visible.
What should have been a quiet mountain forest was broken by a clamor.
Bei Wenyao held a luminous stone in her hand and rode a ferocious tiger through the forest.
There was a team of more than ten people chasing her.
"Stop!"
The leader of the team shouted at Bei Wenyao, "Give up! You can't run out of this deep forest!!"
"Ptui!" She spat at the group of pursuers behind her, her expression disgusted.
Seeing Bei Wenyao like this, the pursuers could not help but look angry.
However, their mounts could not be compared to the other party's ferocious tiger.
The helpless leader could only speak to the person next to him who was using a cloth with a white lotus flower embroidered on it to cover his face, "Your Excellency, could you please help us? This girl's ferocious tiger is a level-five demon beast. It's really not something we can catch up to!"
"Okay."
The priest nodded and pointed a finger at Bei Wenyao. "God said not to move!"
As he finished speaking, the lotus-shaped tattoo engraved on the back of the priest's hand emitted a faint glow.
Not far ahead, the ferocious tiger that was still jumping around suddenly stiffened as if it was frozen by something.
Unable to move its entire body, it fell forward and crashed into a tree. In an instant, it was drenched in blood.
Bei Wenyao, who was sitting on the tiger's back, was also caught off guard by this situation.
Caught off guard, she fell off the tiger's back and plunged into the bushes.
The pursuers were delighted to see this and quickly surrounded them.
"Roar!"
Seeing that its master was in trouble, the tiger hurriedly roared.
The tiger's roar reverberated through the forest, causing everyone to feel fear when facing this ferocious tiger.
"Not good!"
The priest hurriedly shouted, "Quick, use the Heart Protecting Talisman! This tiger has a skill!"
Everyone took out a talisman from their pockets and stuck it on their foreheads.
The fear vanished.
"This tiger is only level five, yet it already has a skill. We can't let it live!"
The priest said coldly.
The group of people raised their weapons and slowly approached the tiger.
Bei Wenyao was dizzy from the fall in the bushes. Fortunately, the tiger's roar woke her up quickly.
Ignoring the pain in her body, she quickly crawled out of the bushes.
The ferocious tiger was facing off against its pursuers as it turned around to look at the bushes behind it.
Only when Bei Wenyao crawled out did the nervousness in its eyes dissipate slightly.
"Catch her. She's a very important offering."
The priest said to the people around him, "There can be no mistake."
"Understood!"
The leader of the pursuers nodded. Under his command, the dozen people dispersed and surrounded the girl in front of them.
Facing the pursuers, the tiger could only move back and forth without its master's instructions.
It gave a low growl to threaten the group.
"Snowy, I'm sorry."
Bei Wenyao stood up and patted the tiger's back.
The tiger was stunned. It understood its master's words.
It turned around and rubbed its head against Bei Wenyao's face.
Then it turned and lunged at his pursuers.
At the same time, Bei Wenyao also turned around and ran towards the depths of the shrubbery, ignoring the various thorns blocking her way.
She had to return alive.
She must not be caught!
"Trying to run!?"
The leader sensed Bei Wenyao's intention and hurriedly commanded, "Five of you go after her! Bring her back alive! The rest of you, finish off this beast!"
Seeing a few people leaving the group to go around it and chase after Bei Wenyao, the tiger hurriedly turned around, wanting to stop them, but it was already surrounded by the group.
The most intense battle between man and beast unfolded in this forest.
…
On the other hand, Bei Wenyao pushed aside the thorns in front of her and ran forward recklessly.
It was a bloody journey.
Shouts of slaughter could be heard from behind.
She did not know how wide this thorny undergrowth was but she knew that she could not stop. She could not stop until she was out of danger.
Suddenly, Bei Wenyao tripped over a vine.
"!?"
Her body got thrown forward.
Facing the thorns all over the ground, Bei Wenyao could only cover her face with her hands and fall to the ground.
"Ah—!"
Countless sharp thorns pierced her arm. Bei Wenyao could no longer hold it in and screamed.
"You damned brat, you're too damn good at running."
Before she could get up from the ground, the pursuers caught up with her.
One of the pursuers kept slashing at the thorns beside him.
"Damn it, when did such a large thorn forest grow here? It clearly didn't exist a year ago!"
Another soldier cursed.
"Don't worry about that, catch her!"
The few of them surrounded her.
"…"
Bei Wenyao remained silent as the five people approached.
Her eyes burned with anger.
Only when the five of them approached did she suddenly burst forth.
She took out a palm-sized dagger from her waist and stabbed it at the person closest to her.
Caught off guard, the man was stabbed in the abdomen.
After that, Bei Wenyao abandoned her dagger and fled.
"Damn it! Chase after her! Break her limbs if you catch her! The priest said that as long as she's alive, it's fine!"
The person who was stabbed clutched his abdomen and said ruthlessly.
…
Qi Chen felt like he had slept for a long time.
A few years? A few decades? Or just a few seconds?
He had no idea.
In this darkness that made him feel at ease, the concept of time and space was vague.
During this process, Qi Chen felt his limbs after a long time.
He opened his eyes and saw a thin shell blocking the light outside.
The light was faintly red through the shell.
Qi Chen tried to stretch out his hand and break through the shell in front of him.
The moment his finger stabbed out, he felt the wind.
It was a cold feeling.
Everything seemed extremely unfamiliar and familiar.
[Beep! The host has awakened! System reactivated! Map loading!]
[10%… 30%… 60%… 100%! Loading complete!]
[Welcome back, Host!]
An electronic voice sounded in Qi Chen's mind. It was the voice of the system.
With the awakening of the system, many dusty memories came flooding in.
"I remember stepping on the thorns to become the new King of Anti-gods. Then, I received the baptism of the Black Dragon King and started to evolve…"
"In other words, I'm in the egg now?"
Qi Chen's heart stirred.
The shell that wrapped him tightly broke.
This scene was witnessed by Bei Wenyao, who had been fleeing for her life, and the few people who had been chasing her.
Everyone was shocked by what they saw.