I Transmigrated as a Villainess to Raise Babies, and My Beast Husbands Are Fighting Madly Over Me!

Chapter 406: Chapter 406: I Cannot Bear His Wrath

Qiao Xixi looked up at the sky, puzzled.

’That’s strange,’ she thought. ’I could have sworn I just saw Kunlin, but now he’s gone.’

’I hope nothing bad happened to him.’

"Sunxiao’s tracker is moving, but he’s going in the opposite direction from us."

Qiao Xixi was now certain Sunxiao must be in trouble. Otherwise, his location wouldn’t be so strange.

Jin Ling suddenly stopped.

Puzzled, Qiao Xixi asked, "Jin Ling, what’s wrong?"

Jin Ling didn’t answer. His body tensed into an attack stance, and he suddenly let out a fierce tiger’s roar toward the woods on their left.

"ROAR!"

The roar was infused with powerful beast soul energy. It pierced through the woods, seeming to strike something with great force and producing a loud BANG.

In the spring, "Qiao Xixi" suddenly opened her eyes. Her pupils, which should have been azure blue, now glowed a strange, dark red.

She swayed her hips alluringly. But after Kunlin couldn’t help but let out a low growl, her expression turned panicked. She scrambled off him and turned to run toward the shore.

"Kunlin, I think I heard Jin Ling’s angry roar! Did he find us? No, I have to hide. I can’t withstand his fury."

She frantically grabbed the beast-hide clothes from the ground, turned, and vanished into the forest.

Only after she was long gone did Kunlin snap back to his senses and chase after her, not wanting to let her go.

"Xixi! Xixi, don’t be afraid! I’ll protect you."

Pulling on his beast-hide clothes, Kunlin rushed out in pursuit.

"Kunlin? What are you doing here?"

Kunlin hadn’t run far before he ran into Qiao Xixi and Jin Ling, who were walking toward him.

She looked just as charming and lovely as ever. The corners of her eyes were even tinged with the faint blush of passion, causing Kunlin’s body temperature to rise again.

Qiao Xixi found it strange that he just stood there motionless.

Just now, Jin Ling had said he sensed an abnormal aura fluctuating in this direction. That was why he had infused his tiger roar with beast soul energy to disperse it.

Only after confirming the abnormal aura was gone did Jin Ling lead Qiao Xixi over.

But they hadn’t walked for long before they saw Kunlin running toward them in a hurry.

Jin Ling sniffed the air, and his gaze toward Kunlin darkened. When Qiao Xixi tried to get down from his back to approach Kunlin, he took two steps back.

"Xixi, don’t get down yet. It might still be dangerous around here."

Qiao Xixi obediently stayed put.

But in Kunlin’s eyes, this looked like Jin Ling ordering Qiao Xixi around. Plus, his backward step was a clear sign he didn’t want Xixi to get close to him.

’It seems Xixi was right,’ he thought. ’She likes me and wants me to be her beast-mate, but males like Jin Ling keep getting in her way, preventing her from getting what she wants!’

Kunlin’s dark pupils hardened, but since his natural demeanor was already cold and stern, Qiao Xixi didn’t notice anything amiss. She just looked at him and asked.

"Where did you go just now? Why are you all wet? Did you run into danger?"

This string of concerned questions only strengthened Kunlin’s resolve.

His expression unchanged, he nodded. "Yes. I just fought with that monster, but it was too fast and got away. Let’s keep looking for Sunxiao and the others. I saw him clearly just now. He’s in that direction."

Qiao Xixi saw that the direction he was pointing in matched the tracker, so she nodded and said to Jin Ling, "Jin Ling, let’s go."

"Mm."

Jin Ling looked back at Kunlin. "You scout ahead."

Kunlin shot Jin Ling a cold glance but didn’t refuse. He flapped his wings and flew to the front.

Watching Kunlin fly off, Qiao Xixi leaned against Jin Ling’s back, her mouth almost touching his ear as she whispered, "Jin Ling, I smell something strange on Kunlin."

Her warm lips brushed against his ear, making it twitch uncontrollably from the tickling sensation.

The soft fur tickled her nose, so she reached out and held his ear still. "Hey, stop moving."

Jin Ling’s expression was a mix of helpless fondness. ’Who’s the one really moving around?’ he thought.

"He has the scent of arousal on him."

Beastmen go into heat every year, so that wasn’t strange. But it usually happens at a specific time, and this wasn’t the season for phoenixes to be in heat.

Going into heat outside of the normal season was almost always a response triggered by the scent released by a female in heat.

Qiao Xixi nodded. She had smelled this same scent on Feiyan that time in the forest when he almost lost control.

"But why would there be a female in heat in this forest? Could it be the work of those monsters again?"

"It’s very likely. Don’t approach him on your own for now."

"Okay."

Although Kunlin was flying ahead, he kept watching Qiao Xixi out of the corner of his eye. When he saw her leaning over on Jin Ling’s back, he subconsciously assumed she must be uncomfortable sitting up and had no choice but to lie down.

Kunlin resisted the urge to go back down. He knew that with Jin Ling there, Xixi wouldn’t dare get too close to him.

His gaze shifted, and he spotted a wetland up ahead. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he turned and circled above them.

"I see a wetland ahead. It looks difficult to cross on foot. Come onto my back, and I’ll fly you over."

Jin Ling didn’t agree immediately. "Let’s go take a look first," he said.

Kunlin frowned but said nothing more.

Soon, they arrived at the edge of a swamp.

As far as the eye could see, there was only wetland. It would indeed be dangerous to cross on foot.

Jin Ling cautiously stepped forward but quickly found the ground was very soft; he could sink in at any moment.

As he pulled back to Qiao Xixi’s side, he said in a low voice, "Hold on to me tightly in a moment."

Qiao Xixi nodded. "Okay."

Carrying her, Jin Ling walked up to Kunlin. "This place is indeed hard to cross. I guess we’ll have to trouble you."

Kunlin gave a cold grunt, shifted into his beast form, and let the two of them climb onto his back.

Qiao Xixi sat in Jin Ling’s lap, hugging his waist tightly. ’A wetland this large can’t be completely empty,’ she thought. ’There’s no way we’ll just fly over it safely.’

As Kunlin flew over the wetland, Qiao Xixi looked down and saw skeletons lying below. Many beastmen had died here.

Suddenly, a cloud of white mist rushed toward them, completely obscuring their vision.

"There’s danger! Hold on tight!"

Kunlin’s body suddenly tilted, nearly throwing them off his back.

Jin Ling gripped Kunlin’s fur tightly. A great gust of wind blew, making Kunlin’s flight even more turbulent.

Jin Ling slid rapidly toward the edge of Kunlin’s back and was forced to let go of Qiao Xixi.

"Xixi, move onto Kunlin’s back first... I’ll climb back up."

But the moment Jin Ling moved, a large swarm of bee beasts attacked them.

Kunlin flapped his wings, dodging the bee beasts.

Jin Ling brandished his sharp claws and leaped up, trying to drive the bee beasts away from Qiao Xixi. But just then, Kunlin’s body suddenly went into a steep dive. Jin Ling completely lost his footing and plunged into the wetland below.

"Jin Ling!"

In a panic, Qiao Xixi formed a hand seal. "Wind, rise!"

She wanted to ride the wind to save Jin Ling, but after pulling up from the dive, Kunlin suddenly accelerated forward. "Xixi, don’t move! It’s dangerous down there."

In the blink of an eye, Jin Ling was out of sight. Qiao Xixi was frantic.

"I have to save Jin Ling! Wind, rise!"