"She's heavily injured and on the brink of death, but she can still be saved!"
This was the museum's diagnosis.
Lin Jin's expression darkened. Without another word, he carried Little Five and began treating her on the spot.
First, he used the pulse-seeking technique to stop the bleeding, then fed her a specialized healing pill. Lin Jin had prepared plenty of similar pills just in case he encountered similar situations.
Even so, Little Five's injuries were still severe. Lin Jin couldn't guarantee anything now. After all, Little Five's internal organs were injured and she was still unconscious.
Shang'er bit her lip. Her hands and body were covered in blood. However, Lin Jin could tell that if it was just Little Five's blood, there wouldn't be so much.
In other words, this blood belonged to someone else.
"Master Lin, you must save Little Five!" Shang'er couldn't help but say. Lin Jin nodded but his hands and feet didn't stop. Fortunately, his pulse-seeking technique had reached an extremely high level. Sometimes, it could even replace some tools to stitch up wounds.
Then, he took out some medicine from the medicinal ingredients he brought. He didn't have time to concoct them so he chewed them up and applied them on Little Five's wounds.
This was just an emergency measure.
Lin Jin was completely focused throughout the entire process. Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
"Little Five needs to rest. I'll concoct some pills for her later. She should be fine now." At Lin Jin's words, Shang'er burst into tears.
She had obviously been suppressing her emotions earlier.
Little Five was her sister. All these years, they had traveled all over the world together, taking care of the other fox cubs. It was already amazing that she could hold herself back.
Lin Jin looked at the pitiful Shang'er. After she stopped crying, he asked with a serious expression, "What happened?"
Shang'er immediately knelt down. "Master Lin, Shang'er killed someone."
Lin Jin only understood what happened after listening to Shang'er's explanation.
It turned out that when Shang'er went down the mountain to look for Little Five, she went straight to the scholar's village because she had secretly followed Little Five here before.
However, when she arrived, she noticed a problem.
There were many more Grassy Continent natives there.
Shang'er immediately noticed something was wrong but she didn't meddle. She cautiously made her way to the scholar's house, but when she sneaked a peek, she immediately felt the urge to kill.
"At that time, I saw Xiaowu being chained up and covered in wounds. That scholar was standing beside her." Shang'er gritted her teeth.
Lin Jin didn't interrupt. The situation clearly wasn't that simple. Even if a scholar wanted to take down Little Five, he didn't have the ability to do so.
Sure enough, Shang'er said, "There are many Grassy Continent natives in the yard. I've even seen one before. It's the one who came to Mount Zoroku last time. His name is Ruba."
Lin Jin remembered now. There was indeed such a person.
"Little Five was captured by this group of Grassy Continent natives and tortured. I was so angry that I couldn't help but rush out to save Little Five," Shang'er whispered.
Lin Jin didn't blame her.
In that kind of situation, it was normal for her to want to kill. Even if he was in that kind of situation, he might not be able to suppress it.
Enraged, Shang'er didn't hold back. According to her, she had killed several Grassy Continent natives in the yard, including their pet beasts. The blood on her body belonged to those natives.
That Luo Ba also died in her hands.
Lin Jin nodded.
This was normal. Shang'er was a Rank 4 monster and she had even learned the Demonic Transformation spell that Lin Jin taught her. Those natives only had Rank 2 or 3 pet beasts so no matter how many of them there were, it was pointless.
But the question was, how did they manage to capture Little Five?
Lin Jin knew the answer in the next instant.
That scholar who was deeply in love with Little Five seemed to be on the same side as those Grassy Continent natives.
If they were plotting against her, why would Little Five be suspicious or guarded against them?
Lin Jin didn't care about that. What he was thinking about now was the aftermath of this incident. Little Five's identity was exposed and people knew that she was a monster. Shang'er had killed someone to save Little Five. The Grassy Continent natives wouldn't let this go easily and the government wouldn't turn a blind eye either.
A storm was brewing.
If this had nothing to do with him, Lin Jin wouldn't have gotten involved. But now, he couldn't just ignore Shang'er and Little Five. Hence, no matter how this situation developed, he had to stand up for them.
If he was right, the experts from the Grassy Continent natives must be on their way here.
Lin Jin never underestimated others, especially his enemies.
Glancing at the unconscious Little Five and the cave, Lin Jin shook his head.
Little Five needed to recuperate and Xiao Huo was still in the process of evolving inside so he couldn't move around recklessly. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the process was disrupted.
The situation was urgent but Lin Jin had to calm down and think of a countermeasure.
First, if the natives came after them, a huge battle would inevitably break out. Hence, the first thing he had to think about was how he should handle the situation.
His own combat power.
Lin Jin looked around. Shang'er alone was almost invincible. However, he would try his best not to make a move. She was a monster and it wouldn't be good for her to expose herself too much.
This wasn't a groundless worry. If he didn't take precautions, he might end up provoking the Jade Dragon Kingdom's experts with Rank 4 pet beasts. That would be disastrous.
Besides Shang'er, Lin Jin still had the shadow wolf and Goldy so he could hold his own. The great white ape couldn't show himself either. The Grassy Continent natives had been searching for him. If they found out, it would be even harder to explain.
At this, Lin Jin made up his mind.
"Shang'er, bring Little Five and Little Nine into the cave. Remember, don't come out without my permission," Lin Jin said with a straight face.
Shang'er wanted to say something but when she saw Lin Jin's glare, she shut up. She bowed at Lin Jin before carrying Little Five into the cave with the fox cubs.
"Goldy, get your ass back here!" Lin Jin yelled at the top of his lungs.
In this current situation, Goldy was an indispensable combat force. Although Goldy was usually free to do as he pleased and Lin Jin didn't restrict him at all, Goldy listened to Lin Jin during crucial moments.
But in crucial moments, Goldy listened to Lin Jin.
Moments after he shouted, Goldy flapped his wings and hurried back. There was a large worm in his mouth. He must have been foraging for food.
With Goldy around, Lin Jin was relieved.
Speaking of the ferocious beasts around him, including Xiao Huo, Big Yellow was the one with the strongest bloodline and potential. Even the Dark Shadow Wolf's' Netherworld 'could not be mentioned on equal terms with Big Yellow's' Golden Crow '.
Xiao Huo, who didn't have any hidden bloodline, couldn't compare at all.
Once he matured, Goldy's potential would be limitless. Even against opponents of the same level, Goldy would still be the most ferocious. Lin Jin was certain of this.
Goldy was the most reliable when it came to fighting a strong enemy.
This was all Lin Jin could do for now.
Wait a minute.
Lin Jin realized that he had neglected one thing, and that was himself.
If he were to expose his identity in this situation, it would attract all sorts of trouble in the future. If he didn't handle this well, wouldn't he have to flee for his life?
Hence, he couldn't expose his identity.
At that moment, Lin Jin could hear the cries of an eagle.
His pursuers were here.
In a moment of desperation, Lin Jin plucked a piece of bark from a nearby tree and dug out two holes. Then, he tore off a strip of cloth from his shirt and made a simple mask to wear on his face.
This was the only thing he could do at a time like this.
By then, the eagle had noticed the situation and began circling above them. Lin Jin could also hear the howls of wolves in the distance.
Moments later, more than ten gigantic great plains wolves appeared.
These large wolves were a breed native to the Grassy Continent. Their specialty was that they were more ferocious and had a sharper sense of smell. They could track their prey for hundreds of miles based on their scent alone.
In other words, even the goshawk beast that was flying in the sky couldn't hide from these great plains wolves.
Lin Jin wore his clothes inside out and put on the tree bark mask so that no one could tell who he was.
Lin Jin issued orders to Goldy and the shadow wolf. Even without the power of a blood contract, the two pet beasts would still obey Lin Jin's orders.
Rank 3 pet beasts were unique in that they could change their size.
Whether it was Big Yellow or the Shadow Wolf, their bodies had expanded to their current limits.
Lin Jin's plan was to stall for as long as he could. However, after Shang'er had killed several experts from the Grassy Continent, even a fool would know that they wouldn't let this go.
Sure enough, more than ten great plains wolves were the first to attack.
These great plains wolves were larger than bulls. They had strong physiques and sharp fangs and claws. When more than ten of them charged at Lin Jin at the same time, it was quite intimidating.
Lin Jin sighed. He took a step forward, extended his palm, and activated Intermediate Beast Deterrence.
This was a reward from the Museum of Deadly Beasts and Lin Jin was using it in a real battle.
In an instant, as if they were being suppressed, the dozen great plains wolves slowed down. Some even stopped altogether. However, due to the distance, Lin Jin wasn't able to fully utilize this ability.
Clearly, even a deterrence like this had its shortcomings. It couldn't overcome the limitation of distance.
Even so, it was still a shocking sight to behold. The Grassy Continent natives who were controlling the Wasteland Wolves in hiding were constantly activating their Blood Contract Power, trying to get the Wasteland Wolves to continue attacking. However, it seemed like their usual methods were ineffective at this moment.
The current situation was a little strange. On top of that hill, there was one man and two large beasts. They seemed to be outnumbered but the wolves on their side didn't dare to get close.
How strange.
The Grassy Continent natives obviously didn't only have these few people. Soon, the ground shook as several large beasts from the Grassy Continent barged through the forest, charging over with great momentum. Many natives were riding on these beasts. A rough estimate showed that there were more than a hundred of them.
Under the tree bark mask, Lin Jin's brows twitched.
Did they really have to make such a big fuss?
At first, Lin Jin thought there would only be a dozen or so people chasing after them. Who knew that so many Grassy Continent experts would show up. It was obvious that the people Shang'er killed were of high status in the Grassy Continent. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many of them here.
But no matter how troublesome it was, as Shang'er's teacher, Lin Jin had to stand up for them.
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