C6 Save a Beauty?

"System Alert: Mission - Acquire the hundred-year-old purple ginseng from this man and consume it! Host, upon completion, you will earn 0.5 Available Attribute Points. Failure to complete the mission will result in a penalty!"

The system alert jolted Lin Yuan to attention!

"Steal his hundred-year-old purple ginseng? Does that even benefit me?"

Lin Yuan was momentarily taken aback.

He hadn't been particularly troubled before, nor had he considered intervening to save her.

He didn't know the two people below, after all.

But the sudden system alert demanded his attention.

The system never issued commands without reason.

Besides, the prospect of earning 0.5 Available Attribute Points was enough to make Lin Yuan take the mission seriously.

Peering through the foliage, Lin Yuan surveyed the pair below and quickly formulated a plan of action.

The sound of fabric tearing pierced the air!

Lin Yuan watched in disbelief as the man eagerly shredded the woman's outer garment, exposing her undergarments.

Her body was on the verge of being completely revealed.

"Cousin, what a fine figure you have. I can finally make love to you. Rest assured, before you die, I'll make sure you thoroughly enjoy the pleasures of sex."

The man's hands worked eagerly as he sneered.

He then stood and began to disrobe.

"The bastard's a lecher!" Lin Yuan seethed internally, his gaze shifting to the woman.

Though she was strikingly beautiful, she was clearly unaccustomed to such horrors. She was crying out of sheer terror, powerless to do anything but watch her own cousin.

Lin Yuan had planned to strike when the man was distracted by his vile act.

However, seeing the woman's tears, his resolve wavered.

After all, he too had once been human.

With his mind made up, Lin Yuan wasted no more time and swiftly climbed through the treetops.

Even at over five feet tall, his movements were silent, unnoticed by the two below.

Just as the man below had stripped to his waist and was about to lunge at the woman with a malicious grin, Lin Yuan reached a position directly above them.

Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Yuan leaped from the tree, descending straight onto the cousin's head!

At that moment, the man's attention was entirely captivated by the stunning beauty before him, oblivious to the impending danger overhead.

He only realized something was amiss when Lin Yuan unexpectedly landed on him, causing him to jump in fright. Swatting reflexively, he exclaimed, "What the heck is this?"

But Lin Yuan paid him no mind.

Almost as soon as he touched down, he instinctively opened his jaws wide and took a fierce bite!

In an instant, he clamped onto the man. Driven by his serpentine instincts, his body coiled swiftly around his cousin's neck, constricting with alarming speed.

Lin Yuan, being a first-class demonic beast, boasted not only rapid movements but also formidable striking power. The sudden pressure he exerted caused his cousin's face to swell into a deep shade of red.

Panicked and horrified, the cousin quickly tried to pry Lin Yuan off, struggling to pull him away.

Though Lin Yuan was not as strong, his efforts were in vain; his cousin managed to fling him off, sending him tumbling into a thicket of grass.

Yet Lin Yuan did not make a hasty retreat.

Instead, he lifted his head and fixed a piercing gaze on his cousin.

At that moment, fear was etched across his cousin's face, his neck reddened from the constriction, and an injury marked his arm—a souvenir from Lin Yuan's inadvertent bite during the fall.

"Curse you, you vile creature! You dare attack me? I'll turn you into ash!" the man roared, his voice laced with shock and rage as he charged at Lin Yuan, intent on seizing him.

But Lin Yuan was not about to surrender. With a swift twist of his body, he darted into the nearby bushes to evade capture.

Lin Yuan's speed was unparalleled among demonic beasts; he was like a shadow slipping into the underbrush, vanishing before the man could give chase.

"Damn beast!" the man shouted in frustration, thrashing at the grass around him to no avail—Lin Yuan had already vanished without a trace.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan had silently moved to a grassy spot just behind the man, eyeing him with predatory focus.

Unaware of the danger behind him, the man continued to strike at the weeds. Lin Yuan seized the opportunity, lunging forward once more.

He was triumphant!

A surge of elation filled Lin Yuan as he employed the same tactic, tightening his hold on the man's neck and sinking his teeth into the flesh once again!

Unbeknownst to even Lin Yuan himself, his fangs had stealthily delivered a whisper of venom into the man's bloodstream.

The man was utterly shocked and enraged. He hadn't anticipated that the cursed beast would not only fail to flee but would also return to launch another attack on him!

In his fury, he raised his hand once more to strike at the black snake coiled around his neck!

This time, he was determined not to let Lin Yuan slip away so easily.

But then, to his horror, he discovered that his body was suddenly growing weak!

He could lift his arms, but they were too feeble to pry Lin Yuan off. His eyes bulged as he helplessly watched Lin Yuan's grip on his neck tighten further.

Lin Yuan too sensed the anomaly—the man's strength was rapidly diminishing!

But Lin Yuan had no time to ponder; he clung to the man's neck, biting down in a frenzy.

At last, the man's body collapsed to the ground, lifelessly twitching and struggling.

Lin Yuan quickly disentangled himself from the man and hid nearby, watching intently.

As the man's complexion turned a deep shade of red and his breaths grew fainter, Lin Yuan was taken aback.

Was he dead?

Had he been strangled or poisoned?

Could it be that he himself was venomous?

Convinced that the man was indeed dead, Lin Yuan wasted no more time and began rummaging through the man's garments.

Eventually, he unearthed an item meticulously wrapped within the clothing.

A subtle, exotic scent wafted through the air.

"This must be the purple ginseng, right? It truly is a treasure!" Lin Yuan mused, snatching up the prize and preparing to make his escape.

But then, he glanced up and caught sight of the woman under the tree, her garments in disarray.

She was evidently shell-shocked by the abrupt turn of events.

Her gaze was fixed on Lin Yuan.

Upon noticing Lin Yuan's gaze, panic washed over her face. Yet, she remained rooted to the spot, unable to move, and could only watch as Lin Yuan steadily approached her.