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

Chapter 303: Trust Me Once

Above the waters near the merman territory was an inconspicuous island.

When Xijing and his people went to settle the score with the Shark Beast Clan, he had the Sea Turtle Beast take Qiao Xixi and the others to this island.

The island wasn’t large. A small, gently rising hill stood in its center, covered in lush vegetation.

"Mother, when I was little, Father used to bring me here to play. There’s a stone house up ahead. I’ll take you there."

Xiya took Qiao Xixi’s hand and eagerly led her forward.

Qiao Xixi followed Xiya to a stone house.

Perhaps because no one had visited for a long time, the entrance to the stone house was covered in cobwebs.

Xiya broke off a branch and swept the cobwebs away before pushing open the stone door and looking at Qiao Xixi.

"Mother, let’s go inside and rest."

Qiao Xixi walked into the stone house and froze on the spot, staring at the furnishings inside.

Everything here was identical to the ice cave from the illusion. The only difference was that back then, they had stayed in an ice cave; this was a stone house.

Sangze followed them in and gave the house a quick cleaning. Since it had been uninhabited for some time, dust covered everything.

After wiping the stone house clean, Sangze took the dirty water outside to dump it. When he came back in, he saw Qiao Xixi sitting on the bed in a daze.

"Xixi, are you hungry? Sunxiao is already roasting some fish beast meat. It’ll be ready soon."

Qiao Xixi snapped out of it and shook her head. "I’m not hungry. I just had a lot of fruit."

"Xixi, are you worried about Xijing?"

Qiao Xixi didn’t deny it. "Yeah. I wonder how things are going."

She had suggested that Sunxiao and the others go help, but Xijing had refused.

"Xixi, with the Blue Whale Beast there, they definitely won’t lose."

"Yeah."

Qiao Xixi figured that while Xijing and his people could certainly handle the Shark Beast Clan alone, the last two times he’d been in danger were due to joint land, sea, and air attacks.

This time, although they had caught the Shark Beast Clan by surprise, there was no guarantee the enemy wouldn’t be prepared.

To make matters worse, Xiaoyao wasn’t here, so she had no way to investigate the specific situation in these waters.

What Qiao Xixi didn’t expect was that her guess was correct.

When the Shark Beast Clan saw Xijing and his people approaching so aggressively, they immediately sent someone to find the Land Beasts still guarding the salt fields.

Songyan was extremely surprised when he received the news.

"Are you saying those merfolk aren’t dead?"

"That’s right. They’ve come back to fight."

Songyan’s face darkened. Xijing and the others were in the sea now, making it difficult for his forces to act.

"Go. Find a way to drive them to the waters around this island chain."

"Yes."

After the Shark Beast left, Songyan immediately summoned his beastman subordinates.

"Get everything ready. Take the Golden Eagle Beasts and head to that sea region immediately."

"Yes."

In the deep sea, the merfolk and the Shark Beasts were locked in a fierce battle.

With the addition of the Blue Whale Beast, the merman clan showed an overwhelming advantage.

"King, it’s no good! Those merfolk are too ruthless. If this goes on, we’re going to lose."

"Has Songyan received the message?"

"The message has been delivered. He wants us to lure the merfolk to the surface so his forces can attack."

"Good. Do as he says. Pass the order: all Shark Beasts are to surface."

At the Shark Beast King’s command, all the fighting Shark Beasts quickly fled.

Xijing and his people wanted to annihilate the Shark Beast Clan in one fell swoop, not simply drive them away.

"After them."

The Blue Whale Beast watched the direction the Shark Beasts fled and spoke slowly, "Be careful. It’s the shallows up ahead; I can’t go any further. I will guard this area. You go on and give chase."

"Alright."

Qiao Xixi came out of the stone house on the island and looked up to see Golden Eagle Beasts flying rapidly in a certain direction.

"Why are there so many Golden Eagle Beasts here?"

She quickly opened Xijing’s locator—something she had redeemed points for and bound to him back at the Sea Cliff Deep Gully. "The Golden Eagle Beasts are heading in Xijing’s direction."

Qiao Xixi hadn’t forgotten that the two times Xijing’s group had suffered losses, it had been because of this Wing Clan.

"Sunxiao, I want to go see."

She had found Xijing after so much trouble; she didn’t want to see anything happen to him again.

Sunxiao’s serpentine eyes darkened. He simply said, "I’ll go."

"No! This time, take me with you!"

Sunxiao lowered his gaze, his brow furrowing as he saw the determination in her eyes.

Qiao Xixi bit her lip and held onto his hand tightly. "Trust me this once. I... I’m really strong now!"

Sunxiao averted his gaze and let out a soft breath. As he looked down, he concealed the doting look in his eyes. "Alright. Then I’ll see for myself just how strong Xixi has become."

Sunxiao turned to Sangze and said, "Take good care of Xiya."

Sangze was surprised. "Aren’t we going?"

Sunxiao’s gaze paused for a moment. "What would you do there?" he said indifferently.

Sangze froze. He felt like he’d just been scorned!

"Sangze, you take care of Xiya. We’ll be back soon."

With that, Sunxiao’s long tail wrapped around Qiao Xixi, lifting her onto his body, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared from the island.

Xiya was inside the house cutting fruit for Qiao Xixi. When she came out, she was nowhere to be seen.

"Sangze, I want to go help my father too."

Sangze frowned. "Xiya, I want to go too."

Xiya’s big eyes lit up. "Then let’s hurry and go!"

Sangze snapped back to his senses and quickly reached out to pull the little one back.

"We can’t, Xiya. Xixi told you to stay put on the island."

Xiya’s little face puffed up as she tried to persuade Sangze, but while he nodded in agreement, he wouldn’t let her leave.

Oh well. The little one gave up.

Qiao Xixi hugged Sunxiao’s head tightly. The merfolk following behind them were very worried.

"The King told Qiao Xixi to stay on the island, and we just let her leave. He won’t blame us, will he?"

"I wanted to stop them, but look at that snake beast. Is he someone we can stop? Let’s just follow. They’re Land Beasts, after all. If they drown, we can at least drag them back."

What the merfolk didn’t expect was that the snake beast moved just as freely in the water. The main reason was that as a Heaven-Swallowing Python, his hide was thick and tough, and the seawater could hardly corrode his scales.

They followed the flight path of the Golden Eagle Beasts and soon saw the island with the salt fields.

From a distance, Qiao Xixi could already see a group of Land Beasts on the island.

"The King and the others are here too."

Sunxiao straightened his body in the water, his elevated line of sight allowing them to see the merfolk and Shark Beasts gradually surfacing.

At that moment, Songyan, who was seated on a Golden Eagle Beast, watched the approaching merfolk and slowly raised his hand.

"All Golden Eagle Beasts, on my command... release!"

The Golden Eagle Beast beneath him screeched, and the rest of the Golden Eagle Beasts flew over Xijing and his people.

Xijing’s expression darkened as he watched the approaching Golden Eagle Beasts.

"Everyone, sink into the water! Quickly!"

The Golden Eagle Beasts swooped lower, dumping the powder from their claws down onto the area of the sea where Xijing and his people were.

"What is that stuff?"

"It’s poison! It’s the same poison that got us before."