Inside the cave, the rogue beast thrashed violently, its massive paw swinging out blindly.
The heavy impact clipped Xiao Yi, sending the fluffy little tiger cub flying backward through the air. He soared straight out of the cave entrance, landing with a soft thud in the deep snow.
Dizzily, Xiao Yi shook his furry head and opened his eyes.
But instead of seeing the white landscape, his vision was entirely blocked by a pair of massive, terrifyingly familiar paws.
Slowly, the little cub looked up... and up.
His tiny heart nearly stopped.
The fear of the rogue beast was instantly replaced by an even greater, more primitive dread.
Standing right above him was Hu Yan. His large father’s eyes were completely enraged, blazing with a terrifying light as he glared down at his eldest son.
Xiao Yi swallowed hard, his ears pinning flat against his skull.
Trembling, he slowly raised one tiny, apologetic paw in the air, offering a weak, submissive wave.
"F-Father..."
Hu Yan didn’t even have time to deal with the brat yet. Glancing into the cave, he saw the rogue beast baring its fangs, about to bite down on his second son, Xiao Er.
Stove was desperately straining with all his might to hold the monster back, his green vines snapping under the pressure.
Hu Yan let out an earth-shattering, furious roar that caused the snow to avalanche off the nearby rocks.
Without a second thought, his massive tiger form charged straight into the cave like a golden streak of lightning.
The moment his father rushed past him, Xiao Yi, who had been lying listlessly on the ground a second ago, instantly stood straight up on his hind legs.
With his giant backer finally here, his courage skyrocketed to the heavens.
He puffed out his tiny chest, marched back to the cave entrance, and growled angrily at the remaining rogue beasts, completely mocking them.
"How dare you lay a hand on me and my brother?!" he roared, his tiny tail whipping the air.
"See if my father doesn’t skin you all alive! Just you wait!"
Despite his grand, threatening words, his voice was still that of an infant cub.
Instead of a fierce tiger roar, it sounded exactly like a high-pitched cat’s meow echoing through the forest.
Inside the cave, Xiao Er was shivering so hard his stripes were practically vibrating.
But before the rogue beast’s jaws could clamp down on him, a towering shadow instantly materialized in front of him.
Hu Yan arrived like a god of destruction. With one smooth, brutal motion, his massive paw tore straight through the neck of the ferocious beast.
Splat!
A spray of dark blood erupted from the impact.
A few stray drops splattered right onto Xiao Er’s horrified little face.
The cub froze like a statue, his eyes wide as saucers, completely traumatized...not by the monster, but by the sheer brutality of his angry father.
Right on Hu Yan’s heels, Han Jue stormed into the cave, his expression freezing cold.

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