Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 144 – Anti-Hunting

Lin Fan took out a beige, wide-brimmed straw hat from her Storage Space.

The brim was very wide, perfectly concealing the Dragon horns on her head.

She placed the straw hat on her head. Her long, dark green hair cascaded from under the brim, and her ponytail swayed gently behind her.

Her black and gold combat attire outlined a slender yet powerful figure, cinched at the waist by a sash that revealed her curves completely.

Su Xiaoxiao stared, a little dazed.

“Sister Ning Shuang, won’t you be… too conspicuous like this?”

Lin Fan glanced at her.

“Conspicuous is good.”

Su Xiaoxiao didn’t understand.

Lin Fan didn’t explain.

She needed real combat.

She needed to thoroughly familiarize herself with the combat style of Long Ningshuang’s body, without using her original Mental Strength or fire manipulation.

Dragon Claws, Dragonization, and hand-to-hand combat skills.

These all needed to be honed in true life-or-death battles.

And the best sparring partners were the hunting parties that roamed the Mist Forest.

They continued forward.

After about an hour, the sounds of heavy panting and clashing metal came from ahead.

Lin Fan stopped.

Su Xiaoxiao’s ears immediately perked up in alarm, her tail tensing and straightening.

“There are people.”

Lin Fan nodded.

Her Mental Strength had already detected them.

Five people.

The leader was a level-five jackal-kin, followed by four level-three pig-kin.

They were surrounding an injured level-four iron-armored beast, preparing to collect their spoils.

Lin Fan didn’t avoid them.

She walked straight in their direction.

Su Xiaoxiao panicked.

“Sister Ning Shuang, let’s go around…”

Lin Fan ignored her.

Soon, the hunting party spotted them as well.

The jackal-kin leader, carrying a blood-stained great axe, squinted as he sized up the two approaching figures.

When he got a clear look at Lin Fan’s figure and her face, which was mostly hidden by the straw hat but still showed a delicate profile, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes.

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“Well, well, what do we have here? To think we’d run into a beauty in the middle of nowhere.”

The four pig-kin behind him immediately broke into lewd laughter.

“Boss, that figure, tsk tsk…”

“That waist, those legs, tsk…”

“I’ve seen plenty of fox-kin girls, but one with this kind of air is a first.”

The jackal-kin leader licked his lips and walked toward Lin Fan, his axe slung over his shoulder.

“Little beauty, the forest isn’t safe.”

“Why don’t you join us? We brothers will protect you.”

As he spoke, his gaze roamed shamelessly over Lin Fan’s body.

Su Xiaoxiao was so scared she hid behind Lin Fan, her body trembling slightly.

Lin Fan stopped walking.

She lifted her head, the brim of her straw hat tilting up slightly to reveal a pair of golden, vertical pupils.

The jackal-kin leader froze for a moment.

Then, he saw, peeking out from under Lin Fan’s straw hat… Dragon horns.

His smile froze.

“Dra… Dragon Clan?”

Lin Fan didn’t answer.

She simply raised her right hand.

Dark green Dragon Scales spread from her fingertips, instantly covering her entire arm, and her nails transformed into sharp Dragon Claws.

The jackal-kin leader’s face turned deathly pale in an instant.

The four pig-kin behind him were also stunned.

The next second, the jackal-kin leader spun around abruptly.

“Run!”

The word was practically a roar.

The four pig-kin snapped back to their senses and immediately took off running.

But it was too late.

Lin Fan’s figure vanished from where she stood.

She didn’t use her Mental Strength, nor did she use her flames.

It was pure physical speed.

In the next instant, she was already behind the jackal-kin leader.

Her Dragon Claws swept out from the side.

The jackal-kin leader raised his great axe to block.

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“Clang—”

A piercing screech of tearing metal rang out.

The great axe was ripped in two by the Dragon Claws.

The jackal-kin leader’s pupils contracted violently.

He wanted to retreat.

But Lin Fan’s left hand had already shot out, accurately clamping down on his throat.

“Level five.”

Lin Fan’s voice was calm.

“You’ll make for good practice.”

She didn’t crush his throat directly.

Instead, she released her grip and took a step back.

The jackal-kin leader clutched his neck, coughing violently, his eyes filled with terror.

He knew she was toying with him.

But he had no choice.

Either fight to the death, or wait to die.

“Roar—”

The jackal-kin leader let out a furious roar. His muscles bulged, gray fur grew wildly, and his body instantly swelled in size.

This was his innate ability—Beastification.

His speed and strength surged in that moment.

He charged at Lin Fan with a low growl, his claws tearing through the air.

Lin Fan stood her ground, not dodging.

She raised her right hand, her Dragon Claws meeting his beast claws head-on.

“Bang—”

A shockwave exploded outwards.

The jackal-kin leader was sent flying backward, slamming heavily into a giant tree and leaving a deep crater in the trunk.

He struggled to get up.

But Lin Fan was already in front of him.

This time, she gave him no more chances.

Her Dragon Claws pierced straight through his chest.

Blood spurted out.

The light in the jackal-kin leader’s eyes faded rapidly.

Lin Fan withdrew her hand, flicking the blood from the tips of her claws.

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She turned to look at the four pig-kin who had already run several dozen meters away.

She didn’t chase them.

She simply raised her right hand and clenched it gently.

Four invisible ropes of Mental Strength shot out, precisely wrapping around the necks of the four pig-kin.

The next second, all four stopped in their tracks, their hands clawing desperately at their own throats, their faces turning red.

Lin Fan opened her hand.

The four of them collapsed to the ground, never to move again.

Su Xiaoxiao stared blankly at the scene.

She knew Sister Ning Shuang was strong.

But seeing a level-five Evolved being rendered completely helpless before her was still a shocking sight.

Lin Fan walked over to the jackal-kin leader’s corpse and retrieved a Crystal Core glowing with a faint red light from his head.

A Level 5 Crystal Core.

She put it into her Storage Space.

Then, she retrieved four level-three Crystals from the corpses of the four pig-kin.

Su Xiaoxiao approached cautiously.

“Sister Ning Shuang, you… you’re not hurt, are you?”

Lin Fan shook her head.

She flexed the Dragon Claws on her right hand, feeling her current power.

Her body now was at least twice as strong as it was when she fought Shi Ming.

And this was just Long Ningshuang’s base strength.

With Complete Dragonization, her power would surge by another 50%.

She now had a clearer understanding of this body’s combat style.

“Let’s go.”

Lin Fan retracted her Dragon Claws and put her straw hat back on.

The two continued on their way.

Along the way, they encountered another hunting party.

This time it was six jackal-kin, also led by a level-five.

When they saw Lin Fan, the same greedy look appeared in their eyes.

Lin Fan wasted no words.

She took off her straw hat directly.

Her dark green ponytail fell loose, and the Dragon horns on her head were exposed to the sunlight.

The smiles on the six jackal-kin’s faces froze instantly.

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The leading level-five jackal-kin’s expression changed drastically.

“Dragon Clan!”

He shouted almost instinctively.

“Kill her!”

He knew that when encountering the Dragon Clan, there were only two choices.

Either completely eliminate the opponent here and now.

Or run.

He chose the former.

Because he could tell she was only from a branch family of the Dragon Clan.

And judging by the size of her Dragon horns, she had only just reached adulthood.

The six jackal-kin all underwent Beastification and pounced at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan did not retreat.

Both her arms transformed into sharp claws, and Dragon Scales covered her entire body.

The next second, she charged into the group.

The sound of Dragon Claws tearing through flesh rang out repeatedly.

In less than thirty seconds.

Six corpses lay on the ground.

Lin Fan stood in the middle of the bodies, splattered with a fair amount of blood.

She looked down at her hands.

Blood dripped from her Dragon Claws.

She hadn’t used any of her original body’s abilities.

Pure hand-to-hand combat.

Pure Dragon Clan power.

Su Xiaoxiao was already numb.

She silently followed behind Lin Fan, helping to collect the Crystals.

Lin Fan stored the Crystals away.

She looked at the sky.

It was already afternoon.

“Let’s go, it’s time to enter the city.”

The two quickened their pace.

After another hour of walking, a massive city finally appeared ahead.

Azurewood City.