In the center of the Broken Bone Tribe's altar stood a ferocious stone statue—the "God of Fertility" they worshipped.
Its belly was swollen high, as if gestating life.
Yet its hands were locked in a death grip around the necks of two young cubs, its posture twisted and cruel.
It symbolized the brutal culling required for a so-called pure bloodline.
The old chieftain was a withered, old male fox with a face full of tattoos. His eyelids drooped, revealing only slits of sinister eyes.
He sized up Su An'an. "Gu Xue's bloodline? Hah! The daughter of that traitor dares to return?"
"Chieftain, did you know my mother?" Su An'an clutched her skirt, looking "timidly" at the old fox.
"Heh heh! I was your mother's first Beast Husband."
The old fox's face twisted like a demon's as he recalled the shame of Gu Xue's betrayal.
He waved his hand sharply and ordered in a grim tone:
