Blood stained the girl's face with a vibrant crimson.
Kelly gently stroked her cheek.
The slight pain only excites her.
Kelly brought the blood from her fingertips to her lips.
She stuck out her tongue and licked the blood.
Under the dual stimulation of the full moon's brightness and the blood...
Kelly finally couldn't suppress the animal instinct stirring deep within her blood.
Suddenly, she raised her head and gazed out the window at the full moon.
A beastly roar erupted from the depths of her throat!
In an instant, the beautiful girl transformed into a black panther.
She glared fiercely at the drunk with bloodthirsty eyes.
The drunk, frightened by this horrific scene, turned all the alcohol in his blood into cold sweat, and screamed.
The wails of prey only aroused the beast's hunting instincts.
Kelly, transformed into a black panther, erupted in ferocity.
She arched her back, exerted her strength, and pounced upon the drunkard!
Her gleaming fangs shone brightly in the moonlight!
Swish!
A figure suddenly darted across the scene!
Allen stood between his sister and the drunkard, raising his arms to embrace the swooping black panther.
He spun on the spot, freeing himself from his sister's inertia.
Kelly, like a cat, threw herself into his embrace.
Embraced by her brother, Kelly's mood improved.
However, her animal instincts still stirred, prompting her to twist and struggle.
She tried to break free from her brother's arms, satisfying her predatory urge.
"Kelly, stop it!"
Alan's strong arms tightened around his sister.
That alone couldn't completely suppress her frantic impulse.
A half-inch bone spur popped out from the palm of his left hand and pierced Black Panther's hip.
He used his body to shield the eyes of others.
Unnoticed, he injected his sister with a dose of mandrake solution.
The sedative effect took effect quickly.
The female panther in his arms calmed down.
Alan carried the female panther and hurried upstairs.
He entered his sister's bedroom and laid her flat on the bed.
He gently stroked Black Panther's smooth back and soothed her, "Kelly, be good."
Kelly's limbs were limp and weak from the sedative her brother had injected her with, and she felt drowsy.
His caress was deeply comforting.
Sensitive nerves gradually relaxed. Under the caress of her brother's large, warm hands, the female leopard couldn't help but purr from deep within her throat.
Like a cat enjoying a good petting...
Soon, Kelly fell into a peaceful sleep.
The female leopard on the bed transformed back into a young girl.
Just then, there was a knock on the door behind them.
Alan tucked his sister in and opened the door.
His parents walked in, faces filled with worry, followed by Ms. Sora.
Alan also noticed that the principal was winking at him.
Nodding knowingly, Alan asked his parents to look after his sister.
He took Ms. Sora to his own bedroom next door.
Sora locked the door, turned around, and asked sternly:
"Alan, do you know what's wrong with your sister?"
"I was just about to ask the teacher."
"Kelly, you chose the wrong meditation method!"
Ms. Sora's tone was heavy.
"A beastman must practice a special calming meditation method, otherwise it's difficult to suppress the urge to go berserk!"
Alan was speechless.
He only knew that beastmen infected later in life would go berserk.
But he hadn't imagined that a beastman who had awakened spontaneously would also be unable to escape this fate.
Ultimately, it was due to his own lack of knowledge and the mistake of taking things for granted.
"Teacher, it's all my fault. I harmed Kairi..." Allen sat on the edge of the bed, head bowed. "If I had known the consequences would be so serious, I shouldn't have let Kairi awaken her beastly bloodline."
Sora looked at her favorite student, her beautiful turquoise eyes filled with pity and sympathy.
She sat down beside Allen and gently stroked his hair.
"Good boy, this isn't entirely your fault."
"Actually, Kairi's condition isn't as serious as you think."
"A beastman like her who awakens spontaneously has much better self-control than those who contract the virus later in life."
"As long as she's not stimulated during a full moon, there's basically no risk of her passively transforming and going berserk."
"Besides, sedatives would be very helpful to her."
Alen nodded without saying anything.
What the teacher said was all true, but it couldn't completely resolve my sister's hidden dangers.
Unless he could obtain the "Calming Meditation Method," Allen no longer dared to let his sister continue practicing.
Because he couldn't be sure of the consequences for a beastman who practiced the meditation method incorrectly.
Would his sister develop more serious problems in the future?
Even if the risk wasn't great, he didn't dare let his sister try.
Ms. Sora consoled him a few more times, then couldn't help but raise a question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time.
"Alan, I know Kelly's bloodline and aptitude very well."
"She couldn't even awaken her ogre bloodline, so how could she suddenly awaken her beastly bloodline?"
"And it's the very rare Panther Woman bloodline, with top-notch aptitude!"
"Even more incredible, I've never heard of Kelly taking the awakening agent. How could she have made such rapid progress in just a few months, and even learned so many martial arts..."
"All of this happening to her is incredible!"
Ms. Sora gazed at her student, her green eyes filled with anticipation.
"Alan, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation."
After a long silence, Alan finally spoke.
"Teacher Sora, I have a special method that can help Kairi improve her training efficiency."
"This method is a secret cult technique. If it gets out, it will surely attract the cultists to hunt us down. I'm afraid my entire family will be in danger!"
Ms. Sora was moved by her words and quickly shook her head. "If that's the case, then don't say anything..."
Alan waved her hand, signaling her not to interrupt.
"If someone else had asked me, I certainly wouldn't have dared to reveal it."
"But you're different."
"You were my mentor and your kindness to me is immense!"
"I dare not tell my parents this secret."
"They're just ordinary people. The more they know, the more dangerous it becomes."
"Teacher Sora, besides Kairi, you'll be the second person in this family to know my secret."
"Aren..." Ms. Sora squeezed his hand, her eyes filled with emotion. "Thank you for treating me like family."
Aren shook the teacher's hand.
He stood up, turned off the lights, and drew the curtains.
Sora had also awakened her dark vision, but she was a single woman after all. Sharing a darkened room with a young man made her face flush and her heart tremble for some unknown reason.
Aren opened a drawer and took out a storage bag.
"Teacher, I've prepared a thank-you gift. Please keep it."
Sora opened the heavy storage bag and was stunned.
After a long pause, she couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
"Ancestral spirits! This can't be true!!"
The storage bag was filled with shimmering green crystals, at least a hundred of them.
Each one emanated a rich, refreshing magical energy, like a forest after rain.
This was a wood-attributed magic stone, a crystallization of natural magic.
Sora was a nature mage, and of course, she knew the benefits of wood magic stones for nature mage.
She was considered one of the wealthiest women on Quint Island.
However, with her financial resources, she couldn't afford to use wood magic stones for her daily training.
Alan had casually given her this generous gift.
At that moment, she could only describe herself as flattered!
"Alan, this gift is too expensive, far exceeding the price I've paid for you."
"I'd be content if you called me Master, but I dare not accept such a generous gift..."
Sora was about to decline, but Alan interrupted her.
"Master, listen to me. Put it away. I have something more important to tell you later."
Sora was stunned for a moment, then hummed softly and obediently put away the storage bag.
She had sensed that Alan was no longer the naive boy he once was.
With age and experience, and especially his rapid growth in strength, Alan no longer needed her guidance and protection.
Instead, she relied on Alan's protection.
A reversal of power between master and apprentice inevitably brings with it a shift in authority.
Sora wasn't a particularly strong woman.
When faced with a strong individual, she instinctively submitted.
However, the other person happened to be her student, so something felt a little strange...
Alan sprayed mind spores while revealing the secret of group meditation to Ms. Sora.
"Teacher Sora, I will set up a meditation group right now. You and I will meditate together and maintain a spiritual connection."
"I will instill in you the second-level meditation method. It will greatly benefit your practice."
"Thank you, Alan."
Sola expressed her gratitude to him telepathically.
After a brief hesitation, she sent out another mental wave.
"Alan, actually... I lack more than just the Wood Demon Stone and advanced meditation."
"There's another obstacle that's been holding me back for years, to the point of forming an inner demon..."
"If I don't overcome this obstacle and dispel this inner demon, I'm afraid I'll never be able to break through this bottleneck."
As he spoke, he conveyed his own problem to Alan.
Ms. Sora's predicament wasn't unique.
Warlocks often encounter similar challenges throughout their long training.
Ms. Sora awakened the "Thorn Spirit Bloodline."
In the entire elven family tree, the Thorn Spirits are a relatively unpopular and weak branch.
Sora originally possessed only a first-level meditation technique.
The lower the level of meditation, the fewer ancestral spirits one can access, and their power levels are generally lower.
Thorn Spirits are already rare, and their meditation technique is weak. Most of the ancestral spirits Sora could choose from were weak, and even achieving Perfect Meditation would yield little benefit.
The few ancestral spirits with high potential live in exceptionally harsh environments.
Their desires far exceed their own abilities!
Sora, despite her best efforts, is unable to help these ancestral spirits fulfill their long-cherished wishes and achieve Perfect Meditation.
Countless failures have led to a deep inner demon in her.
For years, his cultivation had been stuck at the late First Stage, unable to break through the bottleneck.
In Allen's view, Ms. Sora's predicament resembled being stuck in a Souls-based game in a previous life.
The enemy boss was too powerful, and a low-level, clumsy rookie couldn't defeat it no matter how many times he reloaded the save file!
In such a situation, honing one's skills alone would take a long time and a lot of effort.
However, if one could connect online, invite a skilled player to join the fight, and with a few punches and kicks, the boss could be defeated.
Allen, incidentally, possessed this secret "connection" technique!
He was the high-level player who could help Sora achieve a dimensionality reduction attack!
"Teacher Sora, I'll help you break through your inner demons!"