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Chapter 236 - Chapter 236: A Rotten Dog’s Fortune

The cave was damp, dark, and smelled like mold and old blood. But to Lang Yao, it was the only thing keeping him alive.

He had dragged himself here after escaping the beast tide. Not walked, literally dragged himslef. His legs barely worked, his back was torn open from a fall, and every inch of his skin burned with bruises and dried cuts. The path he left behind in the forest was nothing but streaks of blood and smeared filth.

And worst of all… he still reeked from the dung.

The beast dung he had rolled in to mask his scent clung to him like a curse. Even the flies didn't want to come near. He had tried rubbing it off with clean soil, but there was only so much he could do with dry dirt and weak arms. His skin had absorbed the stink. It had settled in his hair, his nails, his tongue.

When he finally collapsed inside the cave—an old emergency shelter he remembered from months ag...he thought he might die.

But fate wasn't done playing with him yet.

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