C58 Nocturnal warfare

Under the pitch-black night, the danger of death loomed over him.

Inside the small cave, Xiao Zhi was sound asleep due to his previous injuries. Zhang Ling's eyes were like a snake's eyes, they continuously swept across the darkness outside coldly.

Kaka

Amidst the rain, the sound of tree branches breaking could be heard, causing Zhang Ling to become even more nervous. After all, this was the blood forest, and everything was unknown.

This situation had persisted for more than two hours, but nothing had happened. This made Zhang Ling's heart beat extremely fast, and he didn't dare to relax at all.

"Whoosh!"

In the darkness, a figure had pounced over with a light sound the moment Zhang Ling had relaxed his mind. The whole process was not even as loud as the gentle breeze.

In that moment, Zhang Ling opened his eyes wide, and smelled an even stronger stench of blood and stench of blood. But the black shadow was too fast, Zhang Ling did not even have the time to stand up and face the attack, he only felt his entire body being struck by a black shadow, directly smashing into Xiao Zhi and Wu Bupang who were behind him, at the same time causing the entire small mound to begin to crumble.

"Pah!"

It was bright all around and a piece of bright crystal was thrown out. Three figures jumped out from the pile of soil. Xiao Zhi's eyes were sharp, and Wu Bupang still had a face full of sleepiness. Blood leaked out from the corner of Zhang Ling's mouth, and his face turned slightly pale.

Under the cover of the bright crystal's light, a strange beast with a dark red body stared coldly at the three of them. This was a creature similar to a wolf. Its front legs were very short, and it wasn't even halfway back. His body was surrounded by a bloody aura, his eyes were cold and emotionless, and they were filled with a bloodthirsty violence.

"Rank 3 beast, gale wolf."

Wu Bupang inhaled a breath of cold air, it was not because this kind of gale wolf was so powerful, but because this kind of fellow would definitely not appear alone. Its appearance meant that there was definitely a pack of wolves behind it.

Legend has it that the intelligence of this kind of demonic beast was very high, and its personality was also cunning and gloomy. It would never do something that it had no confidence in.

Demonic beasts were generally ranked from one to nine, and nine was considered to be large. A third level spirit beast was already equivalent to a late stage Dao Resisting Realm cultivator. Because demon beasts lived in the deep mountains and forests all year round, and also frequently fought with other demon beasts, Level Three demon beasts were even a little stronger than late stage Dao Resisting Realm cultivators.

As for the three of them, Xiao Zhi was also only at the second stage of Dao Resisting Realm and Wu Bupang was only at the sixth stage of Dao Accomplishment Realm. As for Zhang Ling, he had only reached the first stage of the Dao Resisting Realm.

The gale wolf gloomily watched the three as it quietly retreated. Although its front legs were extremely short, they did not affect its movements in the slightest. It quickly left the range of the bright crystal's radiance and attempted to hide in the darkness.

This kind of gale wolf was very suspicious. After failing a single attack, it wanted to retreat.

"We can't leave it, or none of us will survive!"

Wu Bupang's face changed as he thought of the worst situation.

Even if he did not speak, Xiao Zhi had already made this plan a long time ago. Once a demon beast locked its eyes on a target, unless the difference in strength between the prey and it was too large, it would absolutely be a situation where there was no end to the fight.

Xiao Zhi threw out a piece of bright crystal, causing that direction to be lit up. However, the place that the light shone on was completely empty. The only thing that could be seen was a small stream formed by the rain water.

"So fast?"

Xiao Zhi's face turned ugly. There were too many beasts, so it was impossible to know the characteristics of each beast.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhi raised his eyebrows and turned around as he rushed to the back while shouting, "Be careful!"

Zhang Ling and Wu Bupang didn't understand what he meant and were about to ask. At this moment, a figure quietly appeared from within the darkness, and directly bit onto Wu Bupang's shoulder. Zhang Ling, who was at the side, hurriedly made his move, and used all his strength to strike behind Wu Bupang.

Rip!

The clothes on Wu Bupang's back were torn apart, causing a rain of blood. Just at this moment, Zhang Ling's attack struck the figure, but he was actually sent flying.

As the light slashed through the air, the gale wolf's eyes were ice-cold. It bit into a piece of cloth and a piece of meat.

"You're courting death!"

The Xiao Zhi shouted coldly as he activated his dao diagram. Like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, his entire body, with both fists, blasted out.

"Bam!"

The gale wolf was sent flying and fell into the darkness. When Xiao Zhi landed and kicked that bright crystal over, it disappeared without a trace.

"How are you?"

Xiao Zhi asked with concern as he frowned and retreated to Wu Bupang's side.

"Hiss!"

Wu Bupang gasped, his back was badly mutilated, a large piece of flesh was ripped off by the gale wolf, and it was bleeding profusely. Xiao Zhi immediately took out a few grade six medicinal pellets, 'Hundred Herbs Pill', and swallowed one pellet. Only after that, did the other few pellets grind and sprinkle on his wound, allowing Wu Bupang's complexion to improve slightly.

"gale wolf are very difficult to deal with."

Zhang Ling muttered, "If it's still better during the day, we won't have any advantage at night."

Xiao Zhi nodded his head. If he was ambushed by the gale wolf like this, even a man made of iron would not be able to hold on. Furthermore, this gale wolf was born in the blood forest, and its strength is probably even stronger than ordinary gale wolf.

"We need to leave this place as soon as possible. gale wolf are too cunning, if it decides that it cannot kill us, it will contact the group of wolves, and at that time, even if our combat strength increases by several times, we will not be able to leave this place alive."

Wu Bupang gasped, his eyes filled with worry.

Wolves were nothing in the eyes of demon beasts. Most of the wolf type demon beasts could only reach level six at most. Very few could break through to level seven. But even so, they were outnumbered. It could even be said that unless one's strength reached the level of Dao Breaking Stage and possessed the power to fly, one would definitely die.

The three of them did not dare to stay any longer and quickly fled. During this time, Zhang Ling had also taken a pill of his own, and under the previous attack, he also suffered from light injuries.

The rain was pouring heavily, but the three of them couldn't care less, they didn't even dare to use their Dao energy to protect themselves. He had to conserve every bit of his Dao energy and prepare for the unknown danger.

The road was muddy and it was hard to walk, the three of them did not dare take out the bright crystal s, if they did that they would be treated as living targets and would attract more attention from the beasts, at the same time the stench of blood would continuously emanate from the surroundings.

"Be careful!"

In the darkness, the Xiao Zhi became vigilant and grabbed Wu Bupang to move to the side.

Before his voice fell, a sharp sound of wind breaking rang out in the darkness, followed by the sound of a sharp blade entering the body.

"Humph!"

Zhang Ling groaned, and used all his strength to strike forward. The palm technique was sharp and there was a faint, cold light flashing.

"Boom!"

Zhang Ling fell into the mud, struggling for a good while before he finally crawled back up.

Xiao Zhi could not care about anything else and took out his' bright crystal 'once again. After preparing himself to attack, Wu Bupang ran over to Zhang Ling's side. A bloody hole appeared in the latter's chest, and blood continued to flow out.

In front of him, a thin dark red snake was coiled around a tree stem. It looked like it was as thick as a child's wrist and about ten feet long. A pair of sparkling dark green colored light constantly flickered. After sizing up the three of them, he directly jumped down from the tree stem, and quickly swam into the darkness.

The entire process was very short and simply could not be reacted.

Xiao Zhi secretly clenched his teeth, anger filling his heart. This kind of action by the Heaven Gate simply did not care about the lives of the disciples. In this kind of situation, forget about the thirty-eight generations of disciples chasing after and killing a new generation of disciples, even if they did not take action, there would not be many people who could leave blood forest alive.

"Xiao Zhi, let's go!"

Wu Bupang had already simply treated Zhang Ling's wounds, and his expression was extremely ugly. It was only the first half of the night, other than Xiao Zhi, both of them were injured.

"Let's go."

Xiao Zhi took a deep breath, signalling Wu Bupang to support Zhang Ling, while he closely observed his surroundings.

In the darkness, he could still feel a pair of cold eyes staring at the three of them. Without a doubt, the gale wolf did not give up.

Xiao Zhi squinted, he knew that at this rate, he would be exhausted to death by the gale wolf sooner or later. At that time, he had whispered some advice to Wu Bupang. Wu Bupang revealed a surprised expression and said in a low voice: "Xiao Zhi, you …"

"That's it."

Xiao Zhi's tone was firm and unquestionable.

"That's the only way."

Zhang Ling frowned and muttered to himself. Although the strength of the wolf was not terrifying, but with it following them, the three of them could forget about finding any place to rest.

"Alright!"

Wu Bupang nodded helplessly, and agreed.

After saying that, the three of them continued moving forward. However, the way they moved was a bit off. After walking for about ten meters, although the three of them didn't seem to have changed, they had already separated. They were more than ten steps away from each other, as though they were going to separate at any moment.

Sensing the movement from behind, Xiao Zhi's lips raised in a cold smile. He felt that the wolf seemed to be hesitating, it was indeed a suspicious species. However, the gale wolf did not give up so easily. Very quickly, Xiao Zhi felt that the pair of gloomy and cold eyes was not focusing on him, it was obvious that they were looking at Zhang Ling and Wu Bupang.

After walking forward for another hundred meters, Xiao Zhi's ears moved slightly as he felt a light sound of wind coming from the darkness. He shouted anxiously, "Do it!"

Before his voice fell, bright crystal s were thrown into the air one by one, either embedded within the tree stem at the side or falling into the rain. For a time, the area within fifty meters of the square garden was bright.

At the center, he indeed saw the figure of the gale wolf. At this moment, it was still maintaining its posture of pouncing towards Wu Bupang, but it subconsciously stopped as its dark and cold eyes were filled with caution.

"Roar!"

The Xiao Zhi dao diagram rumbled, his entire body was enveloped in the image of a white tiger, his speed was extremely fast, he directly pounced towards the gale wolf. Seeing that, the gale wolf opened its mouth wide and pounced towards Su Yun.

A golden light appeared in Xiao Zhi's hands and an indescribable Sword Qi rushed towards the clouds. The might of it caused the gale wolf to tremble, and it did not even have the time to react. The golden light slashed through the air, directly slashing the gale wolf and causing a rain of blood to fall. At the same time, the wind and waves brought about by his body directly blew away the gale wolf's corpse, causing it to crash into the darkness far away.

"Hu!"

Xiao Zhi gasped for breath, the golden light in his right hand had long since disappeared.

At this moment, he had no way to conserve his strength, and could only use the golden sword to kill the gale wolf. However, the price was extremely high. Normally, he wouldn't feel much. This time, his true usage of the technique was just a normal attack, but he had actually used up nearly a third of his Dao energy.

Wu Bupang and Zhang Ling looked at Xiao Zhi in shock, unable to understand what he had just done. At that moment, both of them were intimidated by the powerful sword qi. It was just too terrifying.