Chapter 22: Life and Death Together (Three)

  Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Xue'er naturally wouldn't care about the fate of those Krescei Jade Masters, these successful Jungle Wolves had helped them complete their mission to cut off the enemy's retreat, but the two were now trapped on a large tree.

  Zhou Weiqing drew the Purple Heaven Bow, just about to test the defensive strength of these Forest Heavenly Wolves, but was pulled back by Xue Bing, "Don't. The Forest Heavenly Wolves are extremely vengeful, once you injure one of them, we'll be in big trouble. Let's wait, maybe they'll retreat who knows."

  At this time, under the tree, a large number of Jungle Heaven Wolves had gathered, and as they drew closer, Zhou Weiqing could also see their appearance clearly with the help of the moonlight.

  These forest wolves are about 1.5 meters in length, with a dark greenish-gray body and a pair of bright green eyes that stand out particularly. The most distinctive feature is the cyan-colored crest on their back. They move extremely fast, currently jumping up and down under the tree. However, they are well-organized, except for one group chasing after Bai Jiu and his men, there are at least hundreds of forest wolves gathered under the tree.

  Zhou Weiqing's heart stirred, and he adjusted the Heavenly Energy, slowly pouring it into his right leg. His right leg instantly felt a surge of explosive power, and without looking, he knew that his right leg was now covered in dense demonic markings.

  He was well aware that the aura from the Black Pearl on his body had a restraining effect on the Heavenly Beast, but he couldn't control that aura. Only this right leg would show that strange tiger skin pattern after being infused with Heavenly Power.

  Zhou Weiqing's attempt was successful, and when he infused the Heavenly Energy into his right leg, a formless aura had already spread out. The originally restless Grassland Heaven Wolves below him were now making low whining sounds as they slowly retreated backwards, their eyes filled with wariness.

  Zhou Weiqing chuckled and said, "Indeed useful. Once these wolves retreat, we'll head back to the small road."

  At this moment, a loud wolf howl suddenly rang out, and in the flash of blue light, the entire forest seemed to have lit up.

  That was a reminder of an exceptionally large grassland wolf, its body length exceeded three meters, the most peculiar thing was that the fur on its body was not cyan gray, but shiny cyan, and the huge body seemed to be carved out of jade. A pair of icy eyes shone with pale red light, and the shoulders were extremely wide, with a faint cyan glow flowing around its body.

  Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Xue'er exchanged a glance, "This can't be the Wolf King, right?"

  Shangguan Bing'er's small face turned pale, "It's the Tianlang King, oh heavens! This is a revered-level heavenly beast. Not to mention us, even four or five-jewel level masters would have a headache dealing with it."

  "Wooo——" Along with a long howl, the Sky Wolf King's gaze turned towards the tree, and its expression also revealed a surprised and uncertain look. It had also sensed the aura on Zhou Weiqing's body. However, it did not retreat in the slightest, but instead cautiously approached slowly.

  Zhou Weiqing was still young after all, and there was a mistake in his judgment. The reason he dared to bring Shangguan Xue'er into this forest where the Heavenly Beasts lived was because of the cooperation of those Zong-level Heavenly Beasts during the trial of the Heaven's Expanse Palace. In his opinion, if even Zong-level Heavenly Beasts feared the aura on his body, what was there to fear in this forest?

  Unfortunately, the fact is not as simple as he imagined. Those top-level Heaven Beasts are indeed being controlled by him and influenced by his aura, but they are actually sealed top-level Heaven Beasts that are extremely weak. The aura from the Black Pearl has a special ability that makes them extremely fearful, and if this ability is used, they will definitely die in their current weakened state. This is why they cooperate with him to complete the imprinting process.

  But the Sky Wolf King in front of him was different. Although it was only a noble-level Sky Beast, it was the absolute ruler in this area. The aura on Zhou Weiqing's body was indeed terrifying, but in its opinion, it wasn't particularly strong. Ordinary pack wolves would retreat in fear, but as the wolf king with infinite pride, it wouldn't. At least not until Zhou Weiqing proved he had the ability to destroy it.

  Along with the Sky Wolf King's long howl, the hundreds of Prairie Sky Wolves that were originally retreating stopped in their tracks and began to move towards the large tree where Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Xue'er were hiding once again.

  Women are naturally timid, and Xiang Fei almost subconsciously grabbed Zhou Weiqing's arm, "Little Fatty, what do we do?"

  Zhou Weiqing's face looked ugly, it was him who brought Shangguan Xue'er here, even today's sneak attack was his idea, in this world there is no regret medicine to eat, he could naturally see that the attacks of these grassland Sky Wolves were about to begin.

  At this moment, he couldn't help but think of a phrase his old man had once said: Men are not afraid to make mistakes, but they must be brave enough to take responsibility for their errors, and take charge of what they have done.

  He turned his head to look at Yuanyuan, and what he saw was her panicked and desperate eyes. Zhou Weiqing stretched out his left hand, gently pulling her into his arms, holding her tightly for a moment before lightly kissing her smooth but slightly chilly forehead.

  "Sorry, Bing'er, all of this is because of me. No matter what, I will protect you. I'll lure them away, you run sideways from here, and in at most ten miles, you can get back on the main road."

  "Xiao Pang, you..." Shangguan Bing'er's eyes suddenly became a bit blurry. Was this still the cowardly Zhou Xiaopang?

  Zhou Weiqing smiled slightly, took off the quiver from his body, and put all the remaining arrows into Xiaoguang Bing'er's quiver. Then he hung the Purple Heaven Bow on a nearby tree.

  Feeling his gentle yet firm movements, Shangguan Bing'er's gaze also gradually underwent a change. She didn't stop him from doing these things, but silently watched. At this moment, she had already made up her mind that this was the man for her. No matter how danger came, when it arrived, this originally timid man would pay the price of his life for her sake, and that was enough, truly enough.

  At this moment, accompanied by the howling of the Sky Wolf King again, a burst of green light has condensed on those grassland Sky Wolves. As wind-type Sky Beasts, although these ordinary grassland Sky Wolves are only ordinary masters, they also possess the most basic Wind Blade skill. If these hundreds of grassland Sky Wolves launch their Wind Blades simultaneously, there is no doubt that the large tree where Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Xue'er are hiding will be torn to shreds.

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