Xiao Han's heart skipped a beat—not good!
Immediately after, a piercing wolf howl tore the air, followed by his teammates' panicked shouts, coming from the direction he had just left!
"Awooo—!"
The shrill wolf howl was deafening.
"Not good! It's a wolf pack! We're surrounded!"
"Damn it! How are there so many?!"
"Gao Zhuang! Hold the line!"
"Ah! My arm!"
His teammates' panicked shouts and screams mingled together.
Xiao Han's brows knitted tightly, and his speed increased.
Rushing out of the obscuring bushes, the sight before him made his movements halt.
The place he had left just moments ago was now completely submerged by a gray torrent!
A dense mass of them, at least fifty Ironback Gray Wolves!
They poured in from all directions, trapping Gao Zhuang, Shouhou, Leng Yue, and Xia Yubing tightly in the center!
Gao Zhuang brandished his mountain-splitting axe, the blade carrying wind; every strike was immensely powerful, smashing away the pouncing gray wolves.
Yet there were too many wolves, fearless of death; the moment one fell, two immediately rushed to fill the gap.
Gao Zhuang's body was stained with red before long, his breathing growing heavier and heavier.
Leng Yue's sword blade was suffused with biting cold, carving out a chilling perimeter around her to barely protect herself, the ground beneath her feet even forming a thin layer of white frost.
Yet she could only protect herself and could not help the others.
Shouhou's footing was completely ruined; he jumped up and down, trying to use movement arts to evade, yet time and again he was forced back into the circle by the fierce gray wolves, his clothes torn to shreds and several extra claw marks appearing on his body.
Xia Yubing's Moonlight Elf Martial Soul was already operating at full capacity, soft moonlight continuously showering down as she tried to heal her teammates' wounds and suppress the wolf pack's ferocity.
Yet she was only at the Second Level of the Martial Master Realm after all, and this meager support against such a massive wolf pack was truly limited in effect.
The most troublesome were those two visibly larger alpha wolves, their Third Level of the Martial Master Realm oppressive presence full-blown as they paced on the outskirts, searching for an opportunity to deal a fatal blow!
"Xiao Han! Where is that damn Xiao Han?!"
Gao Zhuang hacked and slashed while shouting hoarsely, blood foam spattering with his movements.
"The moment he left, the wolf pack came! Did he lure them over?!"
"Definitely! I knew he wasn't any good!"
Shouhou shrieked, his face a mix of terror and venomous hatred.
Leng Yue did not utter a sound, but her grip on her sword tightened, and the cold air around her seemed to grow somewhat denser.
Xia Yubing looked around anxiously, wanting to find Xiao Han's figure, and her heart could not help but grow somewhat flustered.
Seeing the defense line on the verge of collapse, a shadow of despair blanketed the hearts of all four.
Just at that moment, a voice rang out abruptly, overriding the wolf howl and the clash of weapons.
"So noisy."
Placid, even carrying a trace of impatience.
Swish!
A human figure flashed.
Xiao Han appeared without warning at the edge of the encirclement.
He had returned.
His gaze swept across the scene, looking at those flustered "genius teammates" who had been blaming one another.
He wore no expression.
"Trash."
His voice was not loud, yet it pierced like needles into the ears of Gao Zhuang and the other three.
All four froze in their movements, and then their faces burned hot with shame and rage, unable to believe their ears.
At a time like this!
This drag of a Warrior Realm cultivator actually still dared to mock them?!
Yet, the next second.
Every expression on their faces instantly froze.
They saw Xiao Han's figure blur once more, as though he had melted into the wind or stepped into the gaps of the shadows.
A Step to the Ends of the Earth!
His figure shuttled at high speed through the dense wolf pack, so fast he left only hazy afterimages behind.
Those fiercely pouncing Ironback Gray Wolves could not even touch the hem of his robe!
He did not even draw a weapon, merely bringing his fingers together like a sword and occasionally striking out with a seemingly casual punch.
Puff!
A gray wolf about to pounce on Xia Yubing had its head explode like a watermelon, red and white matter spattering everywhere!
Annihilation Divine Fist!
The fist force containing a trace of annihilation intent was a devastating blow to these fierce beasts, which possessed decent defense but were fragile on the inside!
Puff!
Puff!
Puff!
Xiao Han's figure was like the Grim Reaper dancing; every flash was accompanied by the fall of an Ironback Gray Wolf.
He possessed no earth-shattering momentum, no gorgeous and dazzling light effects—only ultimate speed, precise judgment, and clean, decisive, one-hit kills!
Those two alpha wolves at the Third Level of the Martial Master Realm seemed to sense the threat, abandoning their siege on Gao Zhuang and the others as they roared and lunged at Xiao Han!
"Watch out!"
Xia Yubing cried out involuntarily.
Xiao Han did not even glance at them, leaving a hazy shadow of himself in place while his true body appeared like a ghost at the side of one alpha wolf.
Right fist—still that seemingly unremarkable punch, yet carrying a terrifying aura that annihilated everything—imprinted itself precisely onto the alpha wolf's relatively weakly defended neck!
"Crack!"
The crisp sound of shattering bone!
That alpha wolf did not even have time to let out a mournful howl before its massive body collapsed limply to the ground, all life severed, as if it had lost all support.
The other alpha wolf saw this, a trace of terror flashing in its eyes as it actually turned and tried to flee!
Xiao Han grabbed into the empty air with his left hand.
The power of the Eternal Night Monarch quietly stirred, the surrounding shadows seeming to come alive and transforming into formless ropes that instantly bound the four limbs of that wolf, causing its speed to plummet!
The next instant, Xiao Han's figure had already appeared before it.
Still a single punch.
Puff!
The second alpha wolf of the Third Level of the Martial Master Realm followed its companion to the grave.
The entire process happened in the span of a flint's spark!
From Xiao Han's appearance, to the instant killing of the two strongest alpha wolves, and on to his slaughter of the ordinary gray wolves like cutting melons and vegetables, altogether it likely had not even taken a minute!
When the last Ironback Gray Wolf fell with reluctance, the entire battlefield plunged into a dead silence.
Only the thick stench of blood remained, along with wolf corpses covering the ground.
Gao Zhuang, Shouhou, Leng Yue, and Xia Yubing stood frozen like statues in place, staring blankly at Xiao Han, who stood amidst the sea of corpses and dust-shaken sleeves as though he had merely crushed a few ants, their minds completely blank.
Sixth Level of the Warrior Realm?
Scout?
Cannon fodder?
Trash?
Trash my ass!
This fucking person was a ferocious dragon crossing the river!
A humanoid fierce beast!
Gao Zhuang's hand holding the axe trembled slightly, his face turning pale and green by turns; shame, shock, terror...
Intertwined emotions made him wish he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Shouhou slumped straight to the ground with a thud, the gaze he cast at Xiao Han filled with awe and sycophancy, completely devoid of his previous trace of disdain.
Leng Yue's eternally ice-sealed face also rarely revealed a moved expression, her fingers gripping the sword hilt tightening slightly as the gaze she cast at Xiao Han was filled with complexity and scrutiny.
Xia Yubing, meanwhile, had her mouth wide open, a brilliant light flashing in her eyes as she looked at Xiao Han's back, her cheeks flushing slightly.
"What are you standing there stunned for?"
Xiao Han turned around, glancing at them. "Mission objective: ten heart crystal cores. Dig them out yourselves."
With that, he walked straight over to the corpses of the two alpha wolves at the Third Level of the Martial Master Realm, skillfully slicing open their chests to extract two heart crystal cores that were noticeably larger than ordinary ones and possessed purer energy, tossing them casually into his spatial ring.
As for the rest...
A mosquito's leg was still meat, but to make him personally dig out dozens of low-grade crystal cores, he really felt somewhat lazy.
"Ah? Oh! Right! Okay!"
The four snapped out of their trances, hurriedly and clumsily beginning to collect the crystal cores.
Only their movements were somewhat stiff, their gazes occasionally glancing toward Xiao Han, filled with awe.