Rescuing People

Having come to a dog-eat-dog world like Coiling Dragon, Fengyun still retained traces of the kindness he had developed during the peaceful life of his previous world, but that did not mean he would play the saint.

If the Wind Wolf Pack had been larger, or if the Alpha Wolf had been stronger, he would have turned and run without a second word!

But this pack of Wind Wolves was still within the limits of what he could handle. With his strength allowing it, he had more choices.

"Come to think of it, I've never fought a pack-dwelling magical beast like Wind Wolves before!"

"In that case, why not..."

Among the five people fleeing, a youth roared and unleashed a Phantom Slash at several Wind Wolves that had drawn dangerously close behind them.

Without bothering to check the results, he relied on the physical attributes of a Level 4 Warrior to swiftly return to the group under his companions' cover.

A girl dressed like a mage hastily cast a restorative Vitality Water spell on the youth, then said in panic, "I'm out of magic power!"

"When will we ever reach the outer region? I won't die here like Lis, will I? I'm still so young! I don't want to die!"

The youth who had just used Phantom Slash pulled the girl, who was already on the verge of collapse, toward him with a bitter expression. "Don't worry, Aili!"

"We're almost at the outer region. Once we get there, we'll definitely shake off these damned Wind Wolves."

After saying that, he turned to the two burly men behind him. "Paul, David, keep pushing! Squeeze out your battle qi and take turns using Battle Qi Slash to hold them back."

"Once we return to the family, I'll report every bit of your bravery to my father. By then, more advanced Dou Qi Secret Manuals, Combat Skills, and plenty of gold coins—my father will certainly reward you generously."

"And I promise you this: as long as we return safely to the family this time, I can directly secure your children a chance to study at a lower academy!"

As expected of a young master from a family. Even at a time like this, he knew how to dangle rewards and exert pressure, making his guards risk their lives.

At the same time, the youth glanced at the red-haired girl, the last of the five. Although she only possessed Level 3 magic cultivation, what was rare was that she also had Level 3 strength as a warrior. She did not need his support and could maintain her speed without falling behind through the enhancement of magic.

He had wanted to urge the girl to cast a few spells to hold back the enemy, but when he saw that she did not even spare him a glance and was focused solely on fleeing, he knew that asking her for help would only earn him a rebuff.

At the same time, he admired this usually unassuming girl. Faced with danger, she was actually so calm. It was clearly everyone's first time in the Monster Mountain Range, yet her performance was not much worse than his own as a Level 4 Warrior.

However, just when he had given up all hope of the red-haired girl taking action, she suddenly took out a red magic crystal and released several Chain Fireballs, driving back the Wind Wolves that had closed in again.

The youth was somewhat dumbfounded. Huihui, why did you act? And even if you were going to act, you could have waited until Paul and David couldn't hold on anymore. Isn't using magic power now just a waste?

Could it be because of what I said to Paul and David earlier? Did Huihui misjudge the situation and think it had already reached the critical point where she had no choice but to act?

But Huihui's next action surprised him again. She actually stopped, drew her Magic Blade, and shouted, "At this rate, none of us will escape! I'll hold back these Wind Wolves. Run!"

The other four were truly stunned. They could not imagine what the girl was trying to do.

Although a Magic Warrior was somewhat stronger in combat than mages and warriors of the same level, challenging someone above one's level was no joke.

More importantly, the Wind Wolves chasing them were not one or two wolves, but more than a dozen.

Even if the girl risked her life, how many seconds could she possibly hold them off?

The right course was to take advantage of the Wind Wolf Pack's hunting habits—its reluctance to suffer excessive losses and its preference for slowly exhausting its prey's stamina and energy during a prolonged chase before making an easy kill—and try to escape to the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range.

And even if someone had to serve as cannon fodder and use their life to hold off the wolves, Paul and David, the two guards, should have been the first to step up!

Yet before they had time to think, they saw a blur of light charge into the wolf pack.

Accompanied by a dazzling flash, two nearby Wind Wolves had their throats cut and died with whimpers.

As the two Wind Wolves died, the vision of the other wolves, temporarily blinded by the intense light, gradually recovered enough for them to make out vague shapes.

Faced with this sudden development, the confused wolf pack immediately formed groups of two and three to guard against an enemy ambush.

Seeing this, Fengyun did not hesitate. He closed in on three Wind Wolves gathered together, and nine tiny Battle Qi Slashes, guided by his control, attacked the wolves' noses and eyes along ingenious curved trajectories.

The three Wind Wolves, barely able to see, sensed the attacks and immediately gathered energy to protect their heads while spitting out wind blades to meet the assault head-on.

But unfortunately, they seemed not to have learned their lesson from being blinded earlier. Their eyes, which they had forced open, were blinded once again by the sudden intense light erupting from the two Battle Qi Slashes aimed at their eyes.

Under the stimulation of the harsh light, tears streamed incessantly from their aching, swollen eye sockets!

At the same time, the Battle Qi Slashes aimed at their noses burst apart in collision with the wind blades, releasing along with them the scent of Fengyun's bodily fluids, such as blood and sweat, which he had hidden inside those three clusters of battle qi.

He had collected his own blood and sweat during his daily life. Combined with the blinding effect of the Sun Slash he had developed, they had an excellent disruptive effect on magical beasts with keen senses of smell!

For a moment, the three blinded Wind Wolves felt Fengyun's scent everywhere around them. They could not accurately locate Fengyun, who had used battle qi to conceal most of his own aura.

Looking at the three Wind Wolves, deprived of both sight and smell, Fengyun raised his sword and brought it down, ending their lives. Only the final Wind Wolf relied on its hearing to bite Fengyun just as its throat was cut, leaving several shallow tooth marks on his forearm.

Fengyun could have avoided that attack, but in order to finish the Wind Wolf as quickly as possible, he unhesitatingly chose to trade an injury for its life.

With the deaths of five Wind Wolves, the remaining wolves also understood the situation. Rather than immediately rushing forward to attack, they bared their fangs and retreated.

Only the Level 5 Alpha Wolf slowly stepped forward with a fierce aura, adopting an attacking stance toward Fengyun.

This rapid turn of events also shocked the five fleeing people. They had never expected that the Wind Wolf Pack that had been pursuing them so relentlessly they had felt death closing in would lose five wolves in such a short time!