Lifting the Light as if Heavy

This was also one of the results of Fengyun specializing in Light Shadow Slash!

Other magical beasts would have found it nearly impossible to evade such a dangerous strike. Even Wind Wolves, magical beasts exceptionally skilled in speed and possessed of extreme agility, would have been caught off guard.

But the Alpha Wolf was, after all, a Fifth-Level Magical Beast, a high-level magical beast that had broken through the racial limitations of the fourth level!

At the critical moment, it forcibly twisted its neck more than halfway aside, causing Fengyun's Battle Qi Slash to cut open only a small part of its neck.

Though it had not struck bone, the blood gushing from the severed vessels told the Alpha Wolf that its life was rapidly slipping away.

Awooo~

With death looming over it, the Alpha Wolf's ferocity was thoroughly unleashed. Wind elements gathered between its jaws, and its razor-sharp fangs, enhanced by the wind elements, viciously bit toward Fengyun's head.

To make the most of his blinding tactic, to kill the most dangerous Alpha Wolf in the shortest time, and to prevent the other Wind Wolves from joining forces, Fengyun had chosen the most perilous face-to-face kill!

The results were excellent. After that strike, the Alpha Wolf was either dead or severely wounded. The price was that if anything went wrong, he would have to endure the Alpha Wolf's most vicious counterattack.

Just like now!

Fortunately, he had long prepared for the counterattack. The instant he attacked, he protected his head and lower abdomen!

The Alpha Wolf's bite landed directly on the Knight Sword Fengyun was using to shield his head!

Relieved that the left hand protecting his lower abdomen would not be injured, Fengyun's expression changed slightly because...

Crack~

The Knight Sword he had used to block the Alpha Wolf was shattered outright by that vicious bite!

The fragments that flew off as the blade shattered also cut several tiny wounds across Fengyun's less protected face and neck!

Though his eyes remained slightly narrowed, Fengyun could sense the pure, extreme killing intent and hatred in the Alpha Wolf's fierce gaze through the slits of its eyes!

Feeling as though he might have overdone things a little, Fengyun subconsciously swung the broken sword in his hand!

The broken sword, its balance altered by the missing section, swept across the Wind Wolf's neck in an instant, seeming slow but moving fast.

As the sword passed, the light in the Alpha Wolf's eyes rapidly faded, and its furry head was sent flying by the blood pressure bursting from its neck!

The surrounding people were all stunned by the sight. Even with a small part of its neck cut open, the Alpha Wolf had still exploded with ferocity and bitten through Fengyun's Knight Sword in one go. It had looked ready to slaughter everyone in its path!

Yet who could have expected the tide to turn so quickly? The Alpha Wolf, which had just displayed such terrifying might, was beheaded by Fengyun in a single stroke!

And with a broken sword at that!

But the wolf pack did not remain stunned for long. The moment they confirmed the Alpha Wolf's death, the remaining Wind Wolves immediately charged at Fengyun with bloodshot eyes.

Huihui, beside Fengyun, was startled awake by the wolf pack's movement and immediately threw the Magic Blade in her hand toward Fengyun!

At the same time, she rapidly chanted a spell. A flash of fire appeared in her hand and merged into Fengyun's body.

"Bloodfire Body Strengthening!"

As Huihui's voice fell, the wounds Fengyun had suffered from the shattered blade fragments were brought under control. The blood flowing from them seemed to ignite, slowly spreading across Fengyun's body and slightly enhancing his physical abilities.

This was the second-level fire-element strengthening spell, Bloodfire Body Strengthening. Though its enhancement to physical ability was very minor, it had the "side effect" of controlling minor injuries.

In a sense, it could also be used as a healing spell, making it quite suitable for Fengyun's current situation.

However, Cohen, who was hiding in the shadows, frowned. Lar beside him sighed. "What a pity. Yun's state of enlightenment was interrupted!"

"An enlightenment that comes only by chance!"

As the guards secretly assigned to Fengyun by the Special Warfare Camp, Lar and Cohen might not have seen a pig run, but they had certainly seen one walk!

Fengyun was only fourth level, yet at the instant his sword broke, he had used the broken blade to behead a fifth-level Wind Wolf with a single stroke, and done so with such effortless ease!

Coupled with the rather blank expression on Fengyun's face, this was unmistakably the enlightenment every cultivator dreamed of!

Although enlightenment in battle could not last long to begin with and was easily interrupted, even if Huihui's thrown blade and Bloodfire Body Strengthening had not interrupted it, the wolf pack's next attack would have done so.

Still, if possible, it was naturally better to delay that interruption as long as possible. Even two or three more breaths would have been good!

Yet Fengyun's face showed not the slightest frustration at being interrupted. His figure flickered as he caught the Magic Blade Huihui had thrown him.

With one slash, he shattered the three wind blades shooting toward him!

He lowered his body and twisted his wrist. As he drew the blade back, three Battle Qi Slashes flew from the Magic Blade, sweeping across the throats of three Wind Wolves, seeming slow but striking swiftly.

The three Battle Qi Slashes did not appear to have hit the Wind Wolves. Other than changing from white to translucent, there was no visible change. The Wind Wolves seemed not to have felt the attack at all, and their movements as they pounced at Fengyun did not change in the slightest!

But when they opened their mouths to bite Fengyun, one drop, two drops, then countless drops of blood sprayed from their throats!

"Lifting the Light as if Heavy. So that's how it is, so that's how it is!"

"Hahaha~, hahaha~, hahahahaha~"

Inexplicable words and hearty laughter came from Fengyun's mouth. With every laugh, a Battle Qi Slash flew from the blade in his hand and sank into the bodies of the Wind Wolves attacking him!

After Fengyun killed eight Wind Wolves in succession, the final five could no longer bear the pressure and broke down, tucking their tails as they scattered in flight.

Yet Fengyun paid no attention to the five fleeing Wind Wolves. With a casual swing of his blade, he sent five smaller Battle Qi Slashes after them!

Ordinarily, those five Battle Qi Slashes should have had no more than a disruptive effect. It would already have been impressive if they could slightly hinder the Wind Wolves' escape!

But in reality, when the five smaller Battle Qi Slashes entered the five Wind Wolves' bodies, they passed straight through them like hot knives through butter, severing all five wolves' spines!

At last, Joseph, Aili, and the others, who had not even had time to flee, came back to their senses.

Joseph straightened his clothes and stepped up to Fengyun, saying gratefully, "Thank you for saving us, my friend. I am Joseph Debs, and I am..."

Before he could finish his introduction, the young girl who had been so frightened that she nearly fled earlier had also composed herself. She came to Fengyun's side, examined his injuries, and said in surprise, "Big brother, you're amazing! You wiped out an entire Wind Wolf Pack all by yourself!"

"Your injuries are quite serious, but it's all right. I'm a water-element mage!"

"My healing ability is only a little worse than a light-element mage's. Once I recover my mana, I'll treat your injuries right away, all right?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the red-haired girl, Huihui, beside them. Compared to her own earlier loss of composure, Huihui's performance ever since encountering Fengyun had been remarkably impressive!