Encountering a Pack of Black Wolves, Timid Xu Xiaoyan (Seeking Investment! Seeking Monthly Ticket! Seeking Recommendation Ticket!)

"Chapter 17: Encountering a Pack of Black Wolves, Timid Xu Xiaoyan (Seeking Investment! Seeking Monthly Ticket! Seeking Recommendation Ticket!)"

"This little girl is way too unlucky, isn't she? She appeared right in the middle of a wolf pack."

Several staff members laughed as they watched Xu Xiaoyan trembling in the bushes on the screen. However, the dean of studies from Xuan Kong Academy could not laugh. What was wrong with these people from the Spirit Pagoda? Was this really something to gloat over? She was Minister Xu's daughter! Because of their shared interests, Cheng De could not be as amused as the staff members. He merely rubbed the corner of his eye and shifted his attention to the others.

Jing Shaoyu and Zhu Ziguang's group was the most reassuring to him. One was a strong assault type, while the other was a support type, and they worked together fairly well.

But wasn't Jing Shaoyu a healing-type Soul Master? Why did his martial soul also possess control abilities? Vines? It looked like a plant-type ability. Wait, how could he shoot Fireballs too? Was Jing Shaoyu really a healing-type Soul Master? Cheng De felt that his knowledge might be lacking. He had truly never seen anyone like Jing Shaoyu before.

The remaining four had also formed pairs: Yi Yi was with Ma Zhiyuan, while Bai Yu was with He Jie. Their progress was fairly smooth as well.

Wait a minute. Looking at it this way, Xu Xiaoyan really did seem rather unlucky. Everyone else had been assigned together, so why was she the only one alone? And she had even fallen into a wolf pack... That really was worrying.

All Cheng De could do now was hope that Jing Shaoyu and Zhu Ziguang, who were closest to Xu Xiaoyan, would find her. Otherwise, the little girl would definitely be traumatized!

Back on Jing Shaoyu's side, he and Zhu Ziguang had traveled one or two kilometers. Aside from the ten-year Wind Baboon they had encountered at the start, they had come across another five or six ten-year soul beasts along the way. Yet within the last five hundred meters, they had not encountered a single soul beast. This made them vaguely sense that something was wrong.

"Awoo~"

A wolf's howl rang out from nearby, drawing both of their attention. They immediately stopped.

"There's a wolf pack!" Jing Shaoyu said at once.

"Let's go take a look!" Zhu Ziguang said, immediately acting on his words.

"Senior A Guang, be careful!" Jing Shaoyu hurried after him and called out a warning.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine!" Zhu Ziguang replied casually. "This is the Spirit Ascension Platform. If we really run into danger, we can just press the distress signal and leave."

As he spoke, he pushed aside a patch of bushes. Then, a Black Wolf appeared right in front of him. It bared its fangs, and the stench of blood from its mouth blasted straight into Zhu Ziguang's face.

Startled by the suddenly appearing Black Wolf, Zhu Ziguang took a step back. The scythe in his hand came down in an instant, its sharp blade slashing directly into the Black Wolf's head with a crisp cracking sound.

"Awoo~" The Black Wolf let out a miserable howl before collapsing.

"Good grief, you scared me to death." Zhu Ziguang patted his chest, looking thoroughly frightened. Staring at the fallen Black Wolf, he gritted his teeth and said, "You were asking for it!"

However, the moment his words fell, three more ten-year Black Wolves rushed out of the bushes. Two lunged at Zhu Ziguang, while one pounced on Jing Shaoyu.

Of the two Black Wolves attacking Zhu Ziguang, one opened its bloody jaws and bit at his upper body, while the other stretched out its sharp claws to attack his lower body. One high and one low, they struck simultaneously. Zhu Ziguang's face paled in shock as he instinctively swung the Golden Scythe forward and retreated at the same time.

The Golden Scythe struck the Black Wolf above him, its sharp crescent blade hitting the wolf squarely in the head. Yet the Black Wolf below broke through Zhu Ziguang's defense and bit down on his right thigh.

Pain instantly flooded Zhu Ziguang's mind, filling him with fear.

He immediately pulled back the Golden Scythe and swung it hard at the Black Wolf clamped onto his thigh. The wolf was extremely alert. The moment the Golden Scythe came down, it released its bite and sprang backward. Zhu Ziguang had no time to stop his momentum, so he could only topple in the direction of his swing, rolling once across the ground.

"Senior, are you all right?" Jing Shaoyu shook off the Black Wolf that had pounced on him and quickly came to Zhu Ziguang's side, helping him up.

"Hiss~" Blood was flowing from Zhu Ziguang's thigh. The Black Wolf had left a deep ring of teeth marks there. Although injuries in the Spirit Ascension Platform would not affect the physical body, the pain was still felt mentally.

Jing Shaoyu immediately supported Zhu Ziguang as they retreated. The two Black Wolves followed them at an unhurried pace.

"Senior, relax your strength!" Jing Shaoyu reminded him. Then, the Origin Wings behind him fluttered gently, carrying both him and Zhu Ziguang up onto a large tree behind them.

"Shaoyu, you can fly too?" Zhu Ziguang forgot all about the pain in his leg and stared at Jing Shaoyu in utter shock.

"Senior, now isn't the time to think about that." Jing Shaoyu gave a wry smile. "I'll treat you."

As he spoke, the Soul Ring behind Jing Shaoyu glowed. He reached out and placed his hand over Zhu Ziguang's wound. Gentle, warm emerald-green waves of light spread from his palm and fell upon the injury.

Zhu Ziguang only felt an itch at the wound. When he looked down, he was astonished to find that it had actually begun to scab over and heal.

In less than three seconds, the injury on Zhu Ziguang's leg had completely healed. The sight left not only Zhu Ziguang dumbfounded, but also deeply shocked the staff outside.

"Th-this, this..." Zhu Ziguang stammered as he pointed at his thigh in disbelief. After a long while, he finally said, "Shaoyu, you've really opened my eyes!"

"All right, Senior. We should deal with the situation in front of us first." Jing Shaoyu smiled lightly.

The two Black Wolves were still prowling beneath their tree.

More Black Wolves continued to emerge from the bushes in the distance and head in their direction. Counting carefully, there were no fewer than twenty of them.

"Senior," Jing Shaoyu said with a wry smile, "Senior A Guang, we've run into real trouble this time!"

Looking at the more than twenty Black Wolves gathered beneath the tree, Zhu Ziguang could not help swallowing. He muttered, "Heavens, did we barge into a wolf den?"

The wolf pack gradually surrounded the tree where the two of them were perched. Some of the Black Wolves had already begun trying to attack them in the tree, but they were too high up for the wolves to reach. So, they began ramming the tree instead.

The Black Wolves' intentions were obvious: they wanted to knock the tree down. And they truly had the ability to do so. Under the wolves' repeated impacts, the tree, which was fifty or sixty centimeters thick, had already begun to shake.

Jing Shaoyu did not sit still and wait for death. He pressed his hand tightly against the tree trunk. Then, with a thought, he released a special green energy from his palm and sent it into the tree.

The sudden influx of special energy caused the tree to burst with vigorous vitality. Its trunk became tougher, while its branches sprouted slender, lengthy vines. Under Jing Shaoyu's control, the vines began lashing at the wolf pack below.

Hundreds upon thousands of vines whipped through the air at once. The sight left Zhu Ziguang utterly stunned.

The Black Wolves were battered by the vines. At first, some of them fought back, tearing apart several vines with their claws and fangs. But they did not fare well themselves, howling miserably under the lashes. In the end, no Black Wolves dared to fight back. They all began fleeing in panic.

In less than ten minutes, all the Black Wolves that had surrounded the tree fled in a mad rush, leaving only a mess behind.

"Shaoyu, I truly see you in a new light!" Zhu Ziguang gave Jing Shaoyu a thumbs-up in immense admiration. At first, his feelings toward Jing Shaoyu had merely stemmed from envy of his Innate Full Soul Power. But now, he was genuinely convinced.

"Hehe!" Jing Shaoyu's face was somewhat pale. Controlling that tree had taken quite a toll on him. "We should leave this place quickly. That pack of Black Wolves might come back."

"Right, right, right! Let's get out of here." Zhu Ziguang immediately agreed.

They jumped down from the tree.

"Little Yu Brother!"

At that moment, Xu Xiaoyan, who had been hiding silently in the bushes, finally revealed herself. She rushed out from the bushes, tears and smiles on her little face as she ran toward Jing Shaoyu. Hidden in the bushes, she had witnessed every bit of Jing Shaoyu's awe-inspiring display.

At this very moment, the little girl's trust and admiration for Jing Shaoyu had reached its peak.

"Xiaoyan!" Jing Shaoyu was extremely surprised. He had not expected Xu Xiaoyan to be nearby as well, and judging by the looks of it, she had been hiding here for quite some time.

Xu Xiaoyan threw herself straight into Jing Shaoyu's arms, burying her head against his chest as she sniffled softly. "Little Yu Brother, I was so scared!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! I'm here!" Jing Shaoyu held Xu Xiaoyan and gently patted the little girl's back, soothing her.

Before long, Xu Xiaoyan had calmed down under Jing Shaoyu's comfort. Her eyes were red-rimmed, making her look especially pitiful as she clung tightly to his arm.

"Let's go." Zhu Ziguang, who had remained silent all this time, spoke up.

The three of them carefully headed forward, afraid of encountering another pack of Black Wolves. Yet, just as they feared, trouble came knocking.

The Black Wolves that had fled earlier circled back and happened to run into them again. This time, the wolves did not hesitate at all. They immediately formed a circle and surrounded the three of them.

"These three kids have unbelievably bad luck!"

"Exactly. They actually ran into that pack of Black Wolves again. This time, I'm afraid they won't get out of it easily!"

"I'd say so!"

The staff outside discussed it among themselves, while Cheng De, the dean of instruction, silently worried for Jing Shaoyu and the other two.

Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, Jing Shaoyu and the others stood back-to-back, their gazes grave as they watched the Black Wolves surrounding them. After counting carefully, they discovered something that gave them slight relief: there were only twelve Black Wolves, and all of them were ten-year soul beasts. That was at least good news.

"Awooo—"

One Black Wolf sounded the call to attack, and all twelve wolves pounced at them at once.

"Xiaoyan, Senior, focus fire on the alpha wolf!" Jing Shaoyu immediately made his judgment and shouted.

"No problem!" Zhu Ziguang swung his Golden Scythe, his gaze fixed squarely on the Black Wolf that had howled.

"Okay!" Xu Xiaoyan encouraged herself, gripping the Star Wheel Ice Staff tightly with both hands as a faint glimmer flashed in her large eyes.

As Xu Xiaoyan swung her ice staff, an Ice Wheel instantly shot forth. This was Xu Xiaoyan's First Soul Skill, Ice Wheel, which could briefly freeze and control a target for less than a second.

Xu Xiaoyan's attack was exceptionally precise. As the future continent's number one Control Soul Master, her talent would not be concealed by her personality. The moment she made her move, she controlled the alpha wolf.

Seizing the brief moment when the alpha wolf was controlled, Zhu Ziguang covered the distance in a few quick strides and charged straight before it. The Golden Scythe in his hand erupted with dazzling golden light, its blade cleaving directly into the alpha wolf's neck.

Crack—

A fresh wolf's head fell to the ground.

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