Tiger Devours the Pack

The Blood Wolf Guard leader was, after all, a late-stage Meridian Condensing Realm expert. In that split second, he endured the mental discomfort and fiercely slashed upward with a sinister-looking, barbed blood-red saber!

Clang--!

A piercing explosion rang out! Two streams of condensed malevolent energy clashed wildly, blood-red and black-red light blooming like two eerie flowers at the bottom of Eagle Beak Ravine!

The airwaves rolled, directly flinging several ordinary Northern Barbarian escort soldiers away, their bones broken!

Chen Qing felt a fierce and overbearing backlash force, his body pausing slightly in mid-air. The Blood Wolf Guard leader, however, let out a muffled groan, the ground beneath his feet cracking as he slid back several steps, the arm holding the saber trembling slightly. For the first time, terror appeared in his eyes.

The opponent's strength and malevolent energy were so overbearing! Especially that mental shock, it was impossible to guard against!

"Form ranks! Wolf Killing Array!" the leader roared hoarsely.

The remaining four Blood Wolf Guards reacted with lightning speed, instantly abandoning their opponents. Their bodies flickered, moving with a mystical footwork to surround Chen Qing in the center. The five individuals' auras connected, their malevolent energies merging, faintly forming a phantom blood-red wolf head that even squeezed Chen Qing's Fierce Tiger Domain, causing it to warp slightly! A more potent aura of blood and slaughter permeated the air, nauseating.

This Wolf Killing Array was clearly a combined attack secret technique, capable of pooling the strength of multiple individuals to unleash combat power far exceeding that of any single person!

"Interesting," Chen Qing, standing within the array, was not panicked at all. Instead, his fighting spirit blazed even brighter. He could feel that the malevolent energy formed by the combined efforts of these five was of extremely high quality, a great supplement for him!

He no longer held back, his perfected Black Tiger True Intent erupting completely! The dark red malevolent energy around his body no longer diffused but condensed intensely, like a close-fitting dark red armor. Especially on his arms and the ring-pommel saber, the malevolent energy was almost solidified!

"Roar!"

He let out a low tiger's roar, not of sound, but of the vibration between true intent and malevolent energy! The phantom blood-red wolf head was actually stunned by this silent roar!

Seizing this opportunity, Chen Qing moved!

He stomped his foot, the ground exploding, his figure vanishing from his original spot like a phantom. The next moment, he appeared before a Blood Wolf Guard on his left! The ring-pommel saber whistled as it tore through the air, slashing straight down!

The Blood Wolf Guard raised his saber to block, but in the face of Chen Qing's intensely condensed strength and malevolent energy, his resistance was like paper!

Crack!

The saber broke!

The ring-pommel saber continued its descent, cleaving the guard in half from head to crotch! Blood and internal organs splattered everywhere!

[Killed Blood Wolf Guard (Early Meridian Condensing Realm), gained a large amount of pure vital energy and malevolent energy, Fierce Tiger Iron Body proficiency +400!]

The Wolf Killing Array instantly had a corner broken! The array's backlash caused the complexions of the other four Blood Wolf Guards, including the leader, to turn pale.

"How is this possible?!" the leader exclaimed in shock and anger. This Wolf Killing Array could even contend with a peak Meridian Condensing Realm expert, yet it was broken by the opponent in a single strike?

Chen Qing did not pause. His figure flashed again, appearing behind another Blood Wolf Guard as if teleporting. His left hand, fingers burning with dark red malevolent fire, grabbed the guard's back neck like a red-hot clamp!

The Blood Wolf Guard's soul was terrified, and he swung his saber back at Chen Qing's arm!

Clang!

The blade struck the condensed dark red malevolent energy "armor," leaving only a shallow scratch! Chen Qing's palm, however, had already crushed his cervical vertebrae as if piercing tofu!

[Killed... proficiency +380!]

In the blink of an eye, two Blood Wolf Guards were dead!

The remaining three Blood Wolf Guards were utterly terrified, and the leader even harbored thoughts of retreat. This Chen Qing was simply a monster!

"Trying to leave?" Chen Qing's icy voice seemed to echo in their ears.

The Fierce Tiger Domain contracted to its maximum, condensing around the three, its powerful suppression and mental shock making their movements incredibly sluggish!

Chen Qing was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, saber light and fist shadows crisscrossing!

The third Blood Wolf Guard had his heart blasted out with a punch!

The fourth was cut in half at the waist by a saber strike!

The last leader, desperately unleashing all his malevolent energy, turned his blood-red saber into a blood-colored rainbow, stabbing towards Chen Qing's brow, attempting a mutual destruction!

Chen Qing neither dodged nor evaded. His ring-pommel saber, striking later but arriving first, touched the tip of the blood-red saber with a mystical trajectory!

Ding!

A light sound!

The blood-red saber seemed to have its vital point struck. All its brilliance instantly dimmed, and then it shattered inch by inch!

The ring-pommel saber pierced straight through, impaling the leader's throat!

[Killed Blood Wolf Guard Leader (Late Meridian Condensing Realm), gained a massive amount of pure vital energy and malevolent energy, Fierce Tiger Iron Body proficiency +800! Fierce Tiger Domain received significant reinforcement!]

[Black Tiger Fist Intent and malevolent energy deeply fused, comprehended killing move: Fierce Tiger Roar!]

The light in the leader's eyes rapidly faded, and his corpse fell softly to the ground.

All five Blood Wolf Guards were annihilated!

And the entire process took merely ten breaths!

The ordinary Northern Barbarian escort soldiers around had long since been scared out of their wits and were kneeling, begging for mercy. The hidden, obscure presences in the distant mountains and forests had, at the moment the Blood Wolf Guards were wiped out, retreated silently like startled rabbits.

Chen Qing stood with his saber, feeling the surging, almost overflowing pure energy within his body. Especially the information about the killing move named "Fierce Tiger Roar" that had appeared in his mind, a satisfied curve formed on his lips.

This trip to Eagle Beak Ravine was worth it.

He looked at the kneeling Northern Barbarian soldiers, his gaze icy.

"Not a single one left alive."

"Yes!" Old Niu and Sun Quezi grinned as they charged forward with their men.

Moments later, within Eagle Beak Ravine, no living creature remained except for the soldiers of the Black Tiger Camp.

Chen Qing walked to the corpse of the Blood Wolf Guard leader and retrieved a Blood Wolf Head Token from his embrace. On the back of the token was carved an ancient Northern Mang character – "Blood".

He put the token away, thinking it might be useful later.

"Clean up the battlefield, bring all the heads and spoils, and return to camp!"

"Yes! General!"

The Black Tiger Camp returned triumphantly once more, laden with rich "war spoils" and reeking of blood.

After this battle, the elite squad of the Blood Wolf Guard that had infiltrated the Northern Frontier was uprooted, and the Northern Mang's scheme was once again thwarted. Chen Qing's fearsome reputation would undoubtedly spread throughout the Northern Mang's high command, along with the tale of "Fierce Tiger Devouring Wolves."

Those rats hiding in the shadows of the imperial capital would surely receive this "generous gift."

Chen Qing looked up towards the imperial capital in the south, his gaze deep.

The game had only just begun.