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The Monster Mountain Range was most dangerous at night. All kinds of vicious predators began to emerge, while venomous snakes and magical spiders lurked in the darkness, quietly waiting for prey to fall into their traps.

There was an unwritten rule among Qingshan Town's mercenary groups: unless necessary, do not wander through the Monster Mountain Range at night. Find a place to make camp and guard against attacks from magical beasts lurking in the dark.

Yet it was precisely this habit of the mercenaries that gave Jiang Lin unlimited room to move at night.

After a year of training, twelve-year-old Jiang Lin had already become a One-star Dou Practitioner, and his forging skills had advanced across the board to Yellow-grade intermediate!

The Yellow-grade High-tier Battle Weapon, the Flame Burst Armor-Slaying Sword, was a combination Dou Artifact. It represented the limit of Jiang Lin's forging ability; it did not mean he could casually forge Yellow-grade High-tier Battle Weapons whenever he wanted.

"Everyone in Qingshan Town knows I'm looking for materials that can absorb Dou Qi, whether minerals or magical beasts. So this information is aimed at me?"

Jiang Lin stared at the crushed stone in his hand and fell into thought. Who in Qingshan Town would target him? And even if they spread such news, how would they carry out their plan against him?

Jiang Lin had actually broken through to the Dou Zhe realm in less than two years. But after reaching the Dou Zhe realm, he found that his cultivation speed had slowed somewhat. Still, he could accept his current pace. The issue with the rank of the Forging Fire Art would not gradually reveal itself until Jiang Lin entered the Dou Master realm.

"Is it the Wolf Head Mercenary Group? Everyone in Qingshan Town basically knows I'm a Yellow-grade low-tier Artifact Forger. That Mu-whatever guy doesn't even dare harass Myriad Medicine Hall or the weapon shop anymore. Logically, there's no reason for them to provoke me."

Just as Jiang Lin was pondering, a rustling sound came from nearby.

The moonlight suddenly dimmed, and a gust of wind came directly from behind him. With his sharp senses, Jiang Lin seemed to smell a foul stench in the wind!

Rip!

Jiang Lin turned sideways with his sword. A tremendous force suddenly surged through his hand. Under the moonlight, a flash of mottled light swept past, scraps of cloth fluttered through the air, and Jiang Lin held the heavy sword with both hands as he retreated several steps.

Whoosh!

However, his opponent clearly had no intention of giving Jiang Lin time to react. After failing to kill him in one strike, it pushed off with its legs and instantly transformed into a dark blur, pouncing toward Jiang Lin as he was still retreating to dissipate the force!

Clang!

Blood-stained claws stomped heavily onto the heavy sword, attempting to knock it away. But Jiang Lin was like an immovable boulder. Even as his body slid sideways, his stance did not waver in the slightest. Seeing this, the shadowy magical beast could only use the heavy sword as a foothold, springing onto a higher boulder nearby. Under the moonlight, its eyes glimmered with eerie green light as it looked down at the prey that had intruded upon its territory.

Only then, with the aid of the moonlight, did Jiang Lin finally see clearly what had attacked him.

A Second-Order Magical Beast—the Howling Moon Wind Wolf.

Its icy blue wolf eyes stared coldly at Jiang Lin below. Then, pale blue Dou Qi surged over its body, rapidly gathering in its mouth under the moonlight. But Jiang Lin gave a cold snort, turned and raised his sword, meeting the attack with the blade just as a Moonlight Blade nearly blended into the moonlight struck from behind him!

The solid sword blade easily cleaved the energy Moon Blade in two. The split Moon Blades crashed into the boulder behind Jiang Lin with two bangs, leaving behind two deep cuts!

Two Second-Order Magical Beasts, Howling Moon Wind Wolves!

Whoosh!

With his Spiritual Sense stretched to its limit, Jiang Lin tilted his head. A strand of hair from his temple fell with the moonlight as he narrowly avoided the head strike from the Howling Moon Wind Wolf atop the boulder.

Then Jiang Lin began using the heavy sword as a shield, slowly backing toward flatter ground to avoid being pincered from both front and back.

After missing twice in a row, the two Howling Moon Wind Wolves warily followed him for several steps before stopping. At the same time, Jiang Lin also stopped retreating.

Looking at the two Howling Moon Wind Wolves now fully within his field of vision, Jiang Lin suddenly stepped forward.

Step.

Rumble!

Just as the Howling Moon Wind Wolves became alert, muffled thunder erupted!

The Howling Moon Wind Wolf, which had been in a hunting stance only five or six meters away from Jiang Lin, was directly sent flying by Jiang Lin's sudden burst of terrifying speed! His explosive speed was so great that Jiang Lin did not even have time to raise his heavy sword and could only slam into it with his shoulder! The wind wolf, whose size rivaled that of an adult human, was sent flying by Jiang Lin's charge!

After sending the wind wolf flying, Jiang Lin's rag-wrapped heavy sword arrived a moment later, sweeping in a half circle from behind with a bang! A flicker of fire ignited the rags around the blade, and the sword light instantly accelerated, crashing heavily into the wind wolf, which had briefly stiffened in midair!

Boom!

The overwhelming force tore a horrifying wound into the wind wolf's body and injured its internal organs at the same time!

Awooo!

The injured wind wolf was sent flying by the blow, howling painfully in midair. The other wind wolf had just reacted and was about to retreat when its gaze met Jiang Lin's as he spun around with the momentum of his heavy sword.

Those eyes were calm and indifferent, like the detached gaze of a predator at the very top of the food chain looking upon its food.

"Two of them. Perfect—enough for a pair of shoes." Jiang Lin looked calmly at the last Howling Moon Wind Wolf. In the distance, the wind wolf badly wounded by the Flame Burst Armor-Slaying Sword crashed heavily to the ground, blood staining its beautiful fur. It tried to stand, but after struggling several times, it could only barely crawl a few steps.

An unequipped level-eighteen assassin challenging a level-six fully equipped heavy-armored warrior?

Awooo!

The last Howling Moon Wind Wolf tried to flee, but it was simply too close to Jiang Lin. Dark thunder erupted beneath Jiang Lin's feet, utterly crushing the wolf's starting speed. The heavy sword came down swiftly, and the wind wolf could only leap into the air. If Jiang Lin could not withdraw the heavy sword, then it would be able to escape.

But—

Bang!

With a resounding clang, the wind wolf saw the human whose aura was clearly only at the first rank suddenly ignite his heavy sword with firelight. Then, as though it had lost all inertia, the heavy sword began accelerating in the opposite direction. At the same time, that human nimbly spun around, shifting the heavy sword behind him and changing the upward drawing motion into a downward slash from behind!

The wind wolf, having just leaped into the air, had nowhere to brace itself. Its wolf eyes hardened as a Moon Blade gathered in its mouth! It refused to believe that a mere first-rank human would dare take its attack head-on!

Within the moonlight—

Bang!

First burst of propulsion—the sword aura ignited. Second burst of propulsion—firelight soared into the sky!

Crash!

As the Flame Sword cleaved through the wolf's body, the Moon Blade slammed into Jiang Lin's chest. The immense impact caused Jiang Lin to lose his grip on the Flame Sword, sending it flying into a crevice between boulders.

"Cough, cough."

Jiang Lin coughed, then patted the tear in the black robe over his chest, revealing a glint of Metallic Sheen beneath it.

Then Jiang Lin glanced back at the crack beside him. At some point, two adorably chubby blue-and-white little puppies had poked their heads out.

Jiang Lin looked at the Howling Moon Wind Wolves he had slain in the distance, then at the blue-and-white little puppies beside him, and could not help falling silent for a moment.

The two little round balls looked at Jiang Lin pitifully, as if asking: Aren't we cute?

Early the next morning, Xiao Yi Xian's delighted cry rang out from the Inner Academy of Myriad Medicine Hall:

"Wow! Such adorable Puppy Cotton Shoes!"