Silver Wolf King!

Gu Lianxing spoke, her delicate little face showing unwillingness and longing.

"Unfortunately, I only have an ordinary Wind Spirit Body. My talent is the seventh-grade Azure Bird, which lets me command bird-type demonic beasts. I entered the mountains this time to gather herbs and hatch a Golden-Eyed Eagle!" Gu Lianxing sighed softly, her mood somewhat low. Innate Divine Abilities were divided into nine grades, with the first grade being the highest. The seventh grade was merely a low-grade divine ability.

Gu Shaoshang fell silent, digesting the information he had heard. Innate Divine Ability? Sacred Body? Divine Body? Spirit Body? I wonder what kind of constitution I have.

"The main purpose of entering the mountains this time is to find a herb called the Lin Yu Flower. It is a dark crimson Spiritual Grass, translucent and shaped like a palm. It usually grows beside hot springs with geothermal heat. Have you seen it before?" Gu Lianxing asked. Gu Shaoshang pondered for a while before suddenly recalling a place.

"Silver Wolf Valley! That place is dotted with dozens of hot springs, large and small. Perhaps that herb can be found there, but there are over a thousand wolves there, and even a demonic beast—the Silver Wolf King! If we go in to gather herbs, we may never return." Gu Shaoshang hesitated several times before finally saying it.

Silver Wolf Valley was a forbidden area outside Great Ming Mountain. No village Hunting Team dared enter it. Anyone who entered was certain to die!

"Miss, we should inform Elder Gu!" A guard stepped forward to persuade her. Gu Lianxing hesitated, then finally ordered, "Search the surrounding area first. If we cannot find it, then we'll decide what to do!"

They entered the mountain forest, where unknown beast tracks were stamped across the snow. The guards surrounded Gu Lianxing and Gu Shaoshang in the middle, and the atmosphere grew tense. Gu Shaoshang held his saber in hand, his gaze constantly sweeping about. Even though the nearby forests were cleared by Hunting Teams every year, wild beasts still inevitably wandered in. Even with Teng Qingshan's wilderness survival experience manifested within him, Gu Shaoshang did not dare lower his guard.

"Other than Silver Wolf Valley, I only know of a hot spring up ahead. After all, I don't have the ability to venture deep into the mountains myself!" Gu Shaoshang said softly. His warm breath brushed past her ear, and Gu Lianxing's face flushed slightly. "Let's go take a look!"

Gu Shaoshang nodded, stepped out from the guards' protection, drew his saber, and walked ahead.

A moment later, a snowy hot spring steaming with heat came into view. Snow covered the spring opening, which was around thirty feet across, while the water inside bubbled and churned. No one looked pleased, and Gu Lianxing was deeply disappointed.

"We couldn't find the Lin Yu Flower at this hot spring. I'm afraid Silver Wolf Valley is our only option." Gu Lianxing gritted her teeth.

Rustle!

Suddenly, the forest shook.

Everyone drew their sabers. Gu Shaoshang held his saber and looked toward the sound.

"Who's there?"

Gu Lianxing called out. A figure moved, and someone wearing Red Phosphor Armor emerged from the woods.

"Miss, Elder Gu was worried about your safety, so he sent me to protect you!" Zhao He approached.

"Zhao He, you came at just the right time." A smile appeared on Gu Lianxing's face.

"Elder Gu heard from Manor Lord Gu about Silver Wolf Valley. He feared that Miss would rashly enter it, so he sent me to take you back," Zhao He said.

"Aren't you coming with me?" Gu Lianxing frowned.

"No. Elder Gu ordered me to take you back immediately! With over a thousand wolves and demonic beasts mixed among them, even I can't guarantee that I could escape." Zhao He explained.

Gu Lianxing was about to speak when Zhao He suddenly stepped forward and drew his saber!

In a snow-covered patch of brush some distance away, a white shadow lunged at one of the guards! Gu Shaoshang saw it clearly—it was a massive, snow-white silver wolf! Its eyes gleamed with savage green light as it stared fixedly at the guard! The guard's face changed drastically!

Blade Light tore through the air like lightning! With a single step, Zhao He crossed several yards.

Slash!

A wolf's head the size of a bucket flew into the air. Its hundred-pound body crashed heavily to the ground, and wolf blood sprayed like a fountain, drenching the guard from head to toe!

"This is bad! We're too close to Silver Wolf Valley. Those beasts caught our scent!" Gu Shaoshang shouted, gripping his saber tightly.

The group encircled Gu Lianxing. Zhao He sheathed his saber and snatched a bow from a guard. Drawing it to the full moon, he fired ten arrows in an instant!

Awoo!

A massive roar rang through the sky. Snow shook loose from the surrounding trees, falling like a blizzard and obscuring everyone's vision! Faintly, they could see a group of green lights closing in!

Zhao He kept drawing and firing. Miserable howls sounded from the wolf pack from time to time, and a single bow suppressed the entire pack! Gu Lianxing stood in the center of the group with a long saber in hand, her face grave. "We only brought three quivers of arrows into the mountains! We'll run out soon!"

The guard who had been drenched in wolf blood and narrowly escaped death shouted, "Commander Zhao! We'll hold them here. Take Miss back!" With that, he swung his long saber and stabbed a silver wolf to death.

The arrows were gone!

"Stop spouting bullshit! If I leave, you'll turn into wolf dung immediately! Besides, the wolf pack has already surrounded us. Where could I possibly run with the young miss?" Zhao He bellowed, tossing aside the bow as Blade Light flashed from its sheath and forced back three silver wolves.

The wolf pack charged fearlessly, throwing themselves at the group one after another. Before long, wolf corpses covered the ground!

Aah!

A scream rang out! Gu Shaoshang held his saber as he watched, his small body covered in wolf blood! In only a short time, he had killed seven silver wolves, surpassing all the guards and second only to Zhao He!

"Nie Hai!"

"Damn beasts!"

"That's the wolf king!"

The guards roared furiously. Their long sabers hacked down several giant wolves. The death of their comrade had driven them nearly mad!

It was a giant wolf over thirty feet long, larger even than a fierce tiger. It launched a surprise attack from within the pack and bit off a guard's head in the rear! Carrying the mangled corpse in its jaws, it gave the group a gaze of utter savagery before vanishing back into the wolf pack!

The Basic Saber Technique consisted of eight forms: sweep, chop, deflect, slice, skim, press, slash, and thrust. Gu Shaoshang's Basic Saber Technique was at level four, equivalent to an ordinary person practicing the saber for four years. Everyone present possessed greater saber mastery than him, but with Teng Qingshan's Grandmaster Realm memories, everything was entirely different!

"My saber technique is improving!" Gu Shaoshang's eyes lit up. My Xingyi Quan is improving too! Sure enough, actual combat is the fastest way to improve. Beating up Ye Baobao every day really isn't the correct way to use the Myriad Heavens Mirror! Gu Shaoshang gritted his teeth inwardly, and his saber strikes became increasingly fluid and natural.

Hiss! Hiss! Wolves were sent flying one after another. Gu Shaoshang's gaze swept in every direction when, suddenly, a giant wolf burst out from the pack. The stench from its enormous jaws hit him head-on! Gu Shaoshang's expression changed drastically!

"Silver Wolf King!"

"Pay for Nie Hai's life!" Zhao He roared. The muscles throughout his body bulged as he took a step, charging over with billowing waves of snow!

Gu Shaoshang's expression changed sharply, yet his heart was utterly calm. I've been waiting for you! The killing intent he had silently accumulated since Nie Hai's brutal death erupted at once!

Kill!

Gu Shaoshang's saber slashed diagonally upward amid a violent tearing of air, hacking viciously into the giant wolf's throat beneath its jaw!

Hiss!

Blood sprayed across Gu Shaoshang's face. Before he could even wipe it away, he rolled aside.

Boom!

In the next instant, Zhao He's Blade Light exploded! The giant wolf's body suddenly split open, its thousand-pound corpse cleaved entirely in two! Blood and organs splattered everywhere!

Awoo! A Heaven and Earth Collapse-like roar erupted from the rear of the wolf pack! A snow-white giant wolf, even larger than the dead beast by a full size, charged over with a mad howl!

Awoo! All the silver wolves dropped to the ground and trembled. Even when hacked by blades and swords, they did not dare rise!

Gu Shaoshang lay on the ground, his pupils shrinking uncontrollably! His heart pounded wildly!

The giant wolf's satin-like white fur gleamed with blinding silver light. Its fangs protruded from its massive head, while a pair of huge, blood-red eyes leaked a venomous hatred that struck terror into the soul! Snow and dead branches rose around it like curtains several yards high. Carrying an overwhelmingly fierce aura, it smashed through every giant tree in its path!

"What?"

"That one just now was only the Lead Wolf! This is the Silver Wolf King!"

"We're doomed!"

"Scatter, quickly!"

Everyone scattered at once, their faces filled with shock and drained of all color!

Only Gu Lianxing took out a signal arrow and fired it into the sky with a whoosh!