"Senior Sister Ye, what do we do now? There are so many Ironclad Wolf Demons that are impervious to blades and spears. Forget Martial Disciples like us—even those Martial Master Realm experts from the academy might not be able to handle them, right?"
The round-faced girl watched the wolf demons gradually close in, her face drained of color.
Ye Qingxuan swept her gaze over the exceptionally savage pack of demon wolves, unsure how to answer. Suddenly, her pupils contracted. A wolf demon had abruptly leaped into the air and lunged viciously at them.
The wolf demon's enormous, hill-like body instantly blocked out the sunlight, shrouding everyone beneath it like a dark cloud.
"This is bad! One of the demon wolves can no longer hold itself back and is preparing to attack us! Everyone, use your strongest offensive techniques at once! We must repel this wave!"
Ye Qingxuan's expression was grave.
Hearing this, everyone immediately began unleashing their signature techniques. In the next instant, powerful martial auras erupted from their bodies, looking quite imposing.
Yet in the wolf demons' eyes, these actions were beneath contempt. A trace of disdain suddenly flashed through their scarlet eyes as they stared at the group with brutal gazes, as though looking at ants.
"Beast, take my blade!"
Senior Brother Zhang seemed eager to show off before Ye Qingxuan. He was the first to charge out, swinging the curved blade in his hand and slashing fiercely at the Ironclad Demon Wolf before him.
Senior Brother Zhang was a martial arts prodigy with Earth Rank talent. His cultivation had already reached the seventh level of the Martial Disciple Realm, making him the strongest among them.
This slash carried tremendous force. After a dazzling flash of blade light, Senior Brother Zhang's curved blade hacked fiercely into the wolf demon.
"That is the Zhang Family's clan-defending technique from the Barren North—the Asura Blade Sutra! It truly is formidable, worthy of an Earth Rank technique."
"Even at Zhenkun Academy, such a high-level technique would not be passed down lightly, would it? Senior Brother Zhang is truly fortunate!"
"This time, the demon wolf's defenses will definitely be broken!"
Seeing Senior Brother Zhang's slash, some cried out in alarm, some looked on in envy, and others felt their spirits soar.
Even Ye Qingxuan's eyes lit up.
The Asura Blade Sutra was an exceptionally terrifying low-grade Earth Rank technique, astonishingly powerful. Once cultivated to minor mastery, it could even split open a small mountain. Though Senior Brother Zhang had not reached minor mastery with this slash, he had likely already entered the door. With one strike, he might very well cleave open the Ironclad Wolf Demon's scales and heavily injure it.
If that happened, the wolf demons might choose to retreat out of fear of being wounded, and they would gain a thread of hope for survival.
Clang!
Under everyone's expectant gazes, the curved blade struck viciously against the wolf demon's scales. Sparks flew everywhere, but to everyone's terror, only a faint white mark appeared on the scales. The wolf demon was virtually unscathed.
"H-How is that possible? Senior Brother Zhang's slash was so terrifying, yet it still failed to break this wolf demon's scales?"
"It's over. We're all going to die here."
"I don't want to die! I haven't even held a girl's hand yet!"
Despair filled the eyes of the Zhenkun Academy students.
Senior Brother Zhang also stood there in a daze.
He knew best just how powerful that slash had been. Even an incomparably hard diamond could be split apart by it, yet this wolf demon's scales were actually harder than diamond?
"Senior Brother Zhang, watch out!"
Just as Senior Brother Zhang froze in shock, an anxious cry suddenly rang out beside his ear. He immediately came to his senses and saw that the wolf demon had already descended from the air, slamming a claw viciously toward his chest.
He hurriedly raised his blade to block, only to be sent flying by the wolf demon's tremendous force. He spat out a mouthful of blood and hurtled backward, only avoiding a fall into the demon wolf pack because a Zhenkun Academy student caught him.
"Senior Brother Zhang, are you all right?"
Someone asked with concern.
"I... I'm fine. This demon wolf's scales are too hard. Below the Martial Master Realm, I'm afraid only sword cultivators, whose killing power ranks first, have a chance of breaking through them."
Senior Brother Zhang's face was pale. As he spoke, he spat out another mouthful of blood.
"Sword cultivators? But where around here could we find a sword cultivator below the Martial Master Realm?"
A Zhenkun Academy student laughed bitterly.
Some time ago, the Human Race and Demon Race had made an agreement: the Human Race could not act across realms. That meant Human Race experts of the Martial Master Realm could not attack the wolf demon pack.
But the Demon Race was naturally gifted. Though these Ironclad Wolf Demons were not particularly strong in other respects, their defenses were unbelievably powerful. Human Race martial artists below the Martial Master Realm could not even break their defenses. How were they supposed to fight?
As for sword cultivators?
There was indeed a Sword Immortal Academy nearby, but everyone there was trash!
How could there possibly be any sword cultivators?
The wolf demon pack seemed to sense the group's fear. A savage gleam flashed through several demon wolves' eyes as they lowered their bodies, then suddenly sprang into the air and pounced at them.
Watching the fierce demon wolves rush toward them, Ye Qingxuan's face turned deathly pale.
At the end of the day, she was only a young girl. Faced with death for real, she was terrified beyond measure!
"You audacious beasts! You dare commit murder beneath Sword Immortal Academy's very feet? Die!"
At that moment, a clear, cold voice rang out. Accompanied by the sound of tearing wind, two figures stepped in front of Ye Qingxuan and the others.
Everyone froze, their eyes locked on the newcomers. They discovered that they were a young man and a young woman.
The girl had long hair and wore a blue dress. Her features were peerlessly beautiful, and she held an icy-blue treasured sword in her hand. Intense Sword Qi surged around her body.
The young man was tall and upright, with an extraordinary bearing. A battered black sword was strapped to his back.
Seeing the girl's flawless and exquisite face, everyone felt their hearts seize violently.
Could there truly be someone this beautiful in the world?
Ye Qingxuan's appearance was already among the finest, soul-stirringly beautiful, yet compared to the girl before them, she fell short by three parts.
When everyone clearly saw the young man's handsome face, as fair and refined as jade, their pupils shrank. Ye Qingxuan exclaimed in astonishment, "Xiao Chen?"
The newcomers were none other than Xiao Chen and Lin Qingxian, who had rushed over to provide aid.
The wolf demons that had been about to attack hurriedly changed direction in midair upon seeing Humans suddenly appear. They forcibly halted their offensive and, after landing, watched Xiao Chen and Lin Qingxian warily.
These two carried an aura that filled them with both immense fear and intense hatred.
These two were sword cultivators!
Damn sword cultivators!
Hearing that familiar soft, sweet voice, Xiao Chen turned his gaze and noticed the graceful figure among the crowd. His expression immediately changed.
"Why is this woman here too?"
He had only known that the villagers were surrounded by wolf demons. He had not known Ye Qingxuan was here as well.
However, Xiao Chen withdrew his gaze after only a casual glance.
Though he had once been incomparably infatuated with Ye Qingxuan, that was all in the past. Ever since the day he had dissolved their engagement with her, he had cut ties with this woman in his heart as cleanly as a blade!
Seeing Xiao Chen treat her with such coldness, Ye Qingxuan suddenly felt deeply uncomfortable, as though pricked by a needle, a faint pain spreading through her heart.
He used to become so excited whenever he saw her. Now, did he not even have the interest to say a word to her?
Even if their engagement had been dissolved, after all those years of affection, there was no need to be so distant, was there?
And why was such a beautiful girl following him? Could there be something between them?
Heh!
Their engagement had only just been dissolved, and he could not wait to mingle with another woman?
Could all his past devotion have been fake?
"Xiao Chen, you trash, what are you doing here? Have you come to throw your life away?"
The moment Senior Brother Zhang saw Xiao Chen appear, Ye Qingxuan could not stop staring at him. His eyes immediately blazed with fury.
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