Kill Lions, Slay Wolves

Watching Chen Lin follow closely behind Zhu Wei and He Yanjun, Li Fei and Wang Ming exchanged a glance, their eyes full of admiration.

Zhu Wei and He Yanjun used hammer and blade to kill the Twin-tailed Lions blocking their path, then charged straight at the Howling Moon Sky Wolf without pausing for even an instant.

The enraged Twin-tailed Lions sensed the imposing aura around Zhu Wei and He Yanjun and did not dare continue attacking them. Instead, they turned their attacks toward Chen Lin, who was following behind.

Seeing the Twin-tailed Lions bully the weak and fear the strong, Chen Lin was so angered that he laughed.

The flying daggers at his waist rose on their own, transforming into six streaks of cold light as they shot toward the remaining four Twin-tailed Lions.

A flash of ghostly light.

Before the three weaker Twin-tailed Lions could react, their heads were pierced straight through.

"Rumble~~"

The three charging Twin-tailed Lions went limp and carved long furrows into the earth.

Only the stronger Lion King remained, having evaded Chen Lin's deadly flying daggers.

"Roar~"

Seeing that Chen Lin was even harder to provoke than the two before him, the Lion King let out an enraged roar, turned around, and prepared to flee.

As he watched the Lion King expose its back to him, Chen Lin's lips curled upward. The six flying daggers, like six roaming dragons harvesting lives, flew straight at the Twin-tailed Lion King.

In the end, amid a beastly roar full of fury, grievance, and unwillingness, the Twin-tailed Lion King followed its beloved consorts into silence.

Chen Lin had ended the Twin-tailed Lions' lives so cleanly and decisively that Li Fei and Wang Ming, who had just arrived, were utterly stunned.

After harvesting the Twin-tailed Lion King, Chen Lin did not stop moving.

While Zhu Wei and He Yanjun withstood the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's attacks, Chen Lin controlled six flying daggers and attacked the wolf from six directions.

The Howling Moon Sky Wolf was struggling to evade the combined attacks of Zhu Wei and He Yanjun. With an angry wolf howl, it knocked away two flying daggers aimed at it, but had no strength left to dodge the other four.

"Pfft! Pfft! ..."

The four flying daggers pierced into the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's body at tremendous speed through its existing wounds.

Like a meat grinder, the four flying daggers instantly shredded the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's internal organs into pulp.

As all its organs were crushed, the Howling Moon Sky Wolf let out an enraged, unwilling howl of agony. Its body then went limp and crashed heavily to the ground, falling silent.

Zhu Wei and He Yanjun, who had been attacking the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, immediately stared wide-eyed.

They knew Spirit Masters possessed immense combat power, but they had never imagined it could be this terrifying.

Wang Ming and Li Fei had just reached the Howling Moon Sky Wolf. Looking at its silent corpse, their eyes were filled with shock.

They had rushed over as fast as they could, yet before they could even launch a single attack, the battle had already ended. It left them both awkward and horrified.

"A Lin, Spirit Masters are way too powerful!" Wang Ming swallowed and could not help sighing.

"I'd only heard before that Spirit Masters with accomplished cultivation possessed extraordinary combat power. Today, I've truly seen it for myself!" Li Fei shook his head with a bitter smile.

"A Lin's combat power isn't even that exaggerated. If you're fortunate enough to see Head Instructor Lü make a move, you'll realize that Spirit Masters truly are heaven's favored children!" Zhu Wei seemed to recall something, his face full of emotion.

Zhu Wei's words drew everyone's attention. He Yanjun asked curiously, "Boss Zhu, I heard you used to be in the same Monster Slaying Squad as Head Instructor Lü. Is Head Instructor Lü really as unfathomably powerful as people say?"

Facing the group's curious expressions, Zhu Wei nodded seriously. "Even more outrageous than the rumors!"

"Hiss~" Everyone sucked in a cold breath, their gazes filled with shock.

"Alright! Stop marveling and hurry up with the spoils. Let's get back to the Bridgehead quickly. Yao An's squad might be nearby, so everyone stay alert." Zhu Wei waved a hand and gave the order.

He Yanjun smiled at Chen Lin. "A Lin, your weapons are more convenient for dissecting monster beasts, so we'll leave the dissection to you."

"Alright!"

Chen Lin nodded and controlled the Cold Moon Flying Daggers as they flew toward the Howling Moon Sky Wolf.

"Pfft!"

Chen Lin controlled a Cold Moon Flying Dagger and stabbed it into one of the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's wounds, then sliced along the wound. At once, a succession of ripping sounds rang out.

Before long, Chen Lin had harvested all the valuable materials from the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's body.

After the group roughly packed everything up, they quickly left the area.

Not long after Chen Lin and the others departed, Duan Hengyuan and Yao An finally arrived.

Seeing the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's body torn to tatters before them, both men looked ready to spit fire.

Duan Hengyuan gritted his teeth and cursed with a savage expression, "Damn it, that Howling Moon Sky Wolf must have fallen into Zhu Wei's gang's hands. I'll remember this grudge."

"Let's return to the Bridgehead and regroup first. Once everyone's here, we'll settle the score with them. They dared steal our prey? This grudge won't be settled so easily." Yao An's eyes were icy as he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, his tone chilling.

At the Bridgehead entrance, Chen Lin's squad and Yao An and Duan Hengyuan's squad entered the Bridgehead almost one after the other.

Both teams noticed each other, glaring furiously as the atmosphere grew tense to the extreme.

Yao An had already been brimming with anger, and when he saw the bulging packs on Chen Lin's group's backs, he became even more enraged.

"Zhu Wei, good. Very good. You actually dared steal my, Yao An's, prey. Just you wait." A glint of Killing Intent flashed through Yao An's eyes as he issued the threat coldly.

"What do you mean, your prey? That was a monster beast I hunted in the area our squad was assigned to clear. You've got some nerve slandering me like that. Do you really think I can't swing my hammer anymore?" Zhu Wei retorted without yielding, hammer in one hand and displeasure written across his face.

The conflict between the two sides quickly drew the attention of quite a few martial artists.

"What's going on with these two Monster Slaying Squads? Got some kind of grudge?" The surrounding martial artists whispered among themselves.

Among the Monster Slaying Squads at the Bridgehead, Zhu Wei's and Yao An's squads were both considered relatively well-known.

No one had ever heard of any conflict between the two squads before. Their sudden confrontation left many people curious.

Just as the two squads looked ready to come to blows, the Silver Armored Guards patrolling the Bridgehead immediately shouted, "Who are you people? What are you trying to do?"

The Silver Armored Guards within the Bridgehead were a guard force jointly formed by the Four Great Powers. They also served as law enforcers, tasked with protecting the Bridgehead and preventing martial artists from the various major powers from clashing within it.

Under the Silver Armored Guards' rebuke, both sides immediately lowered their banners and stilled their drums. They shot each other furious glares before leaving separately.

On the way back to their residence, Zhu Wei quietly warned Chen Lin, "A Lin, for the time being, keep your identity as a Spirit Master hidden. Unless it's absolutely necessary, don't use a Spirit Master's methods. I have a feeling Yao An won't let this go."

"Boss is right. A Lin, if we go out hunting these days, don't use your Spirit Master methods unless you have to. Yao An and the others probably haven't guessed your identity as a Spirit Master yet. You're the hidden trump card of our squad now. If we run into another assassination attempt from Yao An and his people, don't hold back then—start killing right away. We'll wipe out this scourge in one fell swoop." Wang Ming glanced at Wu Fan's missing arm and spoke with a vicious glint in his eyes.

"Mm." Chen Lin nodded in agreement.