Chapter 30

After all, Yan Hui Mountain was so vast. It was perfectly normal for someone to die there, leaving absolutely no bones behind.

The two continued onward. More than ten li later, Ling Yan slowed her pace.

"There's a late-stage Body Tempering dire wolf ahead. Go kill it."

Lin Xuan stepped forward and followed Ling Yan's gaze. Sure enough, he spotted a dire wolf as massive as a young calf lying beside a thicket.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Then Ling Yan's voice rang out again. "What? Didn't you defeat a late-stage Body Tempering steward and seize his position? Don't tell me you can't even kill a dire wolf?"

There was a faint contempt in Ling Yan's voice.

"Please wait, Senior Sister!"

Lin Xuan could not be bothered with nonsense. He tossed aside the reins in his hand and crept off to one side.

Before long, he was less than twenty meters from the dire wolf.

Yet even that slight movement caught the dire wolf's attention. It raised its head, its gaze falling directly in Lin Xuan's direction.

The dense thicket seemed utterly incapable of blocking its sight. It simply stared at Lin Xuan.

A second later, the dire wolf abruptly rose. Its four legs moved, and it shot toward him like the wind.

"A sneak attack is out of the question now!"

Lin Xuan let out a deep breath.

Since he had already been discovered, there was nothing left but a fight.

"What is so extraordinary about him that Senior Brother Liu Yan personally ordered his death?"

At that moment, Ling Yan leaped onto a towering tree in a single bound and stood on a branch, watching Lin Xuan and the dire wolf.

In just a few seconds, the dire wolf had burst through the thicket and reached Lin Xuan.

"Awoo..."

Opening its blood-filled jaws, the dire wolf let out a roar and pounced directly at Lin Xuan.

"Tiger's Roar Fist!"

Lin Xuan's qi and blood trembled within him as violent power gathered in his fist, which he hurled out savagely.

"Awoo..."

A majestic tiger's roar echoed through the forest. The air was blasted apart, and Lin Xuan's fist struck later yet arrived first, smashing into the dire wolf's chest.

Bang!

With a muffled boom, the dire wolf was actually frozen in midair by that single punch...

"Roar..."

In the air, the dire wolf let out a howl. Obvious pain flashed through its eyes, only to be immediately replaced by fury.

Its body continued plunging downward. Saliva dripped from its bloody jaws, and a foul stench rushed at him.

Lin Xuan pivoted beneath his feet and nimbly dodged aside, then unleashed Tiger's Roar Fist once more.

The instant the dire wolf landed, another punch blasted it off course.

"He really does have some skill. His combat strength is impressive. No wonder Senior Brother Liu Yan wants him dead over nothing more than a mere menial steward."

"If it were not certain that he had only joined the sect recently, no one would believe it even if they heard it."

"He's a genius. Unfortunately... he provoked someone he should never have provoked."

"Any danger must be strangled in the cradle."

Ling Yan watched Lin Xuan's battle with the dire wolf and murmured to herself, killing intent fully revealed in her beautiful eyes.

By now, Lin Xuan's battle with the dire wolf had entered its white-hot stage.

The dire wolf continuously let out furious howls, accelerating as it pounced again and again.

But Lin Xuan moved like a nimble snake. Each time, he deftly evaded, then answered with a heavy blow.

Within the dense forest, tiger roars and wolf howls intertwined.

Two minutes passed, and blood was already dripping continuously from the dire wolf's blood-filled jaws.

The perfected Tiger's Roar Fist, through countless heavy strikes, had finally dealt it severe injuries.

Fear appeared in the dire wolf's eyes.

The next moment, it actually turned and fled, its morale shattered.

"You won't escape!"

A grin tugged at Lin Xuan's lips. His body shot forward as he beat the drowning dog.

"Awoo! Awoo! Awoo..."

Tiger's Roar Fist rained down like raindrops, its tremendous force penetrating deep into the dire wolf's body.

The dire wolf howled in terror, but its internal organs had already ruptured, and mouthful after mouthful of blood poured out.

In less than thirty seconds, the demoralized dire wolf was lying on the ground, devoid of breath.

Lin Xuan stood beside its corpse and let out a soft breath.

At that moment, the Soul Suppressing Pagoda trembled, drawing in a mass of blood qi and a mass of time light.

"Five years of time. As expected, it still has to be demon beasts."

Joy rose in Lin Xuan's heart.