At that moment, the Wolf King knew there was no chance of getting that thing, no matter how long it kept this up. It had already begun thinking of retreating.
"Awooo—"
The Wolf King let out a howl and charged straight at Zhou Shenming.
If it wanted to escape, it first had to keep the strongest fighter from pursuing it.
Zhou Shenming sprang backward, but the soft blade in his hand shot forward against all reason.
This strike was Zhou Shenming's trump card.
The sword flashed, and the Wolf King's nose was instantly slashed open, blood pouring nonstop.
"Awooo—"
The Wolf King was enraged!
It had already been about to leave, yet this human still dared to provoke it.
This was—
Unforgivable!
The Wolf King ignored the blood streaming from its nose and swept a claw at Zhou Shenming. In its fury, the wolf claw unnaturally swelled, and a streak of silver-white light shot from it.
Not good!
Zhou Shenming couldn't control his body in that moment. He could only just manage to shield his abdomen with his left arm.
"Riiiip—"
A half-foot-long gash opened on Zhou Shenming's arm. The silver-white light clung to the wound without fading, preventing Zhou Shenming from using his Vitality Power to repair it.
"Captain!"
The Yang brothers cried out in alarm, their twin blades flashing again and again.
For a moment, their attacks even managed to wound the Wolf King.
But those wounds were nothing more than flesh wounds to it. A few drops of blood fell, and the injuries healed on their own.
"Awooo—"
The Wolf King let out a threatening howl. Two clusters of white light appeared around its claws, and Yang Dawei and Yang Xiaowei leaped back, their faces full of shock.
Watching the two retreat, the Wolf King's mouth curled slightly in a humanlike sneer. Then it turned around.
Just as it was about to disappear into the night, a figure that had been hiding there for who knew how long suddenly sprang into action.
The dagger in his hand plunged straight into the Wolf King's right eye.
The Wolf King hadn't expected anyone to be hiding nearby despite its keen senses. It cried out in pain, and its right eye burst open. Blood mixed with some unknown fluid and rolled down its face.
"Gah—Awooo—"
The Wolf King trembled all over with pain. To its horror, it realized the dagger had been coated in poison. The poison was viciously potent, and almost at once, it left the Wolf King unable to control its body.
It was Li Mo!
After landing his strike, Li Mo quickly retreated.
Seeing their chance, the Yang brothers summoned all their strength and swung their twin blades, aiming only for the Wolf King's vulnerable spots, like its nose and eyes.
At that moment, Ren Tian finally arrived, roaring as he came.
He seized his chance and smashed a fist into the Wolf King's head.
But that punch meant nothing to the Wolf King. The immense Counter Shock instead made Ren Tian cry out in pain.
Only because Lu Lin had spent several days training him did he have some resistance to and familiarity with Counter Shock. Otherwise, that blow would have broken his wrist.
The captain was badly wounded.
Da Wei and Xiao Wei couldn't hold out alone.
Ren Tian was outmatched.
Li Mo was covered in wounds.
Huang Li's arrows were better than nothing.
For a time, the Wolf King couldn't escape, but the Dragon Saber Squad couldn't inflict any real damage on it either.
"Lu Lin, hurry!"
Huang Li said anxiously.
From the way Lu Lin had just cleaved open the skull of a Beast General level White-headed Wolf, it was clear he had considerable strength.
At this critical moment, only Lu Lin could help.
With everything hanging in the balance, Lu Lin couldn't worry about his arm.
He knew that tonight, either the Wolf King would die, or the Dragon Saber Squad would be wiped out.
If he had even a little strength to give, he had to give it.
Lu Lin let his right arm hang limp and hurried into the fray, holding his blade in his left hand.
"Lu Lin's here? Kill it!"
Ren Tian roared.
He had already exhausted his strength, and a short rest hadn't restored much. He could only put his hopes in Lu Lin.
"Lu Lin, kill it!"
Li Mo growled too.
He'd hidden underground earlier, enduring the claws of the Wolf King and the other White-headed Wolves trampling him over and over, all so he could land a deadly blow on the Wolf King.
"Lu Lin, fight with us! Kill it!"
Da Wei and Xiao Wei roared together.
By this point, they were actually the most exhausted. Not only had they fought two Beast General level White-headed Wolves alone, but they'd also been at a disadvantage against the Wolf King.
For the first time, Lu Lin felt what it was like to be needed by others.
But he felt helpless too.
His dominant hand was his right, and he'd been using it to train in Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes all this time. Now, even the slightest movement of his right arm sent stabbing pain through it. If he forced himself to use five times his strength, his arm might burst apart before the Wolf King died.
He could only...
Try with his left arm.
"Brother Ren, move!"
Lu Lin shouted. Vitality Power flowed through the meridians in his left arm along the route of Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes. The power surged into his left hand, then traveled through the hilt and into the blade.
This time, Lu Lin poured out almost all of his Vitality Power.
If the Wolf King didn't die, none of them would survive.
"Kill!"
Ren Tian moved aside.
Looking at Lu Lin, who seemed like a man possessed, the Wolf King felt a flicker of fear rise in its heart.
It wanted to gather white light around its claws, but it was too late!
A black blade-shadow flashed past.
Blood sprayed into the air.
Lu Lin's slash landed halfway through the Wolf King's neck, unable to cut deeper or be pulled free.
The Wolf King was, after all, a Monster Beast with tenacious vitality. For a moment, it didn't die.
A look of resolve flashed in its eye.
The power of the Monster Beast surged within it.
Silver-white light appeared on both its front claws.
This was light it had gathered with its life.
In an instant, the white light turned almost solid, searing everyone's eyes.
"Lu Lin, finish it! Finish it!"
Even Zhou Shenming, who had always been as unruffled as a still well, roared at the top of his lungs.
If the Wolf King unleashed this final, death-defying attack, no one present might survive.
"I'll do my best!"
Lu Lin shouted inwardly, forcing his aching left arm to strike again.
Pfft—
Crack.
A faint sound of bone breaking rang out.
Everyone fell silent, waiting for the final moment.
Would Lu Lin kill the Wolf King?
Or would the Wolf King take them all down with it?
Lu Lin's body remained motionless.
A trace of regret showed in the Wolf King's eye.
The dazzling silver-white light around its claws slowly faded, then vanished altogether.
The Wolf King's head drooped. The last spark of life left it.
At the crucial moment, Lu Lin's slash had severed the Wolf King's spine, killing it for good.
"The Wolf King... is dead?"
Ren Tian murmured.
"The Wolf King is dead!"
Ren Tian threw his head back and roared.
At his shout, the White-headed Wolves still prowling nearby scattered in every direction, and the Dragon Saber Squad's Martial Artists burst into laughter.
Zhou Shenming used his Vitality Power to grind away the Wolf King's silver-white energy, then rushed over and wrapped Lu Lin in a tight embrace.
The exhausted Da Wei and Xiao Wei seemed to come back to life. They rushed over and hugged Lu Lin and Zhou Shenming.
Then Li Mo, covered in wounds; Ren Tian, too drained to stand; and Huang Li, her beautiful face obscured by blood and grime—all of them joined in the embrace, celebrating their sudden, hard-won victory.
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