"Maybe he was just being overly cautious." Unable to come up with an answer, Su Xiaoluo could only shake her head helplessly.
But just moments later, a scream suddenly rang out ten zhang beyond the convoy.
Everyone's expression changed at once!
Some of them took turns standing guard on the perimeter, and the scream had come from the guard on duty.
It was an utterly bloodcurdling cry.
In the pitch-black forest around them, pairs of blood-red beast eyes gleamed with savage, icy light.
"It's a pack of wolves. There are so many!"
The demon wolves in the small forbidden zone weren't strong individually, but with more than a hundred of them swarming in, even an ordinary member of the Devil Race would be torn to shreds.
Tong Xin's face turned ashen as he surveyed their surroundings.
At a rough glance, there were at least a hundred demon wolves. It would be extremely difficult for their group to hold them off.
What rankled Tong Xin even more was that Ling Yun had been right.
Su Xiaoluo turned her lovely eyes toward Ling Yun. She hadn't expected this seemingly ordinary young man to actually be right.
But right now, no one cared whether Ling Yun had been right or wrong. They were facing a life-or-death crisis.
Tong Xin and the others wore various shades of grimness. Only Ling Yun remained calm and composed, while Beibei looked unruffled.
"Daddy, Daddy, there are so, so many!"
The little one was excited too, and looked more thrilled than anything.
"Shh!"
A hint of a smile touched Ling Yun's lips as he gestured for the little one to quiet down, lest the others take offense.
Awoo!
The demon wolves threw back their heads and howled, then charged straight toward the camp.
"Everyone, form a circle and