Shadow

Bai Mo was just about to rush to the next location Lingling had indicated when her delighted voice came through his earpiece.

"Bai Mo, go to the outskirts. Help the City Guard!"

"What?"

Bai Mo was puzzled. Why did he suddenly have to help the City Guard? He remembered Lingling mentioning earlier that Swiftwind Wolves had invaded the West Side. Could it be that the City Guard could not hold them off? No way. Was Bai Changjun really that useless?

She did not keep him waiting long before Lingling's explanation came through the earpiece.

"My sister knew someone had planted magic seals on pet dogs, so when she went to the Judgement Association, she already had people investigate it."

"It's just that the results only came out just now. My sister and the judges went to investigate Blue Robe's trail. The information on the seals has already been sent to me."

Only then did Bai Mo understand what was going on. He silently marveled at how meticulous Leng Qing was, then pressed further:

"Then what exactly are those magic seals? They can actually turn dogs into wolves!"

The sound of water came through the earpiece. The little girl on the other end seemed to have poured herself a glass of water before her voice came again.

"It's a kind of Cursed Magic Seal. It doesn't have that ability by itself, but those dogs were all fed Swiftwind Wolf meat, along with some special toxins. Only then did this Cursed Magic Seal stimulate and transform the Swiftwind Wolf bloodline in them, making them turn into wolves for a short time. They're also extremely aggressive."

"This goes against the laws of nature. Those wolves will exhaust their lives and die after three hours."

"The activation of the magic seal requires the owner of the seal to do it personally. That's exactly how my sister and the others noticed Blue Robe's movements."

Bai Mo nodded. Now he knew what was going on with the appearance of those wolf beasts. This meant the chaos in Qingyuan District caused by the wolf beasts would soon die down.

But what did that have to do with him going to help the City Guard? So Bai Mo continued asking:

"Then what does that have to do with me helping the City Guard?"

"The chaos caused by the Cursed Magic Seal isn't frightening, but those wolf beasts are all carrying the scent of Swiftwind Wolves. My guess is that those scents belong to the Swiftwind Wolf cubs they captured."

Lingling's voice continued, "The Swiftwind Wolves outside the city are looking for them. The scents erupting inside the urban area are too concentrated, and they're continuously drawing Swiftwind Wolves into Qingyuan District."

Hearing this, Bai Mo raised an eyebrow. While riding a motorcycle he had picked up from the roadside toward the outskirts, he said:

"The City Guard can't hold them off?"

"No. The City Guard can hold them off, but they can't clear out those Swiftwind Wolves in a short time." Lingling shook her head, her tone turning serious as well.

"Bai Mo, Swiftwind Wolves live in packs and hold grudges. If those Swiftwind Wolves can't be dealt with quickly, it may trigger an even larger-scale invasion. When that happens, they'll really have to sound the alarm!"

Bai Mo fell silent. Of course he did not want that. If a small conflict truly escalated into a Swiftwind Wolf pack attacking the city, Qingyuan District would be the first to suffer.

His voice grew a little heavy as well.

"Lingling, I'm only an Intermediate Level Mage. Aren't you overestimating me a bit?"

"Of course not. With your half-baked skills, you think you can decide the battlefield?"

Lingling's blunt words continued coming through the earpiece:

"The Hunter's Union and the Magic Association have already issued missions. Go to the outskirts of Qingyuan District and assist the City Guard in wiping out the invading Swiftwind Wolves within two hours. Two hundred thousand for one Swiftwind Wolf! This is a rare big job!"

Hearing that, Bai Mo knew he had been played by this little girl. Things were far from as serious as she had made them sound. She had simply told him the most severe and possible consequence.

Feeling like he had been toyed with, he directly used his will to control several stone bollards by the roadside and smashed to death a few wolf beasts at the intersection that were chasing humans.

As he drew closer to the outskirts, he also ran into several Hunter Mages heading outside the city. Bai Mo secretly let out a breath of relief.

They nodded to each other in greeting, and Bai Mo watched them go off into the distance.

There was nothing he could do. They had teammates, and they were Wind Mages. His motorcycle could not catch up.

When he reached the outskirts, a Military Mage was guarding the intersection. He told Bai Mo that the area ahead was a combat zone and recorded his Hunter identity.

He stated that the bounty would be based on Swiftwind Wolf heads as proof.

So Bai Mo handed him the motorcycle he had picked up, saying that he had found it and was honestly turning it in, then headed toward the combat zone.

After arriving there, Bai Mo used the Sound Probe from his earring magic tool and discovered that the situation was exactly as Lingling had said.

The guards could block the Swiftwind Wolves' attacks very well, but the Swiftwind Wolves were too fast.

Killing them would take quite a bit of time.

"Tch. Fortune really dropped from the sky!"

Bai Mo sighed. Space was layered upon layer, boundless and endless. No matter how fast the Swiftwind Wolves were, they could not escape his space.

"Mind Control!"

Facing two Swiftwind Wolves that were charging at the defense line of an intersection, Bai Mo moved his thoughts and pinned them in midair, unable to move.

Before the Military Mages could react, a flash of silver light appeared. There was the faint sound of a sword's cry, and the heads of the two Swiftwind Wolves rolled to the ground.

From the neatly severed necks, blood surged out like dragons.

Bai Mo controlled the two wolf heads and made them fly beside him. With a wave of his hand, he stored them in his space.

Only then did he walk over to the five Military Mages staring at him in a daze and say:

"Hello, I'm a Hunter here to provide support. May I ask which intersection has more Swiftwind Wolves?"

The leader was a Military Mage in his thirties. He raised a hand in salute before saying:

"Hello, I'm the captain of this squad, Yuan Fang. If you're asking where there are more Swiftwind Wolves, that would be the main road. Small roads like this won't have too many Swiftwind Wolves coming through."

Captain Yuan Fang was not worried about this young Space Element mage, because the way he had dealt with that moment just now had been far too clean and decisive.

"Thank you."

Bai Mo nodded, returned a Hunter's salute, then headed toward the main road.

Guanhu Avenue was the outermost road in the suburbs, and also the widest.

There had originally been many Military Mages guarding this place, but with an Intermediate Level Space Mage coming over...

The defenses along this stretch of road had been lowered to the level of an ordinary section.

"Whoosh!"

A Space Sword glowing with faint silver light inconspicuously sliced through the evening wind under the dusk, piercing through the skull of a Swiftwind Wolf.

Its momentum did not fade as it curved in an arc and severed the neck of the Swiftwind Wolf behind it.

Bang, bang!!

Two thuds of bodies hitting the ground rang out one after another, no different from the other headless wolf corpses on the ground.

The only difference was that the ones just now were still bleeding, while the others had already bled dry.

Bai Mo had been guarding this intersection for half an hour. At first, quite a few Swiftwind Wolves had come, but as he killed more and more of them, fewer and fewer appeared.

And now, even if he wanted to go somewhere else, he could not.

Because the other places had people guarding them too.

However, after guarding for so long, he seemed to have finally waited until a big one showed up.

Bai Mo's ears twitched, and from the corner of his eye, he quietly paid attention to a patch of shadow.

He had heard it just now. Mixed in with the sounds of bodies falling, there had also been extremely faint footsteps.

Something had slipped into that dense shadow of a building stretched out by the setting sun.

"A Shadow Wolf?"

He glanced at the sun, which was already about to sink below the horizon.

That thing was a Shadow Master. He could not wait too long. Bai Mo's expression remained calm, and an almost imperceptible gleam flickered in his black pupils.

He clasped his hands behind his back and turned around to face the setting sun, as if relaxing after battle and admiring the beautiful evening glow.

Fishing

Sure enough, the thing inside the shadow drew closer. Its footsteps were very, very light, but they still could not escape the detection of the Sound Element magic tool.

A gust of wind blew over, carrying a bloody stench with it.

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