Pale green Dou Qi swirled around the Broad-Backed Saber.
Enhanced by the Wind Attribute, the saber seemed to swing even faster as it slashed fiercely toward Mu She's neck!
"You're asking for death!?"
Mu She felt a piercing killing intent coming from behind and to his side. He roared.
But Lin Ze had chosen an exquisitely precise moment and angle.
The words Lin Ze had shouted at the start hadn't been useless; they had made Mu She lower his guard against him.
Lin Ze had openly shown his strength, making it clear he was just an ordinary person.
Unless someone was powerful enough to be confident they could survive the Wolf Pack's charge,
it would be difficult to keep their strength hidden when facing the charge head-on, with danger bearing down on them.
They would instinctively use Dou Qi. One moment of carelessness could cost them their life!
So when Mu She saw that Lin Ze really was an ordinary person with no cultivation, his guard dropped to its lowest.
At that moment, Mu She might suspect that a Fire Wolf would suddenly emerge from the forest ahead and bite his neck.
But he wouldn't suspect that the person behind him would suddenly unleash the strength of a Dou Zhe.
Much less that he would use a Yellow Tier High-Grade Dou Technique mastered to Great Accomplishment to strike at his neck.
On top of that, Lin Ze had chosen a moment and angle when Mu She was running past him.
That put Lin Ze in Mu She's blind spot!
In truth, Mu She himself was partly to blame.
When most people heard someone offer to cover their retreat, they would probably glance back one last time as they passed.
But Mu She merely sneered inwardly, ran straight past Lin Ze, and left without looking back.
Lin Ze had used that blind spot to give the sneering Mu She a surprise!
With neither caution nor a clear view, Mu She didn't have time to block Lin Ze's deadly slash at his neck with his weapon.
Even a Dou Master would be gravely injured, if not killed, by a strike to the neck—a vital spot!
But killing a Dou Master outright with the strength of a One Star Dou Practitioner was still far too difficult.
Even though Mu She hadn't had time to block with his weapon, the burst of Dou Qi from a Dou Master was enough to hinder Lin Ze!
Boom!
A violent burst of pale green Dou Qi erupted from Mu She.
A tremendous force slammed into Lin Ze's chest!
The split-second delay caused by the Dou Qi's eruption gave Mu She enough time to block Lin Ze's Broad-Backed Saber with his weapon!
"Xiao Chusheng!"
The words seemed to be forced out from the deepest part of Mu She's throat, dripping with venom.
He couldn't believe he'd been outmaneuvered by someone like this!
He easily knocked Lin Ze's Broad-Backed Saber aside with a forceful swing. A cruel, vicious smile curled his lips as his weapon instantly pierced Lin Ze's shoulder.
"Don't think you'll get off that easily!"
Even with a weapon piercing his body, Lin Ze showed no trace of pain.
His lips curled up too, but his smile was mocking.
The power unleashed by a Death Soldier's Proxy State was only the full extent of his own strength—in other words, the strength of a One Star Dou Practitioner.
He had never expected to kill Mu She, a Two-Star Dou Master, in a fight with the strength of a One Star Dou Practitioner.
"Captain Mu She, shouldn't you take a look at the Fire Wolf King Cub in your hand?"
At Lin Ze's words, Mu She jolted. The venomous smile vanished from his face.
He looked down at what he was holding and saw that the Fire Wolf King Cub had been injured by the violent Dou Qi he'd released.
It was barely breathing, clearly on the verge of death.
Lin Ze hadn't expected his strength as a Dou Practitioner to let him kill a Dou Master across a tier.
But that slash had been aimed at Mu She's neck. In a life-or-death moment like that, how much attention could Mu She have spared for the Fire Wolf King Cub in his hand?
The moment Mu She released his violent Dou Qi, Lin Ze knew his plan had succeeded.
"You... you deserve to die!"
"What have I ever done to you?!"
When Mu She saw the Fire Wolf King Cub barely clinging to life, he was even more furious than he'd been after Lin Ze's ambush.
Everything had gone to waste!
With one final, faint whimper, the Fire Wolf King Cub died.
The Fire Wolf King in the distance seemed to sense something too. A furious howl rang out.
The surrounding Fire Wolves grew even more frenzied, throwing themselves at the two without regard for their own lives.
What chilled Mu She's blood even more was the huge figure, far larger than the other Fire Wolves.
The Fire Wolf King's eyes blazed with fury and murderous intent!
Mu She looked at Lin Ze, whose body his weapon had pierced and whom he was dragging along. Lin Ze's expression hadn't changed at all, as if the body weren't his.
The chill in Mu She's heart deepened. What kind of lunatic had he provoked?
Just as Mu She's attention wavered for a moment, Lin Ze had the Semi-control Death Soldier seize Mu She's weapon and throw himself forward, clinging tightly to Mu She.
Mu She was startled and forcibly unleashed his Dou Qi.
The violent Dou Qi battered the Death Soldier's body until it was mangled.
"Let's die together!"
Blood welled up through the Death Soldier's throat, and he uttered the words indistinctly.
Even with his body mangled, he still clung tightly to Mu She.
"Ahhh!"
With a desperate shout edged with fear, Mu She tore the Death Soldier in half before finally wrenching himself free!
But that brief delay was enough for dozens of Fire Wolves to surround them.
Most despairing of all, a massive shadow had already fallen over him.
The Fire Wolf King leapt into the air, jaws wide, and lunged at Mu She.
Bang!
Mu She barely managed to brace his weapon against the Fire Wolf King's gaping jaws, keeping them from closing.
But the force hurled him more than ten meters away. The impact was so terrifying that it felt as if his arms and the webbing between his thumb and forefinger would split apart.
Just as Mu She tried to fight back, a sudden pain shot through his right calf.
A Fire Wolf had already clamped its jaws around his right calf.
Then came his left leg, his arm, his backside...
Led by the Fire Wolf King, the Fire Wolves showed no fear of death as they savagely tore into Mu She.
Even though Mu She was a Two-Star Dou Master, facing a Tier 2 Magical Beast and numerous First Order Magical Beasts,
he was doomed within moments.
In the instant before Mu She's arms gave out and the Fire Wolf King's jaws closed around him, he caught sight of Wang Wu, who had long since been buried in the Wolf Pack.
His eyes fixed on Wang Wu's bloodied, unrecognizable face.
He couldn't understand what he had ever done to this man.
Why would he give up his own life just to drag Mu She down with him?!
But Mu She's question would never be answered.
He could only carry it with him into eternal darkness.
Far away in Fire Wolf Town, Lin Ze abruptly opened his eyes, a flicker of satisfaction passing through them.
Even with such an enormous gap in strength, he had still done it.
Mu She was dead!
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