Breaking Out of the Encirclement

In Mu Qing's mind, the miraculous sensation emerging from the Purple Lightning Bamboo allowed him to gain a significant advantage while surrounded by the wolf pack.

He could easily perceive the weak points of every Gray Wolf.

However, even though Mu Qing could sense the weak points of all the Gray Wolves, he lacked the ability to deal with every single one of them. These Gray Wolves were extremely fast, almost approaching the level of Blood Qi Fifth Rank beasts, and their claws were razor-sharp.

"Rip!"

A sharp pain flared from behind Mu Qing. Just as he had finished killing one Gray Wolf, another had transformed into a black shadow and reached his back. Its claws flashed with a cold light, raking across his back and sending blood spraying into the air.

"Damn it!" A cold glint flashed in Mu Qing's eyes. Enduring the pain, a surge of lightning power crackled on his arm, and with one punch, he blasted the Gray Wolf that had ambushed him into a charred corpse.

"Mu Qing! Focus on the wolves in front, leave the ones behind to me!" Seeing Mu Qing injured, Ling Fei rushed to his back, golden light flickering in his palms as he forced back several Gray Wolves attempting another ambush.

In just a short time, Ling Fei had also sustained several injuries, and his school uniform was completely tattered.

They hadn't even reached the depths of Lake Heart Island yet, and they had already suffered such injuries. Clearly, this Mock Exam was far more brutal than they had imagined.

In this Mock Exam, if one's luck was poor and they encountered a pack of beasts like Mu Qing and his companion did, the only outcome would be elimination.

If even top students like them were struggling this much, let alone the ordinary students, it was likely that many had already been eliminated by now.

"This won't do. If I keep conserving my Origin Force, I won't be able to break through the encirclement." After blasting another Gray Wolf into a charred state with a punch, Mu Qing's expression suddenly darkened.

From the beginning, he had only been using the first stage of the Thunderstorm Fist because he was worried that repeatedly unleashing the third stage would exhaust the limited Origin Force in his mind.

But now, it was clear that if he wanted to break out of the wolf pack, he needed to end the battle quickly.

It was clearly a mistake that he hadn't gone all out from the start.

"Don't hold back! Use everything you've got and carve out a bloody path!" Mu Qing roared at Ling Fei, his white shirt already stained with patches of gore.

Finally, he stopped holding back. The surging Origin Force in his mind poured out frantically. With a roar, he unleashed his full power, and streaks of dazzling, incandescent white lightning coiled around his arms.

Three bolts of incandescent white lightning erupted with his punch. The power of the third stage of the Thunderstorm Fist was ferociously intense; with a loud boom, the lightning incinerated three Gray Wolves at once, turning them into charred corpses.

Hearing this, Ling Fei, who was behind Mu Qing, looked solemn. He shouted, his own Origin Force surging wildly. The golden light on his palms became blindingly bright, and a sharp, cutting aura radiated outward.

Ling Fei's hand moved like a blade, chopping downward in a vertical arc, and in the blink of an eye, he sliced a Gray Wolf in half!

Gushes of blood sprayed out, staining Ling Fei's body until his school uniform was completely dyed red.

By comparison, Ling Fei's methods were significantly more brutal than Mu Qing's.

"Awoo!"

Just then, a deafening roar echoed from behind Mu Qing and Ling Fei.

Mu Qing blasted three more Gray Wolves into charcoal with a single punch, then turned his head. His pupils contracted sharply, and he shouted, "A Blood Qi Fifth Rank Gray Wolf!"

Ling Fei's body jolted. He turned to look, his expression changing instantly.

In the direction they were looking, three massive Gray Giant Wolves were charging toward them, roaring. The aura emanating from their bodies was clearly far more powerful than the surrounding wolves—they had reached the strength of the Blood Qi Fifth Rank!

Under normal circumstances, Mu Qing and Ling Fei would have been fully confident in handling these three Gray Wolves.

But now, they were being besieged by an unknown number of wolves, and more kept emerging from the depths of the forest, as if the supply were endless.

The Blood Qi Fourth Rank Gray Wolves could at most inflict minor flesh wounds on them; to kill them required exhausting their Origin Force.

But with the addition of the three Blood Qi Fifth Rank Gray Wolves, Mu Qing and Ling Fei were undoubtedly plunged into a crisis.

These three giant wolves were fully capable of inflicting serious, life-threatening injuries on them!

"Hurry and carve out a path, or we'll likely be eliminated here!" Ling Fei shouted, his face twisted as he smashed the skull of a Gray Wolf beside him with a palm strike.

He was fighting with everything he had, and so was Mu Qing. They had already fought their way across an unknown distance, the ground soaked in blood and littered with the corpses of Gray Wolves.

The points on their Recorders were constantly increasing, but Mu Qing and Ling Fei had no time to care about that now; they only had to desperately kill the wolves lunging at them to break through the encirclement.

The Gray Giant Wolves behind them stared with icy malice, letting out continuous howls, and were already closing in on their rear.

If they were dragged down by these three giant wolves, it would be disastrous!

Suddenly, Mu Qing's expression shifted, as the sensation in his mind had changed.

Previously, the feeling in his mind had been guiding him to head toward the right, but now, that sensation had shifted.

Splurt!

Mu Qing killed three Gray Wolves in the blink of an eye, but his chest was still raked by a surprise attack from another, leaving three bloody gashes as blood began to flow.

Without further hesitation, Mu Qing gritted his teeth and signaled to Ling Fei, and the two of them began to fight their way in a different direction.

After a long battle with the wolves, Mu Qing and Ling Fei's Origin Force had been significantly depleted, and the three Gray Giant Wolves were closing in fast. They didn't have much time left.

"It's right ahead!"

Mu Qing roared, bloodshot veins appearing in his eyes. He shouted in fury, throwing punch after punch, the incandescent lightning power exploding and blasting the Gray Wolves in front of him to pieces.

Finally, thanks to their desperate efforts, no more Gray Wolves lunged out from the jungle in front of them; only the pack behind them and the three Gray Giant Wolves remained in close pursuit.

Mu Qing and Ling Fei felt a surge of joy.

If no more wolves appeared in front of them, it meant they had broken through the encirclement of the wolf pack!

"Don't let your guard down! The wolves behind are still in hot pursuit," Mu Qing said, his pace not slowing in the slightest as he ran toward the distance.

Ling Fei followed closely behind.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Mu Qing was surprised to find that the sensation in his mind was gradually fading away, no longer influencing him.

Before Mu Qing could even react, a group of figures appeared before their eyes.