Jian Bai let out a breath.
"Thank goodness."
Then his face crumpled with despair. "What do I do? I already made a terrible first impression, and now I've been chased into such a pathetic state by demon wolves. It's over."
"Looks like there's no hope for me."
He felt deeply dejected.
The demon wolves beneath the tree still had not given up on him. Every so often, they leaped up, trying to reach Jian Bai.
Seeing this, anger surged within Jian Bai.
If it were not for these demon wolves, how could he have lost even his last shred of hope?
Seizing an opportunity, he leaped down from the tree.
He landed right on the back of one demon wolf and viciously slashed at its head.
Then he slipped beneath the demon wolf's belly and sliced open its abdomen. Two critical attacks instantly robbed the demon wolf of all ability to move.
The other two demon wolves were blocked by their companion's corpse. They could only tear at its body and could not harm Jian Bai, who was hiding beneath the demon wolf's belly.
But Jian Bai was trapped there as well.
He steeled himself.
He might not be able to win one against three.
But one against two? If he gave it everything he had, victory was not impossible.
Jian Bai fiercely heaved the demon wolf's corpse off himself and smashed it into another demon wolf.
Then, taking advantage of the opportunity, he pounced on the remaining demon wolf.
The hand wielding his blade was utterly decisive.
The moment he aimed for a vital point, he struck.
Splat!
When the blade came down, the demon wolf instinctively dodged. As a result, the slash merely grazed its body. Though it cut open a wound, it was not fatal.
Jian Bai's