Fierce Battle with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group

"Its wing is broken. Could you please hold this part down?"

Little Fairy Doctor calmly examined the blue eagle's injuries, pinpointing the source of the greatest damage.

Xiao Li complied, and throughout the process, the blue eagle did not struggle in the slightest, merely fixing its still-youthful gaze intently upon Xiao Li and Little Fairy Doctor.

Little Fairy Doctor's hands were steady; she exerted all her strength to press down on the other side. With a crisp crack, the blue eagle's wing bone snapped back into place, and she let out a sigh of relief.

She took out her medicine pouch, rummaged through it for various herbs, crushed them using a stone, and carefully applied the paste to the eagle's wound before wrapping it with a roll of gauze.

Xiao Li watched her movements in silence, sighing inwardly. What a kind-hearted girl. It's a pity... the existence of the Woeful Poison Body is destined to prevent her from fulfilling her wish of becoming a physician.

At this thought, Xiao Li sighed with a touch of heartache. Poor little girl.

Having just finished bandaging the eagle, Little Fairy Doctor turned her head in curiosity upon hearing his sigh. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just think you're very kind." Xiao Li smiled.

At the word "kind," Little Fairy Doctor's expression stiffened slightly, and her smile became forced. "Perhaps."

Can someone who caused the death of an entire village really be considered kind?

Seeing that she seemed to be lost in past memories, Xiao Li reached out and ruffled her hair in a comforting gesture.

Little Fairy Doctor tilted her head, her smile becoming more genuine. This hand felt truly warm.

"What is your name?"

She asked suddenly, her expression losing a bit of its guardedness.

"My name is Xiao Li. And yours?"

Little Fairy Doctor paused, her expression darkening. "I don't have a name. Master Yao of the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion gave me the name Little Fairy Doctor, hoping I could help more people in the future."

She scoffed internally. Help more people? That man surnamed Yao just wants to use me to build his reputation; he only gave me a name that sounds kind and approachable. However, because she had always wanted to be a physician, she hadn't refused.

"Alright, then I'll call you Little Fairy Doctor from now on. Since we've exchanged names, should we give this little blue eagle a name too?" Xiao Li smiled gently, invisibly putting her at ease.

Little Fairy Doctor was stunned. Compared to the hypocritical Master Yao, the boy before her seemed much more sincere.

"It's entirely azure blue; why don't we call it Little Blue?"

Seeing that neither Xiao Li nor the blue eagle objected, a pure, genuine smile bloomed on her face.

Considering their limited time, she had to let Little Blue hide on its own to avoid danger, promising to return for it after gathering her herbs.

An idea struck Xiao Li.

"Why don't you let it come with me? I intend to cultivate in seclusion in the Magical Beast Mountain Range for a year or two, so it might not be convenient for you to keep it."

After a brief consideration, fearing that someone might snatch the fledgling away as a pet, Little Fairy Doctor decisively agreed.

Carrying her on his back, he leaped up the cliff and returned to the group, where most of the mercenaries had already awakened.

"Little Brother Xiao, where did you go?"

Gan Mu squinted, his tone laced with a hint of interrogation.

After a night of deliberation, Gan Mu simply couldn't resist the urge to seize Xiao Li's storage ring.

A storage ring was worth at least tens of thousands of gold coins; if he could snatch it, it would be more than the Wolf Head Mercenary Group earned in an entire year.

Sensing Gan Mu's hostile tone, Xiao Li shielded Little Fairy Doctor behind him. "None of your business."

You're not my superior, so who are you putting on that interrogating tone for?

Mu Li, standing beside Gan Mu, frowned, his eyes brimming with arrogance.

"You're nothing but a Dou Zhe, yet you dare speak to my Uncle Gan like that? You've got some nerve!"

The men of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group silently surrounded them, and the nearby freelance mercenaries, sensing trouble, quickly retreated to the periphery.

This time, Gan Mu did not stop Mu Li; instead, his gaze turned icy. "Boy surnamed Xiao, I offered you respect, but since you don't want it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Xiao Li flicked his long spear, and arcs of lightning surged forth. "I'd like to see what kind of ruthless skills you have!"

With nearly thirty Wolf Head mercenaries surrounding him, Xiao Li knew he was no match for a prolonged battle, so he had to strike first.

Lightning enveloped his spear, and the Dou Qi vortex within him spun rapidly. Dou Qi burst through his body, manifesting as a complete Dou Qi armor.

Gan Mu's pupils contracted. "A Dou Shi expert!"

"Only realizing it now? Too late!"

With a cold shout, Xiao Li vanished from his spot. "Lightning Flash Strike!"

Lightning erupted from the spear, transforming into a long, piercing bolt that filled Gan Mu's entire field of vision.

The ferocious force caught Gan Mu off guard, and he was sent flying by the single strike.

His body tumbled backward for seven or eight meters, rolling several times before coming to a halt.

Clutching the charred, horrific wound on his chest, Gan Mu gasped for air. "Damn it! Attack him! He's only one man; he can't possibly be a match for all of us!"

Following Gan Mu's roar, the others, who had been momentarily stunned, snapped back to reality and forced themselves forward despite their fear.

Little Fairy Doctor cowered behind Xiao Li, her hands gripping his clothes tightly. "W-what do we do?"

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Xiao Li's gaze was cold and sharp. He held the Thunder Scale Spear horizontally across his chest, dancing the long spear with a sound like rolling thunder and speed like a lightning bolt.

In just three strikes, he pierced the throats of two men, shaking the rest of the crowd so much that they dared not step forward.

Mu Li's eyes were filled with terror. Damn it, this brat before me is so much younger than I am, yet he is already a Great Fighter.

"Charge! Charge with me!"

Gan Mu leaped forward. Fortunately, he had managed to mobilize his Dou Qi to protect his chest just in time; otherwise, he wouldn't have just been severely wounded, but rendered completely unable to fight.

Thinking back to that strike, Gan Mu still felt a lingering fear. The density of this youth's Dou Qi was something that perhaps even their leader, Mu She, could not rival. They had truly provoked a tough opponent today.

Gan Mu felt regret in his heart, yet he knew that they absolutely could not let Xiao Li escape today, or there would be endless trouble!

With Gan Mu bearing the brunt of the pressure at the front, the others finally dared to advance, with two or three experts at the five or six-star Fighter level assisting him.

Xiao Li's heart sank slightly. Against thirty Fighters, even if he exhausted all his Dou Qi, he could kill at most half. It would be better to head into the mountains first, cultivate for two years, and then he could wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group with a flip of his hand.

He glanced at the person in charge of the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion's herb-gathering team, who wanted to speak but didn't dare, then whispered to Little Fairy Doctor.

"In a moment, I will send you back to your team. Stay close to your leader."

Looking at the porcelain doll by his side who was only about 1.4 meters tall, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Li's mouth.

Little Fairy Doctor looked up. In the morning light, the youth's figure appeared quite slender, and the gentle smile on his face stirred an indescribable ripple in her heart.

"I can't go back. If I stand with you, Gan Mu will definitely implicate me. The Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion would never go against the Wolf Head for my sake. Big Brother, please, take me with you!"