Shooting the Black Wolf

"What, we can't farm points anymore?" Su Bai was startled. "Why?"

He didn't know how efficient others were, but their group's efficiency was incredibly high. They didn't have to do anything but listen to the ladybugs go crack crack crack.

And it was safe too!

As for the fire oil, they had five storage bags, a full five hundred tons. They could burn for three days and three nights without running out!

"I don't know," Xun Hu scratched his head.

"They probably got banned for exploiting a bug!" Yang Ning was a bit speechless, but since someone had messaged him, he had no choice but to leave.

"Where do we go next?" Xun Hu asked.

"Black Wolf Forest is just ahead!" Yang Ning said. "Let's go hunt wolves."

"That sounds good!" The three of them's eyes lit up at the suggestion.

Black Wolf Forest was home to many black wolves. These fierce beasts habitually moved in packs, and their cultivation wasn't low, around the Fourth or Fifth Level of Body Refinement. The Wolf King even possessed the strength of the Sixth Level of Body Refinement.

Black wolves had keen senses of smell and astonishing endurance. Once they got their teeth into you, it was a fight to the death. If an ordinary team encountered them, they would definitely have a headache.

But if a tank encountered them...

Let's just say black wolves had no way to break through a tank's defense.

After their discussion, the four of them rumbled off in their tank towards Black Wolf Forest.

Their actions weren't just being watched by the Inner Disciples; the residents of Seacloud City outside were also paying attention.

"That steel fortress... it seems very useful!" Some shrewd merchants had already realized the value of the tank. "I know of a secret realm that's rich in iron ore, but it's infested with poisonous insects and bees, making extraction extremely difficult. If they had something like this..."

"It's not just for mining; this thing would be formidable in warfare too," a king and general, who were traveling to Seacloud City and happened to be watching their children's performances, were also discussing. "If this thing can't even be bitten by Cherry Blossom Ladybugs, then surely arrows and swords can't harm it either? Having something like this on the battlefield would be far more useful than a war chariot!"

"But it can only set fires at close range. It doesn't seem to have any long-range attack capabilities. If the enemy is very far away, wouldn't it be useless?" the King said.

"Long-range attack?" The general pointed at the massive cannon barrel. "That's probably for long-range attacks, right?"

"Uh..."

The tank reached the edge of the forest. The hatch opened, and a little girl emerged, carrying a net bag of meat. She hung it on the armor.

The meat was bloody and fresh, clearly just slaughtered.

And this fresh meat was the best bait for fierce beasts!

The girl retreated back inside. Then, the screen cut to Yuan Qingming killing an alligator!

"Damn it!" countless people roared. "Why the hell are you switching screens!"

"Who wants to see you kill an alligator! We want to see the fortress!"

The Ascension Academy paid no mind to the residents' protests. More importantly, the Inner Disciples were also very dissatisfied!

"Fang Zhuo, why aren't you switching back?" someone shouted. "What's so interesting about killing an alligator? We want to see the fortress!"

"Yeah, who hasn't seen someone poke an alligator with a spear? Hurry up and switch to the fortress!"

Fang Zhuo was speechless. Yuan Qingming had killed over ten alligators in such a short time. In previous years, this would have been a spectacular display, but this year, no one was watching?

The key was that no one had ever seen a tank before, and the idea of using fire to burn Cherry Blossom Ladybugs was also unprecedented. Naturally, everyone was very curious.

Even the Inner Disciples, who wielded Peerless Divine Abilities, were curious about how this round, bulky fortress would hunt black wolves.

"Coming!" Fang Zhuo quickly had someone switch the screen and fix the main display. If people wanted to watch others, they could use the split-screen.

The screen shifted, and a black wolf cautiously poked its head out from behind a rock.

Even at the Sixth Level of Body Refinement, its brain hadn't been enhanced yet. Thus, no matter how strong this black wolf was, it was still just a beast.

It saw the meat hanging on the tank but didn't see the people inside. After cautiously observing for a while, it immediately charged forward.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a small shooting port opened, and a crossbow bolt shot out. The black wolf fell to the ground with a thud!

"Hmm..." How to put it? It felt logical, yet somehow unsatisfying.

"Shooting arrows from within the fortress, what a great idea!" The Great General's eyes, however, lit up.

"Really?" The King shook his head. "I think it's just average!!"

"To kill one wolf, one arrow is enough. No waste, just right!" The Great General tried his best to praise it.

He liked this thing so much he wished he could build a hundred or eighty of them. If he couldn't flatten enemy capitals with them, he'd be willing to have his head cut off!

The King's mouth twitched. Did he think he couldn't see how good this thing was? But it was made of iron. Did he know how expensive it was!

Building this thing was less cost-effective than paying to train his own son into an immortal!

"Here they come again!" Seeing black wolves appear again, the King quickly changed the subject.

This time, there were two of them.

They first saw the meat hanging on the tank in the distance, then they saw the corpse of their companion, and the arrow in its body.

They weren't unfamiliar with this thing. Every year, there were so many students at the Ascension Academy, and some of them used bows. So, the two wolves quickly became vigilant and sniffed the air for the enemy's scent.

But after sniffing for a long time, they smelled nothing.

The tank was waterproof, so it could naturally block out scents as well.

"It's gone?" Wolves are just animals, after all. Once they couldn't figure it out, they stopped thinking about it and cautiously approached, carefully stepping over their companion's corpse.

Nothing happened.

"That was close!" Yang Ning said, "If you hadn't come any sooner, we would have had to change locations."

Ning Rong stuck out her tongue. She had said she would wait for them to get closer, but she couldn't resist firing an arrow just now. Fortunately, these two wolves didn't eat their companion's corpse; instead, they chose the meat on their tank.

Perhaps they knew their companion's meat didn't taste good?

Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Two more arrows were fired. This time, the wolves weren't hit in vital spots, but after struggling for a while, they still fell!

"The arrows are poisoned!" Ming Yuxiu said speechlessly, "What kind of people are these! Are all students at Ascension Academy playing like this now?"

Hiding in the fortress and burning ladybugs, poisoning arrows to kill Black Wolves. Is this what proper cultivators do?

Why didn't I think of using this back then? I foolishly used my sword to hack at them and ended up with a large gash on my arm.

"But it's very useful!" Li Yuan's eyes, however, lit up. His attendant died early, and since he also liked artifact forging, he went to learn it.

Perhaps not all artifact forging masters believe that creations are more important than people themselves, but those who hold such thoughts are certainly the majority.

Li Yuan was one of them.

He happily watched the scene in the water mirror, contemplating what it would be like to refine such a thing into a Treasure Artifact.

At the very least, it should be able to move on its own, fly in the sky, and swim in the water. As for weapons, bow and arrows are useless against Qi Refining cultivators, so they could be changed into Lightning Dao Spells.

"Damn, isn't this just a Void Lightning Disk!" Li Yuan thought of a Dao Artifact. This thing allowed one to stand on it for unparalleled defense while also launching lightning attacks at others.

"It seems... it's just so-so?" Thinking about it this way, the mobile fortress didn't seem so great anymore. There were countless Treasure Artifacts and Dao Artifacts that combined defense and offense, and even among Spirit Artifacts, there were many of this type.

But considering that this mobile fortress was built by a first-year student of Ascension Academy, it wasn't even a Mortal Artifact!

Thinking about it this way, the young man was indeed impressive.

"Wolf pack!" Li Yuan suddenly heard a suppressed gasp from behind him. He turned his head and saw a woman in green and a little maid in orange.

Who is this? I don't recognize her!

But the woman in green was sitting, so she must be an Inner Disciple?

Female Inner Disciples are truly rare. By rights, I should recognize every one of them. Could she have been promoted recently?

Li Yuan turned back, about to say something to the woman, but in the next instant, he felt a powerful pressure accompanied by endless coldness surge from one direction.

He quickly turned his head back. It was Lin Tianheng's people.

At the same time, he cursed inwardly, "You already have so many, and you're still eyeing what others have!"

Looking back at the screen, a pack of Black Wolves had indeed appeared, numbering over forty!

The wolf leading the pack was four meters long and two meters tall, with a faint "King" character on its forehead!

"This Black Wolf King's strength must be at the Sixth Level of Body Refinement, perhaps even the Return to One Realm!" Li Yuan watched as the Black Wolf leisurely walked across a branch, yet the branch did not bend. This kind of power control was not something a Fifth Level of Body Refinement cultivator could achieve!

A Fierce Beast of this strength would require seven or eight groups of second-year students to cooperate to hunt it down!

The Sixth Level of Body Refinement compared to the Fifth Level might only increase strength by five or six times, but the techniques could increase by tens of times, leading to a comprehensive combat power increase of fifty to sixty times!

Can Xun Hu's group handle it?

While contemplating, he saw the cannon on the third level of the fortress turn and aim at the Black Wolf King.

The Black Wolf King inexplicably felt a panic, but it didn't know where this feeling came from.

As for the cannon in front, its ancestors had never seen such a weapon, so there was no inherited memory of how to avoid it.

But no matter what, it had to show its dominance first!

The Black Wolf King found a huge rock and leaped onto it in a few steps: "Awooo!"

"Buzz!" A black shadow sliced through the air and instantly pierced its chest!

"Aow!" The Black Wolf King cried out in pain and immediately tried to escape, but in an instant, it felt a tearing pain.

It twisted its head to see that the object that had shot it had not only embedded itself completely in its body, but there was also a rope connecting it to the fortress!

"Awooo!" The Black Wolf King immediately ordered the Black Wolves to charge. As long as they killed the enemy, it would be safe!

As soon as the order was given, it felt waves of weakness spreading from the wound, and its head began to feel dizzy.

This was... poison!!

The Black Wolf hurriedly activated its Blood Essence. Wolves had strong resistance to poison, and it was a Sixth Level of Body Refinement wolf at that, so it was almost immune to all poisons.

Just a mere poison, huh?