A Critical Moment, Fourth Soul Skill-Holy Light Majesty: Evil Spirits Disperse!

At some point, the rustling abruptly vanished, and an eerie green glow lit up the pitch-black forest.

"Big Sister."

Zhu Zhuqing pressed closer to Zhu Zhuyun, her voice trembling slightly.

"Don't be afraid. Big Sister is here."

Zhu Zhuyun shielded Zhu Zhuqing behind her, forcing herself to remain calm.

"Awoo—"

Another wolf howl rang out, very close by, just ahead of the camp.

A chaotic rustling rose as Howling Moon Wolves, silver-white all over with crescent moons on their foreheads, emerged from the bushes one after another and slowly approached the camp.

Chen Hu gave them a rough count. There were more than fifty.

Every single one was a thousand-year soul beast.

Chen Hu did not linger on the Howling Moon Wolves.

His gaze passed over the pack and finally landed on the enormous black shadow steadily approaching.

"Awoo—"

With a wolf howl, the Howling Moon Wolves surrounding the camp split apart, opening a path.

A Howling Moon Wolf King, five meters long and roughly three meters tall at the shoulder, stepped into view beneath the moonlight.

Unlike the crescent-shaped marks on the foreheads of the other Howling Moon Wolves, its mark was a half-moon.

"A century without a moon, a millennium with a crescent, ten thousand years with a half-moon... A ten-thousand-year soul beast..."

Chen Hu's expression darkened as he forced the words through gritted teeth.

At night in the Star Dou Great Forest, the thing most feared was a wolf pack. More terrifying than an ordinary wolf pack, however, was a Howling Moon Wolf pack.

Under moonlight, the Howling Moon Wolves' strength would be enhanced.

A thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf's strength and speed would only increase by ten percent, but a ten-thousand-year one would increase by a full fifty percent!

Even as a level sixty-five Soul Emperor, Chen Hu could not possibly take down this Howling Moon Wolf King in a short time with such an increase.

Moreover, he could not give the Howling Moon Wolf King a chance to command the pack.

Otherwise, a wolf pack directed by a wolf king would bring the White Tiger Guard enormous trouble.

With that thought, Chen Hu had already made his decision.

"For the coming battle, the squad leaders will take full command. There is only one mission: protect the two young ladies!"

"Yes!"

The White Tiger Guard answered in unison.

"Release your martial souls!"

Chen Hu roared, Soul Power surging within him.

Multicolored Soul Power flared in an instant, accompanied by endless tiger roars, bear bellows, and more.

Chen Hu's already muscular body swelled further within a bright yellow glow, stretching his armor taut.

Bristle-like fur sprouted out, instantly covering his thickened, enlarged palms.

Cold light flashed as dagger-like claws extended.

"Roar—"

Chen Hu let out a savage roar as his Vajra Tiger martial soul possessed him.

"Third Soul Skill—Harden!"

The third yellow Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up, and a metallic sheen spread over Chen Hu's body.

He stomped on the ground, instantly cracking the solid earth.

Using the rebound force, Chen Hu leaped into the air and charged straight at the Howling Moon Wolf King.

Several Howling Moon Wolves along the way failed to dodge in time and were struck head-on by Chen Hu.

They screamed as they were sent flying, struggling a few times after hitting the ground. Scarlet blood spilled from their mouths and noses, and they soon stopped moving.

Fine purple motes rose from their bodies and condensed into pale purple Soul Rings.

"Awoo—"

The Howling Moon Wolf King threw back its head and let out a long howl. Then, without dodging, it charged to meet Chen Hu.

Upon hearing the Howling Moon Wolf King's howl, the Howling Moon Wolves surrounding the camp broke into a run on all fours, turning into streaks of silver light as they charged toward the White Tiger Guard.

Several kilometers away, Dai Mobai suddenly stopped mid-run.

Looking toward the direction of the wolf howl, his brows furrowed slightly.

"The camp's direction... I need to move faster."

Dai Mobai stepped on the branch beneath him and shot forward, landing steadily on a large tree ten meters away.

He vanished into the night between leaps.

The battle at the camp had already reached its fiercest point, and the once-neat camp was now a complete mess.

More than a dozen Howling Moon Wolf corpses lay on the ground, their blood staining the mud beneath them red.

Bright thousand-year Soul Rings floated above their corpses as though they cost nothing, radiating gorgeous purple light.

There were also several White Tiger Guard corpses on the ground.

In an attack by soul beasts on such a massive scale, even the battle-hardened White Tiger Guard could lose their lives through carelessness.

Yet even so, the White Tiger Guard's formation had not scattered in the slightest. They firmly protected the two sisters, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, at its center.

The wolf pack's assault grew increasingly ferocious.

The deaths of their companions did not frighten them. Instead, they only stirred their savagery.

Furthermore, the moonlight helped them recover Soul Power. As one side waned while the other waxed, the White Tiger Guard found the battle increasingly difficult.

Soon, the Soul Power around one White Tiger Guard member standing beside Zhu Zhuqing began to flicker on and off.

A Howling Moon Wolf seized the opportunity, leaping up and slashing its claws across the guard's chest.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs sprayed from the White Tiger Guard member's mouth. His body swayed before crashing heavily to the ground, motionless.

Before the companion beside him could fill the gap, the cunning Howling Moon Wolf slipped through it and lunged straight toward Zhu Zhuqing.

The scene unfolded too suddenly. By the time the White Tiger Guard reacted, the Howling Moon Wolf's gaping maw was less than two meters from Zhu Zhuqing's head.

Zhu Zhuyun had no time to think and instinctively stepped in front of her younger sister.

The wolf's jaws drew closer and closer, and she could even smell the nauseating stench from its mouth.

Zhu Zhuyun closed her eyes. In what she believed to be her final moment, Dai Mobai's figure appeared in her mind.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I may not be able to be yours."

She murmured softly, as if speaking her final words.

At that critical moment, a tall figure descended from the sky like a meteor.

Immediately afterward, Dai Mobai's familiar voice echoed throughout the camp, jolting everyone's hearts.

"Fourth Soul Skill—Holy Light Majesty: Evil Spirits Disperse!"

As Dai Mobai's voice fell, a deep black radiance lit up within the camp.

An ink-black color filled everyone's vision, even dimming the campfire's glow by several degrees.

A brilliant golden light erupted from Dai Mobai—silver-haired, golden-eyed, with wings of light on his back—and swept across the entire camp.

The golden light swept indiscriminately across both the Howling Moon Wolves and the White Tiger Guard, but their reactions to being struck by it were worlds apart.

The ferocious eyes of the Howling Moon Wolves struck by the golden light instantly filled with terror. One after another, they tucked their tails and whimpered like beaten dogs. Some even urinated on the spot.

Even the Howling Moon Wolf that had been about to bite Zhu Zhuyun let out a whine and collapsed to the ground, unable to even crawl.

Not only that, their originally powerful auras weakened, and even the crescent marks between their brows dimmed.

As for the White Tiger Guard swept by the golden light, the light actually remained on their bodies, covering their skin like golden armor.

Their auras visibly grew stronger, rising by at least twenty percent compared to before.

"Li Yue, go help Chen Hu."

After giving the order, Dai Mobai turned to look at the White Tiger Guard in the field.

"White Tiger Guard, heed my command! Kill them all!"