Attacked from Front and Rear

"You useless fool—never enough to get things done, always enough to ruin them." Xia Xiaojiu cursed in a low voice.

Bang!

Meng Xianxian flew into a rage and hurled the enormous hammer from her shoulder straight onto the ground. With a thunderous crash, the earth caved in, leaving a huge crater. Even the cliff seemed to tremble, and the demon beasts within the caves awakened faster.

"Xia Xiaojiu, do you believe I'll smash you to pieces with one blow?" Meng Xianxian said coldly. But the instant the words left her mouth, her expression changed again, fear appearing on her chubby little face.

The next moment, she grabbed her hammer and turned tail, running for her life.

"Run! It's that kind of demon beast!"

She shouted as she ran faster than a rabbit. Terrifying auras rippled out from the caves along the cliffside.

Xia Xiaojiu cursed furiously, so mad he wanted to take a few bites out of her. Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly as well. But before they could move, Meng Xianxian, who had been sprinting away at top speed, came charging back with huge strides, crying, "This is bad! A whole bunch of big wolf dogs are coming!"

Behind her, dozens of Blood-Furred Wolves, each a full zhang tall, charged over madly.

The Blood-Furred Wolves were at the fifth level of Qi Condensation. With dozens arriving at once, the danger was immense.

Buzz, buzz.

At that moment, the auras from the cliffside caves grew even more vast. Arm-thick insect eggs, each as long as a hand, shot out from within. They were not a single color, but brilliantly multicolored.

Some of those insect eggs fell straight to the ground, while others hatched in midair. Colorful butterflies burst forth and fluttered about, carrying a peculiar scent that made one instantly dizzy upon smelling it. It was clearly highly poisonous.

Moreover, those Demon Butterflies had mouths lined with sharp spikes, which they used to suck the blood of living creatures.

These were Bloodsucking Demon Butterflies!

Bloodsucking Demon Butterflies were only at the third level of Qi Condensation, but there were more than ten thousand of them on the cliff. If they attacked together, even someone at the seventh level of Qi Condensation would meet a bitter end.

The Demon Butterflies and demon wolves charged in from both sides, trapping Su Hao and the others in the middle, leaving them unable to advance or retreat.

"Fuck!" Xia Xiaojiu cursed, glaring at Meng Xianxian. "You little troublemaker, aren't you a beast-taming genius? Hurry up and tame these demon beasts!"

"Do you take me for a god? There are too many demon beasts here. How could I possibly tame them all? Even if I could, it would take time!" Meng Xianxian was sweating too. Looking at Su Hao, whose expression remained calm, she said, "Big Brother, think of something quickly, or we're going to die!"

Su Hao glanced at her and said, "You made this mess. Clean it up yourself."

This girl truly had no sense of proportion. At this rate, who knew how many disasters she would cause?

"I was wrong." Meng Xianxian was frantic, utterly helpless.

Xia Xiaojiu and Lin Yaoyao were sweating as well. Surrounded front and back, they had no path to survival.

Instinctively, everyone's gaze fell upon Su Hao. From beginning to end, they had not seen the slightest hint of panic on his face. He remained calm, as though victory were already in his grasp.

Su Hao took in the situation and calculated swiftly. Then he pulled out the bald-feathered chicken again and said, "Hurry up and cough up a few mouthfuls of blood, or we're all going to die."

The bald-feathered chicken looked everything over and said, "I don't have any blood! I've already bled it all out. If I keep bleeding, I'll die!"

Su Hao cursed, seized it by the neck, and slammed it viciously against the ground several times. The pain made the bald-feathered chicken howl like a wolf as it cursed, "You little rat, I am the mighty—"

"Cut the nonsense. Deal with these things, and once we enter the treasure ground, there'll be benefits for you."

As the two spoke, the Blood-Furred Wolves drew closer and closer. The Demon Butterflies had already reached Xia Xiaojiu and the others, engaging them in battle.

The bald-feathered chicken's eyes rolled around. It opened its beak and, after exerting tremendous effort, finally forced out a drop of blood. Its blood was strange—golden, the size of a mung bean, yet gleaming brilliantly.

"Too little."

Su Hao shook it hard, forcing the bald-feathered chicken to cough up another two drops of blood.

The three mung-bean-sized drops of golden blood rapidly evaporated in Su Hao's palm, turning into surging blood qi. With a single strike of his hand, he sent it spreading toward the Demon Butterflies.

The bald-feathered chicken was a descendant of the Divine Phoenix. Though it had now lost its former majesty, its blood contained powerful essence. To ordinary demon beasts, it was an unrivaled tonic.

The thousands upon thousands of Demon Butterflies immediately rushed toward the dispersed blood qi and devoured it madly. The moment the blood entered their bodies, the Demon Butterflies began dropping from the sky one after another. Some died miserably, while others barely struggled on the ground.

It turned out Su Hao had mixed the blood with the deadly venom of a poisonous snake.

They had slain that poisonous snake on the road.

Taking advantage of this opening, the pressure on Lin Yaoyao and the others greatly lessened, and they immediately retreated.

Kill!

Su Hao had already turned toward the approaching Blood-Furred Wolves. With a leap, he shot forward, his fist smashing out like a mountain splitter. The leading Blood-Furred Wolf collided with him and was sent flying, blood spraying out and becoming a glaring red stain upon the snow.

Boom!

As Su Hao threw a punch, flames burst from his mouth and swept across the field. With the Shockburst Technique added to them, the flames exploded, their power growing even greater. Three Blood-Furred Wolves died instantly.

Lin Yaoyao strode forward, drawing a massive purple blade. When the blade swung out, it carried a fierce gale. Six consecutive strikes followed, each one savage and ruthless. The six strikes linked together, their power surging dramatically, and two Blood-Furred Wolves were immediately cleaved apart.

This blade technique had also been passed down by Su Hao. It was called the Mad Blade Eighteen Slashes. When cultivated to mastery, it contained eighteen slashes of terrifying power. This blade technique was a third-grade spell!

Xia Xiaojiu likewise charged into the pack of Blood-Furred Wolves. His left hand swept out, carrying a green, sinister wind. With one fierce coil, a Blood-Furred Wolf was stripped clean of flesh and blood, leaving behind only a skeleton.

After Su Hao gave him the complete incantation and cultivation method, the power of Xia Xiaojiu's Nine Nether Hand had increased tremendously as well.

The group charged and fought amid the Blood-Furred Wolves. Though danger lurked at every turn, they slew one demon beast after another. The bloody battle also gave them abundant experience.

Meng Xianxian swept her massive hammer sideways, like a fierce tiger charging into a wolf pack. Wherever she passed, blood and mangled flesh flew everywhere. Yet even in battle, she kept a close eye on the Demon Butterflies. When the blood qi was about to fade and only around a hundred Demon Butterflies remained, a gleam of essence immediately shone from her bright black eyes.

The next moment, she withdrew from the battlefield and approached the Demon Butterflies. A ray of golden light rose from her hand. It was faint at first, but swelled rapidly in the wind—like candlelight, like a torch, then vast and surging like the great sun hanging in the sky, illuminating heaven and earth.

The entire area occupied by the Demon Butterflies was enveloped in golden light!

Looking again, that golden light was astonishingly a sealed cage. More than a hundred living Demon Butterflies were trapped inside, their wings beating wildly as they failed to escape.

"Hahaha, good! Once I've completely tamed these Demon Butterflies, they'll definitely become a powerful source of aid." The little girl leaped forward and silently recited an incantation. The golden cage immediately shrank, becoming the size of a pill. Now, it looked like a tiny bell.

This was a Beast Cage, a high-grade spirit artifact. It contained its own world, much like a storage bag, except that compared to a storage bag, it also possessed the effect of sealing.