Golden Trait: Breaking Formation!

"You two mongrels—run! Why aren't you running now?!"

As Fox Murong spoke, her small chest heaved incessantly.

She knew no lightness skill, yet with nothing but her wildly pumping legs, she had somehow managed to keep pace with Wei Xuanfeng and Wen Shihan.

Compared to Fox Murong's bedraggled state, Wei Xuanfeng and Wen Shihan appeared rather relaxed.

Yet neither of them looked well.

Fox Murong immediately sensed that something was wrong. Looking closer...

"Fuck! Where did this mountain ravine come from?!"

Before the three of them stretched a mountain ravine several dozen zhang long and forty to fifty zhang deep, a babbling stream flowing below.

Life flourished both above and beneath the ravine, yet it mercilessly severed their path to survival.

"Old Wei, wh-what do we do...?"

As Fox Murong said this, even Wen Shihan turned to look at Wei Xuanfeng.

"We gamble with our lives."

Before Wei Xuanfeng had even finished speaking, Wen Shihan understood at once.

One on each side, they directly hoisted Fox Murong up and ran toward a cave not far away.

Once inside the cave, though they would have no way to retreat, they could use the rock walls to create a one-on-one situation.

This was the best tactic Wei Xuanfeng could think of at the moment.

"Old Wei, Shihan, I knew you wouldn't leave me behind..."

Wei Xuanfeng and Wen Shihan did not respond.

The wolf pack behind them was drawing closer and closer. They had no spare breath to speak while using One Reed Crossing River and carrying another person.

The two of them had chosen to bring Fox Murong along not because of camaraderie among comrades.

But because...

Smack!

With only a dozen or so steps left to the cave, the two exerted force at the same time and hurled Fox Murong into it.

Then Wei Xuanfeng swiftly turned around, standing alone at the cave entrance with his saber held crosswise.

"Give me half an incense stick's time!"

Wen Shihan entered the cave, immediately took out her meteor hammer, and cradled the Li Fire Pearl in both hands.

As she circulated her inner force, the gray-black stone sphere gradually began to glow red.

"Alright." Wei Xuanfeng's tone was resolute. "Murong, support me whenever needed!"

Fox Murong was naturally clever and immediately understood Wei Xuanfeng's tactic.

She promptly nocked an arrow and drew her bow, the arrowhead aimed at the wolf pack outside the cave.

"Old Wei, same as always—go at it without worry!" Fox Murong cried sweetly. "Anyone who wants to kill me will have to step over your corpse first!"

"Why the fuck am I thanking you?!"

Before his words had faded, a Xuanlan Wolf Demon had already leaped at Wei Xuanfeng.

Wei Xuanfeng immediately turned his feet inward, leaving not a single opening anywhere on his body.

He held his saber before his chest, unmoving as a mountain.

Grand Ancestor Saber Technique, first form—Steady as Mount Tai!

Sparks scattered as wolf fangs collided with the embroidered spring saber.

The Xuanlan Wolf Demon's enormous body was actually brought to an abrupt halt in midair.

Then...

"Get lost!"

Wei Xuanfeng drove force through his legs and thrust with both hands, directly shoving the Xuanlan Wolf Demon back.

The Xuanlan Wolf Demon was dumbfounded. How was this human's strength greater than even a Demon Race demon like itself?!

Enraged, the Xuanlan Wolf Demon charged again.

Wei Xuanfeng raised his embroidered spring saber and met it head-on.

Just as he had expected, the cave entrance was neither too large nor too small—just enough to let one wolf demon enter.

The other wolf demons could only crowd around outside the entrance, howling helplessly.

In a one-on-one fight, Wei Xuanfeng was full of confidence!

The improvement in his martial cultivation, the training of the Body Tempering Art, and Jiao Yu's special training these past few days had remade him from the marrow out.

Bolstered by inner force, he was not the least bit inferior when facing a Xuanlan Wolf Demon.

He even...

Splat!

One slash cut across the wolf demon's throat, hot blood splashing all over Wei Xuanfeng.

[Successfully killed a demon servant-level demonic beast. Gold +100]

Along with the system prompt, Wei Xuanfeng gained the gold.

Bang!

With a kick, he sent the wolf demon's corpse flying out of the cave, his blade pointed straight at the pack.

"Come on, then! Again!"

At that moment, his fighting spirit blazed high.

The wolf pack caught the scent of blood and instantly grew restless. One wolf demon swept its great tail.

As it flung the corpse aside, it pounced into the cave like the wind.

Instead of retreating, Wei Xuanfeng charged forward and unleashed a storm of attacks.

His momentum was at its peak; naturally, once he had the upper hand, he wouldn't spare man... wouldn't spare wolf.

The wolf demon before him was not much stronger than the previous one.

It did not last even a minute before Wei Xuanfeng slit its throat with one stroke, then kicked it out of the cave.

With two of their kind dead in succession, the wolf demons' fighting spirit also reached its peak.

The moment one corpse came out, the next wolf demon burrowed in.

One wolf demon after another entered, and one after another fell. In the blink of an eye, Wei Xuanfeng had slaughtered five wolf demons.

After several exchanges, more and more sweat gathered on Wei Xuanfeng's body.

Even with the boost from the red trait Heaven's Motion, his stamina was draining away like floodwaters bursting through a breached dam.

Yet he did not dare rest, nor did he dare hold anything back.

Every swing of his blade had to be all-out.

One had to know that it took at least five peak Martial Artist realm warriors working together to surround and kill a demon servant-level wolf demon.

Yet the combat power he displayed alone was enough to rival a ten-man squad.

But he was still human. Heaven's Motion only greatly enhanced his recovery; it did not give him infinite stamina.

As he faced the eighth wolf demon, his steps began to float, exposing huge openings at his side.

That wolf demon had sharp eyes as well. Spotting the opening, it opened its bloody maw and viciously bit at his kidney.

"Murong!"

Wei Xuanfeng shouted. Ignoring the wolf demon, he instead spun the embroidered spring saber in his hand.

With the force of Mount Tai bearing down on it, he slashed toward the wolf demon's waist.

Whoosh!

Slash!

The whistling of an arrow and the blade's tearing of the air rang out together.

The wolf demon crashed to the ground, its body split into two halves, an arrow lodged in its eye socket.

[Successfully killed a demon servant-level demonic beast. Gold +100]

Enough!

Hearing the prompt once more, Wei Xuanfeng seized the opening and immediately began a draw.

[Congratulations, Host. You have drawn the trait: Breaking Formation (Gold)—Constitution +8, Strength +8]

Following the system prompt, a warm current flowed through Wei Xuanfeng's body.

He could feel that at least thirty percent of his stamina had recovered!

A golden trait...

Not bad. Aside from lacking a special effect, its stats were already very close to those of a red trait.

Most importantly, that sudden burst of stamina gave him an immense sense of security!

As the Xuanlan Wolf Demons lunged at him again, Wei Xuanfeng met them head-on once more!

Only this time, he was no longer fighting alone.

Arrow after arrow always skimmed past his cheeks, scalp, even between his legs.

From extremely devious angles, they struck the wolf demons.

Worthy of Fox Murong—even her fucking archery was this fucking underhanded!

With her help, the pressure on Wei Xuanfeng greatly decreased.

His efficiency in killing wolf demons rose sharply.

And under the moonlight, as Fox Murong fired arrow after arrow at her targets, she also kept her eyes on Wei Xuanfeng's back.

So this was what it felt like to be protected...

This man usually looked like a total lecher, but when it mattered, he was surprisingly reliable.

And...

He trusted her that much?

Wasn't he afraid she'd shoot wide with an arrow?

If Wei Xuanfeng knew what Fox Murong was thinking, he would definitely curse out loud!

That arrow had pierced straight through the wolf demon's armor-like hide—it was obvious just how fast it had been!

The hell was that trust?!

The hell was that being unable to react in time!

It was the helpless resignation of leaving it all to fate!

But then something happened that would make him curse even more.

The arrows that had been supporting him suddenly stopped...

"Fox Murong, where are the arrows?! Shoot already, damn it!"

Without the arrows backing him up, Wei Xuanfeng's pressure instantly doubled.

"I want to shoot too! I'm out of arrows! I shot them all! There's not a single one left!"

Those words made Wei Xuanfeng's heart sink sharply.

He had no idea how much longer he could hold on without support.

Just then, he caught a whiff of fragrant wind.

"What are you doing here?!"

After slashing three times in quick succession and forcing the wolf demon back, Wei Xuanfeng roared at Fox Murong beside him.

"Helping you!"

Fox Murong now stood at his side as well, gripping an Embroidered Spring Blade.

"Helping me?" Wei Xuanfeng charged another wolf demon. "That's not like you at all."

"Bullshit. If this cave had any other way out, I'd have run off long ago!"

With Fox Murong's help, Wei Xuanfeng's efficiency in killing wolf demons rose once more.

But outside the cave, dozens of wolf demons had gathered.

Watching their companions die one after another, the wolf demons outside had long since gone red-eyed. Between humans and wolves, it was bound to be a fight to the death.

Bang!

With a sweep of its tail, a wolf demon sent Fox Murong crashing into the cave wall.

Wei Xuanfeng seized the chance to kill it.

"Old Wei, if we die here, do you think people will see us as a pair of ill-fated lovers...?"

"That'd be disgustingly nauseating."

Wei Xuanfeng charged another wolf demon. Though he knew he could not afford to waste his breath at a time like this, he still could not help replying.

"True enough. I haven't even taken a liking to you yet!" Fox Murong grinned, blood spilling from her lips and making them look even more alluring. "If I'm getting married, I'll marry someone... Old Wei, watch out!"

Wei Xuanfeng had not even noticed a wolf's tail drawing closer and closer.

By the time he reacted, the tail was only three inches from his face.

It's over!

Just as all hope drained from him, he suddenly felt a scorching heat against his cheek...