Saving Private Gu Yue

A shadow fell from high above, and the Azure Wolf pack immediately grew alert.

Tang Wulin, surrounded by the wolves, held a hammer gleaming with cold light. She smiled, and her bearing became even more confident.

Rapidly descending from the sky was Luo Qing, his Tyrant's Wings spread wide!

Whoosh—

Luo Qing's broad wings of light were like two guillotine blades falling from the heavens, plunging fiercely into the wolf pack before they could dodge.

Like a massive harvester rolling through a wheat field, most of the Azure Wolves that had not yet reached a hundred years wailed once before their bodies were torn apart.

Even the Azure Wolf pack in its rampaging period could not help but fear the bloody sight—

Wolves were bloodthirsty and cunning creatures, but they could feel fear too.

Facing an enemy soaring through the sky who had inflicted devastating losses on their pack in a single exchange, how could the Azure Wolf alpha remain here and wait for death?

It immediately let out a long howl, calling the surviving companions around it to leave with it.

"You've surrounded me for so long, and now you want to leave? As if it would be that easy?"

Tang Wulin no longer looked like her usual simple, honest self. Two extremely tough vines appeared in her hands, and she used them to wield her two hammers like meteor hammers.

The hammers whipped out, carrying the howl of death—

With immense force and momentum behind them, they slammed toward the wolves that had yet to retreat like two incomparable battering rams.

The wolves could not dodge in time. Some at the rear had their hind legs smashed clean off, and cries of agony rose one after another.

But how could the alpha turn back?

This was a necessary law of survival. Those injured pack members could no longer survive anyway; it was better to preserve the remaining sparks of life.

As a hundred-year soul beast, its intelligence naturally far surpassed that of ordinary wild beasts.

It immediately chose to sacrifice its tail to survive, no longer caring about the wailing pack members behind it.

But would things truly go as the alpha expected?

Luo Qing stood on the wolves' only escape route, a tungsten-steel greatsword glowing with cold light in his hand.

"You aren't leaving today—"

Luo Qing and Tang Wulin attacked from the front and rear, slaughtering the entire Azure Wolf pack.

After entering this world, Tang Wulin had already become somewhat different.

The surroundings simulated a primordial soul beast forest, and her martial soul was even more at home in this primitive jungle.

The surrounding soil, trees, and even every blade of grass seemed to be cheering for her.

That was also why she had dared to face an attack from such a large group of soul beasts alone.

"Did you see Gu Yue? Three of our four-person team have been found. Only Gu Yue is missing!"

Luo Qing wiped the blood from his greatsword. During the rampaging period of the beginner Ascension Platform, thousand-year soul beasts could even be seen darting around everywhere.

Even Gu Yue at this stage might get hurt because of it.

After all, everyone knew what the Silver Dragon King's credentials were worth...

"Gu Yue? I wasn't with her, but earlier, I heard a huge commotion from the south."

Tang Wulin thought back. While she had been confronting the wolf pack, she had indeed heard a tremendous disturbance from somewhere to the south.

But she had been busy facing off against the Azure Wolves, so naturally she had not paid attention to it.

"I understand. Xie Xie is in a tree hollow to the north. Go meet up with him first. I'll be right back!"

Tang Wulin understood his arrangement. He wanted her, the team's main damage dealer, to keep an eye on Xie Xie, lest his unlucky constitution run into some strange soul beast again.

"Okay, Big Brother. You be careful too!"

The two quickly parted ways. Luo Qing continued flying and soon followed the trail of destruction southward to find Gu Yue, who was fleeing in panic.

"A Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear? Seriously?"

Luo Qing rubbed his eyes, but the creature chasing Gu Yue was indeed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear described in the textbooks.

He knew that Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bears did exist in the beginner Ascension Platform, but why was Gu Yue's luck so terrible that she had been directly targeted for pursuit?

Gu Yue was in an extremely sorry state. She had merely happened upon a tree trunk filled with honey and curiously tasted a couple of mouthfuls.

After all, she had never sampled what the food in the Ascension Platform was like.

Who would have thought that the honey just happened to be the prized stash of the thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear behind her?

Seeing its treasured delicacy being ruined, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was as furious as if someone had killed its father.

Its eyes instantly turned red as it pounced toward her. Gu Yue could only activate her wind and spatial elements, constantly dodging and teleporting as she fled for her life.

Just then, a pair of hands scooped Gu Yue up from behind.

Gu Yue instinctively started to struggle, only to discover that the scent behind her was so familiar.

"Luo Qing, you found me?"

Gu Yue looked utterly stunned. She had originally thought she could only keep fleeing from that stinking bear until she had to give up this opportunity to enter the Ascension Platform.

But she had never expected the dragon she cared about most to come save her.

"Yeah. I just got here and saw you running all over the place while it chased you, so I had no choice but to do this."

Luo Qing held her in his arms and adjusted his position slightly. Perhaps because of the sudden movement, Gu Yue lost her balance a little.

Instinctively, she wrapped her arms around Luo Qing's neck.

"I'm speeding up. Hold on tight!"

Luo Qing did not pay attention to any of that. The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear behind them was still chasing them.

"Okay, I'm holding tight!"

Gu Yue breathed in the fragrance rushing toward her, the unique scent of the dragon race.

Though he hasn't awakened his true nature yet, he's already this alluring?

Her thoughts churned, autumn waters rippling in Gu Yue's eyes as she unconsciously pressed her lips together.

Gu Yue, restrain yourself—you are the Silver Dragon King. A dragon like Luo Qing, before awakening his true nature, is like one who hasn't yet come of age.

You can't break the law just because the dragon race's legal code is gone!

Yet a voice in her mind continued to tempt her.

What law? You are one half of the Dragon God. To the dragon race, you are the heavens themselves! Why should you care about any laws?

But after a fierce internal struggle—

Gu Yue still suppressed the desire in her heart.

And while Gu Yue was lost in wild thoughts, Luo Qing successfully left the danger zone.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear understood that the human in the sky had fled with that hateful honey thief, so it could only return to stew in its anger.

However, bears had exceptionally keen noses.

It had already remembered their scents. If it ever got the chance, it would definitely hunt those bastards to the ends of the earth.

Noticing that the thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was no longer pursuing them, Luo Qing slowed down slightly.

They were flying above the forest, and it was impossible for them not to draw attention.

At the top of a tree, a pair of siblings, one older and one younger, watched the sky above them with bated breath.

"Brother, look up there!"

Xu Xiaoyan pointed toward the sky. The sight of Luo Qing flying while carrying Gu Yue captivated her.

"Such beautiful wings—"

Her older brother, Xu Xiaoyu, watched in silence.

His face was filled with gravity.

"That person is very strong!"