Bloodfire Engulfs the Body

At the summit of Goat Horn Mountain, the wind howled.

Just as Jiang Chen was about to reach the peak, a cyan blade of wind shot straight at him.

"Lesser Wind Blade Art?"

His eyes swept the surroundings, searching for the enemy hidden in the shadows. Prepared for this, Jiang Chen moved with the wind and easily dodged the wind blade.

But at that moment, a foul wind rushed into his face. A figure hidden behind a boulder suddenly sprang from the darkness and charged at Jiang Chen at incredible speed.

"Roar!"

With a low growl carrying a predator's menace, the Wolf King's enormous body fully revealed itself, casting a vast shadow that completely swallowed Jiang Chen's figure. That wind blade had merely been a probe. Striking after yet arriving first, it had actually predicted Jiang Chen's movements.

Whoosh—the cold glint flashed. Locking onto Jiang Chen, the Wolf King swung its claws. At that moment, its gaze was brimming with mockery; it could almost see the illusion of Jiang Chen being torn to pieces.

As a demon active around the outskirts of the Five Immortal Mountains, it had dealt with human cultivators more than once. Their arts were indeed respectable, but their bodies were terribly frail compared to demons like itself. Yet in the next instant, the mockery in its eyes quietly froze.

Facing the Wolf King's descending claws, Jiang Chen neither panicked nor feared. He clenched his five fingers into a fist and threw a punch directly at it.

Buzz! Fist and claw collided, and two powerful forces crashed together. Jiang Chen stood like a green pine rooted in the earth, unmoving and unshaken, while the Wolf King's nearly upright body stalled involuntarily. It had never imagined that such a small human could possess such formidable physical strength.

Then, in the next instant, an even greater force erupted. Its massive body was sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Lesser Wind Blade Art, Gale Art, paired with a powerful demon body—though this set of methods is simple, it is indeed quite good. Against opponents without strong defensive means, your odds of victory would be tremendous."

"But when it comes to strength, I am not inferior to you in the slightest."

His blood and vitality boiled, and astonishing heat began to radiate from Jiang Chen's body, distorting the air around him.

Sensing that powerful blood and vitality, the Wolf King, having regained its footing, could not help but reveal a solemn expression. At this moment, Jiang Chen looked to it like a ferocious beast wearing human skin.

And that was indeed the truth. Over this period, Jiang Chen had devoured the blood and vitality of dozens of vicious wolves to strengthen himself. By now, the blood and vitality within him had long surpassed the limits of ordinary people.

"Let me use you to verify my earlier idea."

As the thought arose, Jiang Chen activated the Bloodflame Art.

Yet his target was not the highly vigilant Wolf King, but himself. The Wolf King had long since activated the Gale Art, surrounding itself with a demonic wind. That wind could not only increase its speed, but also provide a measure of protection. It would be difficult for the Bloodflame Art to harm it directly.

Boom! The Bloodflame Art descended. Like dry kindling meeting blazing fire, Jiang Chen's blood and vitality were instantly ignited. At that moment, his surging blood and vitality soared into the sky like beacon smoke.

"Though this is not my first attempt, this power is still intoxicating."

Power flowed through his limbs and bones. Bathed in bloodfire, Jiang Chen's expression took on a trace of savagery.

"Kill!"

Killing intent burst forth from his heart. He stamped the ground, leaving behind a deep mark, and shot toward the Wolf King like a cannonball.

Seeing Jiang Chen's actions, the Wolf King's ferocity was thoroughly stirred as well. Its wolf tail swept out, driving demonic wind and directly raising a great cloud of dust toward Jiang Chen. It had learned this move from a human. Though it was not especially useful, if used well, it could disrupt an enemy's attack rhythm.

More importantly, it possessed the Tracking Art and had keen five senses. In an environment choked with dust, it held an even greater advantage.

As his body was swallowed by the dust, Jiang Chen closed his eyes almost instinctively. At that very instant, the Wolf King moved. It prowled around the edges, constantly shifting positions as it consecutively spat out three wind blades from different directions at Jiang Chen.

Watching Jiang Chen about to be dismembered by the wind blades, a savage smile appeared on the Wolf King's lips.

But at that moment, Jiang Chen pointed one finger out and directly shattered the first wind blade to arrive. This was the Mystic Slaying Finger. Though Jiang Chen was not yet a grandmaster, the power of this martial art had still increased considerably.

At the same time, his half-closed eyes opened, a scarlet gleam flashing through them as he locked onto the Wolf King through the dust filling the sky.

Their eyes met. Though separated by a curtain of sand, the Wolf King could not help but feel a chill rise in its heart.

He saw me.

Its mind shuddered, and this thought flashed through the Wolf King's heart.

At that moment, Jiang Chen's figure vanished like a ghost. The two wind blades immediately lost their target. When he appeared again, he was already before the Wolf King. In that instant just now, the Wolf King had fallen under Soul Bewitchment, slowing its reaction by half a beat.

Buzz! Looking at the Wolf King before him, whose body stood frozen while its eyes overflowed with terror, Jiang Chen thrust out two fingers.

At that moment, extreme killing intent erupted. The demonic wind surrounding the Wolf King melted away like ice and snow, and both of the Wolf King's eyeballs exploded.

Roar! Gravely wounded, the Wolf King let out a miserable howl. A surge of demonic wind burst from its body and swept through the surroundings. Seeing this, Jiang Chen retreated calmly, light as willow fluff.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Regardless of the cost to itself, having caught a faint trace of movement, the Wolf King frantically activated the Lesser Wind Blade Art. With its eyes destroyed and killing intent invading its heart, it was already on the verge of madness.

Looking at the Wolf King in this state, Jiang Chen knew this was its final struggle. With killing intent consuming its heart and reason gone, even with its decent arts and powerful physique, the Wolf King could not bring out even half of its strength.

As Jiang Chen and the Wolf King engaged in their final struggle, three people quietly approached Goat Horn Mountain. Two were men and one was a woman, all dressed in the same attire, differing only in certain details.

"Did a battle break out within a demon clan?"

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, the leading young man could not help but frown. He wore azure robes embroidered with immortal cranes and a black cloak over them. His features were not especially handsome, yet he always carried a faint smile that made others feel comfortable.

Hearing this and looking over the corpses strewn across the ground, the woman dressed in the same attire quietly showed a trace of hesitation.

"Team Leader, the situation is unclear. Should we still go up?"

She turned her gaze toward the leading young man and asked.

Before the young man could answer, the other man, a burly fellow, spoke first. He too wore azure robes beneath a black cloak, except his robes were embroidered not with immortal cranes, but with a fierce tiger.

"When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman profits. Such a fine opportunity lies before us—how can we retreat? From the looks of it, the rat demon and wolf demon have indeed clashed fiercely. This is a godsent chance for us. We came here to investigate the wolf demon's situation; if we can seize this opportunity to kill it, would that not be even better?"

His words rang like iron striking the ground as the burly man stated his position.

"You brute. Is a wolf demon at the peak of spiritual awakening so easy to kill?"

The woman could not help but feel displeased by the burly man's attitude. But at that moment, the young man raised a hand, and both the burly man and the woman fell silent.

They came from the Demon-Slaying Bureau of the Nanjing Kingdom. The man before them was not only their superior, but also a direct descendant of the Lu Family. They had no choice but to treat him with respect.