Bixi!!

The dark, damp forest was steeped in a bloodstink that would not disperse.

Whoosh~! Whoosh whoosh~!! Whoosh whoosh whoosh~!!!

The sword flashed, dimming and brightening by turns. Like a falling meteor, it stabbed viciously at one of the Wolf King's heads, as if to pierce straight through it with a single thrust.

Clang~~~

Like iron striking steel, the ringing collision exploded through the depths of the shadowy forest.

A fine spray of blood mist burst forth. The wolf head's flesh was torn open, but the sword could go no deeper, its blade clamped tightly between the other two wolf heads.

The moment the blade was bitten, Su Bo sneered and yanked, then shook his sword.

"Crack... bang~!!"

"Aw~"

Painful howls rang out as the Wolf King's two heads frantically flung away the blade they had bitten. A fierce gale abruptly erupted around its body.

The gale sent it flying dozens of meters away, pulling it out of Su Bo's vicinity.

How could Su Bo simply let it escape? His lustrous sword light became a meteor, wreathed in a glimmer of cold moonlight as it pierced through the air and pursued it over dozens of meters in an instant.

He pushed Wind-Treading Step to its utmost limit, moving so fast that even the Wolf King's fur stood on end.

Wolf King: Who the fuck is the Windsplit Wolf here?

Blood dripped from its two wolf muzzles, and an entire row of fangs had been shattered. The battered Wolf King ignored the pain, stepping upon wind currents as it charged Su Bo to kill him.

The sword was fast, but the wolf was just as fast. Man and wolf exchanged rapid blows, their figures leaving afterimages throughout the forest.

After more than a hundred rounds of dense, savage clashes, neither man nor wolf had paused for even an instant. They attacked madly, blood scattering everywhere.

The forest floor was a complete mess, crisscrossed with sword scars and ravines.

Thick ancient trees were severed by sword strikes and torn apart by wolf claws. Broken branches and shredded leaves carpeted the ground.

Blood seeped from Su Bo's shoulder and forearm, his clothes were tattered, and several deep claw marks ran across his chest. His flesh had curled open so badly that bone could be seen.

Again and again, he swung his sword!

The increasingly swift barrage of sword strikes made the blood and qi within him churn violently, draining enormous amounts of stamina. Waves of pain came from the wound in his chest.

Even his breathing began to grow ragged.

The Wolf King was in no better condition—if anything, it was in an abysmal state.

Its dark green fur had been dyed red with blood. Drops of blood it had splattered covered the ground, while dense sword wounds riddled its body.

In many places, its flesh had been cut so deeply that bone showed. The wound across its abdomen in particular had nearly disemboweled it.

Su Bo panted heavily, his gaze growing ever deeper.

The Wolf King across from him stared back with a sinister, gloomy look. A trace of cunning calculation flashed through its eyes as streams of sharp wind energy abruptly surged around its body.

"Hmph..." Su Bo snorted softly, releasing his spiritual perception completely.

Since the battle began, this creature had deliberately stalled for time. It had spared no amount of demonic power to gather gales and prevent him from leaving.

It had also used a demonic beast's innate ability to command the wind, speeding around him to harass and attack.

Most of its wounds had been inflicted when it forcibly tried to stop Su Bo from leaving, repeatedly trading injury for the chance to intercept him, only to be cut down by Su Bo in the end.

The most dangerous time, Su Bo had nearly split its belly open with one stroke.

Now, this creature had suddenly erupted...

Clearly, its scheme to keep Su Bo here had succeeded.

From deep within the forest came an incomparably stifled wolf howl. It was low and hoarse, carrying the utmost pain and madness.

The thick layer of rotting leaves beneath the trees gave off faint, muffled rustles.

"Woo... aw~!" The Wolf King growled low, seemingly asking after its mate.

"So you were waiting for the other one?" Su Bo murmured.

Logically, he had not severed the she-wolf demon's middle head, but he had cut off one of its heads. It should have been grievously wounded and lost its fighting strength.

But after the Wolf King had continually delayed him and obstructed his departure,

Su Bo had more or less guessed that the she-wolf demon was most likely still following behind.

The shadowy silhouettes of the trees trembled. The she-wolf demon, not much smaller than the Wolf King, dragged its body out from the depths of the forest. Its fur was blotched with blood, its wounds hideous, black-red blood seeping from them.

It walked forward with firm steps, one step at a time.

Its middle wolf head was still chewing on broken bones with bits of fur attached, making even Su Bo's scalp tingle.

Su Bo looked at the severed head on its left, a chill passing through his heart. To recover a little vitality, this creature had actually swallowed its own head alive.

"Woo woo..." The she-wolf demon snarled and howled, eerie green light shining from the four eyes of its two heads.

Its eyes, filled with utter madness and icy malice, locked tightly onto Su Bo.

Strands of demonic energy gathered around it. By devouring its own head, it had recovered some vitality and forcibly clawed a sliver of life back from the brink of death.

Though it was nowhere near its peak fighting strength, it had regained the ability to fight.

Within the dense forest, the Wolf King stood directly before Su Bo, while the she-wolf demon watched him from behind.

One in front and one behind, two wolf demons comparable to human Body Tempering Fifth Refinement cultivators had formed a lethal encirclement around Su Bo.

Receiving the she-wolf demon's response, the Wolf King's surging demonic energy abruptly soared. Its eyes turned blood-red as the savagery it had been suppressing erupted completely.

"Hoo..." Su Bo gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

"You want to kill me?"

"Roar..." In almost the same instant, violent winds erupted beneath both wolf demons' paws. Their forms blurred into streaks of green shadow as they charged at Su Bo.

A pincer attack from front and back, a single killing blow!

"You were waiting for this chance. So was I..."

A murmur slowly rippled through the forest at the very instant the two wolves launched their fatal attack.

At this moment, Su Bo's mind was clearer and more lucid than ever before.

His state of mind, tempered through days of life-and-death slaughter, erupted completely. Fatigue, agitation, and panic all faded away, leaving his mind crystal clear as his blood and qi, spiritual power, and physical strength merged into one in an instant.

The Bixi Divine Intent lurking within his body fully awakened at this moment, erupting with a thunderous burst!

Rumble—!

A vast, heavy, tyrannical invisible aura that suppressed all things exploded outward from Su Bo.

"Woo..."

Bixi, one of the Nine Sons of the Dragon, bore the bloodline of the true dragon. It governed the suppression of mountains and rivers, intimidated all evil, and possessed supreme dragon might that naturally stood above demonic beasts and strange creatures. In an instant, it swept through the entire forest!

Endless terror instantly filled the eyes of the two wolf demons while they hung suspended in midair.

Su Bo's eyes were deep as an abyss. The faint phantom of Bixi emerged within his black pupils, ancient and vast dragon might gathering within his spiritual power.

His gaze suddenly sharpened, and an intangible spiritual shock pierced into the wolf demons' seas of consciousness.

Bixi's dragon might, made to suppress souls!

"Awoo—!!"

Miserable, despairing screams of extreme agony rang through the mountains and forest almost simultaneously.

The two Wolf Kings of the Windsplit Wolf demon pack froze abruptly in midair, their massive bodies going rigid as every movement halted in an instant.

The winds circulating around them scattered, and their killing charge came to a sudden stop.

The middle wolf head of the Windsplit Wolf King trembled violently. The scarlet drained from its eyes, returning them to oily green, while its pupils instantly lost focus.

Its spiritual will had been completely pierced by the tyrannical dragon might, its soul suffering grievous damage.

The heavily wounded she-wolf demon was even more miserable. Its massive body crashed to the ground, blood spraying from the severed neck as its life force abruptly plummeted to its lowest point.

Its limbs stiffened and convulsed, demonic energy throughout its body falling into chaos and scattering. Its two wolf heads were pressed firmly against the bed of rotting leaves, unable to move even an inch.

The tyrannical dragon might suppressed it until its soul felt ready to split apart, draining away even the strength to struggle and howl.

Life and death reversed in an instant!

Su Bo's figure flashed as he unleashed Wind-Treading Step to its limit, without the slightest delay.

Sword light rose again, sharp light cutting through the dark forest—swift to the extreme, leaving no room for mercy.

Pfft! Pfft!

Two crisp, decisive sounds of flesh being pierced rang out in succession.

Blood sprayed as five intact wolf heads rolled away. The two Windsplit Wolf Kings, demonic beasts comparable to human Body Tempering Fifth Refinement cultivators, had fallen completely.

The thick stench of blood permeated the entire forest.