Night Raid by the Wolf Pack

Feng Xu planned to forge a batch of spearheads.

Each would be one zhang long. Attached to polished giant logs, the total length would reach eleven zhang.

These were weapons for the tribesmen to use when they transformed into giants.

The Giant Golden Carp's scales were one zhang long and one chi thick. Feng Xu had people carefully scrape off the scale powder from the surface and store it in snakeskin bags.

The remaining scales were made into shields.

Unfortunately, there was no manpower to fire pottery. Otherwise, they could have found a way to make incendiary bombs.

These past few days, the Wolf King had been absent, and the wolf pack had only watched from afar.

Feng Xu thought of the two people who had gone out to seek aid, and his heart grew heavy.

He could only hope they had not encountered the Wolf King.

Feng Xu took out the materials from the snakeskin bags—golden carp fin bones, snake tendons, and eagle feathers—and inspiration struck him.

Why not make a bow and arrows?

The fin bones would form the bow's core, reinforced with boar demon tendons and fish scales, while the snake tendons would serve as the string. The extra fin bones would make arrows, and the eagle feathers would become fletching.

This time, he would not use physical forging methods, relying entirely on Dharma power to refine the materials. This method could train his proficiency in refining different materials and improve his artifact-forging skill even more.

Feng Xu began forging artifacts.

Three days later, a composite recurve bow was born. He named it the Dragon-Snake Bow.

It was a top-grade Houtian Dharma Artifact, perfectly suited to Feng Xu's current cultivation.

"My artifact-forging techniques aren't skilled enough, and the materials aren't particularly high-grade. It can be useful against an Earth Immortal, but the damage will be limited."

Feng Xu held the Dragon-Snake Bow, unable to put it down.

"Xu, the situation doesn't look good. The Wolf King has returned. It seems it won't be long before it launches an attack."

Feng Xi had returned from the camp gate. Seeing that Feng Xu had finished, he told him everything that had happened recently.

Three days had passed while Feng Xu forged the artifact, yet the people sent out to seek help had still not returned. They were likely in grave danger.

More than twenty spearheads had been forged and assembled into long spears, one for each warrior.

The outer wall defenses were basically complete, though they did not know whether they could withstand the wolf pack's assault.

Fish-scale armor took far too much time to make. After so many days of work, all the women had only managed to produce five sets, sized for after bloodline activation.

Feng Xi, Iron Mountain, and three others made five people in total.

Each wore fish-scale armor over boar demon hide armor. They would serve as the main force in this battle.

Looking at it this way, the situation was not quite so dire.

Though the more than twenty warriors were not Earth Immortals, they were not far from that realm. With their weapons and teamwork, they could crush an ordinary wolf pack.

The only troublesome one was the Wolf King.

If they joined forces, five fully armed warriors working together at full strength might be able to defeat it, but they would not be able to kill it.

The Wolf King was too fast. If it wanted to flee, they could not stop it.

Besides, it would not fight alone. It would be difficult to find an opportunity to surround and attack the Wolf King.

"Don't worry. With the camp's defenses and our new equipment, holding this place won't be a problem. The longer we drag this out, the better our equipment will become. As long as we provide timely aid in every battle and reduce casualties, our chances of winning are still very high."

But having a chance of victory was not enough. Feng Xu wanted to root them out completely. That was why he had sent people to seek aid—so they could encircle the wolf pack and wipe it out.

"Have you found the wolf pack's den?"

The wolves they faced now were all adults. If they could capture some wolf cubs, it would also improve their odds.

"No. We only found a few clues."

Iron Mountain shook his head and sighed.

"Cut up some large chunks of boar meat and place them outside the camp walls."

After pondering for a long time, Feng Xu gave the order.

"Wouldn't that draw the wolf pack into attacking?"

Iron Mountain frowned.

"You want to lure the wolves in with flesh and blood. Once they steal the meat and gain something, they'll relax for the moment. Then we can use that chance to kill the wolves and reduce their numbers?"

Feng Xi asked tentatively.

"That's right. That's exactly what I mean. Make the arrangements. Everyone prepare for battle."

The wolf pack had come for the hundred-zhang wild boar in the first place. Though they could hunt during winter, they still needed a great deal of food.

Previously, the wolf pack's plan had been to deal with the humans first, then take both the humans and the boar.

By putting out the boar meat now, they were shifting the wolf pack's attention back to the meat.

Even if the Wolf King was cunning, once those wolves reached the camp walls, how could they resist immediately carrying off the meat instead of fighting the human race to the death?

The camp's outer walls stood three zhang high. Even while standing inside the camp after transforming into giants, the warriors could attack the wolves outside the walls.

Large amounts of boar meat were placed outside the camp walls, and the heavy scent of blood stirred the entire wolf pack into unrest.

Before long, the Wolf King suppressed the disturbance, but many wolves still kept glancing over from time to time.

Feng Xu had the warriors rest in shifts. The Wolf King would not be able to suppress them for long. The wolf pack would launch its attack at night.

The sky gradually darkened, and a ring of torches was tied along the walls.

The wolf pack grew restless again. More than a hundred pairs of eyes glimmered faintly in the darkness.

"Beasts will always be beasts. Even after gaining intelligence, they're still the same."

Seeing the wolf pack begin to approach, Feng Xu snorted coldly.

"Everyone stay alert. Prepare to meet the enemy."

The wolf pack charged.

When they reached the trench, they leaped straight over it. A few were shoved off course by the wolves behind them and fell into the trench, where wooden spikes pierced through them.

Feng Xu fired a flaming arrow, igniting the piles of firewood behind the trench.

The firewood had been coated in boar fat beforehand, making it easier to ignite.

The flames rose, setting many wolves alight. Their screams rang out without end. Even so, many wolves still rushed through the blaze, though their speed slowed.

The fire was never meant to kill the wolf pack. First, it illuminated their field of vision. Second, beasts naturally feared fire, and the roaring blaze could disrupt the wolf pack's attack.

After firing the flaming arrow, Feng Xu took out the Mysterious Feather Arrows.

These arrows were made from golden carp fin bones and eagle feathers. There were only twenty of them.

As the old saying went, wolves had heads of copper, bones of iron, and waists of tofu. To make them lose their fighting strength quickly, the best target was the waist and abdomen.

But the neck contained major arteries and could make them lose their fighting strength even faster.

Wolves in his previous life had been much smaller, so hitting their necks had not been easy. But the smallest wolves before him were over ten zhang long.

As a result, their necks were completely exposed.

Feng Xu's heart pounded wildly. Though he had prepared himself, he was still tense in the face of the giant wolf pack's charge.

Even the smallest wolf demon across from him was over ten zhang long—fifty or sixty meters—with a height comparable to a building more than ten stories tall.

He took a deep breath. Once he had calmed his emotions, he nocked an arrow, drew the bow, and fired in one smooth motion.

The arrow contained the Giant Golden Carp's water spiritual power and was empowered by the eagle feathers' wind force. It moved too fast for the naked eye to follow, instantly piercing through the giant wolf's neck.

Great Wilderness Wolves possessed tenacious vitality. Even with its neck pierced through, the wolf continued charging forward.

Feng Xu kept firing. After four arrows, he switched to another target.

That wolf was doomed. It would merely take a little longer to die.

Feng Xu continued firing rapidly. All twenty arrows were released, and none missed.

Feng Xu extended his hand. Light flowed around the arrows he had fired, and they all returned to his hand.

That was the advantage of refining them with Dharma power. He did not need to retrieve the arrows himself.

The wolf pack reached the chevaux-de-frise and began slowing down to go around them.

By then, they were already very close to the walls.

More than twenty warriors swung their long spears and began thrusting.

Feng Xu sat cross-legged atop a giant log in the wall, meditating to regulate his breathing.

Firing twenty arrows in succession had consumed too much energy. Fortunately, the Eight-Nine Mystical Art had high endurance from internal cultivation. Otherwise, he would have needed to rest after six or seven shots.

By the time he had mostly recovered, the wolf pack had gotten the meat and begun retreating.

Feng Xu fired another dozen or so arrows. Only after the wolves in the rear had run far away did he stop to rest.

The entire battle lasted one shichen. Most wolves had directly attacked the people behind the walls, while thirty percent had gone for the boar meat.

Even so, they still could not break through the spear formation.

The wolf pack suffered heavy casualties in this wave. They left behind more than thirty corpses, while another ten were carried away.

Only around a hundred wolves capable of fighting remained.

The Wolf King had not acted from beginning to end. It truly knew how to keep its composure.

This battle fully demonstrated that without the Wolf King taking action, the wolf pack could not break through the camp's defenses.

If the Wolf King acted, the defensive works in front would become completely ineffective, but the Wolf King would also suffer severe injuries before the spear formation.

At the same time, Feng Xu could seize the chance to subdue it with his Dharma artifact.

Watching the wolf pack retreat entirely without even leaving behind scouts, Feng Xu knew they would not return anytime soon.

But people would need to remain here and develop the place in the future. Unless the wolf pack was eliminated, they could never truly rest easy.

"Tomorrow, send people out to search for the wolf den. Wait another three days. If no reinforcements arrive by then, Feng Xi and I will personally visit the nearby tribes."