The red-haired girl on the watchtower.
She was none other than Feng Yuyao, who considered Qi Wu her "old nemesis."
When she saw Qi Wu before her, her full red lips parted slightly in undisguised surprise.
"You took the emergency mission too?"
"Well, well, if it isn't our dear Qi Wu~"
Beside Feng Yuyao, Qing Xiaoran held a folding fan. The moment she spotted Qi Wu, she waved to him in greeting.
Qi Wu looked up at Feng Yuyao and Qing Xiaoran on the watchtower, his brow lifting slightly.
"Oh, it's you two."
"How about it? Need me to lend you a hand~?"
His tone was easygoing, as though this were not a battlefield besieged by a beast tide, but a chance encounter on a quiet afternoon street.
Feng Yuyao choked on her irritation at his attitude, and even the flames in her hand flickered:
"Qi Wu, stop acting like you're so amazing..."
"Who needs your help...?"
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"Yu Yao, calm down."
Qing Xiaoran smiled charmingly, though a trace of gravity flashed through her foxlike eyes:
"You're as funny as ever, Qi Wu, but this isn't the time to catch up."
Her gaze swept over the battered off-road vehicle behind Qi Wu, then the frenzied wolf packs farther away, crashing against the defensive line like a black tide.
"You came out of the forest. What's it like in there?"
"As you can see, all the wolves in there have gone mad."
Qi Wu shrugged.
"There are enough of them to be a bit annoying."
His tone turned teasing:
"Has your Qingqiu squad switched careers to border defense? What are you doing here?"
Feng Yuyao glared at him in irritation. Flames gathered in her hand again, burning a Demon Wolf trying to breach the line to charcoal:
"Cut the wisecracks. We're here for that emergency mission, obviously."
Qing Xiaoran spoke with a hint of resignation:
"We took the emergency mission too. We only wanted to pick up some easy contribution points."
"Who knew a beast tide would suddenly break out?"
"Fortunately, the military had prepared ahead of time and set up a defensive line outside the forest."
"The squads taking part in the emergency mission had no choice but to fight their way out of the forest and join the military against the beast tide."
Qing Xiaoran pointed toward the surging beast tide behind them, her tone unusually serious:
"Qi Wu, this is urgent. Please help us fight off the beast tide! Reinforcements from the Bureau are still on their way, and the defensive line is under tremendous pressure!"
Qi Wu glanced at the black mass of beasts behind him, then at the defensive line, poised for battle but clearly struggling. He nodded casually:
"Sure. No problem."
Seeing how lightly Qi Wu took it, Feng Yuyao planted both hands on her slender waist and gave a huff:
"Easy for you to say."
"Watch for yourself, and you'll see how easy it is."
Facing the frenzied wolf packs surging toward them like a black tide, Qi Wu calmly raised his right hand, spreading his fingers and aiming at the densest part of the beast tide.
"Cursed Technique Reversal-"
Dark red, destructive energy rapidly gathered in his palm, radiating terrifying fluctuations.
"Red."
Whoosh-!
An intensely condensed torrent of dark red energy tore through the air like a ribbon splitting the night sky, blasting straight into the center of the beast tide!
Boom!!!
A deafening explosion erupted! A ring of dark red energy spread outward.
Wherever the red light passed, even the ordinary frenzied Demon Wolves.
And the enormous elite Wolf Kings, each of which ruled an entire pack, were utterly annihilated in an instant!
They vanished into nothingness before they could even scream!
A bottomless trench was plowed through the earth, as though a colossal god had swept a finger across the ground!
Just one strike!
A vast swath of the onrushing beast tide's front ranks was wiped away!
An emptiness opened up that left everyone breathless!
Even the beast tide's frenzied advance faltered!
The soldiers and members of the 749 Bureau along the defensive line were stunned, staring dumbfounded at the power of that strike, comparable to a natural disaster.
On the watchtower, Feng Yuyao's red lips parted slightly, the shock in her eyes impossible to hide.
She knew Qi Wu was strong, but she had never imagined he was this strong!
That terrifying strike plunged the entire battlefront into a stunned, deathly silence.
Everyone stared blankly at Qi Wu as though looking upon a god.
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Qing Xiaoran was the first to recover from the shock. She snapped open her folding fan and concealed half her face, leaving only her curved, alluring eyes visible:
"Oh my, it seems we've gotten lucky this time. We've found ourselves quite the powerful backer~ Qi Wu, the Qingqiu squad won't forget this favor."
Qing Xiaoran smiled coyly at Qi Wu.
Qi Wu understood that Qing Xiaoran's praise was mostly teasing.
As the captain of an A-rank squad, Qing Xiaoran was an Eighth Rank powerhouse.
The casual Red he had just unleashed was not enough to make her worship him.
Qi Wu neither agreed nor disagreed with Qing Xiaoran's teasing. Instead, he raised his gaze toward the depths of the forest.
"It's too early to thank me."
Qi Wu's voice remained calm, but a barely perceptible note of seriousness entered it.
"The main attraction hasn't come out yet. That last strike was just a greeting."
Beside him, the Demon God Curse Mark on Jiang Qingyue's hand suddenly grew slightly hot.
"Mr. Wu, something big is coming!"
Jiang Qingyue spoke urgently.
As though to confirm her words, the ground began shaking even more violently.
"Awoooo-!!!"
Unlike the earlier tremors caused by the running wolf packs, this felt more like some enormous creature was walking, each impossibly heavy step shaking the earth.
An even more savage roar, filled with boundless fury, thundered from deep within the forest, sending waves of sound rolling outward.
Qi Wu narrowed his eyes slightly, a faint gleam of interest shining in their azure depths.
"I've pissed off the true ruler of the forest's wolf packs."
The wolf's howl shook heaven and earth.
Many of the weaker soldiers and low-level Psychics immediately turned pale, their ears ringing.
Then most people's hearts involuntarily skipped a beat!
Trees at the forest's edge toppled in swathes as an enormous figure slowly stepped out of the darkness.
It was a giant wolf, far larger than any known Demon Wolf, like a small hill on the move.
Its fur was not black, but dark red like dried blood, covered in eerie, shadowy patterns.
The giant wolf had three savage heads, its six eyes like burning lava, blazing with violence and destruction.
This giant wolf resembled a beast of calamity from myth-the Hellhound!
Merely standing there, the terrifying pressure it exuded nearly froze the air along the entire defensive line!
The Three-Headed Demon Wolf had descended, intent on tearing through the defenses!
The scene was nothing short of hell descending upon the world!
At their first sight of the Three-Headed Demon Wolf, everyone behind the defensive line struggled to breathe beneath its overwhelming pressure.
"A monster... What kind of Demon is that?!"
An officer on the defensive line caught sight of the Hellhound and went white with terror.
Unlike the tense, panicking crowd.
Qi Wu gazed at the Hellhound with anticipation.
"Interesting."
"Now this is starting to feel like a spiritual energy revival!"
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